Climate Crisis: Over 1.5 Billion Women And Girls Live In Climate Hotspots, UN Women Warns

More than 1.5 billion women and girls worldwide live in severe climate hotspots where extreme weather, fragile livelihoods, and deep gender inequality collide.
 
According to a new UN Women report released on Tuesday, November 10, at the COP31 UN Climate Conference in Antalya, climate change threatens to push up to 141 million additional women into extreme poverty by 2050 under worst-case projections.
 
The report highlights that a 1°C increase in global average temperatures links to women losing 34 per cent more income than men due to limited options for non-farm work.
 
Furthermore, women currently carry the primary burden for household water collection in two-thirds of of...