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Women are 'key drivers' in climate change adaptation

Source(s): Science and Development Network
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Plans to protect ecosystems and help people adapt to climate change ― also known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) ― must involve vulnerable groups, including women and communities greatly hit by global warming if they are to succeed, according to scientists quoted by SciDev.

Scientists and policymakers an UN-led international workshop on EBA in Dar-es-Salaam in March 2013 added that more needed to be done to monitor and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of such adaptation, and to learn from past experiences in order to transfer knowledge into action and policy.

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Country and region Tanzania, United Rep of
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