Why women are world's best climate change defense

"For me, a high point of the Durban Conference was that it demonstrated once again the value of women's leadership in global efforts to deal with climate change," says Mary Robinson to CNN. "Unpredictable growing seasons and increased incidence of droughts and floods place women, their families and their livelihoods at risk. All over the world women are adapting to these changes, showing incredible resilience in the face of crop failures, water shortages and increases in environment-related diseases such as malaria," she continues. "We need to continue to support women to be innovative, creative and resilient in a climate-constrained world as we strive to ensure equitable solutions to the climate problem."