Women are 'key drivers' in climate change adaptation

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.