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AN: U33B-06    [Abstracts]
TI: The Women's Role in the Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change: Its Contribution to the Risk Management
AU: * Quintero Angel, M
EM: yecarvaj@univalle.edu.co
AF: Grupo IREHISA, Escuela de Recursos Naturales y del Ambiente EIDENAR, Universidad del Valle, Calle 100 No. 100-00 Ed.344, Cali, Colombia
AU: Carvajal Escobar, Y
EM: yecarvaj@univalle.edu.co
AF: Grupo IREHISA, Escuela de Recursos Naturales y del Ambiente EIDENAR, Universidad del Valle, Calle 100 No. 100-00 Ed.344, Cali, Colombia
AU: Garcia Vargas, M
EM: yecarvaj@univalle.edu.co
AF: Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Abastecimiento de Agua, Saneamiento Ambiental y Conservación del Recurso Hídrico, Cinara, Universidad del Valle, Calle 100 No. 100-00 Ed.344, Cali, Colombia
AB: Recently, there is evidence of an increase in the amount of severity in extreme events associated with the climate variability or climate change; which demonstrates that climate in this planet is changing. There is an observation of increasing damages, and of social economical cost associated with these phenomena's, mostly do to more people are living in hazard vulnerable conditions. The victims of natural disasters have increase from 147 to 211 million between 1991 and 2000. In same way more than 665.000 people have died in 2557 natural disasters, which 90% are associated with water and climate. (UNESCO & WWAP, 2003). The actual tendency and the introduction of new factors of risk, suggest lost increase in the future, obligating actions to manage and reduce risk of disaster. Bind work, health, poverty, education, water, climate, and disasters is not an error, is an obligation. Vulnerability of society to natural hazards and to poverty are bond, to reduce the risk of disasters is frequently united with the reduction of poverty and in the other way too (Sen, 2000). In this context, extreme events impact societies in all the world, affecting differently men and women, do to the different roles they play in the society, the different access in the control of resources, the few participation that women have in taking decisions with preparedness, mitigation, rehabilitation of disasters, impacting more women in developing countries. Although, women understand better the causes and local consequences in changes of climate conditions. They have a pile of knowledge and abilities for guiding adaptation, playing a very important role in vulnerable communities. This work shows how these topics connect with the millennium development goals; particularly how it affects its accomplishment. It also describes the impact of climate variability and climate change in developing countries. Analyzing adaptation responses that are emerging; especially from women initiation.
DE: 1630 Impacts of global change (1225)
DE: 1641 Sea level change (1222, 1225, 4556)
DE: 3305 Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)
DE: 6300 POLICY SCIENCES (7964)
DE: 6600 PUBLIC ISSUES
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly