The Global Gender Environment Outlook provides an overview of existing knowledge to generate insights and propose some answers to the following key policy-relevant questions:
• What social forces are producing the changes seen in the environment, and are they gender dependent?
• What are the large-scale consequences of ongoing ecological changes for social systems and human
security, and are the impacts gender-differentiated?
• What do future projections and outlooks look like, are they gender-differentiated, and will there be
different outcomes for women and men?
• What actions could be taken for a more sustainable future that will position women and men as equal
agents in taking such actions, and which socio-economic factors will shape different outcomes and
responses for women and men?
The three Rio Conventions on biodiversity, desertification and climate change, resulting from the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), have incorporated gender concerns in varying ways. Gender was also addressed during the 2015 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The main gender focus in these conventions is on the impact of poor management of hazardous chemicals and wastes on vulnerable groups, including women and young children.
The Global Gender Environment Outlook (GGEO) report is essential reading for those interested in the social dimensions of environmental issues. For readers who want to better understand current environmental challenges, and for those seeking innovative and effective solutions, the report describes policy options and concrete opportunities to contribute to the future we want: a future of justice and equality that leaves no one behind. It reflects and builds on the groundbreaking work of hundreds of scientists, policy experts, gender advocates and members of community groups. And it examines a wide range of topics, including food production, water and sanitation, energy, sustainable consumption and production, fisheries and fishing communities, and forests and those who depend on them for their livelihoods.