Empirical Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Communities and Women in South Asia and Central Asia: Evidence and Policy Implications

Introduction:

This study aims to estimate the effects of climate distress on mountain communities and women by assessing expected earnings decline in mountainous regions of India and Nepal in South Asia and Tien Shan and Pamir Mountain ranges in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. This study aims to ascertain the factors contributing for vulnerability differences in mountain communities and the gender dimension attributed to climate variations.

Aims and objectives: 

• The objective of the study is to estimate the effect of climate distress on mountain communities and women by assessing expected earnings decline in mountainous regions of the Himalayas in India and Nepal in South Asia, and the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountain ranges in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.
• Ascertain the factors contributing for vulnerability differences in mountain communities and the gender dimension attributed to climate variations.
• Analyse how women are unfavourably impacted due to climate change induced events, what is the level and intensity of these impacts and what are actors effecting gender-based climate change vulnerabilities in mountainous regions of South Asia and Central Asia.
• Offer policy implications for integrating gender dimensions into climate change readiness and mitigation strategies including suitable climate adaptation strategies for mountainous regions

Areas Under Study

• Nepal
• Himalays in India
• Tien Shan and Pamir Mountain ranges in Kyrgyz Republic,Uzbekistan