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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, awareness of the links between gender policies and climate change has only recently developed, and gender issues have yet to be fully integrated into climate change policies.
Presently, the international situation is by no means propitious, and there is a high risk that no international climate change agreement will be reached. The spotlight is now on the meeting that will be held in Rio de Janeiro in June. I think that the inclusion of gender issues provides an opportunity to make the fight against climate change stronger, fairer and more effective. This mainstreaming must be based on two principles: addressing the effects of inequality and tackling its causes.
An improved understanding of the links between climate change and women by means of a system for the collection of gender-disaggregated data would help identify the areas where we need to take action, in order to save energy and water resources which women use in a different way to men to satisfy the needs of their families. Awareness of the unequal situation of men and women involves two aspects: assistance and empowerment, which must be jointly included in EU policies.
I hope that the link between gender and climate can be effectively included in EU programmes and not just in individual policies. Climate change concerns all areas of human activity and must therefore be incorporated horizontally across the EU’s projects and financial activities."@en1
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