While climate change affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally. Climate change is thought to be made more dangerous by inequality and marginalization linked to vulnerability gender, ethnicity, low income and other social and economic factors. This is where women come in. The most compelling reasons why women are essential for climate action can be discussed as follows. The first of these reasons is that climate change action requires the entire population. Women and girls make up half of the world’s population, and women are often left out of the conversation when it comes to climate change. But to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C , everyone needs to play a part in achieving it. This means empowering and involving more women and girls. The second reason is that women’s empowerment means better climate solutions. Women make up almost half of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. Empowering women in agriculture can also have a positive impact on climate adaptation. By providing appropriate technology and resources, it is possible to promote more sustainable agricultural and conversation practices. By reducing poverty, we can also help individuals better adapt to the impacts of climate change. Third, women are key to building climate resilience in societies. In fact, the UN reports that communities are more successful in resilience and capacity building strategies when women are part of the planning process. In addition, women are often first responders of the community to natural disasters, leaders in disaster risk reduction and strengthen community building by meeting the early recovery needs of their families. Another important reason is that climate change affects everyone, but not equally. It is well known that climate change has a greater impact on the world’s most vulnerable people, whether in developed or developing countries, and exacerbates existing inequalities. Women often face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty and due to existing roles, responsibilities and cultural norms.

Turkiye’s goal is to mitigate the impact of climate change and respond to global warming. Public awareness and institutional capacity should be taken into consideration when adapting to climate change in the country. Education, public awareness raising activities and international cooperation on climate change started when Turkey became a party to the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change in 2004 and accelerated after the publication of the first National Communication on Climate Change in 2007.

Considering all these, the aim of the proposed study is to determine and evaluate the level of perception and awareness of understanding, knowledge and concerns about the climate change in the first stage of a group of women of different ages and education levels.

We want to prepare a project proposal for Erasmus+ KA220-ADU as Abant Izzet Baysal University Engineering Faculty and Bolu Governorate Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services.

If you are interested in the project and take part in the consortium, please let me know about you and send me your PIF. 

 Agriculture

 Biodiversity

 Food Safety

 Gender Equality

 Adult Learning

 Erasmus+

 Lifelong Learning

 Design

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