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Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Fact Sheet: Women, Peace and Security

This Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Fact Sheet examines how women, peace and security concerns intersect with climate-related risks and conflict dynamics. It highlights the ways in which gender inequalities shape vulnerability, resilience and participation in peacebuilding, and offers recommended actions for the international community to integrate gender-responsive approaches into addressing these challenges.

Climate-related security risks are not gender-neutral; they intersect with existing social, political and economic inequalities, shaping people’s exposure to risk, capacity to adapt and inclusion in peacebuilding. Gender inequalities, such as limited access to financial resources and exclusion from decision making, undermine the ability of women and marginalized groups to respond to climate change and contribute to sustainable peace. To address climate-related security risks effectively, gender considerations must be integrated into analysis, planning and implementation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS

Ingvild Brodtkorb is a Junior Research Fellow at NUPI and works on Africa–Nordic cooperation in the Research Group for Peace, Conflict and Development.
Dr Barbara Magalhães Teixeira is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme
Gretchen Baldwin is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme.
Kheira Tarif is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Katongo Seyuba is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Dr Thor Olav Iversen is a Senior Researcher in NUPI’s Climate, Peace and Security Risks Project. 
Dr Minoo Koefoed is a Senior Research Fellow in NUPI’s Climate, Peace and Security Risks Project. 
Jules Duhamel is an independent cartographer and geospatial analyst consultant.