Gender and Climate Change

Rio+20 Do We Want this Future?

Posted by wideplusnetworkon October 30, 2012July 5, 2017in Analysis, Gender and Development, Reports and Publications, Women's Rights

From 20 to 22 June this year in Rio, state leaders from the world had the chance to make real progress on the sustainability agenda. Instead Rio+20 proved disappointing. Eva Lachkovics, from WIDE Austria, a WIDE+ platform, reports from the…

Agrofuel Production: the World Food Situation, the Right to Food and the Impact on Women

Posted by wideplusnetworkon July 5, 2010July 5, 2017in Reports and Publications

Agrofuel Production: the World Food Situation, the Right to Food and the Impact on Women, published in 2011 Increasing oil prices, rising energy demands, climate change and Kyoto Protocol commitments are the causes of an emerging worldwide renewable energy boom.…