Risks, mitigation and adaptation to urban climate change impacts in the global south from a gender perspective

Abstract

Confronted with the uncertainty of climate change impacts and the complexity of urban development in the Global South, megacities and urban agglomeration in coastal areas are at high risk of losing lives, wealth and infrastructure. The present chapter explores the Talanoa Dialogue to reduce impacts and increase peacebuilding in regions where climate change effects will increase disasters in urban areas and often oblige people to leave high-risk areas and settle elsewhere. It further analyses how governments and city-dwellers could promote multi-level governance actions to reduce conflicts and promote disaster risks reduction, mitigation and adaptation among extremely exposed social groups, especially women, children and the elderly. Talanoa Dialogue also promotes the interchange of experiences among cities in the Global South and proposes multisectorial climate governance for achieving successful political changes with participative governance that are able to improve resilience. Finally, the chapter examines how cities could promote clean energy, sustainable transport and a radical carbon sink of greenhouse gases to prevent conflicts and disasters by involving all stakeholders within a frame of cultural and socio-environmental diversity.