Climate change is affecting everyone, everywhere, in every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives. Weather patterns are changing and becoming extreme, sea levels are rising, determinants of health are deteriorating and food security is threatened.

However, the impact of climate change on gender is not the same. Women are increasingly being seen as more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change, mainly because they represent the majority of the world's poor and are proportionally more dependent on threatened natural resources.

But as much as the climate impact is unique on women, their role as key agent of adaptation and resilience is also predominant and essential.

Despite women being disproportionately affected by climate change, they have a great power to influence the climate actions on the ground and provide solutions to the communities.

Women and girls are the basis for any resilient society and government strategies and plans should take that into account. At national levels, efforts should be made to mainstream gender perspective into national policies and strategies, as well as related sustainable development and climate change plans and interventions.