EmPower Project Phase I Brief

Climate change and disasters are one of the defining challenges of our times. In Asia-Pacific, it is profoundly shaping the lives of communities, impacting food security, nutrition, clean water, health and livelihoods of women, men and marginalized groups. In particular, rural women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups bear a heavier burden of climate change, due to social inequalities that limit them. Climate change, in turn, widens socio-economic gaps, trapping these communities in a vicious cycle.