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WHITE PAPER #WomenCOP23 8th NOVEMBER 2017 Women Health & Climate Let’s move forward after COP23 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH This White Paper was published thanks to contributors from Top cover photo : ©Cyrielle Hariel Bottom cover photo : ©UNICEF/UNI48311/Pirozzi Rwanda, Gisenyi area, 2007. Girls maintain the school garden of the primary school of the village of Busamana, supported by the UNICEF. Graphic design : Marie Paule Stephan - [email protected] Publication : november 2017 ISBN : 978-2-9550378-8-1 © Livre blanc Femmes Santé Climat. All rights reserved. 2 SUMMARY Contributors Preface by Preface by Objectives of 2 Isabelle Blin Jean-Marie Dru this White Paper President of President of 6 SupplémentdElles UNICEF France 4 5 09 18 25 35 WITNESSES OF Annie Coutarel, Benoît Golitin Chantal Jouanno Muriel de THE WHITE PAPER Juliette Renavand- 27 40 Saint Sauveur 7 Petiot, 51 Marie-Sophie 19 26 Houis-Valletoux Claude du Granrut Honorine Koenig 36 01 16 28 41 Florence Sandis Sonia Bahri 52 8 10 20 27 Delphine Caroff Isabelle Guitton Naima Korchi 37 02 19 & Alric Baral 42 Patricia Savin Nora Barsali 36 53 9 11 28 Sabah Chraibi Véronique 38 03 20 Lacam-Denoël Vicky Sommet Annie Battle 43 54 9 12 Frédérique Cintrat 29 39 04 21 Catherine Ladousse Myriam Ullens Sandy Beky 44 de Schooten 11 13 55 Béatrice Cornic 30 05 22 Sarah Manta 40 Marie Boucaud 21 45 Catherine Vidal 12 14 Cyrielle Hariel 56 Marianne 36 31 06 de Battisti Françoise Morvan 41 Danielle Bousquet 22 22 47 Sylvianne Villaudière 13 Alain Houpert 57 15 38 32 07 Aicha Detsouli Yveline Nicolas More communication Myra Braganti 23 23 49 58 14 Nathalie 16 Hutter-Lardeau 33 They also support us 08 Sarah Diouri 39 Laurence Rossignol 59 Patrick Brothier 25 50 15 24 17 Alban Jarry 34 Marion Gaborit 40 Michèle Sabban 26 50 Text prepared for the COP22 Text prepared for the COP23 Quote from Testimonies given Testimonies given UNICEF U-Reporters by U-Reporters by U-Reporters 31 Laura Bellois Emmanuela Shinta 29 33 35 Testimonies given by U-Reporters Testimonies given Pakistan, 2011. September 13th, a girl is in the camp of Poll Célia Chenin by U-Reporters fortune of her community in 30 the city of Hyderabad, in the 32 Lee Ann Michel province of Sindh. The com- 34 munity was moved because of the rise in the water level. © UNICEF/UNI116098/Page 3 WITNESSES OF THE WHITE PAPER WOMEN, HEALTH & CLIMATE PREFACE by ISABELLE BLIN ince 2015, we have continued to raise as much Before you delve into this new edition, we would like to awareness as possible about the impact of climate express our gratitude to : all of our witnesses ; our partner S change and the serious repercussions it has on wo- UNICEF, including Eskandar Benaïcha, Florianne Voisin men in particular. (UNICEF France) and Valérie Crab (UNICEF Indonesia) ; and the members of our network who actively disseminate the After women’s networks rallying for COP21, followed by document, including Muriel, Delphine, Alric (for managing conferences around COP22 in November 2016 and March the Climat-Santé.org website) and of course Louisa Renoux, 2017, we are proud to present the latest edition of our without whom this White Paper wouldn’t even exist ! ● White Paper. What’s more, this year marks the start of a wonderful partnership with UNICEF ! The organisation has decided to work alongside us, embracing our trademark long-term approach. UNICEF will help carry our message to new generations. We have started to collect feedback from young U-Reporters, including the solutions they feel are necessa- ry, pertinent and suitable for protecting the world of the future. We also intend to broaden our scope by pooling experiences and best practices from around the world, provided by our young UNICEF ambassadors. Our White Paper will be printed in French, but it will also be disseminated in English via social media to reach a wider audience. Louisa Renoux presented our new White Paper to Laurence Rossignol in March of this year during the CSW in New York, and to Anne Hidalgo during the WomenForClimate conference. Muriel de Saint Sauveur gave it to the Moroccan Minister for the Environment, Hakima El Haite, during COP22 in Marrakech, and to Marlène Schiappa in July. Bangladesh, 2014. Students make their way to school after heavy floods in Sariakandi Upazila, Bogra, Bangladesh on 9 September. © UNICEF/UNI170476/Paul http://www.climat-sante.org/ Isabelle Blin, President of Louisa Renoux, Member of SupplémentdElles, administrator, SupplémentdElles, administrator, member of the Coordination of the member of the Coordination of the European Women’s Lobby. Lawyer European Women’s Lobby. Insurance specialized in tax law then program expert. Initiated the idea of the White manager in a insurance Group. Paper and responsible for its realization. @isabelle_blin @louisarenoux 4 PREFACE by JEAN-MARIE DRU Children, the first victims of climate change July 2016. Young Amaia, 11, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. The melting sea ice has shifted her community’s way of life, the Iñupiats, whose ecosystem was largely based on the robustness of the ice. ©UNICEF/UN055819/Sokhin Today’s children are the least responsible diseases such as malaria, or diarrheal diseases that kill 800 for climate change, yet it is them and their children every day. future children who will suffer its full To live, grow and flourish, children must have access to safe drinking water that does not contain harmful or deadly bac- consequences. teria. They must be able to go to school without having to spend hours collecting water. They must be able to breathe ecause it affects the lives of children, climate change without getting sick because of air pollution that affects is one of UNICEF’s major concerns. Every year, their lungs and their development, and which also harms B 66.5 million children are threatened by its devastating the growth of the fetus in pregnant women. impacts and many already suffer from them, especially in Climate change worsens the situation of the most disad- the poorest regions of the word. This figure could reach up vantaged and excluded children. A poor child or a child to 175 million within the next decade. We must act urgently that has no access to drinking water will see its situation for the future of our children and that of the Earth : these further weakened if hit by a flood or a cyclone. To stop the estimates must prompt us to act without delay and fight consequences of climate change is to give all children the climate change. same opportunities to fulfill their goals. Global warming will have an impact on all sectors of The international community must address this situation UNICEF’s work : health, water, hygiene and sanitation, by promoting sustainable and clean energy and by helping education. Particularly vulnerable during their first years reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit rising because of their developing organism, children are among temperatures. The voices of children and young people the first victims of droughts, floods or heat waves. More must also be heard. No decision can be taken, and no vulnerable than adults, they are more fragile to the unleashing solution will be found at the COP23 if children’s rights are of natural elements. However, these previously exceptional not taken into account. meteorological episodes are increasing in frequency and It is essential to invest in the fight against climate change now, intensity. They foster malnutrition, famine, communicable so that our children won’t pay the price of our inaction. ● Jean-Marie Dru, President of UNICEF France @jeanmariedru 5 INTRODUCTION What is the link between women, health and climate ? he weather and climate influence our health and CONTRIBUTORS daily environment considerably. The world has We thank particularly the participants of this White Paper T already witnessed the impact that extreme events for the time dedicated to these project : (heat waves, floods, etc.) and general environmental de- Alric Baral, Sonia Bahri, Nora Barsali, Annie Battle, Sandy gradation have on society : water and air pollution, food Beky, Marie Boucaud, Danielle Bousquet, Myra Braganti, shortages, vector-borne diseases, etc. Climate change Patrick Brothier, Annie Coutarel, Delphine Caroff, Sabah is set to increase existing health risks. There are many Chraibi, Frédérique Cintrat, Béatrice Cornic, Marianne de inequalities in the face of climate change ; they demand Battisti, Aicha Detsouli, Sarah Diouri, Marion Gaborit, Benoît targeted action to help the most vulnerable populations. Golitin, Claude du Granrut, Isabelle Guitton, Cyrielle Hariel, Women are on the front line when it comes to the conse- Alain Houpert, Marie-Sophie Houis-Valletoux, Nathalie quences of climate change. They account for 70 % of the Hutter-Lardeau, Alban Jarry, Chantal Jouanno, Honorine population surviving on less than $1 a day. In developing Koenig, Naima Korchi, Véronique Lacam-Denoël, Catherine countries, women produce 80 % of agricultural output, Ladousse, Sarah Manta, Françoise Morvan, Yveline Nicolas, spend 3 times more time collecting water than men, but Juliette Renavand-Petiot, Laurence Rossignol, Michèle Sabban, own only 2 % of the land and collect 10 % of the wages. Muriel de Saint Sauveur, Florence Sandis, Patricia Savin, They are 14 times more likely to lose their life during a Vicky Sommet, Myriam Ullens de Schooten, Catherine natural catastrophe. Within the family unit, women play an Vidal, Sylvianne Villaudière. essential role when it comes to education and prevention. Let Special Thanks to Cyrielle Hariel us help these women and ensure their incredible initiatives for the use of its photography, the widespread recognition they deserve. the left hand forming the heart Good reading… is the one of the photographer John Isaac, Great photojournalist of United Nations.