![]() ![]() ![]() She maintains that "human" universalism, as used by climate scientists, infers objectivity that belies inequality among humans. ![]() Beyond the impact of climate change, Nagel reveals the gendered bias of the military-science complex and climate change science, a male-dominated field from the developed world. The author provides powerful evidence of relative gender vulnerability to sea level rise in extreme weather events and droughts-such as melting sea ice and changing coastlines. With the world at such a pivotal moment in determining how it should respond to climate change in order to avert catastrophe, Joane Nagel has provided a departure point for those engaged in studying and making decisions on climate change, as well as those challenging these decisions, to consider the central role of gender in this 'greatest threat to rights in our time'"- Susan Buckingham, Gender & Development "The 'gendered face of climate change' is brought into focus by Nagel (sociology, Univ. "The book reveals how fundamental an understanding of gender is to appreciating how climate change is produced, experienced and addressed. ![]()
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