Women’s Action towards Climate Resilience for Urban Poor in South Asia: Baseline Report

The Women’s action towards managing health impacts of climate change affecting urban poor the South Asia Project aims to build the resilience capacity of women from slum communities in seven cities of South Asia, to take the lead in action against four climate risks. These four climate stressors – heat stress, flooding and inundation, water scarcity, and increased incidence of water and vector borne diseases – often impact the poor most but are slower‐onset and less apparent than climate disasters and extreme events. The report explains a model wherein women take a lead through collective action and technology incubation, to devise locally relevant pro‐poor and gender sensitive climate resilient solutions and promote a culture of sustainable development and resilience among the urban poor in South Asia.