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Sociocultural Impact of Climate Change on Women and the Girl Child in Domboshawa, Zimbabwe

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Climate Action

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Climate perturbations; Climate resilient; Climate variability; Climate warming; Gendered health; Global warming; Climate induced

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Climate change has been broadly defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity” (IPPC 2014). Climate change is a real and undeniable threat to our entire civilization, and it is also the biggest global health threat of the twenty-first century; it needs a shared responsibility to address it. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows that the world continues to experience extreme weather conditions, increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, and rising sea levels a situation that called for serious action by countries as they implement their obligations to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Failure to act will leave the environment even more hazardous to millions of women, children, and their families....

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  1. Faculty of Science, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Zimbabwe Open University, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa

  2. Faculty of Science, Department of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe Open University, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Esther Mufunda

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Passo Fundo, University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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    Ulisses Azeiteiro

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Tanyanyiwa, V.I., Mufunda, E. (2020). Sociocultural Impact of Climate Change on Women and the Girl Child in Domboshawa, Zimbabwe. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95885-9_118

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