Research and education for gender & climate justice in the MENA region: the contribution of the University of Naples L'Orientale

Abstract

In the MENA region, socioeconomic and gender inequalities, and political conflicts intensify climate change impact. This paper highlights the role of universities in mitigation and adaptation research, and also in the study of the socio-political drivers of climate change, including in gender, aerial and international cooperation studies. The contribution also discusses the input of the international workshop ‘Combating the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change in the MENA Region’, organised in October 2023 by the University of Naples L'Orientale and the National Centre for Social Research, which emphasised the integration of a gender perspective in climate change education and research.