Strategies that emphasize quick fixes that allow continued high carbon production tend to come from the types of professions that are imbalanced along gender lines, such as mostly men working in energy or transportation industries, she said. We need to address the sources of climate change as well as its consequences," Nagel said. These kinds of solutions ignore the causes of climate change, which is carbon dioxide production. "For instance, geoengineering approaches focus on ways to reduce sunlight or bury and sequester carbon. Nagel said her research for the book points to how more women than men die in climate-related disasters around the world and how a male-centric approach to climate change policy too often focuses on treating the symptoms rather than addressing the root causes. "In all areas of climate change science, policy and solutions, women and men should be equally represented at the table," said Joane Nagel, university distinguished professor of sociology and author of "Gender and Climate Change: Impacts, Science and Policy." LAWRENCE - The world has long neglected to look at issues surrounding global climate change through a gendered lens, a University of Kansas professor argues in her new book.
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