This research aims to review and analyze how international organization,such as the United Nations ,EU ,OECD, as well as state practices, take gender into consideration when making policies in response to climate change. It also reviews laws and policies relevant to climate change in Taiwan and compares them with those of the said international organizations and other countries. After a thorough review and comparison, this research concludes that relevant agencies in Taiwan fail to be aware that climate change may have different impact on men and women. At the same time, the current framework of gender mainstreaming also fails to be responsive to the urgent need of action-taking with regard to the prevention of climate change. In other words, the policy on climate change and the policy to advance gender equality in Taiwan are two parallel routes. This research stresses the importance of the connection between the two realms of policies and suggests that relevant agencies shall take the laws and practices in the international organizations as guidelines to include gender perspective in policy-making and implementation on climate change. Moreover, it also emphasizes that different departments and agencies should cooperate with each other to cope with these intricate issues related to climate change and gender. The research therefore gives specific advices at the end of this report on how current policies and practices shall be revised in hope that they will be adopted in the future reform.

climate change, gender, sustainable development, CEDAW, UNFCCC