The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A Focus on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion

The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report series was first launched in May 2023 in an effort to report progress on the state of climate-resilient infrastructure and showcase best-practice case studies and initiatives from around the world. The series contributes directly to the UNFCCC Race to Resilience campaign, which seeks to catalyse action by nonstate actors to build the resilience of 4 billion people from vulnerable groups and communities to climate risks by 2030.

Issue 4, A Focus on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), illustrates how GEDSI is critical to the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. It frames the need for better integration of GEDSI throughout the infrastructure lifecycle and explores disaster risk reduction and resilience for infrastructure through a GEDSI lens.

The report showcases over 40 case studies that embed GEDSI principles throughout the infrastructure lifecycle, from inclusive planning and co-design with women, youth, and persons with disabilities to accessible procurement, construction practices, and GEDSI-responsive operations and maintenance.

This report aims to

• Surface concrete entry points across the infrastructure lifecycle for delivering gender- and disability-inclusive outcomes;
• Illustrate how inclusive design and operations reduce vulnerability and accelerate recovery
• Provide adaptable checklists, indicators, and examples that practitioners can lift and localise
• Spur coalitions, engineers, planners, ministries, financiers, and community leaders to mainstream GEDSI in everyday decisions.

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