This research report by Aditi Kapoor explicitly highlights the causes and concerns of women due to changing climate. It rightly points out that climate change would put an extra pressure on women activities ranging from agriculture, fetching water to fodder collection; and critically analyses the implications for women livelihoods generation. Its criticism seems to be genuine that most of India’s responses to climate change and its adaptation policies at best are ‘gender blind’ or ‘gender neutral’. Even all eight missions of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) of India explicitly and implicitly recognize the gender concerns, but largely ignore any gender specific measures in the climate change adaptation mechanism and proactive gender agenda.
