Last month, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published a set of articles titled "Climate Change and Gender in Morocco and Jordan" by Aya Kamil and Adele Malle, who are junior fellows at Carnegie.

In the first article, Kamil argues that despite its role as a pioneer of progressive climate policy, Morocco has yet to take the climate-gender nexus into account. In the second article, Malle explores the link between climate change and declining rates of women’s participation in the Jordanian workforce.

"Climate change is an existential concern for countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Yet as governments invest in climate mitigation and adaptation, the specific impacts of a warming climate on women are often overlooked."

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