TAKING STOCK: - SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS CLIMATE COMMITMENTS

TAKING STOCK: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS inCLIMATE COMMITMENTS AN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REVIEW Sexual and reproductive health and rights and rights-based approaches in national climate documents: A review of Nationally Determined Contributions since 2020 in Asia and the Pacific TAKING STOCK: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS IN CLIMATE COMMITMENTS AN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REVI. [...] to increase in times of stress and scarcity A number of studies find that heat has an and following extreme weather events and adverse impact on maternal and newborn disasters (McLeod, Barr and Rall, 2019; Pope health outcomes, increasing the risk of still- and others, 2022), and climate change exac- birth (Kuehn and McCormick, 2017; Rylander, erbates the drivers of child marriage. [...] The research team reviewed references to This systematic process of content analysis health as health is core to SRHR and a compo- of SRHR and GBV and harmful practices and nent of the well-being of women and girls as the five thematic areas was performed for it relates to their experience of violence, and each NDC, using the method developed for because unequal access to and achievement the revie. [...] Finally, a country and local levels in the Asia-Pacific region on the cross-country analysis was undertaken ways that climate change and SRHR and GBV to identify gaps and good practices in the intersect and identify entry points for climate NDCs in relation to each thematic area. [...] their perspective on the NDCs and the climate 13 TAKING STOCK: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS IN CLIMATE COMMITMENTS Asia and the Pacific KEY FINDINGS BY THEMATIC AREA The climate emergency imperils progress towards all our global goals, including achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.