Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change on Women and Persons with Disabilities

This study focuses on the impact of climate change on women and people living with disability in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states in Northern Nigeria. It was commissioned by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2024 to inform a governance programme – the Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement – but evolved to take on a broader mandate around climate change impact, whilst retaining a strong focus on the lived experience of women and people with disabilities in the three states.

The research was originally commissioned to inform the selection and design of issue-based interventions and coalition building under the new Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE) programme. During inception, in response to changing circumstances, FCDO agreed with the research team to pivot towards a broader focus beyond governance, and with a particular emphasis on data collected from people with day-to-day experience in living with the effects and impacts of climate change. The PACE team requested the inclusion of supplementary question on awareness/understanding of the causes of climate change in the primary data collection.