The impact of climate change on community, culture, and gender in Central Kalimantan

¹ Environmental Engineering Study Program, School of Environmental Sciences, Postgraduate School of Palangkaraya University, Palangkaraya, 73111, Indonesia.
² Head of Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program in Palangkaraya University, Palangkaraya, 73111, Indonesia.
³ Head of LPPM Palangkaraya Univesity, Palangkaraya University, Palangkaraya, 73111, Indonesia.
⁴ Lecturer of Economics Social, Faculty of Agriculture, Palangkaraya University, Palangkaraya, 73111, Indonesia.

^* Corresponding author: sari007marlina@gmail.com

Abstract

The impacts of climate change in the last decade are tropical storms, rising sea levels, and forest fires. These impacts damage human health, natural resources, and gender equality. This study aimed to identify the effects of climate change in the community, cultural development, and gender roles in addressing climate change in Central Kalimantan. This study used a cross-sectional design with questionnaires. Data collection was carried out using interview and observation techniques with a purposive sampling method. Interviews were conducted with 30 respondents in each district. The results of the study showed that the community has long felt climate change in Central Kalimantan. Still, they do not yet understand that changes in rainfall and temperature patterns reduce environmental conditions and forests’ function to support daily life. The openness of access to natural resources for women gives the responsibility of maintaining families during climate change, for example, utilizing plants to be used as weaving material in managing wet and dry forest ecosystems that increase deforestation rates. In the future, stakeholders, including regional government, will issue policies that protect women’s rights and interests to ensure that women get the same access and benefits related to information and decision-making, especially in natural resources management.