Women are at greater risk from global warming than men, claims MEP in 'bonkers' EU row....Note to self: Must start Idiot Category

Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (above) claims women are more at risk from climate change than men

A bizarre row has broken out among EU politicians over whether climate change is a feminist issue.

Members of the European Parliament will vote today on a report by a French Green party MEP who claims global warming ‘is not gender neutral’.

Women, claims Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, ‘consume more sustainably than men and show greater willingness to act to preserve the environment’ as they tend to organise household consumption and childcare.

She said that discrimination against women could be made worse in the developing world if climate policies do not take gender discrimination into account. Read More