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This training manual aims to build understanding among UNDP staff and UNDP partners of the gender dimensions involved in environmental and energy sustainability. It examines environment and energy development projects, policies and decision-making processes from a gender perspective. It aims to (1) improve awareness of: gender-specific roles and responsibilities in different societies, the gender-related differences in access to and usage of natural resources and energy services, and the different impacts of environmental degradation and conservation efforts on men and women; (2) identify gender-specific measures that will increase the effectiveness and impact of environment and energy projects, increase gender balance through such projects and leverage the results of these projects to serve other development objectives; and (3) highlight entry points for mainstreaming gender in environment and energy activities.