Gender and urban climate change policy

Alber, Gotelind; Cahoon, Kate; Röhr, Ulrike

doi:10.4324/9781315661605-5

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“…Doherty, 1992Doherty, , 2006Diani, 1992;Ciplet, 2014) and also a small body of feminist literature that examines the political strategy of gender networks (c.f. Alber, 2009;Bretherton, 1998Bretherton, , 2003Röhr, 2009). Bretherton has theorised the dilemma, stating that the "principal division, in terms of women's organising, lies in the choice between insider and outsider strategies" (Bretherton, 2003, p. 108).…”

Section: Feminist Activism and Civil Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons from the Women and Gender Constituency: Interrogating Civil Society Strategies for Organising in the UNFCCC

Flavell

2023

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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While scholarship on the topic of gender and the environment is steadily growing, little is known about the challenges faced and successes seen by women and gender NGOs operating as a central part of environment-focused civil society. In this paper, I offer such an analysis, examining the political strategies—rhetorical and procedural—mobilised by the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). I argue that the WGC has seen lots of success in mobilising arguments that foreground women’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change. But at the same time, the constituency has seen far more resistance to more intersectional feminist arguments that interrogate the role of masculinised discursive power in shaping climate politics. This is at least in part a result of a wider structure of civil society that pigeonholes different identities (e.g. gender, youth, indigenous peoples) in a way that separates their deeply interconnected struggles. Understanding this structural barrier, or dark side of civil society, is crucial to envisioning a more fruitful integration of civil society in sustainability politics.

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Section: Feminist Activism and Civil Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons from the Women and Gender Constituency: Interrogating Civil Society Strategies for Organising in the UNFCCC

Flavell

2023

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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“…Further strands of research stress the relationship between sustainable development and climate change, contending from a value-oriented and normative line of argument that climate protection measures need to be gender-inclusive in order to be just [1,69] and that actions to combat the climate crisis must simultaneously contribute to sustainable development and thus also to gender equality [3][4][5]23]. The latter line of argumentation has been amplified by the launch of the Agenda 2030 s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and stresses that the interests of women and disadvantaged populations must be taken into account [6,23,70].…”

Section: Common Lines Of Argumentsmentioning

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“…These findings thus indicate that climate policy can be a driver for gender equality, as well as that gender considerations are an underestimated tool for climate protection, thus indicating that connecting climate and gender policies is mutually beneficial for achieving gender equality and climate protection efforts (see Figure 1). and climate change, contending from a value-oriented and normative line of argument that climate protection measures need to be gender-inclusive in order to be just [1,69] and that actions to combat the climate crisis must simultaneously contribute to sustainable development and thus also to gender equality [3][4][5]23]. The latter line of argumentation has been amplified by the launch of the Agenda 2030′s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and stresses that the interests of women and disadvantaged populations must be taken into account [6,23,70].…”

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Breaking the Dichotomies: Climate, Coal, and Gender. Paving the Way to a Just Transition. The Example of Colombia

Möhr

2021

Energies

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Despite recognizing that climate change and its impacts are not gender-neutral, only few studies address the arising complexities. While in some climate-relevant sectors, such as the transport sector, there already is some initial research on the relationship between climate and gender, research on the climate–gender nexus in the coal sector is still underdeveloped, and the few existing studies focus on dichotomous relations (gender–coal and coal–climate). This article discusses the currently neglected climate, coal, and gender triad and develops a conceptualization along the following aspects: (i) common lines of arguments, (ii) shortcomings in predominant arguments, and (iii) the state-of-the-art regarding the climate–gender–coal triad. To illustrate this outline, it uses the empirical case of the Colombian coal sector. Based on original data obtained via semi-structured interviews, it analyzes how imminent national-level climate policies for the coal sector, i.e., an energy transition, can be made gender-responsive and thus contribute to a just transition. The empirical example shows that women are already important change agents at the local level and in informal decision-making spaces. Although more research is needed to obtain further insights and evidence, this article contributes to the findings of more recent research which allow for the assumption that addressing climate and gender simultaneously may be mutually beneficial for both policy objectives.

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“…These deprivations contribute to the burden of domestic work among women (ibid). Moreover, as the impacts of climate change worsen, these are likely to increase the difficulty and time needed to complete routine domestic chores, such as collecting water and caring for the sick, activities often associated with women and young girls (Alber, 2009;Bartlett, 2008).…”

Section: Gender and Povertymentioning

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Topic Guide: Building reciprocal rural-urban linkages through infrastructure investment and development

Allen¹,

Brown²,

Dávila³

2015

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Evidence on Demand supports the professional development of Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods Advisers at DFID. Technical Competency Frameworks for the advisory groups guide the support provided. Evidence on Demand also supports cross-cutting or development competencies which cover areas of technical knowledge and skills needed by advisers to effectively deploy their core technical skills and knowledge in development policy and operations. The Evidence on Demand team is led by a DAI (which incorporates HTSPE Limited) and IMC Worldwide Limited Joint Venture. Both firms are established development consultancies with considerable experience in managing resource centres. The Joint Venture is backed by a core consortium of specialist organisations. The consortium provides technical support for developing quality assured resources, answering helpdesk enquiries and supporting consultancy services. Please go to the Evidence on Demand website (www.evidenceondemand.info) for further details.

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Gender and urban climate change policy

Cited by 14 publications

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Lessons from the Women and Gender Constituency: Interrogating Civil Society Strategies for Organising in the UNFCCC

Lessons from the Women and Gender Constituency: Interrogating Civil Society Strategies for Organising in the UNFCCC

Breaking the Dichotomies: Climate, Coal, and Gender. Paving the Way to a Just Transition. The Example of Colombia

Topic Guide: Building reciprocal rural-urban linkages through infrastructure investment and development

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