The climate crisis is a deeply feminist issue because its impacts exacerbate inequalities both between the Global North and South and between the genders. Therefore, an intersectional feminist perspective on the effects of the climate crisis is just as necessary as measures and policies to combat it. Feminist foreign policy puts the human rights of women and marginalised groups at the centre of its actions. Climate justice must therefore be given greater consideration in foreign policy in order to achieve a just transition in all climate-relevant areas – transport, energy, resource use, etc.
How should a feminist climate foreign policy be designed to work as effectively as possible towards global climate justice? How could a gender-equitable transition in the energy sector be achieved? What positive examples already exist?
About the speakers
Sheena Anderson
is a black feminist, climate justice activist and political scientist. She worked at the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP), where she headed the anti-racism and climate justice programme areas. She is active in ‘Netzwerk F’, an intersectional feminist political network for young women and non-binary people. Sheena is also an anti-bias trainer.
Shonali Pachauri
is a research group leader of the ‘Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group’ within the Energy, Climate and Environment Programme at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Pachauri's research focuses on the role of social, institutional and technological innovations for inclusive human development, especially for people without access to basic infrastructure and services. She was a lead author of the sixth assessment report (AR6) of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and coordinating lead author of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA). She is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the advisory group of the International Network on Gender and Energy (ENERGIA).
Jennifer Pitter-López
Gender and Climate Expert at "Light for the World"