Understanding Climate Change Through Gender Relations

✍ Scribed by Susan Buckingham; Virginie Le Masson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 301
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Attempts to understand the production and impacts of climate change and proposals for mitigation and adaptation through gender analyses are thin on the ground. This book explains how gender, as a power relationship, influences climate change related strategies and considers the additional pressure that climate change puts on uneven gender relations and the ways in which men and women experience the impacts of these in different economic contexts. The chapters dismantle gender inequality and injustice through a critical appraisal of vulnerability and relative privilege within genders. It will be of interest to students, scholars and policy makers working in climate change, politics and gender studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Gender relations
Gender and climate change policy
Notes
References
Part I Structures
2 Moving beyond impacts: More answers to the ‘gender and climate change’ question
Introduction
Answering the ‘gender and climate change’ question: three (more) arguments
Argument 1: Climate change discourse is gendered
Evidence: vulnerable victims – resilient subjects
Argument 2: Gender equality and environmental protection are linked
Evidence: women’s political status and CO₂ emissions
Argument 3: The transition to a post-carbon world requires gender justice
Evidence: solidarity economy not green economy
Conclusion
Notes
References
3 Integrating gender issues into the global climate change regime
Introduction: (re)characterising climate change and evolving the UNFCC regime
Gender, climate change and (an intransigent) UNFCCC regime
Women, ecofeminism and the environment
Making the case for the gender constituency in the UNFCCC regime
Women, leadership and the global climate change regime
Progressing gender in the UNFCCC regime
Fuelling ongoing change
Conclusion: gender as an established institutional priority in the UNFCCC?
Notes
References
4 Gender justice and climate justice: Building women’s economic and political agency through global partnerships
Introduction
Gender justice and climate justice
Community-based responses to climate change, North and South
Sister Watersheds: equity on São Paulo’s watershed committees
Climate change and water governance in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi
Green Change: climate change, urban renewal and jobs in Toronto
Conclusion: women’s networking for climate justice
References
5 Gender and urban climate change policy: Tackling cross-cutting issues towards equitable, sustainable cities
Introduction
Urbanisation, inequality and climate challenges
Addressing gender dimensions of climate change in urban contexts
Addressing gender dimensions of urban climate policies
From gender-responsive to gender-transformative: the culture of care as a prerequisite for a low-carbon city
‘It’s the economy, stupid’ – but what about the care economy?
What does a culture of care mean?
Towards solutions in practice
Integration of gender into the recommended policy cycle
Conclusions and recommendations
Notes
References
6 Natures of masculinities: Conceptualising industrial, ecomodern and ecological masculinities
Introduction
Gender and environment
Masculinities and environment made visible
Conceptualising masculinities with case studies of climate change, environmental history and energy politics
Industrial masculinities
Climate scepticism as example of industrial masculinities
Ecological masculinities
Ecopreneurs as examples of ecological masculinities
Ecomodern masculinities
Neoliberalism and light green: Schwarzenegger as an example of ecomodern masculinities
Towards understanding natures of masculinities
References
7 The contribution of feminist perspectives to climate governance
Introduction
Climate governance
Research on gender and climate
Feminist perspectives
Material feminist perspectives
Liberal feminist perspectives
Constructivist feminist perspectives
Conclusion
Note
References
Part II Case studies
8 Gender, climate change and energy access in developing countries: State of the art
Introduction
Gender and climate change
Gender and adaptation
Gender and mitigation
Gender and energy access in developing countries
Gender and energy access in the development context
Discussion: the linkages between gender, climate change and energy access
Conclusions
Note
References
9 Everyday life in rural Bangladesh: Understanding gender relations in the context of climate change
Introduction
Research overview
A moment in time
Summary of findings
Decision-making, paid work and household dynamics
Variation, dynamism and history of social practices
Law reform and its limits
Cumulative effects, uncertain causes and unintended consequences
Discussion
Notes
Reference
10 Investigating the gender inequality and climate change nexus in China
Introduction
Gender vulnerability to climate change and its relevance for China
An analysis of key factors in gender inequality and their link to climate change in China
Feminization of agricultural labor
Access to education and health
Access to resources
Access to decision-making and traditional gender norms
Potential and limits for a gender-based approach to adaptation strategies at the institutional level
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Notes
References
11 Revealing the patriarchal sides of climate change adaptation through intersectionality: A case study from Nicaragua
Introduction
Feminists need to engage with gendered climate change politics
Gendered exclusions in gendered climate change politics
Women are given core responsibilities but unequal gender relations are not challenged
The post-feminist discourse increases the burdens of both poor rural women and men
Reinforcement of traditional gender roles
Class, age and ethnicity-based exclusions in the politics of knowledge creation
Class-related exclusions
Ethnicity and age-based exclusions
Conclusion
Notes
References
12 Safeguarding gender in REDD+: Reflecting on Mexico’s institutional (in)capacities
Introduction
Gender, development and REDD+
Mainstreaming gender in environmental policy and programs in Mexico
Gender and REDD+ in Mexico
Promoting gender equity in early REDD+ programs
Discussion and considerations
References
13 ‘Women and men are equal so no need to develop different projects’: Assuming gender equality in development ...
Introduction: attention to gender in the context of disaster risks and climate change
Case study: climate change within the wider development context in Ladakh
Methodology: a gender sensitive approach to conduct fieldwork
The assumption of gender equality
Gender differentiated vulnerabilities
Contradictions between discourses and practices among NGO practitioners
Discrepancies between NGOs agenda and local realities
Conclusion and policy implications
Note
References
14 Co-housing: A double shift in roles?
Introduction
Aim, research questions and method
Links between climate change, gender and co-housing
The re-emergence of co-housing in Europe
Typical co-housing planning characteristics
Co-housing and energy-transition
Co-housing and gender
Conclusions: co-housing, lessons learned
Notes
References
15 Integrating gender and planning towards climate change response: Theorising from the Swedish case
Introduction
On spatial planning and participation
On environmental planning and participation
Environmental planning and Sweden
On feminine and masculine values and perspectives in planning for climate change
Integrating a gender perspective into environmental planning
Feminine/communicative attributes in comparison to masculine/rational attributes
Discussion and future research
Note
References
16 A gender-sensitive analysis of spatial planning instruments related to the management of natural hazards in Austria
Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): the Austrian context
The gender+ dimension of climate change and natural disasters
Gender+ aspects of climate change and natural disaster in research and policies
Zoning Map, Local Development Plan, Hazard Map: dealing with spatial challenges and natural hazards at the local ...
The case study St. Lorenzen: a debris flow in 2012 in a small village in Austria
An interdisciplinary approach calls for a diversity of methods
The representation of women and men in the planning processes: 1 R
The allocation of resources (money and time) to the planning processes: 2 R
The legal framework of the planning processes related to the Hazard Map: 3 R
Social norms and values underlying the planning process and the Zoning Map: 4 R
Spatial planning instruments and their potential for a gender-.sensitive participatory disaster risk reduction
Conclusion and outlook
Notes
Acknowledgements
References
Index