Mainstreaming Gender in Global Climate Governance: Women and Gender Constituency in the UNFCCC

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Joanna Flavell

Mainstreaming Gender in Global Climate Governance

Women and Gender Constituency in the UNFCCC

Joanna Flavell

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Routledge
04 October 2024

Gender studies, gender groups; Human geography; Applied ecology; Global warming

Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments

This book explores the role of feminist activists in The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and highlights the progress they have made in mainstreaming gender as a key issue in global climate governance.

It is now commonplace for gender to be framed as a political issue in global climate politics within academic scholarship, but there is typically a lack of robust empirical analysis of existing advocacy approaches. Filling this lacuna, Joanna Flavell interrogates the political strategies of the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) in the UNFCCC (The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Through a conceptual framework that integrates climate change with intersectional critical inquiry and political practice, Flavell analyses hundreds of historical documents, coupled with interviews and observations from two UNFCCC conferences. This research uncovers a so-far untold story about the history of the UNFCCC that foregrounds gender and feminist advocacy, highlighting the importance of the WGC in shaping dominant narratives of global climate governance through a series of rhetorical and procedural strategies. Overall, the book draws important conclusions around power in global climate governance and opens up new avenues for advancing a feminist green politics.

This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental justice, climate politics and governance, environmental activism, and gender studies more broadly.

An electronic version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched (KU). KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. The Open Access ISBN for this book is 9781003306474. More information about the initiative

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By: Joanna Flavell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032307527
ISBN 10: 1032307528
Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 04 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Table of Contents List of Acronyms List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements 1 - Introduction Why ‘Gender and Climate Change’? The UNFCCC as a Site of Inquiry Overview of the Book 2 - Enduring Debates in Feminist Climate Praxis Theorising Feminist Climate Activism Enduring Debates Dilemmas of Rhetorical Strategy Radical Outsiders versus Pragmatic Insiders Questions of Power Dynamics and Hierarchies The Activist - Academic Divide Conclusion 3 - Ecofeminist Intersectionality: Inquiry and Praxis Ecofeminist Intersectionality as Critical Inquiry Social Inequalities Intersecting power relations Contextuality Relationality Complexity Ecological Justice Transversal Politics as Ecofeminist Intersectional Praxis Solidarity Politics Epistemic Communities Flexible Dialogue Conclusion 4 - From Zero Gender to GAP: Foregrounding gender in UNFCCC history Phase 1: Zero Gender -1992 – 2007 Early Days: 1992 – 2002 Getting Organised: 2003 – 2005 Gaining Momentum: 2006 – 2007 Phase two: Mainstreaming Gender into the UNFCCC - 2007 - 2013 Getting Noticed: 2007 – 2009 Feminist Leadership: 2010 – 2013 Phase 3: Gender Action Plan - 2014 – 2021 Towards Implementation: 2014 – 2015 Extending the Lima Work Programme on Gender: 2016 The Gender Action Plan: 2017 - 2021 Conclusion 5 – Political Strategies Mobilised by the Women and Gender Constituency Rhetorical Strategies Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Universalising lived experience Equating Gender with Women Intersectionality in Baby Steps Procedural Strategies Identifying entry points for gender aspects into the climate change debate Raising awareness and disseminating information Building women’s capacity and joint strategizing Developing a future research agenda Conclusion 6 – Lessons for Ecofeminist Intersectional Praxis Lessons from the WGC for Intersectional Inquiry and Praxis Lesson One: There are No Easy Solutions Lesson Two: Prevalent domains of power have hindered intersectional praxis in the UNFCCC Lesson Three: Intersectional inquiry and practice cannot be separated Towards an Ecofeminist Transversal Politics Option One: Fold and Withdraw Option Two: ‘Business as Usual’ Option Three: Ecofeminist Transversal Politics Conclusion 7 - Conclusion: New Directions for Ecofeminist Intersectional Praxis Original Contributions Coda Appendix 1 - Methodology Introduction Collecting Data: Gathering Data, Conducting Interviews and Observation Gathering Data Elite Interviews Direct Observation Interpretation and Analysis of Documents Internal Validity and Limitations of the Research Bibliography Index

Joanna Flavell is a Fellow an ecofeminist scholar researching and teaching in environmental politics, with a special interesting in activism in global climate politics. Joanna’s 2020 paper ‘The embodied politics of climate change: analysing the gendered division of environmental labour in the UK’ was published in Environmental Politics and was shortlisted for the best paper award 2020.