A gender equal and sustainable public transport system
Setting national targets for gender equality and sustainability is one thing. Putting these into practice at a regional and local level is something completely different. The decision of the Swedish city of Malmö to introduce gender mainstreaming in the development of a new public transport plan resulted in visits both to the hospital and the police. Read more
Women are everyday climate experts
Several Danish housing areas have successfully trained women from ethnic minority backgrounds to be local role models for living in a more climate conscious way. The Environmental Ambassadors Project combines climate expertise and empowerment. Read more
Climate Change and Security in the Arctic: The promise of Feminism
Climate change has put the Arctic back on the map of geopolitics. But does the melting of the ice threaten peace and stability in the region? And what is the relevance of feminism in this context? Read more
Local adaption below the melting glaciers
The Hindu Kush-Himalaya is an area where the impact of climate change is receiving increasing attention. Norway is one of the agencies supporting research in the area and demanding the inclusion of a gender perspective. What is important, though, is to avoid reinforcing the generalisations about women in the South and their vulnerability. Read more
Gender is the key to a green future
If the battle against climate change is to be successful, innovation and new ways of thinking are needed. This is something society cannot achieve without women. Read more
Consumption perspective redraws emission maps
Solutions to climate changes are often sought within technological innovation and eco-friendlier production. The researcher Annika Carlsson-Kanyama, however, approaches the issue from a different angle. She focuses on consumption and believes that individual emission allowances would be a good idea. Read more
With blinkers and umbrellas
Feminists in the Third World are the people who have been at the forefront of research into gender and the environment, says biologist Måns Andersson. But finally progress is being made in the West, too. Read more
"My car needs diesel and I need food"
It’s not only that meat fills your stomach. It also makes you a man - and an environmental sinner. Read more
What’s driving you?
Men are more likely than women to drive a car, and women are more likely than men to use public transport. But will women take over the masculine mobility pattern? Or is it possible to encourage both men and women to use public transport? Read more
Column by Inger Støjberg and Ulla Tørnæs: Gender equality - a top priority
"Men and women are affected differently by the climate change. Therefore both women and men must be involved in the struggle against the global climate changes," say Inger Støjberg, Danish minister for Gender Equality, and Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation. Read more
Shopping Queen
In the rich and egalitarian West both women and men contribute to a level of over-consumption which is unsustainable for the climate. But who is to take responsibility for stopping this? Have the women’s movement and feminism let down the environment? Read more
Climate change hits poor women hardest
When rivers dry up in Africa the journey to the nearest water post becomes longer – which means less time for girls to go to school. When villages are flooded in Asia, you die if you are, as a woman, not allowed to be seen alone and in wet clothes among unfamiliar men. Read more
Class Struggles
A male-dominated over-consuming class is creating significant hardship among women of the struggling class. But one-third of humanity belongs to the sustainable class. If they made it, it should be very much possible also for the rest. Read more
“It is a matter of justice”
The future climate regime can neither ignore half of the Earth’s population nor deem it vulnerable by nature. This states Dr Minu Hemmati and Ulrike Roehr from GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice – deeply involved in the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Read more
Women will make a difference
Finland is funding female delegates in climate negotiations as well as supporting activities focusing on gender issues in the negotiations. Read more
Nordic recommendations
Gender equality should be integrated into the new UN climate agreement. This is the appeal from participants of a Nordic Summit on climate, gender and equality. Read more
Conference
Business as usual does not work
"Climate change must be handled as an environmental problem, where the point of departure is what is best for the environment and not what is best for the economy," says Professor Joni Seager, who is critical of climate research focusing on technical and financial solutions. Read more
