Gender Equality in Green Climate Transitions: Bridging Gaps Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice‹

Abstract

The age of wicked problems and overlapping environmental, geopolitical and economic crises has placed sustainability transitions and environmental policies into an evolving context of crisis. Decision-makers are expected to achieve long-term sustainability goals while remaining flexible to urgent short-term demands and sudden geopolitical shifts. Shifting priorities challenge the effective implementation of ambitious environmental policies. The European Union’s Green Deal is ambitious and promises to leave no one behind, yet gender and intersectional perspectives remain insufficiently integrated into environmental policy and research. This gap is alarming: while women and marginalised groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, they are underrepresented in related decision-making. This panel explores how gender equality and intersectionality (e.g. class, race, age, ethnicity, disability, geographical location) can help bridge these divides and meet the challenges of the evolving context of climate crises. We ask: How can gender-sensitive and intersectional research inform policy and practice?

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