Feminist Climate Justice: A Framework For Action
UN Women
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Abstract: This conceptual framework outlines a feminist vision for climate justice, grounded in four interlinked dimensions: recognition, redistribution, representation, and reparation. Drawing on feminist economic, ecological, and decolonial theories, the paper demonstrates how gendered vulnerabilities to climate change are entrenched within global systems of inequality?including patriarchy, colonialism, and extractivism. It introduces intersectionality and interdependence as foundational principles, emphasizing the need for systemic transformation of policies, power structures, and economic models. Using the global food system as an illustrative case, the report proposes pathways to integrate feminist climate justice into agriculture, food sovereignty, and climate policy. It further explores barriers and opportunities for building gender-responsive accountability frameworks?highlighting innovations like the Gender Equality and Climate Policy Scorecard.