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.

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