Just transitions to low-carbon societies and economies are important areas of climate change-relevant, post-pandemic and development policy and practice. Gender equality outcomes of just transitions need to be ambitious, well specified and measurable to generate and support effective action across a diversity of stakeholders.
This paper reviews the gender justice implications of current strategies and plans for low-carbon transitions, including a range of proposals and theoretical approaches on which to base the development of the gender equality outcomes of just transition and recovery plans. The most relevant theoretical bases include feminist economics, decolonizing and intersectional feminist perspectives, and feminist systemic critiques of carbon-intensive economic growth.
Following the review analysis, the paper proposes a framework that identifies gender-equality outcome domains (spheres of action and change) where the transformative potential of low-carbon transition pathways can be assessed and strengthened.
This evidence review was developed as part of the GGKP Gender Expert Group's research activities on Gender-Just Transitions.