Climate change is not equal to all: The contribution of feminist studies to climate change research

Marta Rivera-Ferre

Abstract


The impacts of climate change on people are not homogeneous, with some social groups being more heavily affected than others. This is due to the existence of a differential and contextual vulnerability that most often is related to inequality. In this sense, gender is a key axis of social inequality that intersects with other systems of power and marginalization to cause unequal experiences of climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Thus, a gender analysis in climate change research examines structures and relationships of power. In this article, I provide some examples of differential impacts of climate change and how feminist studies make visible the underlying causes of vulnerability as well as the agency of marginalised actors to propose alternatives.

Keywords


climate change adaptation; maladaptation; feminist research; intersectionality; contextual vulnerability

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.20508

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