Gender and Climate Justice in Canada: Stories from the Grassroots

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dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-16T21:41:28Z
dc.date.available2020-05-16T21:41:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractClimate change has gendered effects across Canada. Extreme weather events, warming cities, melting sea ice and permafrost, ice storms, floods, droughts, and fires related to climate change are directly and indirectly causing widespread economic and social impacts. Fossil fuel extraction, transport, and processing affect many people in Canada. Women and men have different experiences and views regarding climate change, and are affected differently as a function of their gendered social and economic positions. They also have different access to redress and to policy processes shaping public responses. Indigenous women, in particular, are on the front lines of climate injustice and are leading inspiring resistance movements. This paper examines climate justice issues across Canada through a gender lens, using a literature review and interviews with researchers and activists to identify the major themes and knowledge gaps. The paper also summarizes preliminary results of grassroots research into how individuals, community-based organizations, women’s groups and indigenous activists across Canada experience and articulate the gendered impacts of climate change, what their priorities are for action, and how they are organizing -- for example, by incorporating climate change education, outreach, networking, activism, and policy development into their work.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGender and Climate Justice in Canada: Stories from the Grassroots , research report supported by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37501
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Centre for Policy Alternativesen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectclimate justiceen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectpublic participationen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental educationen_US
dc.subjectwomen and worken_US
dc.subjectgreen community developmenten_US
dc.subjectintersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectinternational equityen_US
dc.subjectincome distributionen_US
dc.subjectlabour unionsen_US
dc.subjectcivil society engagementen_US
dc.subjectclimate change adaptationen_US
dc.titleGender and Climate Justice in Canada: Stories from the Grassrootsen_US
dc.typePreprinten_US

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