A Feminist European Green Deal – Towards an ecological and gender just transition
Online Launch Event
March 2nd, 2022, 10-11.00 am CET,
English without translation
The European Green Deal is the European Union’s most ambitious and comprehensive climate program to date. It shows a path toward decarbonization and climate neutrality to keep the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement alive and limit global warming to 1,5 °C. The concept of a just transition, the promise that no one shall be left behind along this path, is rightly at the heart of the European Green Deal.
But not everyone is impacted equally by the climate crisis and climate policies. Often times, women and men are affected in very different ways. Yet thus far the European Green Deal has been gender-blind. This is problematic because such measures run the risk of perpetuating or even exacerbating gender-based inequalities. The European Green Deal’s just transition needs to address more broadly how people are impacted differently by the climate crisis to bring about transformative change.
That is why Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, WomenEngage for a Common Future and the European Environmental Bureau invite you to this online launch of our policy paper that examines the climate policy measures of the European Green Deal from a feminist perspective. It focusses on solutions in the sectors with the highest emissions: mobility, energy and agriculture and makes policy recommendations for a gender-just and transformative implementation of the European Green Deal.
Organizational information and registration
We look forward to receiving your registration by Friday, 25.2.2021 here: https://www.fes.de/lnk/fegd-launch
You will then receive a link from us to participate in the virtual event. Please note that the session will be recorded.
Agenda
10.00 Welcome and Introduction
- Delara Burkhardt, Member of the European Parliament, Socialists & Democrats
- Yvonne Blos, International Climate Policy Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
10.10 Opening Remarks
- Frans Timmermans, Vice President of the European Commission (to be confirmed)
10.20 Presentation of the policy paper: “A Feminist European Green Deal – Towards an ecological and gender just transition”
- Gabriele Köhler, Women Engage for a Common Future
- Katharina Wiese, European Environmental Bureau
10.40 Feedback and Discussion
11.00 End of Session
For more background information about our work on climate change, energy and environment, please visit our thematic portal → "Shaping a Just World".
