Just Resilience: Integrating social justice and gender into climate change adaptation in Europe

The impacts of the climate crisis on Europe disproportionately affect certain regions and socio-economic groups, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities. Faced with this reality, it is necessary to rethink adaptation to guarantee just resilience, by integrating social justice and gender concerns.

The new note from the Observatory’s Blog analyses the different types of climate vulnerabilities in Europe and presents a number of initiatives promoting a feminist approach to social justice.

Published on 29 May 2024, it was written by Tania Martha Thomas, Climate Chance and Pauline Beyler, Flavie Seigneurin, Gender in Geopolitics Institute.

Contents:

• Social vulnerabilities and adaptation policies: interconnected impacts
• “Just Resilience”: From theoretical framings to local actions
• Community-led and civil society efforts
• The particular vulnerability of women and the need for feminist social justice
• Rethinking political commitment and interpersonal relations for more effective feminist social justice

Read the note