Ensuring climate action and clean technologies are accessible and fair
Feminist Communities for Climate Justice: Research has found that women and marginalised communities in Ireland are more vulnerable to climate change impacts
The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project is a joint initiative of Community Work Ireland and the National Women’s Council of Ireland, which seeks to promote both sustainability and fairness in climate change policy. We have built a national network of more than 140 groups and individuals to highlight climate policies that put people and planet first: that can be transformative in creating a fairer, cleaner, more sustainable future in which all women, communities, workers and countries are lifted by climate action.
To date, we have collaborated with Maynooth University to develop a certificate in Community Work for a Changing Ireland for community workers and activists, and published a baseline report into Feminist Climate Justice covering six thematic areas covering care, housing, transport, food, health and a just transition. We have four active working groups and in the next phase of the project we will be rolling out a new campaign to broaden out the public discussion of what climate action looks like, and how healthy communities need to be central to the climate policies of government.
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