Climate Feminists Weekend Summer School

 

Climate Summer School and Feminist Climate Ambassadors

Weekend Summer School in the run up to COP26 United Nations Climate Conference

 

Programme

Day 1 August 20th 2021 Introductory afternoon

Session 1 Introductions and familiarisations

Introduction to the Climate Feminist Ambassador Project

Introduction to the Green European Foundation

Introduction to GEIClimate and The Green Economics Institute and welcome

 

Short Break

 

Session 2

Networking with all particpants in break out rooms

Introduction to the Issues about climate change

Introduction and scene setting about feminist climate issues

 

Session 3 Opening Plenary

Impacts of climate change on women- historical and archaeological perspectives and understandings and insights -gender impacts and intersectional impacts and implications -demographics -contraction and convergence and the SDGs- feminist perspectives – indigenous womens perspectives

 

Session 4 climate equity-green recovery- jobs for the boys- sharing a common future- women and intersectional feminst perspectives

 

Session 5 -team builder and networking and social – quiz –

Session 6- common climate dinner- and impacts -music

 

 

Day 2 August 21st 2021

Session 1- networking plenary and recap day 1

 

Session 2- Opening Plenary

Impacts of climate change on different demographics in more detail

Meeting people around the world and the lived experience of climate change for women:

climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world -case studies

 

Session 3- Oppressions around the world- and climate implications

Meeting people around the world and the lived experience of climate change for women:

climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world -case studies

 

Session 4 -Exploring main stream climate narratives- women as victims- women as saviours, women as sustainable spenders- ? The theoretical background

 

Lunch Break

 

Session 5- invisible women -women at the UN- women at COP -women missing from climate negotations, from think tanks, women experts, women in the climate dialogue-

Meeting people around the world and the lived experience of climate change for women,

climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world -case studies

 

Session 6 -Exploring lived experiences and particular challenges of women of colour, indigenous women, LGBTQ+ women, older women and other groups marginalised decision making from the climate decision making.

 

Session 7- women as role models, pandemic and climate, womens leadership style

 

Sessions- 8 -women in the climate industry, in climate finance, climate science -how they are challenging the status quo and how they are leaders today – introductions to key climate women

 

Session 9 – gender and feminist perspectives of green new deal, build back better, renewables, climate and green economy

 

Session 10 – empowering women -skills and information to take part in climate dialogue and in shaping a renewed climate future- the information and reports we need.

 

Day 3 August 22nd 2021

Session 1 -Networking and recap

Session 2- Opening Plenary – Introducing the COP United Nations Climate Event and our plans and how we can each plan to make a difference

Session 3 Enabling us to take part in climate leadership -the tools, the info, the skills, empowering us all. The GEI plans for COP26 and UN plans for COP26. Opportunities, strengths, weaknesses and threats.

Session 4- climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world -case studies

Lunch Break

Session 5- the law and how to use it- the issues for women and gender – the institutional framework of climate change.

Lecturer- Professor Alexandra Harrington

Session 6- Fish bowl takeaways and thoughts and outputs.

Session 7- Closing plenary and plans for the next sessions and COP 26 Glasgow and Kunming, China- next steps and take aways.