UK Policy Briefing
Towards Gender Inclusive and Sustainable Transport Systems
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
Project
Feminist Green New Deal
A Green and Caring Economy
Women and girls are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which amplify and interact with existing gender inequalities. And yet, policies to prevent and cope with the impacts of climate change rarely consider the gendered nature of these impacts.
The Feminist Green New Deal project set out to address this by building support for an intersectional Feminist Green New Deal in the UK. The two-year project worked proactively with women’s organisations as well as those working on environmental, racial and social justice issues to understand and shape policies that can hep provide a clear roadmap to a sustainable and equal UK economy.
The accompanying video imagines a day in the life of a woman in the Green and Caring Economy we have set out in our report illustrating the interrelated solutions to inequality and the climate crisis.
The project has been a collaboration between Women’s Budget Group and WEN, the Women’s Environmental Network.
Final Report: A Green and Caring Economy
The current economic system has delivered the intersecting crises of climate, ecological breakdown and inequality. It has sought growth at any cost, and has treated the earth, nature and people carelessly in pursuit of profit. Women and other marginalised groups have both borne the brunt of this exploitation and are most vulnerable to a climate changing and increasingly unequal world. Responding to these crises requires redesigning the economy around care: caring for the earth and its ecosystems, caring for the people who currently inhabit it, and caring for future generations.
Read more >>A Green and Caring Economy: Key Messages Guide
As part of our Feminist Green New Deal project, we found that people working or campaigning on the climate crisis rarely highlight how its impacts are shaped by gender inequality. At the same time, feminists working to end gender inequality don’t always know enough about what the climate crisis means for women and girls. This guide is for community groups, activists, campaigners and organisations working in either space. It is designed to help you identify and communicate the connections between these issues and help you argue for solutions that reflect the intersectional nature of both crises. It is based on existing research, new insights from our Feminist Green New Deal project and on lessons from our workshops with grassroots women’s organisations.
Key statistic from the report
- 1500
- times fewer greenhouse gas emissions are produced by health and care jobs than oil and gas
- 81 %
- of jobs in offshore wind are held by men
- £ 277 bn
- the amount of fossil fuel finance provided by the UK's five biggest banks 2016 to 2020
Seven policy papers towards a Feminist Green New Deal
Through the course of the project, we worked with experts internally and externally to develop policy papers in these key areas, which together informed the final report.
UK Policy Briefing
A shorter working week as part of a green caring economy
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
UK Policy Briefing
Labour Market Changes for a Green and Caring Economy
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
UK Policy Briefing
Macrofinancial policies for a green and caring economy
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
UK Policy Briefing
Rethinking Housing Supply and Design
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
UK Policy Briefing
Revitalising Local Communities
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
UK Policy Briefing
Sustainable lifestyle changes for a green and caring economy
Feminist Green New Deal Policy Paper
Recorded events
Several of the discussion and launch events that took place as part of this project were recorded. Click on the links to access the recordings.
Event
Launch event: A Green And Caring Economy
In this webinar, we set out our vision for a Green and Caring Economy, the culmination of a two-year project.
Event
Revitalising local communities across the UK: For people and planet
This webinar marked the launch of the third policy paper Revitalising Local Communities as part of our Feminist Green New Deal project.
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Transforming Transport: travelling towards an inclusive, green system
This webinar marked the launch of the first policy paper Inclusive and Green Transport as part of our Feminist Green New Deal project.
Event
Why the Green New Deal Must be Feminist!
An online event, hosted by Wen in celebration of International Women’s Day 2021
Blogs from the Feminist Green New Deal project
Blog Post
As working patterns change is it time to rethink public transport priorities?
This blog is by Anna Johnston, Research and Policy Officer at the Women’s Budget Group.
Blog Post
Caring for the planet and for people – why a Feminist Green New Deal is urgent
Blog post about the Feminist Green New Deal and why it is needed now.
Blog Post
The climate emergency is here: We must make our housing policy greener too
GHG emissions for housing contribute 22% of the UK’s carbon footprint. It’s time our housing policy recognised this, says Anna Johnston from the WBG.
Blog Post
Why a Green New Deal Must be Feminist
Ebyan Abdirahman explains how the climate crisis and inequality are linked and why the solutions must be too
Blog Post
On the Hottest Day in the UK So Far, A Discussion on a Feminist Green New Deal
The UK Women’s Budget Group hosted an event on a Feminist Green New Deal, advocating for policies that address both inequality and climate crisis.
Wen, the Women's Environmental Network
WEN partnered with us to deliver the Feminist Green New Deal