Gotelind Alber
This article is discussing what it may mean to take a gender approach to climate policy. Going beyond merely adding gender language to existing policy formulations, women have begun questioning some widespread basic assumptions. One of the main contentious issues in the international climate policy debate continues to be the divide between industrialised and developing [...]
GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice comments on the end of COP 16 As COP 16 comes to a close, we go home ignoring Ixchel and all other goddesses of reason and undoing the tapestry that could have protected us from either an extremely hot or cold future. “Let not the perfect be the enemy of the [...]
Here are some impressions from the World Urban Forum (WUF) in Rio de Janeiro, 22 – 26 March 2010. Prior to the Forum, the Gender Assembly was held, covering gender aspects of governance, urban planning, land and housing, access to services and financing. Here is my presentation on Gender, Cities and Climate Change. During the main [...]
Fifteen years after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force, civil society organisations (CSOs) working on women and gender issues have finally been acknowledged as a special observer group. This is a major step forward to give women and gender issues more prominence. After several years of awareness raising and [...]
The women’s organizations comprising the Women and Gender Constituency under the UNFCCC are dismayed by the lack of progress. Press release …
Photo impressions from the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen and before …
Since 2006, I have been working as an independent consultant and researcher on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate policy. My special interests are local approaches, strategies and methodologies, multi-level governance, and gender equity and justice.
Please find here information about my background, work and professional interests, and various articles and photos.