Building a Feminist Energy System: Launch of New Gender, Climate & Energy Policy Brief

We cannot confront the climate crisis without transforming our current energy system, dismantling an energy system built on extraction, colonialism, and injustice – and building something new in its place. For generations, Black and Indigenous communities, and other communities of color and low-income communities have spearheaded visions of energy justice that position and honor energy as a human right. Deep and thoughtful processes of consent, consultation, and prioritization of communities most impacted by the current violences of our energy system are required to transition to an energy system that is accessible, affordable, and grounded in human rights and gender justice.

This virtual event will launch a new WEDO Brief, authored by Sanjana Paul, on the intersection of gender, climate and energy in the U.S., putting forward critical gender considerations for energy decision-making practices, accessibility, affordability, health and safety issues, inequities in the gendered employment within the energy sector, and beyond. The event will then bring together a panel of energy and feminist advocates, organizers and activists approaching the transformation of energy system in different ways, teaching us about their analysis, ongoing work, and visions for more just energy systems.

Read the brief here: https://wedo.org/new-u-s-brief-buildi....