Climate Summer School and Feminist Climate Ambassadors

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

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Green Economics Institute, and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

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Programme A

Day 1 Friday August 20th 2021 Introductory afternoon

Connection and tech testing 12.00- 13.00 CEST

Session 1 13.00- 14.30 CEST Introductions and familiarisations

Chair-, Marlyn Lee: Tech support -Sukriti Anand, Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania and UK ) Coordinator

Welcome from Miriam Kennet The Green Economics Institute (UK)

a) Introduction to the Climate Feminist Ambassador Project – Adele Hatungen Visio Education ( Finland)

b) Introduction to GEF Ewa Sufin (Poland)Introduction to the Green European Foundation (Belgium and Luxembourg)

c) Participant Introductions and orientation: Icebreaker:Random break out rooms.

14.30-15.00 Short Break

Session 2 15.00- 17.00 CEST I Opening plenary

Introduction and scene setting about feminist climate issues: European Perspectives on intersectionality and climate change

Chair- Sukriti Anand (India) Tech support Marlyn Lee and Miriam Kennet (UK) Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania and UK )

The European Green Deal continues to marginalise women, especially those from minority backgrounds. The EU must integrate an intersectional feminist approach into its green transition

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 –

Speakers:

-Jean Lambert Former Member of the European Parliament, EGP ( UK): – Her special interests include Democracy and Human Rights, Migrant & Refugee Rights, Anti-discrimination and Social Inclusion and aiding the development of a Green employment strategy.

Mana Livardjani -Director of ENOP European Network of Political Foundations (Brussels -Belgium)

-Patrizia Heidegger Director Global Policies and SustainabilityBrussels Region, Belgium European Environmental Bureau-(Brussels, “Why the European Green Deal needs Ecofeminism”

Q & A

Short Break in the middle of the session 16.00-16.15 CEST

16.15 CEST – European Perspectives on climate change: Speaker Ewa Sufin Former Consul of Poland and Strefa Zeleni Green Institute (Poland)

-Agneta Granstrom tbc( SAMI Indigenous MP (Sweden)) The Indigenous perspective

Q and A Debate with participants

17.00- 17.30 Short Break

Session 3 17.30 -18.30 CEST

Facilitator Marlyn Lee Chair and Co Chair Kristina Jocuite. Tech support Miriam Kennet and Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania and UK) Sukriti Anand

Networking with all participants in break out rooms –

a) Briefing

b) break outs

Participants share current climate impacts and diversity, feminist, ecofeminist and intersectional issues and solutions.

Preparing a report on global intersectional climate issues

c) report backs in plenary

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Progamme B

Day 2 Saturday August 21st 2021

Tech conection for participants-12.00-12.15 -CEST

Session 1- Plenary No 1 Day 2 13.00- 15.30 CEST

Facilitator: Peg Alexander (UK) -Co chair-Miriam Kennet (UK) ; Coordination Kristina Jociute (Lithuania and UK) -Tech suport Volker Heinemann (Germany and UK)

Women as role models, pandemic and climate, womens leadership style, issues and changes and legal and institutional framework and statistics and Empowering women -skills and information to take part in climate dialogue and in shaping a renewed climate future- the information and reports we need. 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

Women at the cutting edge: 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 Inspirational

a) Methodological perspectives and debates:13.00-14.30 CEST

Speakers: Lynne Franks OBE influencer- communications expert, global icon and womens empowerment pioneer (UK) 15 mins

-Jelassi Olfa (Tunisia )Steering committee and board member at Gender CC 15mins

‘We need to challenge inequalities and to reach a feminist and sustainable future, we need to translate those agreements into actions, we need gender-mainstreaming tools to be available and used. For that, we work to ensure enough women participation in all levels of decision making of climate policies’ Jelassi Olfa.2021

– Frances Roberts-Gregory. Future Faculty Postdoc at Northeastern University. 15 mins. Governance and diversify leadership within environmental and climate policy. As a feminist scholar-activist,she research on Gulf Coast women of color’s climate justice activism and strategies to resist environmental racism while navigating contradictory relationships with energy and petrochemical industries. Her dissertation is titled, “Post-Apocalyptic Environmental Politics: Women of Color, Climate Justice and State-Corporate Crime in Louisiana.” She hopes to use her scholarship to contribute to efforts to democratize environmental governance and diversify leadership within environmental and climate policy. tbc

Discussion with participants about what it all means for us today and for the climate 10 minutes

14.30-14.45 CEST mid session break

b) Women count- women at the cutting edge, why they matter so much for the future of humanity:14.45-15.30 CEST

-Elizabeth Wathuti Fourth Recipient of Wangari Maathai Scholarship Award, Environmentalist and Climate Activist,(Kenya)

-Bianca Madison -Vuleta (Croatia, Denmark and UK) Women as leaders

Q and A

Short break 15.30-15.45 CEST

Session 2 15.45-16.30 CEST Reporting from the frontline of climate change with Actionaid Nigeria-

Anjikwi Mshelbwala reporting from the front line of cliamte change from Nigeria in the field with action aid. Reporting live from the outskirts of Nigeria.

Video and question and answer with Rahila James of Actionaid live from Yobid State bordering Chad and Niger video from the frontline location with serious flooding issues 100 houses in rural area are under water -evacuating 1000 people -flash floods.

Coordination Kristina Jociute, Miriam Kennet and Volker Heinemann

16.30- 16.45 CEST short break

16.45 – 17.45 CEST Session 3 What is feminism, ecofeminism, intersectionality -and why do they matter ? Attempting to define and understand these terms today in 2021.

Facilitation Peg Alexander, Coordinator -Chair Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania) Tech Support Miriam Kennet

Speakers: Bahar Topçu Turkish Green Institute speaks with a video explaining eco feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1f_Ev96Ro&t=21s. “Bahar Topçu is a feminist climate activist and ballet teacher. She is one of the founders of the Greens in Turkey and a member of the Green Thought Association. She recently completed her master’s thesis on the performative aesthetics of climate activism in İstanbul, and aims to continue working on extractivism.”

Claire Bailey , N Ireland Green leader identifies as pro-choice and a feminist. She was a client escort for women accessing healthcare advice at the Belfast Marie Stopes Clinic, enduring assault and intimidation from anti-abortion protesters. She has also worked supporting survivors of sexual violence and abuse.TBC

-Bianca- Madison -Vuleta (UK, Croatia and Denmark) Ecofeminism

-Dorothy Nalebega (Uganda)

– Womens Budget Group: Anna Johnston by video: Towards a Feminist Green New Deal.

-Lest we forget what is at stake this week in Afgahnistan -BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-58230070

Discussion with all participants

17.45- 18.15 CEST Short Break

Session 4 – 18.15- 19.00 CEST

Chair-Miriam Kennet (UK) Coordination Kristina Jociute (Lithuania and UK) -Tech suport Volker Heinemann (Germany and UK)

Networking plenary and recap days 1 and 2

a) Icebreakers: Break out rooms: What would you say to your ancesters about the world today ? you rather travel back in time to meet your ancestors and What would you say to your future descendants about the world today and your role in it?

What three things would you like to accomplish this year?

b) Facilitation of Report Backs: All participants share learnings from day one and two. Break out rooms. Group reports back.Networking plenary and recap days 1 and 2

c) Break out room : Summer School Forum – Facilitation of Report Back Peg Alexander:

Recap and learnings -gold fish bowl- other ways of work -participant discussions. Break out rooms Plenary report backs.

What would be your main message if you got to speak to the world at COP26 Recommendation for COP26

19.30-20.00 CEST Short Break

Session 5 20.00 -21.00 CEST After Dinner speaker- Inspiriational well known-A lister author of IPCC Nobel Prize Winning Report –

Speaker- Professor Dr Graciela Chichilnisky PHD Maths, statistics, USA and Argentina creator of the carbon market in the Kyoto Protocol and feminist.

Chair-Miriam Kennet (UK) Coordination Kristina Jociute (Lithuania and UK) -Tech suport Volker Heinemann (Germany and UK)

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August 22nd 2021 Sunday Programme Day 3

Programme Climate Feminist Summer School

Tech conection test for participants 12.00-12.15 CEST

Session 1 13.00 -14.30 CEST -Opening Plenary

Chair -Miriam Kennet Tech Support Marlyn Lee and Miriam Kennet, Leena Ahmed

Analysing the impact on women of climate change, the need for change and aspects of its philosophy and conception for different situations. Bringing intersectionality in to counter the crushing stereotypes and take our power back as leaders and matrifocal futures. Climate Leadership: enabling us to take part in climate leadership -the tools, the info, the skills, empowering us all.

Speakers:

–Professor Maria Madi (Argentina and Brazil) Professor of Economics and finance -Editor of 3 academic journals and author of 20 books on empowerment.

-Professor Dr Enkhbayar Shagdar(Japan and Mongolia) (シャグダル エンクバヤル) https://researchmap.jp/www.erina.or.jp?lang=en -expert in low carbon economy and Pan Asian Smart Grid and nomadic peoples in Asia.

-Professor Elaine Rocha, (University of West Indies), Professor of History. Global Environmental Issues, past and present and I research Women’s History, Black History and Indigenous History.The impact of f climate change on lives of indigenous women in Latin America (mostly Brazil), discussing climate/economic migrations. The climate impacts for women of a small island state. Climate Change and the Impact on the lives of Indigenous Women of Latin America. Past and present.

Q and A with participants

14.30 -15.00 CEST Short Break

15.00 -15.40 CEST Session 2 Chair -Leena Ahmed Tech support Marlyn Lee and Miriam Kennet Volker Heinemann

-As Civil Society Activists what can we do to make a difference- – in the run up to the COP United Nations Climate Event. Speakers tell us their plans how we can each plan to make a difference

Speakers-Pamela Harling COP Representative and creator of carbon neutral home

-Marie Pochon ( France )Secrétaire Générale, Notre Affaire à Tous Agir ensemble pour la justice climatique Climate ecofeminist activist.

Q and A

b) Sharing knowledge about what we can do together

Chair -: Marlyn Lee: Group Facilitator Suniti Goulding, Tech Support Leena Ahmed and Miriam Kennet Tech Support Volker Heinemann

Knowledge share in Break outs -working with resources from IPCC and COP and Climate Science

15.40-16.00- Short Break

Session 3– 16.00-16.30 CEST Chair Suniti Goulding. Tech support Marlyn Lee and Miriam Kennet Volker Heinemann

Keynote speaker discusses climate change impacts on women and girls- the reality on the ground- and what the future holds-and what feminism and eco feminism really means for women and girls in reality

-Nkechi Ilochi-Omekedo, Women’s Rights Programme Manager – ActionAid ( Nigeria),Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria project funded by Global Affairs Canada, $1 million Ford Foundation funded project on Strengthening Women’s Rights Organisation’s capacities to combat violence against women, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of UK Government project on protecting women and girls from GBV, COVID-19 and Conflict. Leads the implementation of these three major projects in addition to driving other AAN’s feminist intervention programmes in Nigeria.

16.30-16.35 Short Break

16.30-17.45 CEST Session – 4 Chair Leena Ahmed -and Facilitator Suniti Goulding, Tech Support- Miriam Kennet and Marlyn Lee and Volker Heinemann

Introduction: Critical realism and the lived experience. Climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world -case studies, major workshop – Critical Realism Exploring lived experiences and particular challenges of different groups and some virtual visits :Panel of experts: Regional lived experiences.

– Invisible women -women at the UN- women at COP -women missing from climate negotations, from think tanks, women experts, women in the climate dialogue- Exploring main stream climate narratives- women as victims- women as saviours, women as sustainable spenders- ? The theoretical background of popular categorization of women stereotypes.

a) -Introduction to the issues -Speaker – Leena Ahmed Green Economics Institute, Global Diplomacy (UK) 5 mins

b) 50 minutes: Meeting people around the world and the lived experience of climate change for women, climate change, oppressions and the SDGs impacts throughout the world. Work on the ground- how it impacts womens lives -and what we can do to change it- the practicalities.

Climate change -real lives- the lived experience:: A panel debate of experts 35 minutes

– Dorothy Nalebega (Uganda)) How to input to the treaty: How the COP works- the law and how to use it- the issues for women and gender – the institutional framework of climate change.

– Chelungat Scholar, Climate Campaigner (Kenya), The Effects of climate change on women and children

Rahila James Actionaid, Womens Rights Programme Officer at ActionAid Nigeria (Nigeria)Perspective from NGO Charity Development in the fact of climate change impacts

Anjikwi Mshalbwala-Action- Aid (Nigeria) womens and girls issues- The impact of climate on Nigerian women and girls and the programmes to address the issues.Perspective from NGO Charity Development in the fact of climate change impacts

– Nakiyemba Harriet Ssebuwufu,( Uganda )Harriet Nakiyemba Ssebuwufu Mrs Environmental activist,Headteacher and University Lecturer,Woman and child rights activist,Leader of Lay Catholics,Former MP Aspirant

-Elizabeth Wahuti Wangari Mathai Award Winner (Kenya) tbc

Q and A 15 minutes

c) Indigenous lived experiences:Marginalised groups decision making from the climate decision making. Older women, Young women and Middle aged women Women of colour experience; Climate Campaigner Kenya and Uganda, Indigenous women: , SAMI Sweden Indigenous Farmers -10 minutes

– Hadijah Nakazibwe Indigenous and Organic Farming Specialist -(Uganda )-

-Agneta Granstroem (SAMI) Sweden Indigenous perspectives

Q and A 10 minutes

17.45-18.00 CEST Break

Session 5 CEST 18.00-19.00 Next steps and closing session

Chair -Marlyn Lee- Co Chair: Miriam Kennet and Leena Ahmed Tech support Volker Heinemann

Contemporary navigations Gender and feminist perspectives of green new deal, build back better, renewables, climate and green economy

Empowering tools and preparation for COP and climate actions : Closing plenary and plans for the next steps and sessions and COP 26 Glasgow and Kunming, China- next steps and take aways. Plans sharing and aspects of making a new wave of change- –

How to input to the treaty CEST How the COP works- the law and how to use it- the issues for women and gender – the institutional framework of climate change.

Closing keynote speeches:

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

a) Speaker: The institutional aspects of climate change and how to save the climate

Professor Alexandra Harrington Fulbright ScholarDr. Alexandra Harrington Research Director and Senior Fellow, Member of the Senior Leadership Team J.D., LL.M., D.C.L. (McGill), Professor, University of Albany School of Law, and Fulbright Canada Special Foundation Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada- (USA)

b) What feminism, ecofeminism and the fights against poverty and racism have in common: the need for system change

Speaker: Natalie Bennett Green Party member of the UK House of Lords, 2019-; leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2012-2016, board member of the Fawcett Society 2009-13; board member Green European Journal, 2021-; editor Guardian Weekly 2007-2012: editor, Thailand’s Combined Second and Third Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women:

c) All participants in break out rooms and report back to plenary to share thoughts and plans

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Delivery Team

Facilitators: Peg Alexander (UK and Ireland), Suniti Golding (UK and India), Leena Ahmed (UK)

Chairs: Leena Ahmed, Sukriti Anand, Marlyn Lee, Miriam Kennet,

Administrative managers and coordinators ; Leena Ahmed Diplomacy and Global Network Coordinator, Marlyn Hughes Tech and Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania)

Professors: Denise Hawkes tbc,(UK) Maria Madi,(Brazil) Alexandra Harrington (USA) Professor Graciela Chichilniski (USA and Argentina) IPCC; Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar (Japan and Mongolia) University of Mongolia Business School [ERINA cooperation](Ulaanbaatar,Dr Olfa Jelassi Eng Tunisia others to be confirmed

Lecturers and Educational Professionals, Marlyn Lee, Suniti Golding, Denise Hawkes,(UK) Maria Madi,(Brazil) Alexandra Harrington (USA) Professor Graciela Chichilniski (USA and Argentina) IPCC; Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar (Japan and Mongolia) University of Mongolia Business School [ERINA cooperation](Ulaanbaatar,Dr Olfa Jelassi Eng Tunisia, Danika Formosa (Malta), Lynne Franks (UK),Frances Roberts – Gregary Faculty Member, Berkley University, (USA)Founder, Green Generation Initiative, Hadijah Nakazibwe Headteacher (Uganda),Professor Ealaine Rocha(UWI)

Policy Makers and diplomats : Jean Lambert, former MEP, (UK), Ewa Suffin, Former Consul of Poland (Poland), Marie Tousant (France) MEP, Mana Livarjarni -Director of ENOP European Network of Political Foundations (Brussels -Belgium)

Civil Society: Marie Pochon (France) , Ewa Suffin,(Poland) Dorothy Nalebega, (Uganda) Elizabeth Wathuti (Kenya) Chelungut Scholar (Kenya), Nkechi Ilochi-Omekedo, Rahila James and Anjikwi Mshalbwala-Actioonaid (Nigeria), BiancaMadison -Vuleta (Croatia, UK), Kristina Jocuite (Lithuania, and UK)

Speakers and workshop facilitators to include; All speakers currently being confirmed

Professor Dr Graciela Chichilsnisky -PHD ( USA and Argentina) creator of the Kyoto carbon market and CEO of global thermostat

Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar (Japan and Mongolia) University of Mongolia Business School [ERINA cooperation](Ulaanbaatar, (シャグダル エンクバヤル) https://researchmap.jp/www.erina.or.jp?lang=en -expert in low carbon economy and Pan Asian Smart Grid.

Professor Elaine Rocha, Senior Lecturer, Dept. History and Philosophy, UWI -The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill,(Barbados)

Dorothy Nalubega, Global Greens and Farmer ( Uganda) COP GEI speaker and delgate

Claire Bailey Leader of the N Ireland Greens and Feminist activist

Lynne Franks OBE world reknowned Feminist Award winning communication powerhouse- SEED -PR pioneer mentor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Franks

Scholar Chelangat Co-Party Leader Green Congress of Kenya (Kenya)

Mana Livardjani -Director of ENOP European Network of Political Foundations (Brussels -Belgium)

Dr Olfa Jelassi Eng Tunisia Gender CC , Young Environmental Leader Award Hydro-meteorology engineering at National Engineering School of Tunisia, International Cooperation& Development, Advocate:Climate Change (Tunisia)

Leena Ahmed Green Economics Institute, Diplomacy (UK)

Sukriti Anand (Spain and India) Economics, Accounting and Finance- women and survivability.

Marie Pochon ( France) Militante écologiste, de l’eau bien commun, des droits du vivant, de la justice climatique: Building the climate movement in Europe and also fighting for justice in the Mediterranean. Secretary General of Notre Affaire à Tous.Interested in youth and girls* rights, self-determination, imagining and building better futures

Suniti Golding (UK) -Chair and Facilitator : Experienced Tutor with a demonstrated history of working in the primary/secondary education industry. Skilled in Teaching, Lesson Planning, Tutoring, Curriculum Development, and Emotional Intelligence. Strong education professional with a Master’s Degree focused in MA International Affairs from Carleton University and Political Science from York University- International Diplomatic Background.

Elizabeth Wathuti Fourth Recipient of Wangari Maathai Scholarship Award, Environmentalist and Climate Activist,(Kenya)

Professor Maria Madi -(Brazil -Finance and Economics ) Author

Michelle Gale -Gender Progress-( USA and Brazil)

Frances Roberts-Gregory. Future Faculty Postdoc at Northeastern University. (USA)tbc

Jean Lambert former MEP Member of the European Parliament

Natalie Bennett Green Party Peer

Bahar Topçu Turkish Green Institute speaks with a video explaining eco feminism

Claire Bailey , N Ireland Green leader identifies as pro-choice and a feminist. She was a client escort for women accessing healthcare advice at the Belfast Marie Stopes Clinic, enduring assault and intimidation from anti-abortion protesters. She has also worked supporting survivors of sexual violence and abuse.

-Bianca- Madison -Vuleta (UK, Croatia and Denmark) Ecofeminism

-Dorothy Nalebega (Uganda)

– Womens Budget Group: Anna Johnston by video: Towards a Feminist Green New Deal.

Professor Dr Alexandra Harrington, Fulbreight lawyer (USA)

Ewa Suffin former consul for Poland (Poland)

Nakiyemba Harriet Ssebuwufu,( Uganda )Harriet Nakiyemba Ssebuwufu Mrs Environmental activist,Headteacher and University Lecturer,Woman and child rights activist,Leader of Lay Catholics,Former MP Aspirant

Adelle Hattunen Visio ( Finland)

Hadijah Nakazibwe Headtecher Indigenous Farmer -(Uganda )Hadijah Nakazibwe is a Ugandan Youth Environmentalist, specialising in Indigenous and organic farming.

Womens Budget Group Anna Johnston

Bianca Madison- Vuleta -(Croatia, Denmark and UK)

Gabrielle Sousa e Silva Hiltmann (Brazil and Germany)

Camila Born She/Her: Deputy Director of Strategy – of the COP and Office of The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, The COP President Designate COP26, United Nations Climate Change Conference (Invited -TBC)

Marie Tousant- MEP France, France – Europe Écologie (France) Raporteur,n 2015, Toussaint founded Notre affaire à tous, an NGO defending a right to climate justice. Together with Oxfam France, Greenpeace France and the Foundation for Nature and Man their national climate justice campaign “Affaire du siècle” 2018 to sue France for global warming. Her petition became the most signed in France with 2 million signatories very fast. TBC

Nkechi Ilochi-Omekedo, Rahila James and Anjikwi Mshalbwala-Action- Aid Nigeria womens and girls issues- The impact of climate on Nigerian women and girls and the programmes to address the issues. tbc

-Professor Denise Hawkes -Head of Department of Economics of Education Univeristy of Greenwich. (UK)tbc

“Bahar Topçu is a feminist climate activist and ballet teacher. She is one of the founders of the Greens in Turkey and a member of the Green Thought Association. She recently completed her master’s thesis on the performative aesthetics of climate activism in İstanbul, and aims to continue working on extractivism.”

Countries represented by participants:

The Americas

Trairi, Brazil, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada,Tampa, FL, United States, Lima, Peru 4

Africa

Kisumu, Kenya, Tunisia, Harare, Zimbabwe,Suleja, Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya

Cairo, Egypt, Johannesburg, South Africa, Uganda, 8

Europe

Scarborough, United Kingdom, Dobris, Czech Republic,Riga, Latvia, Porto, Portugal, Queluz, Portugal, Albania,Istanbul, Turkey, Rome, Italy, Luxembourg, Glasgow Scotland, Liège, Belgium, K’alak’i T’bilisi, Georgia, Munich Germany, Athens, Greece,Valencia, Spain, Vienna, Austria,Belfast, United Kingdom,Copenhagen, Denmark, Vilnius, Lithuania, Izmir, Turkey,Besançon, France,Oslo, Norway, Porto, Portugal,Budapest, Hungary, Pomorie, Bulgaria, Dublin, Ireland, Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Lodz, Poland, Norbotten, Sweden, Malta, 34

Asia

Hangzhou, China, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kolkata, India, Bacolod City, Philippines,Baku, Azerbaijan, Edogawa, Japan, Tel Aviv, Israel,Ramallah, Palestinian Territories,Bandung, Indonesia, Mongolia 9

Australasia

Sydney, Australia, Fiji

53 countries represented at the event.

Recommended Reading and Writing by participants and coordinators in more detail

1.https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/fighting-the-patriarchy-to-save-the-planet/

2. https://geibooks.org.uk/product/womens-unequal-pay-and-poverty/

This book is designed to help ease this process and ensure that women in the 21st century, throughout the world, can achieve their full potential. It is also designed to inspire the reader to get involved in this process and help to create a viable, vibrant and equitable society, for a secure future, for all of humanity in the 21st century.

3. Patriarchy and accumulation – Professor Maria Mies https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=13059 In International Journal of Green Economics

4 Climate Change- economics or science International Journal of Green Economics -https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31320

5. Gender and climate justice- Wendy Harcoutt and Sonja Cappello-International Journal of Green Economics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31327

6. https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31331 Persepctives of energy efficient housing in Estonia- Maret Merisaar Green MP International Journal of Green Economics

7. Special issue on gender and environment International Journal of Green Econonics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijge&year=2009&vol=3&issue=2

8 The costs of women’s unequal pay and opportunity: transforming the unbalanced structure of our economy to meet the challenges of today: climate change, poverty and the twin crises of the economy and economics. Authors: Miriam Kennet International Journal of Green Economics

https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=30988

Abstract: In the clamour to be green, it is often forgotten that women are more likely to be poor and earn less than men in all countries of the world. They have much less political, economic and institutional representation and are less present on the boards of the world|s companies. If green economics means social and environmental justice, then gender must be included in all claims to be green. This paper explores the gendered aspects of three formative aspects of the aims of green economics – poverty prevention, climate change prevention, and economic practise and reform. Highlighting gender absence, gender blindness, and gender justice, the paper explores how women are more likely to be victims of environmental change and of the economic crisis and it suggests how rebalancing of the structure of economics towards gender balance could possibly benefit everyone.

9. Malala Nobel Prize winner explains why it matters https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/malala-yousafzai-deeply-worried-women-minorities-afghanistan-falls/story?id=79475886&cid=social_twitter_abcn

10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-58250062 An Afghan woman reporter asks the leader of Nato -how this situation is possible? It illustrates the issue of womens rights being not understood by the worlds powers – fascinating and worth watching

11. https://youtu.be/aLWAURnle84 Why the Green New Deal Must be Feminst Women’s Environmental Network and Womens Budget Group

12 https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/A-Feminist-Green-New-Deal.pdf

13 https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Feminist-Green-New-Deal.pdf

14 Rosalind Miles- Womens History of the world 19098 and Who cooked the last supper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_History_of_the_World

15 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23206098-who-cooked-adam-smith-s-dinner-a-story-about-women-and-economics Katrin Marcal

16 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nlD4JWaWaM&rank=1 Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives.

17. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/the-whiteness-of-wealth-by-dorothy-a-brown/ Dorothy Brown -How the tax system impoverishes Black Americans

18 Green Economics and Climate Change Miriam Kennet (UK) and Winston Ka Ming Mak Green (Hong Kong) Economics Institute Ed https://geibooks.org.uk/product/green-economics-and-climate-change/

19 Climate Justice- Irene Garcia (Spain ) and Miriam Kennet (UK) Eds 2021 Based on our most recent GEF GEI climate change event.https://geibooks.org.uk/product/climate-justice-book/

20 Climate Change – The Inner Landscapes By Jeremy Seabrook 2021 ISBN : 978 1 913354 0 804 Green Economics Institute https://geibooks.org.uk/product/climate-change-the-inner-landscapes/

21 Climate Change books from the Green Economics Institute https://geibooks.org.uk/product-category/geibooks/climate-change/

21b https://www.migrationdataportal.org/themes/migration-data-relevant-covid-19-pandemic Migration and women portal

21c Green Economics Institute Climate Change and Science Blogs and information

https://greeneconomicsinstitute.org.uk/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=category&tag_ID=51&post_type=post&wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Fedit-tags.php%3Ftaxonomy%3Dcategory

https://greeneconomicsinstitute.org.uk/News from the Institute/climate-change-science

21d GEIClimate.org website GEIClimate website Climate Feminist

21e NASA’s climate change website- and the earths vital signs https://climate.nasa.gov/

Green European Foundation Publications and recomendations:

22. Article: Fighting the Patriarchy to Save the Planet – on being an ecofeminist in theory and in practice https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/fighting-the-patriarchy-to-save-the-planet/

22. Article: Quality of Life Before Sustainability: Questioning Contemporary Green Discourse – on ecological citizenship and embracing quality of life for all https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/quality-of-life-before-sustainability-questioning-contemporary-green-discourse/

23. Article: The Politics of Representation in the Climate Movement – on (the need for) inclusiveness in the climate movement https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-politics-of-representation-in-the-climate-movement/

24. Audiobook: Climate Feminism – a feminist story about climate justice activism https://gef.eu/publication/climate-feminism-audiobook/?_sft_related-focus=feminism

25. Guidebook: SAFE – a guide for people (esp. women and minorities) targeted by online violence during their activism https://gef.eu/publication/safe-a-guide-for-people-targeted-by-online-violence/?_sft_related-focus=feminism

All participants are warmly invitd to sign up to the Green European Foundation’s Newsletter Here link https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00wHmR3pTWVTN5z

Summer School

Resources- IPCC 6th Assessment out 9th August 2021. ‘Code Red for Humanity’- according to the United Nations General Secretary. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_7862a5a917e92ac692375d1a7c176dc1399e86c4-1628502438-0-gqNtZGzNAeKjcnBszQgi

This summer school is part of the project “Feminists in the Climate Movement,”

organised by GEF with the support of Visio, Green Economics Institute, Oikos, and

Fundacja Strefa Zieleni. With a closed training programme for selected Feminist Climate

Ambassadors as well as a series of public events, the project seeks to build capacity

among (potential) climate leaders, while highlighting the gendered aspects and impacts

of the climate crisis to a broader audience.

Programme:

. An indicative overview of possible sessions can be found here.

Practicalities:

Date and time: August 20 th – 22nd 3 days

Audience: This summer school will take place in English, online, and is open to the

general public. We strive for an open but safe space, making the summer school as

interactive and accessible as possible while ensuring the wellbeing of our participants.

Registration: Please register in advance here.

GEI Pinterest Climate Link: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/greeneconomics/climate-action-at-the-green-economics-institute/

from a post for the United Nations -“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”

– Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Terms of participation

“GEF and GEI are committed to running an inclusive and engaging summer school.

To ensure a safe and respectful environment, we think it is valuable to set out a few guiding principles. Harassment of any type and on any basis – whether direct or through inappropriate stereotyping – has no place at this event

Additionally, we encourage participants to be aware of privilege and (implicit) hierarchies, and take a step back so marginalised voices can lead. Refrain from interrupting other participants or speaking on their behalf.

Finally, we look forward to open and lively conversations, but remind you to treat each other’s personal experiences with confidentiality and generosity, recognising what all of us bring to the table.

By attending/registering, all participants of the summer school acknowledge that they have understood these principles, are committed to them, and know that violating them may result in being removed from the session. Please note that you can reach the organising team at any point should you want to notify them of any bullying, harassment, or other violations of this space.”

The summer school will be recorded – your attendance implies your acceptance of this.

We reserve the right to vary the programme due to speakers and workshop leaders having committments and other reasons. We do our best to provide the programme as advertised but at the moment many people have pressure from family, health and other committments. We thank you for your understanding.

Short On Line Reading List for Participants

Recommended Reading and Writing by Participants and Coordinators:

1. https://geibooks.org.uk/product/womens-unequal-pay-and-poverty/ – This book is designed to help ease this process and ensure that women in the 21st century, throughout the world, can achieve their full potential. It is also designed to inspire the reader to get involved in this process and help to create a viable, vibrant and equitable society, for a secure future, for all of humanity in the 21st century.

2. Patriarchy and accumulation – Professor Maria Mies https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=13059 In International Journal of Green Economics

3. Climate Change- economics or science International Journal of Green Economics – https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31320

4.. Gender and climate justice- Wendy Harcoutt and Sonja Cappello-International Journal of Green Economics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31327

5. Perspectives of energy efficient housing in Estonia- Maret Merisaar Green MP International Journal of Green Economics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31331

6. Special issue on gender and environment International Journal of Green Economics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijge&year=2009&vol=3&issue=2

7. The costs of women’s unequal pay and opportunity: transforming the unbalanced structure of our economy to meet the challenges of today: climate change, poverty and the twin crises of the economy and economics. Authors: Miriam Kennet International Journal of Green Economics https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=30988

8. Why the Green New Deal Must be Feminist Women’s Environmental Network and Women’s Budget Group https://youtu.be/aLWAURnle84

Recommended Reading from the Green European Foundation:

1. Article: Fighting the Patriarchy to Save the Planet – on being an ecofeminist in theory and in practice https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/fighting-the-patriarchy-to-save-the-planet/

2. Article: Quality of Life Before Sustainability: Questioning Contemporary Green Discourse – on ecological citizenship and embracing quality of life for all https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/quality-of-life-before-sustainability-questioning-contemporary-green-discourse/

3. Article: The Politics of Representation in the Climate Movement – on (the need for) inclusiveness in the climate movement https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-politics-of-representation-in-the-climate-movement/

4. Audiobook: Climate Feminism – a feminist story about climate justice activism https://gef.eu/publication/climate-feminism-audiobook/?_sft_related-focus=feminism

5. Guidebook: SAFE – a guide for people (esp. women and minorities) targeted by online violence during their activism https://gef.eu/publication/safe-a-guide-for-people-targeted-by-online-violence/?_sft_related-focus=feminism

All participants are warmly invited to sign up to the Green European Foundation’s newsletters here to learn more about our work on this and other topics: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00wHmR3pTWVTN5z

After Dinner Speaker Biography

Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is the co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, and co?creator of a carbon removal technology that can reverse climate change, which is an

immense step toward successfully mitigating the global carbon cycle. Under Dr. Chichilnisky’s leadership, the company was awarded a Silver designation on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s 2020 Most Fundable Companies List, and its technology was chosen by MIT Technology Review as one of the Ten Breakthrough Technologies of 2019, a list curated by Bill Gates.

As a world-renowned economist and environmental scientist, Dr. Chichilnisky has made lasting impacts on the environmental law making by creating the United Nation’s Kyoto Protocol. Her work as a lead US author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Prize in 2007, and continuously promotes the importance of sustainable development.

As the recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017-2018),Dr. Chichilnisky’s research on effective ways of reversing climate change has been recognized to have lasting contributions to society. Having published more than 15 books, including the recently published Reversing Climate Change and the award?winning Saving Kyoto, which won the American Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Academic Title of the Year and the American Geographical Society’s Book of the Month Award in October 2009, and more than 300 research papers on global environment, Dr. Chichilnisky has transformed the way modern academics view climate change and its economic implications.

Dr. Chichilnisky is also a Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics at Columbia University, and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management.She holds two Ph.D. degrees, in Mathematics and Economics, and her graduate studies ere at MIT and the University of California, Berkeley.

GenderCC- women for climate justice: Dr Jelassis references from

https://www.gendercc.net/

women and gender constituency :

https://womengenderclimate.org/

Gender Climate tracker ( which I contributed to with NDCs analysis in 2016, but there’s updates data) :

https://www.genderclimatetracker.org/

Gender Just climate solutions Awards (which I am jury member of 2019 edition and this year too) :

GJCS – Gender just climate solutions

UNFCCC topic gender:

https://unfccc.int/topics

UNFCCC Act on the Gap next workshop:

https://unfccc.int/topics/gender/events-meetings/workshops-dialogues/actonthegap-virtual-workshop-series#eq-2

Not without us project :

https://medium.com/notwithoutus

Gender equality and women’s empowerment in Updated and new NDCs:

https://wedo.org/brief-gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment-in-updated-and-new-nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/?blm_aid=0

women’s major group : Feminist want system change :

https://www.womensmajorgroup.org/from-the-pandemic-to-2030-feminists-want-system-change/