Towards an ecofeminist theory of inter-generational equity and its application in the climate change context

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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson Cross, Kate
dc.date.acceptance2022-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-14T17:00:33Z
dc.date.available2022-11-14T17:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractInter-generational equity (IGE) could be a powerful normative principle to achieve climate justice for present and future generations of human and nonhuman nature in the activities of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (FCCC). However, until the FCCC moves beyond the exploitative discourses of ecological modernisation and sustainable development, any policy seeking to address IGE will be unable to reconcile the tensions between present and future generations of humans and nonhuman nature. Using the FCCC’s Gender Action Plan as a focal point, this chapter examines how the climate change regime is seeking to achieve IGE for women and girls. Drawing on ecofeminist philosophy, this chapter argues that rather than recognising the interrelationships between humans and nature, and the necessity to include future generations of nonhuman nature in policy development, the FCCC approaches IGE as an anthropocentric distributive justice issue. This inhibits the normative power of the principle and results in short-sighted and limited policy making that undermines the potential to achieve gender equality for present and future generations.en
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dc.identifier.citationWilkinson Cross, K. (2023) Towards an ecofeminist theory of inter-generational equity and its application in the climate change context. In: ALBERTYN, C., CAMPBELL, M., ALVIAR GARCÍA, H., FREDMAN, S. & RODRIGUEZ DE ASSIS MACHADO, M. (eds.) Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice: Gender Equality, Climate Change and Rights. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4337/9781803923796.00007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/22306
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherEdward Elgaren
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Law, Justice and Societyen
dc.subjectEcofeminismen
dc.subjectClimate Changeen
dc.subjectUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changeen
dc.subjectFCCCen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectEcofeminist philosophyen
dc.subjectIntergenerational equityen
dc.titleTowards an ecofeminist theory of inter-generational equity and its application in the climate change contexten
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