Feminist Perspectives on Climate Diplomacy

This is the critical decade for climate action and all foreign policy interventions will be judged against this global challenge.
It’s well established that Australia’s reticence to act on climate change is undermining our diplomatic relationships, particular with our near neighbours in the Pacific. As a collective action problem, climate change requires nations to look beyond their own narrowly defined interests and seek collective global solutions. Feminist foreign policy provides a lens through which we can see climate action as a shared priority, a human security issue, and one which is central to Australia’s relationships with the region. Additionally as a framework which emphasises the need for policy coherence between domestic and international issues, feminist foreign policy highlights the need for Australia to take domestic action on climate change in order to fulfil our international role.

Review all publications in the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition Issues Paper Series on the AFFPC home page here.