Feminist Climate Justice

The First International Conference for the Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels, held in Santa Marta, Colombia, was an international forum for dialogue and advocacy on a just energy transition. A delegation of 10 women participated: 4 from the Barranquilla+20 team and 6 from the Women's Network for Climate Justice. They shared experiences, perspectives, and proposals developed within their communities, positioning care as a key aspect of climate infrastructure and emphasizing the need for an energy transition based on climate justice and community knowledge.

This space opened a necessary reflection on the impact of gender-based violence on women, girls, local communities, and nature in the context of the climate crisis. The conversation questioned the historical role of men in power structures—including extractive multinationals—and how certain models of masculinity have been disconnected from environmental stewardship. From the Global South, the proposal was to recognize harmful behaviors and assume responsibility for transforming them to move toward more just, empathetic, and sustainable relationships.

The Women Caregivers Diploma program is a theoretical, practical, and intersectional training project that connects care work and climate justice from the feminist perspectives of Abya Yala and other Global Souths. The program understands care work as fundamental political, community-based, and territorial practices for sustaining life in contexts of climate crisis. The proposal combines popular education, participatory action-research and systematization of experiences, with the aim of strengthen the voices and strategies of women as care-givers and to build a political document of incidence that will be presented in the COP30 of the UNFCCC (Brazil, 2025), by contributing to a climate action feminist and transformational.

This initiative seeks to strengthen the leadership, capacities, and autonomy of women in the Colombian Pacific region in the face of the climate crisis, recognizing them as key actors in the defense of life and territories. It arises in response to the demands of women who, while sustaining community life, face barriers in accessing resources, training, and participation in decision-making. It promotes feminist climate justice, food sovereignty, community water management, and peace, integrating ancestral Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, and peasant knowledge with technical tools. Furthermore, it fosters regional collaboration and political advocacy, strengthening a collective network of young women and elders. This project includes: - Diploma program - Mentorships - Implementation of community gardens and water ecotechnologies - Spaces for dialogue, territorial peacebuilding, and political participation - Pacific Network of Women for Climate Justice

The Second Women's Summit for Climate Justice took place on September 13, 2024, in La Guajira, bringing together 100 young women from Colombia and Latin America in a space for connection, learning, and collective action. It was a gathering to strengthen our networks, share experiences, and continue positioning a gender perspective in climate policies globally. Through panels on feminist climate justice, inspiring TED Talks, and interactive workshops, participants reaffirmed the role of women as key leaders in building solutions to the climate crisis.

The Regional Diploma in Feminist Climate Justice for Socio-Ecological Transitions was a training program promoted by the Barranquilla+20 Foundation, Women for Climate Justice, and the National Open and Distance University (UNAD), which brought together women from Latin America in a space for learning, reflection, and collaboration. During the program, participants explored the intersection of climate change, gender, and feminisms, strengthening their analytical, leadership, and advocacy skills from perspectives of the Global South and local communities. It was a process that consolidated networks and empowered collective action toward more just and inclusive socio-ecological transitions.