How Women Carry the Hidden Burdens of Climate & Energy Policy

Women in Solidarity for Energy (WISE)

Drawing on policy dialogue in Greece under the European Climate Pact, participants will probe how to do better across five key areas.

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WISE Pan-European Workshop Series

Knowing that policies and actions to tackle energy vulnerability often overlook the situations of 'single' women, WISE is keen to share experience it has gained with a wide audience possible. Watch for opportunities to join an event near you!

Climate and energy policies that are supposed to be 'just' often place unfair burdens on the most vulnerable people -- including single women.The climate and energy transition is usually discussed in terms of technologies, infrastructure, financing and policy targets. Renewable energy deployment, building renovation, electrification and decarbonisation pathways dominate most professional discussions. While these dimensions are essential, they do not fully capture how the transition is experienced in everyday life.For many people, the transition is associated with rising energy costs, increasing administrative requirements, housing renovation obligations, climate-related health risks and growing uncertainty. These pressures are not distributed equally across society. Their impact varies depending on income, housing conditions, access to resources, caregiving responsibilities and the ability to participate in decision-making.Women are often at the centre of these dynamics. They continue to assume a disproportionate share of unpaid care work, are more likely to experience economic insecurity and time poverty, and remain underrepresented in leadership positions within the energy sector and related institutions. As a result, women frequently carry a significant part of the social and practical burden of the transition, while having limited influence over the policies and systems that shape it.This workshop is built around a simple but powerful question: Who is carrying the hidden burdens of the climate and energy transition?The objective is to create a highly engaging and memorable session that enables participants to reflect on the social dimensions of the transition and explore how women can move from absorbing the impacts of change to actively shaping the future of energy systems.Led by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicecorovessi/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicecorovessi/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alice Corovessi</a> of <a href="https://inzeb.org/" title="https://inzeb.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">INZEB</a>, this session will draw on the findings of a structured policy dialogue organised in Greece under the European Climate Pact to probe how all EU countries can do better.

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