A Green and Gender-Equal Nordic Region – How it works in practice
In the Nordic region we are good at coming up with climate-smart solutions, but for quite some time now we’ve been relatively unaware of how these solutions are affecting gender equality.
In 2022, the Nordic ministers for gender equality and LGBTI decided to acquire more knowledge about the link between gender equality and climate in the Nordic Region.
They began by consulting businesses, trade unions, civil society, and experts in the field of gender equality and climate. The main question was: What should a gender-equal green transition look like in the Nordic Region?
A few months later, the ministers for gender equality received broad political support from the Nordic governments for the ambitions in A Green and Gender-Equal Nordic Region, namely that Nordic co-operation must develop knowledge in order to integrate gender equality into climate policy.
We’ve now made progress. This knowledge bank is for those of you who work nationally, regionally, or in a municipality. Here you’ll find knowledge about how climate action affect gender equality and vice versa, and which gender equality measures that are needed in order to make climate solutions more effective.
The Nordic Region aims to become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. On our shared journey towards that goal, the gender equality perspective needs to be embedded in every step.
“Widespread political support from the Nordic governments.”
