Feminist Political Ecology, Migration and Climate

This research paper argues for the application of a feminist political ecology approach to better understand the power differentials and social inequities that influence the relationship between climate change and human migration.

• The paper asserts that while research on climate and migration has moved beyond environmentally deterministic views to acknowledge gender and social inequalities, the multi-scalar power relations affecting human (im)mobility in the context of climate change have been underestimated.
• The author argues that adopting a feminist political ecology of migration improves the understanding of gender and social inequities within the climate-migration nexus by analyzing power relations across various scales of the global economy.
• The paper concludes that a nuanced understanding of power relations across different scales is essential for both improving the conceptual understanding of the nexus between climate, migration, and inequality, and for addressing the root causes of these issues.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Feminist Political Ecology, Migration and Climate. https://www.sei.org/publications/feminist-political-ecology-migration-climate/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Feminist Political Ecology, Migration and Climate. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/feminist-political-ecology-migration-climate/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Feminist Political Ecology, Migration and Climate |date=14 August 2024 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/feminist-political-ecology-migration-climate/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024feminist, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Feminist Political Ecology, Migration and Climate}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/feminist-political-ecology-migration-climate/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }