ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines how different feminist theories can add depth and critique to the discussion of climate governance. Feminist analysis focuses on gender relations, thereby it goes beyond a mere focus on women and women's role in climate governance. Governance has been extensively studied and theorized in the social sciences and this is highly relevant due to the global character of climate change. The emerging literature under the broad label of 'gender and climate change' has only just begun to analyse gender as power relations, and gender as intersecting with other categories. The basic assumption in constructivist feminism is that gender is socially constructed, and gender power is a normative order that rests on specific constructions of men and women. Feminist perspectives are necessary as they shed light on inequities, inequalities and power relations in climate governance. Material and constructivist feminisms emphasize power relations most succinctly.
