HAPPENING NOW: How can we make a positive impact on the climate crisis? And, this #InternationalWomensDay , what are the biggest intersections btwn women & the climate movement?

John D. Sutter, host of Heat of the Moment, is joined by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: buff.ly/3Yjwart

.John D. Sutter: How are feminism and climate justice linked?

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: Climate change is a 'threat multiplier ... As climate impacts hit, we see women and girls face greater displacement and death from extreme weather events.' buff.ly/3Yjwart

#InternationalWomensDay : 'When women are present for climate decisionmaking, the outcomes for the planet are better,' says Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱.

.Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: 'The closer people are to the site of the [climate] challenge, the closer they should be to the center of figuring out how to solve that challenge.'

This presents challenges amid a compounding climate crisis. She explains the campaigns around #COP27 and #COP28 .

On that note, Aude Darnal argued earlier this year that as long-marginalized countries seek to exert their political power on the world stage, climate policymakers in Washington need a new framework: foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/06/us-…

Have a question for Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱? Reply to our thread, and our host John D. Sutter may ask during the chat!

.Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: 'The emergence of Justice40 was a significant indicator of a pivot toward addressing climate priorities.'

Check out episode 6 of Heat of the Moment, where host John D. Sutter explores this, plus transitioning toward green energy solutions: foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/heat-…

#InternationalWomensDay : Under strain from the impacts of climate change and the pandemic, the systems meant to fight against hunger inequality is falling short, Ritwika Mitra reported earlier this year.

This greatly impacts women:
foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/25/the…

'The crux of the climate challenge is an energy challenge,' says Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱.

In Heat of the Moment, John D. Sutter tells the story of youth activists in a lawsuit against Shell to hold fossil energy companies accountable for unsustainable CO2 emissions. foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/heat-…

Audience Q: How do we keep up w/ conversations involving climate change and resist feeling doom and gloom?

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: 'You don't need to know all the dimensions.'

But, Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, who was a HOTM guest, is a great leader to follow in this space: foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/heat-…

.John D. Sutter: How do you stay optimistic about the future?

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱: I have 'changed my relationship w/ uncertainty & the unknown and [have seen] myself as one node in this ecosystem of people who are showing up to try to make things better in this really daunting moment.'