Climate Change and Care Work
Integrated Solutions for Intersecting Crises
There is a fundamental link between the act of caring for people and caring for the planet. Both are essential for human survival. Both are exploited in the pursuit of short-term economic and material profit.1 The devastating impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are outcomes of these exploits, as are the immense social and gender inequalities arising from the exploitation of care labor.
Publisher: The Asia Foundation
Author: Lindsey Jones-Renaud
Other authors: Ankita Panda, Carolina Robino, Maria Gracia Aguilar
Organization: The Asia Foundation
Other organizations: Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Year: 2025
Type: Policy brief/paper
Full text available at: https://www.wocan.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WEP_Climate-Change-and-Care-Policy-Brief_EN.pdf
Content language: English