ABSTRACT
Gendered consumer demands, transport use patterns and car driving trends show gendered ecological footprint and contributions to climate change. Cross-fertilizing the hitherto separate bodies of literature gender and climate change, and gender, work and transportation issues entails examining linkages between gendered forms of work, gendered forms of mobility, and climate change challenges, and addressing what it would mean in policy and practice if gendered intersectionality is taken seriously in climate change debates and agendas. This chapter demonstrates that while available data on these linkages are still piecemeal, limited and asymmetrical, thus preventing researchers from making robust comparative analyses across the developed industrial countries. It addresses the following questions: Why does gender matter in mobility issues in the context of the gendered impacts of climate change on work and how can we address mobility and transportation issues related to work and employment enriched by gender and climate change analytical lens.
