Vienna Feminist Climate Conference / Feministische Klimakonferenz

About the event

Women are taking a strong and successful stand to curb the climate crisis. In many countries, the climate movement has female faces. However, neither the causes and impacts nor the efforts to find solutions are equally distributed among women and men. A recent analysis by the aid organization CARE with data from more than 100 countries shows that 150 million more women are affected by the hunger crisis than men – due to impacts of climate change and the biodiversity crisis, the Corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Food security declines as gender inequality grows. Globally, inequality has risen (again) in the past three years.

Based on these findings, it is high time for a second Feminist Climate Conference – in order to raise awareness of the range and interconnections of the effects outlined above and to continue working on the development of long-term solution models. All crises are causally or impactfully interconnected. Holistic approaches to solutions are therefore a top priority. In the framework of the conference, the Green European Foundation is organising the evening event From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries,  giving space to female thinkers, creators and activists from different European towns to share their experience.

Speakers & Programme

9:00 Arrival (day programme organised by Grünen Bildungswerkstatt Wien)

9:30 Welcome words by organisers

• Judith Pühringer (Stadträtin, Parteivorsitzende Grüne Wien)
• Elisabeth Kittl (Bundesrätin, Obfrau Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien)
• Meri Disoski (Nationalrätin, Grüne Frauensprecherin)
• Julia Schriffl (stellv. Obfrau FREDA)
• Viktoria Spielmann (Wr. Gemeinderätin, Grüne Frauensprecherin Wien)
• Dagmar Tutschek (Co-President GEF)

9:45 Opening speeches by Leonore Gewessler (Austrian Minister of Environment) and Alma Zadić (Austrian Minister of Justice)

10:30 Internationale Herausforderungen (Volkshalle)

• Monika Vana (Europ. Parlament)
• Judith Bauder (Uni Wien)
• Anke Schaffartzik (CEU)
• Moderation: Pia Nagl (Klubobfrau Die Grünen Josefstadt)

10:30 International Challenges (Nord-Vestibül)

• Philsan Osman (Uni Gent)
• Jennifer Pitter-Lopez (Licht für die Welt)
• Moderation: Dagmar Tutschek (GEF)

12:00 Lösungsansätze (Volkshalle)

• Tina Wirnsberger (FIAN, Vorsitzende Umweltausschuss Neubau)
• Meike Spitzner (Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie)
• Gisa Ruland (Freiraum)
• Moderation: Katharina Wegan (Die Grünen Frauen Wien, Bezirksrätin Hernals)

12:00 Approaches to Solutions ((Nord-Vestibül)

• Marie-Monique Franssen (Environmental anthropologist and writer)
• Halliki Kreinin (Universität Münster)
• Silvia Jura da Silva (Klimabündnis Österreich)
• Moderation: Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart (Boardmember GEF)

13:30 Lunch break

14:20  Keynote: Wie können wir Stadt feministisch und sozial gerecht denken?
Judith Pühringer (Stadträtin, Parteivorsitzende Grüne Wien)

14:45 Klima und Rechts-, Finanz-, Menschenrechtsfragen (Volkshalle)

• Martina Neuwirth (VIDC)
• Irmgard Ehrenberger (IFOR Austria),
• Moderation: Julia Schriffl (stv. Obfrau FREDA)

14:45 Climate and Lega, Financial, Human Rights Issues (Nord-Vestibül)

• Harriet Clayton (Advisor for Greens/EFA in the European Parliament),
• Oksana Aliieva (Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine),
• Moderation: Anne-Sophie Bauer (Landtagsabgeordnete Grüne OÖ)

14:45 Coffee Break

16:15 Austrian Climate Ambassadors: Fearless for a good Climate! Inside Brussels – Austria – Vienna.

• Monika Vana (Europ. Parlament)
• Elisabeth Kittl (Bundesrat)
• Meri Disoski (Nationalrat)
• Viktoria Spielmann (Wr. Landtag und Gemeinderat)
• Heidi Sequenz (Wr. Landtag und Gemeinderat)
• Moderation: Dagmar Tutschek (GEF)

17:30 Wild@heart, strong in action: Female Young Rebels. Podiumsdiskussion der jungen Klima-Rebellinnen

• Lena Schilling (Fridays for Future)
•  Marie Muthspiel (Österr. Klimavolksbegehren)
• Marina Hagen-Carnaval (Letzte Generation)
• Amina Guggenbichler (Erde brennt)
• Moderation: Sofia Palzer-Khomenko (Klubobfrau Die Grünen Simmering)

18:30: Opening of evening event From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries (organised by the Green European Foundation with support of Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien) 

19:30 From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries

• Eva de Bruijn (Eindhoven, NL)
• Donna Cooney (Dublin, IR)
• Janine Bex (Innsbruck, AT)
• Alexandra Würz-Stalder (Graz, AT)
• Moderation: Dagmar Tutschek (Co-President GEF)

Practicalities

Date and Time: 23 September 2023, 9 AM – 9 PM

Location: Volkshalle, Rathaus Wien, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Wien

Language:  The main languages of the event during the day will be German and English. The parallel morning  panels are happening in parallel in German (Volkshalle) & English (Nord-Vestibül). The afternoon events are taking place in German with simultanous translation DE<>EN.  The evening event is taking place in English with simultanous translation EN<>DE. 

More information and programme of complete conference here

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.