The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its starkest warning yet. Feminist foreign policy offers a much-needed and promising alternative to tackling the climate crisis, by placing a different set of values and principles at the centre of policy-making and action.

In the context of a rapidly closing window of opportunity to limit the effects of rising temperatures, this ODI policy brief offers guidance on how feminist foreign policy (FFP) states can best support action at the speed and scale needed - through their unique position and influence at the multilateral level.

States that have adopted FFP, or are considering doing so, have promising avenues before them to meaningfully address the climate crisis. FFP can offer an alternative approach that centres women, Indigenous peoples and marginalised communities living in climate frontline states, to more effectively guide international policy implementation and priorities.

Report by the Overseas Development Institute