"Today, the concept of a just transition is used to shape a policy framework that advances the goals of climate action and ecological transformations, focusing on the perspectives of workers, frontline communities, and the most marginalized. The framework has been adopted by a diverse range of stakeholders, including developed countries, to foster climate and energy partnerships aimed at providing finance, technology, and various forms of assistance to support the transition in countries of the Global South. While these partnerships have made some progress in centring ›justice‹ in climate and energy policy, they have largely fallen short when it comes to delivering tangible results for marginalized populations and taking effective steps to make progress on restorative justice, with a view to repairing the harm done to individuals, communities, the environment, and future generations. Shortcomings in delivering justice are particularly prevalent in climate and energy partnerships, which are often characterised by a lack of gender awareness. Despite efforts to incorporate gender objectives, partnership agreements generally overlook the gender dimensions and the power imbalances in relations between people of various genders in the context of the transition to low-carbon societies. As a result, such agreements often tend to reinforce existing patriarchal practices. This brief provides an overview of gender-related approaches to a just transition and argues that the most promising analytical tool to advance gender equality entails adopting an approach centred on gender-transformative policy and programming with an intersectional lens. On this basis, the brief reviews various models of climate and energy partnerships to address how they have integrated the just transition framework and gender concerns. Considering the limitations of climate and energy partnerships in these respects, the brief provides four case studies of grassroots and community-led experiences in gender-just transitions to distil key lessons learned that can be integrated into international cooperation schemes. The brief subsequently provides key guidelines for structural transformation and criteria on gender to adopt a gender-transformative approach based on, and going beyond, the International Labour Organization's Guidelines for a Just Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Societies and Economies; it also proposes complementary policy tools to tackle the root causes of gender inequality. Finally, key policy recommendations are tailored specifically to host and partner countries, civil society, trade unions, and businesses to assist a range of stakeholders in ensuring that gender-transformative approaches are integrated from their specific perspectives"

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