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This paper examines the impact and implementation of Indonesia’s gender-responsive climate budget through a feminist economics lens.

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This paper examines the impact and implementation of Indonesia’s climate finance initiatives, specifically the gender-responsive climate budget, through a feminist economics lens that centers gender equality and inclusion in sustainable finance. Feminist economics emphasizes social reproduction, unpaid care work, and disproportionate risk exposure as fundamental to climate vulnerability; nevertheless, existing climate budget practices do not reflect equitable distribution. This paper asks a primary question: how can Indonesia's climate budget be designed and regulated to ensure that the allocation of revenues and budgets consistently yields significant, quantifiable benefits for women, girls, and other vulnerable populations?

Gender-responsive climate budgeting implementation is further weakened by data and technical limitations. Inadequate or poorly synchronized data systems, particularly the lack of comprehensive, gender-disaggregated data, hinder evidence-based policymaking. Furthermore, programmatic budget allocations for gender-responsive climate action remain low. From a feminist lens, this systematically devalues investments in care infrastructure and social equality policies that might exacerbate women's climate vulnerability.

The study utilises a multi-level qualitative approach, drawing on national and subnational budget documents, key informant interviews, and case studies of selected areas that are implementing gender-responsive climate budgeting initiatives. This methodology allows for an investigation of how local interpretations, adaptations, or resistance to national mandates occur, as well as the ways in which feminist economic concerns about social reproduction, equality, and care connect with budget practices.