<p>The impacts of climate change are inequitable and gendered and women in the Global South bear disproportionate burden of the climate crisis. This holds especially true for women who are poor and disadvantaged due to different intersectional vulnerabilities. These gender inequities, perpetuated by the climate crisis, need to be seen in context of these countries’ colonial histories, which established its rule on extractive relations and capitalism. They introduced laws that impacted women, especially those from marginalised communities, further widening gender relations and inequities. This paper aims to initiate an inquiry and develop a new framework or discourse around the climate crisis which is based on feminist epistemology and climate justice. The paper outlines the methodology of such an inquiry and describes root causes of gendered climate impacts. It also outlines potential areas of intervention, and envisaged outcomes, which could potentially be adopted in different contexts of the Global South. The paper proposes this as a Gender-Transformative Climate Framework, which challenges the dominant approaches to climate action and focuses on gender equality and justice as a pathway to change. It aims to find climate solutions — at intersections of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience — driven by women and based on the diverse contexts of different communities of women. The framework integrates women and marginalised groups in climate change decision-making at all governance levels, and leverages feminist leadership that challenges patriarchal norms. It envisions alternative economic systems which place care and social safety nets over perpetual economic growth. The framework thus provides an alternative to the current policy paradigm on climate solutions which is largely driven by patriarchy and neo-colonialism, promoting top-down, one-size fits all, technocratic solutions.</p>