Drawing on relevant research, including consultation with Parties, this technical paper outlines key challenges to achieving gender-balanced representation and participation in climate-related processes and presents possible options to address these challenges. Parties may wish to use the information in this paper when formulating and implementing strategies to achieve the goal of gender-balanced representation and participation of women and men in climate-related processes, including in their delegations to UNFCCC sessions and with regard to their nominations to bodies constituted under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.