This report contains an executive summary of the synthesis of the information provided in submissions and discussed at workshops on the integration of gender considerations in national climate policy and action and the implementation of the Lima work programme on gender and the gender action plan for consideration in the review thereof. It summarizes areas of progress, areas for improvement and further work to be undertaken in subsequent action plans. In addition, it highlights the importance of the Lima work programme on gender and the gender action plan as a platform for convening a range of stakeholders under the UNFCCC with the aim of establishing gender­-responsive climate policy and action and achieving gender balance in climate policymaking and decision-making at the local, national and international level.