Background

Following COP30, countries and institutions across Asia and the Pacific are entering a new phase of translating the updated Belem Gender Action Plan (GAP) into concrete implementation pathways. A central pillar of this transition is climate finance: how resources are designed, allocated, tracked, and delivered in ways that advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.

This regional webinar offers a dedicated space to unpack the financing implications of the updated GAP and explore what the new direction means for governments, financial institutions, and civil society in practice. It forms part of the ongoing exchanges under the Gender and Climate Finance Collective (GCFC), supporting coordinated post-COP30 action in the region.

Objectives

The session, hosted by RCC Asia and the Pacific, UNDP, and UN Women, aims to:

• Clarify the financing implications of the updated Gender Action Plan, including means of implementation and strengthened accountability expectations.

• Examine how GAP commitments intersect with existing climate-finance systems and architectures.

• Identify actionable steps for governments, regulators, and financial institutions to integrate gender equality into climate-finance instruments, budgeting, investment criteria, and reporting.

• Support a post-COP30 regional engagement process to create a shared understanding of roles, opportunities, and next steps for GAP implementation.

Expected Outcomes

Participants will:

• Gain a clear understanding of the updated GAP and its role in enabling gender-responsive climate finance.

• Identify institutional, regulatory, and financing implications for embedding gender in budgets, systems, and multilateral climate funds.

• Map priority actions for integrating gender considerations into finance governance, access, and reporting.

• Contribute to the launch of a regional post-COP30 implementation dialogue under the GCFC.

Target Audience

• Gender focal ministries and national women’s machineries;
• Ministries of environment, finance, climate change, energy, and forestry;
• National budgeting authorities;
• GCF/GEF National Designated Authorities;
• Multilateral and national climate-fund managers;
• Central banks;
• Development banks;
• Private-sector financial institutions;
• Research institutions;
• Women’s rights organizations;
• Civil-society organizations; and
• Members of the Gender and Climate Finance Collective.