Introduction
The Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) has invited collaboration under the Nairobi work programme (NWP) to address the knowledge needs arising from the Cancun Adaptation Framework, the Paris Agreement, and other relevant workstreams and bodies under the UNFCCC and the knowledge needs identified by Parties.
The NWP is mandated to integrate gender considerations in its activities and more recently in 2022, to collaborate under the Lima work programme on gender (LWPG) on identifying adaptation actions in which gender can be mainstreamed. Several activities have been undertaken over the years addressing this topic, including a technical paper and an expert meeting on “Indigenous and local knowledge in adaptation action and the application of gender-sensitive approaches and tools for adaptation”.
These mandates and these activities provide a substantive context of how the work in supporting the LWPG also builds on the work undertaken by the NWP in integrating and, where possible, mainstreaming gender considerations in adaptation actions.