Recognizing and celebrating gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in climate policy and action, Gender Day was held on Tuesday, 9 November 2021.

The Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) and the Technology Executive Committee (TEC), together with the Facilitative Working Group (FWG) of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP), in collaboration with the UNFCCC and other partners, are hosting a technical expert dialogue to discuss the status of women's participation in climate technology development and innovation processes, and to reflect on ways to ensure gender-responsiveness of adaptation and mitigation technologies.

Type of meeting: Open to Parties and Observers

Date and Time: 9 November 2021, 16:30 – 18:00 (UK time)

Room: Hybrid event, COP premises: Action Room 2

Moderation: Syeda Hadika Jamshaid, NGCCFP Pakistan (tbc)

Programme

Women and girls, particularly those facing intersecting inequalities, are disproportionately impacted by climate change, but they are also critical leaders at all levels of climate action, from local communities to global forums. Building on the UN Women convened Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice and the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan, this event will bring together Ministers, civil society, business leaders and activists, and will drive progress through the announcement of new commitments and policy solutions. The event’s objective is to showcase some of the best and brightest new examples of how to enable gender equality in climate action, sending a message that the time for gender-responsive implementation is now.

At COP 25 Parties adopted the 5-year enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan (Decision 3/CP.25) through which it encourages Parties to appoint and provide support for national gender and climate change focal points (NGCCFP) for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring. The COP also requested the secretariat, with the contribution of the NGCCFPs, Parties and relevant organizations, to organize an in-session workshop at SB 52 to discuss and clarify the role and the work of the NGCCFP, that is to lead to the formulation of recommendations on the role (GAP Activity A.2).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the secretariat organized a virtual workshop series in 2020, which concluded with an in-person workshop at COP26.

The objective of this workshop was to allow NGCCFPs and Parties to reflect on and develop recommendations on the role of NGCCFPs. Experiences were shared to inspire collaborative reflections.

The recommendations on the role of NGCCFPs will be published in an informal report.

Type of meeting: Open to Parties and Observers

Date and Time: 1 and 2 November 2021, 10:00 – 13:00 (UK time)

Room: Loch Lomond, Building D, Section 4

Language: English, French and Spanish interpretation

Working documents available for download:

• Self-reflective exercise
• Alternative exercise
• Preparatory document
• Post workshop notes
• Online survey results

Presentations:

• UNFCCC Presentation Day 1
• UNFCCC Presentation Day 2
• WEDO Presentation

Outcome:

GCC/2022/1 Informal report on the in-session workshop on the role of NGCCFPs 

• GCC/2022/1
• GCC/2022/1 and annex

Programme Day 1

Programme Day 2

A virtual workshop to provide an Update on Gender@COP 26 was held on 14 October.

The event presented a progress on implementation of the gender action plan with a focus on the gender composition report and synthesis report on progress in integrating a gender perspective into constituted body processes as well as other issues, which are going to be considered at COP26. An update on planned events and ways to participate at COP26 was provided and Parties and other stakeholders had the opportunity to discuss and share views.

Recordings and materials available here.