National Gender & Climate Change Focal Points

The gender and climate change decision 3/CP.25, paragraph 11 "Encourages Parties to appoint and provide support for a national gender and climate change focal point for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring". Consequently, the UNFCCC secretariat is providing herewith related details and the list of nominated Gender Focal Points under the UNFCCC.

Kindly, contact us at: Gender Team for any questions regarding the process of nomination.

List of Gender Focal Points under the UNFCCC

Country/Institution	Contact	Ministry/Organization
Albania	Ms Eneida Rabdishta eneida.rabdishta@turizmi.gov.al	Ministry of Tourism and Environment
Antigua and Barbuda	Ms Rashauna Adams-Matthew rashauna.adams-matthew@ab.gov.ag Mr Daryl George daryl.george@ab.gov.ag	Ministry of Health and the Environment. Department of Environment.
Argentina	Ms Cecilia Nicolini cnicolini@ambiente.gob.ar cambioclimatico@ambiente.gob.ar	Secretariat of Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Innovation, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development for Argentina
Australia	Dr Katherine Mimilidis Katherine.Mimilidis@dfat.gov.au	Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Austria	Ms Marie-Christine Hopfgartner marie-christine.hopfgartner@bmk.gv.at	Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Bangladesh	Ms Najnin Hossain najninh@yahoo.com	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Barbados	Ms Patricia Boyce patricia.boyce@barbados.gov.bb	Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs
Belgium	Ms Ouafae Salmi ouafae.salmi@health.fgov.be	Climate Change Section, Federal Public Service Health Food Chain Safety and Environment
Belize	Ms Ide Sosa passt.cc@environment.gov.bz	Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management
Benin	Ms Prisca Roselyne Senami Jimaja pjimaja74@gmail.com
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Ms Fany Ramos Quispe fany.ramos@madretierra.gob.bo	Autoridad Plurinacional de la Madre Tierra
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ms Spomenka Krunić s.krunic@gc.vladars.net	Ministry of Physical Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology
Burkina Faso	Ms Yvonne Pétronille Yameogo yvonnepetronilleyameogo@gmail.com	Ministère de l'Environnement, de L'Economie Verte et du Changement
Burundi	Ms Rénilde Ndayishimiye renildend@gmail.com Ms Spès Caritas Barankariza scharity2009@yahoo.fr Ms Bonose Niyonzima nbonose@gmail.com	Ministère de l'Environnement de l'Agriculture et de l'Élevage
Cambodia	Ms Vichet Ratha Khlok vichetratha02@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment, Department of Climate Change of the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (GSSD)
Cameroon (Republic of)	Ms Clorine Fumbingula Mokom clorinefmokom@yahoo.com	Ministry of Environment and Protection of Nature
Canada	Ms Hannah Romses hannah.romses@ec.gc.ca	Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada
Central African Republic	Ms Mariam Catherine Amoudou mariamsid2006@yahoo.fr	Ministère de l'Environnement et du développement durable
Chad	Ms Kouesse Ramadane Karifene rkouesse2015@gmail.com	Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Pêche
Chile	Ms Johanna Arriagada jarriagada@mma.gob.cl Ms Lorena Pérez Roa lperezr@minrel.gob.cl	Ministry of Environment of Chile Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Colombia	Mr Juan Andrés Casas Monsegny jcasas@minambiente.gov.co	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Comoros	Ms Fatouma Abdallah alifat89@gmail.com	Ministre de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche, de l'Environnement, du Tourisme et de L'Artisanat
Congo Republic	Ms Prisca Marlyse Ondongo priscamarlyseondongo872@gmail.com	Ministere du tourism et de l'environnement
Côte d’Ivoire	Ms Anna Marleyne Koffi marleyne2013@gmail.com	Ministry of Salubrity Environment and Sustainable Development National Climate Change Programme
Croatia	Ms Melita Zdilar melita.zdilar@mingor.hr	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MINGOR)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Ms Martine Badibanga Kamunga martinebk@yahoo.co.uk Ms Angela Ebeleke nanayoka5@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Denmark	Ms Lærke Marie Lund Petersen laerpe@um.dk	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Djibouti	Ms Aicha Ahmed aicha.ahmed12@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Dominican Republic	Ms Giselle Deñó giselle.deno@ambiente.gob.do cambio.climatico@ambiente.gob.do participacion.social@ambiente.gob.do	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Ecuador	Ms Mireya Muñoz mmunoz@cancilleria.gob.ec sam@cancilleria.gob.ec dads@cancilleria.gob.ec	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility
El Salvador	Ms Mayra Lourdes Argueta de Ardón mayra.argueta@marn.gob.sv	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Eswatini	Mr Sifiso Nzalo sifisonzalo@gmail.com	Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs
Ethiopia	Ms Tayech Ourgicho Didemo tayechzewge@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
European Union	Ms Marina Garcia Alonso Marina.garcia-alonso@ec.europa.eu	DG CLIMA - European Commission
Finland	Ms Saija Vuola Saija.vuola@gov.fi	Ministry of the Environment
France	Ms Sarah Mesure sarah.mesure@developpement-durable.gouv.fr	Ministry for the Ecological Transition
Gabon	Ms Geneviève Sabrina Ngambiande Bouchard s.ngambiande@gmail.com	Conseil National Climat
Gambia	Ms. Mariama Ndow Jarju marindow1@yahoo.com marindow1@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Natural Resources
Georgia	Mr Kakhaberi Mdivani Kakhaber.Mdivani@mepa.gov.ge	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Germany	Mr Sebastian Paul 405-10@diplo.de	Federal Foreign Office
Grenada	Ms Roxie Hutchinson krphutchinson@gmail.com	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Guatemala	Ms Marleny Nohemí Oliva Orellana moliva@marn.gob.gt	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Guinea	Ms Biliga Koivogui biligakoivogui50@gmail.com	Ministère de l'Environnement des Eaux et Forêts
Guinea Ecuatorial	Ms Consolación Natividad Bindang Mba consonabi@hotmail.es	Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Bosques y Medio Ambiente
Haiti	Ms Musette Thomas muschlat@yahoo.fr	Ministry of Environment
Hungary	Ms Kinga Ludmilla Csontos kinga.csontos@tim.gov.hu	Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Indonesia	Ms Agustina Erni ernitguh@yahoo.com Mr Niken Kiswandari nikenkis@yahoo.com	Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection
Ireland	Ms Stacy Wrenn stacy.wrenn@decc.gov.ie	Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Italy	Mr Stefano Pizzicannella s.pizzicannella@governo.it	Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Japan	Mr Takafumi Kikuchi climate.focal.point@mofa.go.jp	Climate Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kazakhstan	Ms Ainur Kopbayeva a.kopbaeva@ecogeo.gov.kz	Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya	Mr Michael Ochieng' Okumu ochiengokumu@gmail.com Ms Jackline Nekesa Makokha (Alternate) jacklinemakokha@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Lebanon	Ms Minerva Andrea m.andrea@moe.gov.lb Ms Cathy Chami (Secondary) c.tyan@worldenvironment.tv	Ministry of Environment National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW)
Liberia	Ms Josephine F.K.Doles jfkd1925@gmail.com	Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
Luxembourg	Ms Cherryl Dentzer cherryl.dentzer@mev.etat.lu Ms Alyssa Di Cara alyssa.dicara@mev.etat.lu	Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
Madagascar	Ms Antonine Clara Raharisoa raharisoaclara@gmail.com	Bureau National de Coordination des Changements Climatiques
Malawi	Mr Fred Simwaka fred.simwaka@yahoo.com	Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare
Mauritania	Ms Deyina Cheiguer deyinacheiguer@gmail.com	Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable
Mexico	Dr. Cristopher Ballinas cballinas@sre.gob.mx egarciaa@sre.gob.mx focalpointmexico@sre.gob.mx	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Montenegro	Ms Danijela Račić danijela.racic@mrt.gov.me Milica Mudreša milica.mudresa@mrt.gov.me	Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism (Division for Climate Change)
Mozambique	Ms Rosalia Marta Pedro rhosas@hotmail.com	Ministry of Land and Environment
Myanmar	Ms Thi Thi Soe Min thithi.malun@gmail.com	Environmental Conservation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
Namibia (Republic of)	Ms Aina-Maria Iteta AIteta@eif.org.na	Environmental Investment Fund
Nepal	Ms Radha Wagle radhawagle2000@yahoo.com	Ministry Forests and Environment
Netherlands	Ms Eva Schreuder eva.schreuder@minbuza.nl	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nicaragua	Ms Fanny Sumaya Castillo Lara sumayacastillolara@gmail.com	Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales de la República de Nicaragua
Niger	Ms Issa Hamsatou Kailou hamsatou19@gmail.com	Executive Secretariat of the CNEDD
Nigeria	Ms Halima Bawa-Bwari halimabawab@yahoo.com	Federal Ministry of Environment
North Macedonia	Ms Elena Grozdanova egrozdanova@mtsp.gov.mk	Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Norway	Ms Marianne Bruusgaard mbr@kld.dep.no	Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
Pakistan	Mr Muhammad Irfan Tariq mirfantariq@gmail.com Ms Syeda Hadika Jamshaid hadika.jamshaid@gmail.com	Ministry of Climate Change
Palestine (State of)	Ms Hadeel Ikhmais hadeelikhmais@gmail.com	Environment Quality Authority
Panama	Vilma Alfú valfu@miambiente.gob.pa Ednadeliz Flores eflores@miambiente.gob.pa	National Environment Ministry
Papua New Guinea	Ms Eunice Dus eunice.dus@ccda.gov.pg	Climate Change and Development Authority
Philippines	Ms Sandee G. Recabar recabars@climate.gov.ph Mr Joe Mari S. Francisco franciscojm@climate.gov.ph	Climate Change Commission
Portugal	Ms Joana Vieira da Silva joana.silva@apambiente.pt	Portuguese Environment Agency
Republic of Ghana	Ms Lydia Obenewa Essuah lyessuah2@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)
Republic of Korea	Mr Tong-q Lee tqlee96@gmail.com	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sao Tome and Principe	Dunete de Sousa Lima duneted@gmail.com	Ministerio das Obras Publica, Infraestructuras, Recursos Naturais e Medio Ambiente
Senegal	Ms Ramatoulaye Diallo Diouf diallorama30@hotmail.fr	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Serbia	Ms Nataša Lalić Natasa.Lalic@eko.gov.rs	Ministry of Environmental Protection
Sierra Leone	Ms Marilyn Hannah Godwin allynhannahgodwin@gmail.com	Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency, Ministry of Transport and Aviation
Singapore	Logaventhan Karuppannan Logaventhan_KARUPPANNAN@mfa.gov.sg MFA_IO_DSC@mfa.gov.sg	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore
South Africa	Ms Funanani Muremi Fmuremi@environment.gov.za	Department of Environmental Affairs
Spain	Ms Vera Estefanía González vestefania@mapama.es	Spanish Climate Change Office. Ministry for the Ecological Transition
Sudan	Ms Maryam Basheir Elfeel maryamelfeel@gmail.com	Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Physical Development (MENRPD)
Sweden	Ms Jennifer Unelius jennifer.unelius@naturvardsverket.se Ms Anna Collins-Falk anna.collinsfalk@jamstalldhetsmyndigheten.se	Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Swedish Gender Equality Agency
Switzerland	Ms Elena Trigo elena.trigo@eda.admin.ch	Sustainability, Environment, Energy and Health Unit, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Thailand	Ms Kannika Charoenluk mm4gender@dwf.go.th Ms Natthanich Asvapoositkul unfccc.thailand.focalpoint@gmail.com Ms Katunchalee Thammajul ccmcpolicy@gmail.com	Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
Togo	Ms Méry Yaou ymery69@yahoo.fr	Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Forestières
Turkey	Ms Tugba Icmeli tugba.icmeli@csb.gov.tr Ms Aysin Turpanci aysin.turpanci@csb.gov.tr	Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation Department on Climate Change
Uganda	Ms Winifred Masiko wmasiko@gmail.com Ms Irene Chekwoti (First Alternate) chekwoti.irene@gmail.com Mr Alex Asiimwe (Second Alternate) assiimwealex1@gmail.com	Parliament of Uganda Climate Change Department, Ministry of Water and Environment Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Ukraine	Mr Anatolii Shmurak shmurak@i.ua	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
United Kingdom	Ms Robyn Mawdsley Robyn.Mawdsley@beis.gov.uk Robyn.mawdsley@cabinetoffice.gov.uk	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
United States of America	Olivia Urbanski UrbanskiOM@state.gov Corinne Hart CoHart@usaid.gov	U.S. Department of State; Tuvli LLC and United States Agency for International Development
Uruguay	Ms Laura Marrero lmarrero@mvotma.gub.uy cambioclimatico.genero@gmail.com	Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)	Ms Raquel Escobar 2000.mreg@gmail.com doi.mppre@gmail.com	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores
Viet Nam	Dr Chu Thi Thanh Huong chuthanhhuong@gmail.com	Science Technology and International Cooperation Division, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Zambia (Republic of)	Ms Yunike Mutale Zulu yunikemutale@gmail.com unike.zulu@gender.gov.zm	Ministry of Gender
Zimbabwe	Ms Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe mmukahanana1@gmail.com Mr Hamilton M. Rombe (Alternate) hamilton.mukundi@gmail.com	Zimbabwe Gender Commission Ministry of Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development