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Gender and Climate Change Activities @ COP 16 - Cancún 2010



Press statement 'Women Can, Men Can’t?' GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice at the end of COP 16, Dec. 11, 2010

GenderCC press release 'Gender in the Climate Money Grail', Cancún Dec 3, 2010

Women and REDD

After intense discussions women and gender organisations at COP16 agreed in a position on 'Women and REDD', expressing their joint concerns regarding proposed policies and incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stocks (REDD+). Download the position paper here.

The position is now open for signatures by individuals and organisations. Please send your name (and organsiation), country, email to Ana Filippini, World Rainforest Movement.

Press Conference

Much has been said about the negotiations on financing. But discussions after discussions and deadlock after deadlock, nothing has changed on the issue of gender and women. The words remain invisible and unspoken.

“For the global climate fund to be responsive to the needs of women and communities, gender must be integrated in all aspects of financing, from the management and operations of the fund to the selection criteria of the projects to the monitoring of these projects,” asserted Nina Somera, a member of GenderCC-Women for Climate Change.

GenderCC set out a few criteria on the allocation for the fund. Drawing from previous studies which show gender differences over preference for public infrastructure and energy sources and consumption, the group recommends that money be allocated for public infrastructure such as water, transport and not highly sophisticated but risky technologies such as nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage.

Watch GenderCC's press conference on the official COP16 website


 

GenderCC at the COP

GenderCC was on site and provided important information on gender justice and climate policy at its booth, such as a toolkit for climate experts and decision-makers covering the major issues of gender and climate change. The toolkit is available in English, Spanish, French and German and can also be downloaded on this website.

Furthermore, GenderCC held several events, interventions and a press conference on which you will find more information below.


Interviews on One Climate TV

Watch Gotelind Alber, Focal Point of the Women and Gender Constituency, Nina Somera (GenderCC) and Claudia Gimena Roa (FUNDAEXPRESSION) talk about gender and climate change at COP 16.

Gender in Cancún News on the Web

Gender has become an issue that is not only addressed at side-events of the Women and Gender Constituency, but is also finding increasing coverage on the web. UNIFEM is publishing a daily newsletter on the 2010 Climate Change Talks in Cancún. Another interesting article devoted to the topic of 'Gender, Equitable Representation, Transparency' can be found in the latest ECO newsletter.

Interventions

Ana Agostino, ICAE, representing the women & gender NGOs constituency, addressed women's rights in her intervention in the high level segment. More disaster result in an increase of violence against women. She called for transformation of our current development paradigms that are driven by markets and profits and for agreeing collectively on a comprehensive approach to combat climate change and save ecosystem integrity and humanity’s future.

Sabine Bock, WECF held the first intervention on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency at the AWG-KP plenary, stressing the importance for Member States to commit to take serious action in order to prevent a looming climate disaster.

Rachel Harris, WEDO addressed the delegates at the AWG-LCA plenary on the first day of the conference, and urged them to advance gender mainstreaming and equality in adaptation and mitigation processes.

The intervention on the "Nairobi work program on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change" was delivered to the SBSTA by Maira Zahur, GenderCC. While endorsing the efforts of the UNFCCC, she recommended a stronger inclusion of gender considerations at various stages of the program.


Gender into international climate policy - climate and gender capacity building for women scholars

GenderCC and Colorado State University made an assessment of the progress made in the negotiations towards gender and climate justice. The event also focused on strategies to boost capacity building among women delegates and scholars, thereby engaging women and girls in climate science as researchers and educators and contributing to gender sensitive implementation. Presentations are in the box presentation (to the right).

Read the ENB coverage and see photos from this event


Integration of Gender into National CC Policies

Worldwide, Governments are developing their national climate change policies (NAPAs and NAMAs) and starting to implement related measures and programs. Comparable to the international processes, women and gender groups try to influence those processes and raise awareness on the importance of gender and women concerns / perspectives.
In this workshop, experiences from Kenya, Bangladesh, South Africa and the Pacific Region, and other participants’ countries were shared. The aim was to learn from each other about successful strategies and how to overcome obstacles.


Capacity Building for Women. A Global Research Network of Women focused on Women, Sustainability & Climate Change

As a follow up from the side event, Colorado State University, GenderCC, George Washington University and Climatewise Women organised a workshop which aims at defining emerging research areas for action and major stakeholders, as well as developing a global research network of women. 

Read an article about this event on the official COP 16 website


Gender, climate change and false solutions

Women are not only the most affected by climate change but also by the false solutions proposed. Within the workshop a specific focus was put on the impacts of monoculture tree plantations. The aim was to share and link with local women.

Jointly organised by RECOMA and GenderCC


Climate Change Induced Disasters in South Asia: Gender Perspectives

South Asia is physiographically diverse and ecologically rich in natural and crop-related biodiversity. New evidences show that climate change has affected many sectors in South Asia. Future climate change is likely to affect agriculture, risk of hunger and water resource scarcity with enhanced climate variability and more rapid melting of glaciers. Climate change is likely to affect forest expansion and migration, and exacerbate threats to biodiversity resulting from land use/cover change and population pressure in most of South Asia. The workshop pointed out the general CC vulnerability of the region and presented case studies to highlight country wise gender disaggregated impacts.