Numerous side events and a dedicated Gender Day on 10 December, were held at COP 25 in Madrid, Spain.
Gender Day, recognizing and celebrating gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in climate policy and action, will be held on Tuesday 10 December 2019.
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10:30-11:30 UNFCCC pavilion |
Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) at COP25 The Adaptation Committee (AC) and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) together with the NAP Global Network jointly developed a toolkit on Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) |
Agenda and further information here |
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12:00-12:45 Room: Action Hub, Blue Zone, Hall 4 |
Women for Results. This event will showcase the four winning projects of the 2019 UN Global Climate Action Awards under the Women for Results focus area, including a moderated discussion on how to advance women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in tackling climate change and how to promote gender-responsive climate policy. |
Agenda and further information here
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13:00-15:00 Room: GCA - San Pedro de Atacama
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CTCN Workshop: Gender mainstreaming in Technology Needs Assessments This capacity building event will focus on sharing country experiences and key recommendations for development and implementation of gender-responsive Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) with the aim of building the capacity of operating entities and stakeholders throughout the TNA process. The session will also facilitate discussions on gender-just technology prioritization, support identification of needs, and build the capacity of stakeholders to systematically ensure equal participation of men and women in national planning processes. |
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14:00-18:00 Hall 4 |
Gender Market Place Space to showcase services and products that support the implementation of gender-responsive climate policy action. |
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15:00-16:30 Room: 5 |
COP Presidency High Level Event on Gender co-hosted by Germany: Towards ambitious and gender-inclusive climate action and biodiversity preservation The high-level event on gender justice for, climate change and biodiversity will aim to recognize and reaffirm the importance and relevance of integrating gender considerations into national and international climate action and biodiversity preservation, with a view to the implementation of the Paris Agreement to the ongoing development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in the CBD. Specifically, this event would seek to promote higher levels of ambition through leadership and the inspiring message of women leaders in this segment. In addition, it aims to share experiences, perspectives, lessons learned and specific recommendations from a wide range of stakeholders regarding the integration of gender in climate change and biodiversity policy. |
For more information on gender day events see here>>>
PCCB Capacity Building Hub
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Wednesday 4 December 2019 15:45 - 17:15 |
“Gender equality as a gateway for enhanced & inclusive climate action: a capacity-building perspective” AIDA, UNDP |
Capacity Building Hub Hall 4 |
| Saturday 7 December 2019 13:15 – 14:45 |
Turnaround 8.0: Young Women as Climate Changemakers Panel UN-Habitat, UNEP |
Capacity Building Hub Hall 4 |
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Monday 9 December 2019 14:45 - 16:15 |
“Gender just climate solutions awards” WECF International |
Capacity Building Hub Hall 4 |
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Tuesday 10 December 2019 12:45 - 14:15 |
“From words to climate action: climate projects in Latin America with innovative capacity-building solutions to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment” UN Women, UNDP and UN Environment |
Capacity Building Hub Hall 4 |
For more information, see the full programme via the PCCB Capacity Building Hub webpage.
Some side events
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Tuesday 3 December 2019 13:15 - 14:45 |
Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Climate Finance |
GEF/GCF Pavilion |
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Wednesday 11 December 2019 15:00 - 16:00 |
Tackling climate change through the empowerment of rural women and girls |
Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion |
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Wednesday 11 December 2019 15:00 - 16:30 |
Gender equality initiative at the SG’s Climate Action summit: examples and evidence of implementation |
Room 3 |
See the full Side events list.
Some exhibits
| 9 and 10 December 2019 | SDG 5 The exhibit will showcase tools, methodologies, data to strengthen the integration of gender considerations in climate action; it will feature policies, programmes, initiatives supporting the SG's Climate Action Summit initiative on gender equality | Booth 21 |
See the full Exhibits list.
Action Hub events
Area utilized as a dynamic events-space. Digital events, talk-shows, special launch events, competition winners announcements, or varied interactive activities, all of which focus on concrete climate action and giving a voice to the audience. See the gender and climate change events and the full Action Hub programme.
During the conference the Indigenous Women of the World elected the Indigenous Women’s Caucus Representative and Indigenous Gender Representative on the International Indigenous Platform and the International Indigenous Caucus. They further published a declaration with the title “Join forces in defense of life, territory and our womanhood” in which they “speak out to make visible […] [ their] struggles for achieving buen vivir (good living) throughout the world, whereby women, men, and all the beings that inhabit Mother Earth can live together in harmony and justice.”
You can access the full statement here>.
Gender Day Flyer
See the flyer here>>>
#ActOnTheGAP
Everyone is encouraged to use the #ActOnTheGAP for social media activity that relates to gender and climate change and to the Gender Action Plan. The hashtag can be used to share views on gender under the UNFCCC (current action and initiatives and/or planned activities/ calls to action, etc.).