Pre-COP27 Analysis: Gender-Responsive Climate Policy

The document highlights the disproportionate impact of climate hazards on women, particularly those in marginalized communities, and argues that women's participation in decision-making leads to more effective climate-resilient policies. It reviews the Lima Work Programme on Gender and specific pledges from COP26, such as the UK's £165 million commitment to address inequalities, while calling for stricter implementation of gender-related goals during COP27.

• Women from marginalized and low-income communities are disproportionately affected by natural hazards; specifically, extreme droughts have put 18.4 million people at risk of starvation and flooding has impacted approximately 7.2 million people.
• Climate-driven extreme weather increases the burden of household labor for women and girls, such as traveling longer distances for firewood and water, while men often migrate to less affected urban areas.
• The Lima Work Programme on Gender, adopted in 2014, provides a framework for gender-responsive climate action across five priority areas: implementation, monitoring, coherence, participation, and capacity-building.
• At COP26, the UK pledged £165 million to address climate change and inequalities, allocating £120 million to resilience and women's leadership and £45 million to grassroots women's groups and local communities.
• Despite existing frameworks, women remain underrepresented in delegations and committees, as evidenced during COP26.

APA

Contributor, C. (2022). Pre-COP27 Analysis: Gender-Responsive Climate Policy. ClimaTalk. https://climatalk.org/2022/11/01/__pre-cop27-analysis-gender-responsive-climate-policy/

Chicago

Contributor, ClimaTalk. Pre-COP27 Analysis: Gender-Responsive Climate Policy. ClimaTalk, 2022. https://climatalk.org/2022/11/01/__pre-cop27-analysis-gender-responsive-climate-policy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{contributor2022precop27, author = {Contributor, ClimaTalk}, title = {{Pre-COP27 Analysis: Gender-Responsive Climate Policy}}, institution = {ClimaTalk}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://climatalk.org/2022/11/01/__pre-cop27-analysis-gender-responsive-climate-policy/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }