Gender Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender & Gender Action Plan

The document outlines the adoption of a new Gender Action Plan (GAP) at COP30, extending the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender (LWPG) until 2035. It details the negotiations between parties—including the EU, Russian Federation, African Group, and AOSIS—regarding gender terminology and finance access. The final GAP is described as a feminist success that maintains progressive language and introduces activities for finance access and capacity-building for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Future milestones include workshops at SB 64 and reporting by June 2026.

• At COP29 in Baku, parties agreed to extend the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender (LWPG) until 2035 and planned the adoption of a new Gender Action Plan (GAP) for COP30.
• Negotiations for the new GAP involved conflicting party positions: the EU sought actionable activities and the maintenance of COP29 language, the African Group and AOSIS focused on financial access and capacity-building, while the Russian Federation proposed replacing the term "gender" with "sex" in data collection and removing references to Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders.
• The GAP adopted at COP30 preserves progressive language and includes specific provisions for finance access and capacity-building for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), while accounting for the intersection of race, disability, and age.
• The new GAP emphasizes the use of gender- and age-disaggregated data to provide evidence on how the climate crisis affects women and girls, which is intended to strengthen policy responses.
• Implementation milestones for the next six months include strengthening national gender and climate change focal points, reporting on delegation gender representation, and submitting reports on financing and capacity-building for gender-responsive initiatives by June 2026.

APA

ClimaTalk (n.d.). Gender Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender & Gender Action Plan. https://climatalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gender.pdf

Chicago

ClimaTalk. Gender Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender & Gender Action Plan. n.d. https://climatalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gender.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatalkndgender, author = {{ClimaTalk}}, title = {{Gender Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender \& Gender Action Plan}}, institution = {ClimaTalk}, url = {https://climatalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gender.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }