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2009-2010 Stats on Women’s Participation at the UNFCCC

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The following numbers reflect the current breakdown of participation of men and women delegates in the UNFCCC negotiations from Bangkok in 2009 to COP16, Cancun in 2010. [Numbers for COP16 are from the provisional participants list]

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Updating Session for UNFCCC Government Delegates: “Developing Gender-sensitive National Implementation Strategies for Climate Change”

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Cancun, Mexico– On Saturday, November 27th, sixty government delegates, representing twenty-nine countries from all regions of the world participated in the updating session on new dimensions of gender and climate change in Cancun, Mexico. This session was an initiative of the GGCA (Global Gender and Climate Alliance). 

Undersecretary for Environmental Regulation Mexico, Sandra Denisse Herrera Flores and Resident Representative UNDP Mexico Magdy Martinez-Soliman provided welcoming remarks stressing the importance of including women in climate change policy making. …

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WEDO heads to China for the next meeting of the UNFCCC

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

[ October 4, 2010 to October 9, 2010. October 4, 2010 to October 9, 2010. ] Tianjin, China — From Monday, 4 to Saturday, 9 October 2010, WEDO will attend the UNFCCC climate change negotiations in Tianjin, China. This is the final meeting before the COP16 in Mexico and WEDO, as part of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) will be facilitating an advocacy team to ensure that gender references remain in the negotiating text.

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Building Capacity on Gender and Climate Change in Mexico

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

New York- WEDO’s Rachel Harris presented GGCA’s advocacy team assessment of the latest update of gender in the climate change negotiations in 4 workshops on gender and climate change in Mexico City.

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CBD Factsheet: Biodiversity, Gender and Climate Change

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Report from the CBD on the interconnectedness of climate change, biodiversity shifts, and gender. Includes explanation of the purpose of the GGCA and the CBD’s involvement in the GGCA as well as a “Fast facts” section.

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