Posts Tagged ‘UNFCCC’
NEW Resources on Gender, Climate and Disaster
Friday, May 4th, 2012
New York- May 4th, 2012
The Eldis Climate Change Resource Guide*, in collaboration with experts in the field, has published two key issues guides on Disaster Risk Reduction and Gender.
In response to the recently published IPCC special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, an Eldis key issues guide on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has been developed in collaboration with an expert …
Tags: Climate Change, DRR, UNFCCC
Posted in Library, News |
Panama: Our Bridge to Durban
Friday, October 14th, 2011
From October 1-7, 2011 the UNFCCC held an Intersessional in Panama City, Panama. The City known for the famous Panama Canal, which connects ships carrying goods from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere and vice versa, also served as a crucial connection between the Bonn, Germany Intersessional [see article on UNFCCC Bonn conference] and COP-17 in Durban, South Africa.
Parties’ main goal of the Intersessional was to come to areas of convergence so they could develop draft text in Panama City that can be negotiated for decisions in Durban. The Intersessional held informal negotiations on agenda items under the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA). A small advocacy team went to Panama City focusing on the negotiations under the AWG-LCA [see UNFCCC website for more information] and provided technical advice to delegates including those supported by the Women Delegates Fund.
Tags: Climate Change, UNFCCC, WEDO
Posted in Library, News, UNFCCC, WEDO at COP17, WEDO Worldwide |
NEW PUBLICATION: Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women?
Friday, September 9th, 2011
New York, September 9th 2011– WEDO is proud to present a new joint publication with Gender Action and Oxfam: “Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women?”
As the international community mobilizes in response to global climatic changes, climate funds must ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Women and girls, disproportionately vulnerable to negative climate change impacts in developing countries, have largely been excluded from climate change finance policies and programmes. This report examines four funds –climate funds and non-climate funds, to draw out the lessons for gender integration in global finance mechanisms. Women and girls must not only be included in adaptive and mitigative activities, but also recognized as agents of change who are essential to the success of climate change interventions.
Tags: Climate Change, Climate Finance, UNFCCC
Posted in Climate Finance, Library, News, UNFCCC |
Gender equality and the Green Climate Fund
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Tokyo, Japan– The second meeting of the Transitional Committee (TC) to design the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. The Cancun Agreements, adopted at COP16 at the end of 2010, established the “Green Climate Fund” to provide assistance to developing countries. As the international community now works to design this global climate fund, WEDO and its partners are working to ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. At the regional Transitional Committee meeting in Tokyo, women and gender issues were highlighted in various ways.
Tags: Civil Society Participation, Climate Change, Climate Finance, UNFCCC
Posted in Civil Society Participation, Climate Finance, GGCA, Library, News, UNFCCC |
UNFCCC Side Event – Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Bonn, Germany, June 13, 2011 – GGCA, in partnership with the Government of Finland, IUCN, the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice (MRFCJ), Oxfam, UNDP, UNEP and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), organized a UNFCCC side event entitled Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds. The event, chaired by Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland), focused on lessons learned through mainstreaming gender in development funds and considered how these experiences can serve as a foundation for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into climate finance mechanisms.
Tags: Climate Change, Climate Finance, UNFCCC
Posted in Climate Finance, GGCA, Library, UNFCCC |
