Gender equality and women’s human rights are fundamental to combating climate change

Over the past several years of the international climate change negotiations it has been established and agreed by governments across the world, who are Parties to the UNFCCC, that gender equality and ensuring women’s human rights are necessary to effectively act on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read More

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COP 30 Presidency should place gender justice at the heart of negotiations

May 22, 2025

On behalf of the constituency and our feminist network, we have written to the Presidency of COP30 to bring forward clear, urgent, and feminist expectations at this decisive moment for global climate action. The letter was signed by 197 feminist organisations, activists and allies. Gender justice must be placed at the heart of the COP30… Read More

COP29 in Baku: Feminists Fight to Defend Climate Justice Amidst Rollbacks and Missed Opportunities

November 27, 2024

For Immediate Release 27 November 2024 DOWNLOAD HERE Baku, Azerbaijan — The Women and Gender Constituency engaged in COP29 to hold the line in defense of hard won gains by the global climate movement including feminists. Feminists knew, this year COP had a potential to roll back rights, obligations and set the world on a… Read More

The 10-Year Lima Work Programme and the Fight for Inclusive Climate Action at COP29

November 23, 2024

Released 11/24/24 DOWNLOAD HERE We are here at COP29, where Parties have adopted an enhanced Lima work programme on gender. This marks an important step forward, establishing a 10-year work programme, encouraging mainstreaming gender- and age-disaggregated data, and providing a clear roadmap to develop a gender action plan (GAP) next year towards COP30. The negotiations,… Read More

WGC Statement on the current NCQG Text

November 22, 2024

Released 11/22/24; 5:30pm DOWNLOAD HERE This NCQG text effectively kills the Paris Agreement at a time when we are already dangerously on the path to a catastrophic 3 degree Celsius increase in global temperature. This proposal erodes any hope of scaled up collective climate justice to meet the urgency of the climate emergency. The Global… Read More

COP29 starts with sidelining CMA authority for carbon market mechansim

November 11, 2024

COP29 has started late Monday evening with sidelining the authority of the Conference of the Parties to the Paris Agreement by asking Parties to consider and adopt first decision on Art. 6.4 sustainable development mechanism (SDM) during Opening Plenary. The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) is appalled at attempts by the COP29 President to bulldoze… Read More

Centering Gender Justice: An Essential Commitment for COP29

November 10, 2024

As COP29 begins, we are sounding the alarm over a troubling lack of political leadership and ambition from ALL the Parties, especially regarding the Enhanced Lima Work Programme and its Gender Action Plan. Despite years of effort, we see limited progress, and fractured trust among Parties, leaving gender-just climate action unfulfilled and marginalized. In this… Read More

Join the WGC Advocacy List (feminist network)

The Women and Gender Constituency hosts an ‘advocacy list’ which is open to members of civil society who agree to our advocacy principles and communication guidelines and who would like to engage in advocacy on all aspects of international climate policy and gender equality. To join this list, please complete the form via this link.

You will be reviewed and added to the list within one week.