During the Closing Session of the Glasgow Dialogue at SB56 on June 10, Gina Cortés Valderrama made a strong demand to put Loss and Damage finance on the agenda and clarified, that this is an issue about justice as the climate debt owed by the global North to the global South is beyond measure. Read… Read More
During the Opening Plenary of the first GST Technical Dialogue SB56 on 9th June, Liane Schalatek emphasized that the Global Stocktake must be focused on the principles of climate justice, equity and the best available sciene. Read more about the WGC’s assessment in the intervention.
During the joint opening Plenary of SBI and SBSTA on June 06, Anne Songole from Kenya has recalled that at these intersessionals, Parties should work towards conclusions on climate justice issues, including: finance for loss and damage, and closing the critical emissions gap and delivering on climate finance. Read the full statement here.
Cathy delivered this Closing Intervention of the SBSTA on behalf of the Women & Gender Constituency (6 November 2021). She urged Parties to make rights & equality red lines in negotiations. She also shared reflections & demands on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, Article 6, technology mechanisms, ACE Work Programme and false solutions. Linked here.
At COP26 in Glasgow, Babitha delivered this opening intervention on behalf of the WGC (31 October 2021). She called on Parties to get to work on achieving climate justice. She shared demands for safeguarding human rights, as they are drivers of ambition and effective climate action. Linked here.
Virtual (June 17, 2021) – Kavita Naidu on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency, reminded Parties and observers that the world continues to reel from the increasing devastating impacts of the climate and pandemic crisis, which are disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable women in the Global South. Therefore, states must provide scaled up finance… Read More
Virtual (June 05, 2021) – Lylian Coelho Ferreira, on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency, urged Parties, particularly those who use the language of inclusion, to stand up and speak out for our space in this process as we have found ourselves muted in this virtual consultations. In the first week, the members of… Read More
Virtual (May 31, 2021) – Cathy Yitong Li, on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency, reminded Parties of the Paris principles – respecting human rights, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, gender equality, intergenerational equity, ecosystem integrity, food security and a just transition – which are critical to all climate action. These are currently not… Read More
Gender sensitivity in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks
Gender sensitivity in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks