WGC Calls for Gender Equality and People Power over Corporate Power at UNFCCC Session in Bonn, Germany


BONN, GERMANY (June 13, 2014)– The Women and Gender Constituency made several interventions during the Bonn intersessional. Please find them below and on the Resources page. Lourdes Barragan, TEM on Land Use, June 2014 “Women are the majority of the world’s subsistence agricultural producers, poor livestock keepers and involved in natural resource management. Women play… Read More

Volveremos! We Choose: Renewable Energy. People’s Power now!


BONN, GERMANY (June 6, 2014)– More than 100 people held a demonstration in Bonn today, outside the hotel where the Ministers of Environment were meeting at the UN climate negotiations. Organisations from every continent – including trade unions, social movements, environmental groups, gender and youth groups, indigenous groups and NGOs –are demanding action by the… Read More

WGC Speaks at 2nd Dialogue on Article 6 of the Convention


BONN, GERMANY (June 5, 2014)– Reaffirming the importance of climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and international cooperation on these matters for achieving the ultimate objective of the Convention and for the effective implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions, COP 18 adopted the Doha work programme on Article 6… Read More

Bonn Climate Change Conference, June 4th to 15th 2014


The next meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2-5) will be held in conjunction with the 40th sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 40) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 40). A high-level ministerial round table will take place… Read More

EU-Africa Ministerial Statement on Climate Change


On the occasion of the EU-Africa Summit, EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, the President of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) Binilith Mahenge, and the African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture Rhoda Tumusiime hosted a ministerial climate seminar in Brussels on 1 April 2014. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-97_en.htm?locale=en

UN says China, US climate cooperation raises hopes for global deal


(Reuters) – Closer cooperation between China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas emitters, on combating global warming is boosting prospects for a U.N. deal meant to be agreed next year, the U.N.’s climate chief said on Wednesday. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/climate-talks-idUSL6N0M23XV20140305

UNFCCC Publishes Note on Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings


(IISD) The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a note on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings (FCCC/SBI/2014/6), which addresses, inter alia: the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20); the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 10); and future sessional periods…. Read More

Letter to the Organizers of Climate Summit: Prioritize People-Centered Solutions & Promote Legally Binding Action


February 25, 2014— Click to READ the full letter sent by the Constituency to the organizers of the Climate Summit: “As the Women and Gender Constituency, while we believe it is crucial to highlight positive sustainable solutions, many groups and networks have expressed concerns for the framing and transparency of the Secretary General’s Climate Summit,… Read More