The Women and Gender Constituency is left SB62 with mixed feelings. While we appreciate the constructive spirit which drove forward progress in Gender and Just Transition, we are deeply concerned with the lack of progress in other agendas, including adaptation and climate finance. We remain particularly concerned with the shrinking civic space, the continuous censorship… Read More
To: All Parties to the UNFCCC Cc: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat Bonn, 20th June 2025 Subject: Civil Society Protest Against UNFCCC’s Arbitrary Censorship of Solidarity with Palestine Your Excellencies, We write to you today with grave concern and indignation. As civil society, we have been a part of the UNFCCC… Read More
The COP30 Presidency’s disregard for gender equality: It is of deep concern to the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) that the COP30 Presidency continues to disregard gender equality and women’s rights and it undermines the principles of climate justice and gender-responsive climate action. Despite the Presidency’s formal mandate to deliver an ambitious, renewed Gender Action… Read More
A Regional Call for Climate Justice on the Road to COP30 As we approach COP30 in Brazil, feminist, indigenous, Afro-descendant, and LGBTQI+ voices have come together to launch the Latin America and Caribbean chapter of the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC). This historic moment marks not just an organisational milestone, but a clear declaration that… Read More
Climate Talks in Bonn (SB62) from 16 – 26 June As climate negotiations resume at SB62 in Bonn, we are clear: gender justice is climate justice. With the development of a new Gender Action Plan expected to commence and key negotiations, including adaptation and just transition, expected to make substantial progress, time to deliver transformative,… Read More