On 14 May, Christiana Figueres mentioned her participation at the Women’s Carbon Standard (WCS) launch during the twitter chat. The twitter chat was hosted by Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) with Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, to discuss the key objectives and entry points of the COP18 Gender Decision and its importance in empowering women in climate change.
The COP18 Gender Decision calls for:
– Climate policy to address needs of men & women equally
– Gender to be a standing item on the UNFCCC COP agenda
– In-session Gender workshop at COP19
– Review & report mechanisms to track progress towards a gender balance
– Governments to share gender submissions September 2, 2013
The discussed centered on the following points:
· Importance of gender sensitive approaches for climate solutions
· Gender training for UNFCCC delegates
· Distinction between gender ‘balance’ and gender ‘equality’
· Support for greater participation of women in UNFCCC processes
Read more from the chat here: http://www.gender-climate.org/Events/GGCA-Twitter-Chat-COP18-Gender-Decision.php