Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an outcome of the 1992 Earth Summit, when the Women’s Major Group was launched. Climate change is a clear symptom of the lack of progress on sustainable development in recent decades. At the 2015 climate conference (COP21) in Paris, governments came to a universal climate agreement that is meant to set a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C, toward the goal of 1.5°C. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020.
Global efforts to achieve sustainable development (in all its 3 dimensions of social, economic, environmental) must be taken together with global efforts to combat climate change. The Women’s Major Group for SD has always incorporated climate change into its advocacy and positions and will continue to do so as the 2 agreements are inextricably linked, particularly via Goal 13 of the SDGs.
The official space for women’s civil society at the UNFCCC is the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC), which played a critical role in pushing the Paris agreement to address gender equality, human rights and climate justice. To join the mailing list and learn more, visit the website.
African Climate Change Summit 2019
Call for proposals for the Climate Change Summit - Africa, Accra - 16-17-18 October 2019! Since the Climate urgency is more pressing than ever and that the States pledges are insufficient, it is ab [...]
IISD 2019: Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW)
"APCW is part of Regional Climate Weeks that are held annually in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Asia-Pacific. Regional Climate Weeks are organized by the Nairobi Framework Partne [...]
UNFCCC COP 2019: Bonn Climate Change Conference on SBSTA 50 and SBI 50
The UN Climate Change Conference 2019 is taking place in Bonn, Germany, on Fiftieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 50) and Fiftieth session of the S [...]
WGC Webinar: Next Steps on the Gender Action Plan Under the UNFCCC
Save the Date! WGC Webinar for the Next Steps on the Gender Action Plan Under the UNFCCC Date: 29th May 2019 Time: 9 am EST [...]
UNFF14: Fernanda Rodrigues’s Presentation at the Actions by Major Group Partners in Support of the UNSPF 2030
Our main objective is to mainstream gender on the GFG implementation taking into account SDG 5 as well as work to empower women to help on the implementation of the UNSPF at local and national lev [...]
UNFF14: Cécile Ndjebet’s Presentation at the Actions by Major Group Partners in Support of the UNSPF 2030
MGs stand ready to work with Members States, the UNFF Secretariat, the CPF and all stakeholders to accelerate progress in the implementation of the GFGs and the SDGs! Cécile Ndjebet (African Women [...]
Twentieth Meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance
"The Standing Committee on Finance meets at least twice a year, and among other things, one item of interest this year is how the SCF will operationalize the Gender Action Plan's invitation to "hos [...]
Katowice Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 24)
"The Katowice Climate Change Conference will include the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UNFCCC, along with meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Me [...]
48th Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies
The 48th sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UNFCCC are expected to take place from 30 April – 10 May 2018, at the World Conference Center Bonn, located in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [...]
Women Gender Constituency Interventions at COP23
The Women's Major Group sister counterpart in the UNFCCC COPS23, the Women and Gender Constituency gave multiple interventions during the 2 week negotiations on climate change. Check out their inte [...]