The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling decisions 36/CP.7, 1/CP.16, 23/CP.18, 18/CP.20, 1/CP.21, 21/CP.22, 3/CP.23, 3/CP.25, 20/CP.26, 24/CP.27, 15/CP.28 and 7/CP.29,
Recognizing that gender-responsive implementation and means of implementation of climate policy and action can enable Parties to raise ambition, as well as enhance gender equality, and just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities,
Acknowledging that differentiated impacts of climate change and opportunities for all women and girls, including Indigenous women, women from local communities, migrant women, women with disabilities, women smallholder farmers and women from rural and remote communities, are shaped by multidimensional factors, Recognizing the contribution of women and girls of African descent to climate action,
1. Takes note of the synthesis report by the secretariat on progress in integrating a gender perspective into constituted body processes1 and invites the constituted bodies to consider the good practices identified therein regarding the integration of a gender perspective into their processes and reporting thereon2 and to include in their annual reports information on how they are improving the content and structure of their reporting in this area;
2. Takes note of the report by the secretariat on gender composition, 3 which highlights the persistent lack of progress in and the urgent need for improving the representation of women in Party delegations and constituted bodies, and notes with appreciation the significant progress towards more gender-balanced side event panels at UNFCCC sessions highlighted in the report;
3. Expresses gratitude to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation for its efforts in developing the new gender action plan at its sixty-second session taking into account the inputs to and outcome of the review of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan in 2024,5 discussions at the in-session technical workshop to facilitate the design of gender action plan activities6 held at its sixty-second session7 and discussions at a hybrid technical workshop on the same topic held in Addis Ababa from 5 to 6 September 2025 during the second Climate Week of that year;
4. Welcomes with appreciation the delivery of the highly interactive and inclusive hybrid workshop referred to in paragraph 3 above, which was organized by the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation with the support of the secretariat;
5. Expresses appreciation to the Parties and observers that supported the organization of the workshop, in particular the Government of Ethiopia for hosting the event, the Government of Sweden for providing financial support, and United Nations agencies and international organizations for providing support to national gender and climate change focal points from developing countries to enable them to attend the workshop;
6. Adopts the Belém gender action plan for 2026–2034 contained in the annex;
7. Decides that a review of the implementation of the Belém gender action plan for 2026–2034 shall take place in conjunction with the review of the implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender with the aim of assessing progress and identifying challenges and further work to be undertaken and requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to initiate the review at its seventieth session (June 2029) with a view to concluding the review at its seventy-first session (November 2029) and recommending a draft decision thereon for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its thirty-fourth session (November 2029);
8. Invites Parties, United Nations entities, the constituted bodies and relevant organizations to submit, in accordance with their respective mandates and priorities, views on progress, challenges and further work to be undertaken in implementing the Belém gender action plan via the submission portal10 by 23 February 2029 with a view to the submissions informing the review of the implementation of the Belém gender action plan;
9. Requests the secretariat to prepare, in consultation with Parties, a template that Parties and observers may use to prepare their submissions referred to in paragraph 8 above; to prepare and publish a synthesis report on the submissions in advance of the seventieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation; and to hold at that session a technical workshop to discuss the synthesis report;
10. Recognizes that the Belém gender action plan may inform Parties as a tool for implementing climate action, and that pathways and approaches should be nationally determined;
11. Takes note of the gender policies of relevant public and private entities that are providing finance for climate action and invites those entities to consider the Belém gender action plan and support its implementation;
12. Also invites Parties, United Nations entities, UNFCCC constituted bodies, implementing entities, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other relevant stakeholders to enhance implementation of the Belém gender action plan;
13. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraph 9 above and the annex;
14. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision and the annex be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.
See Table 1 for full list of Gender Action Plan activities.
