Gender Mandates in Climate Policy

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In the last few years, the UNFCCC – the only one out of three Rio Conventions that lacked mandates on women’s rights and gender equality from the outset – has made major strides in integrating gender across all thematic areas in the negotiations. In 2014, the Lima Work Programme on Gender launched, and in 2015, the Paris Agreement integrated gender equality as a preambular principle for all climate action, as well as in relation to adaptation and capacity building. In 2017, the first Gender Action Plan was adopted, followed in 2019 by the adoption of the enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Gender Action Plan. Additional decisions have aimed to enhance gender equality via both policy and practice, encouraging gender balance indecision-making as well as responsiveness to gender issues in the development, implementation and monitoring of climate change policies and actions.

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Decision 13/CP.29

Annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2024

Theme
Capacity Building
Tags 
GM
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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Gender reference

7. Also welcomes the continued collaboration of the Paris Committee on Capacity building with Parties and non-Party stakeholders on capacity-building for climate action, as well as on addressing cross-cutting matters, including those related to human rights, gender-responsiveness, youth, Action for Climate Empowerment, Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and local communities, such as through the PCCB Network, the informal coordination group for capacity-building under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, the Durban Forum on capacity-building, the Capacity-building Hub and social media outreach;

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 2/CP.17, 1/CP.21, 2/CP.22, 16/CP.22, 16/CP.23, 15/CP.24, 8/CP.25, 12/CP.26, 19/CP.27 and 11/CP.28,

1. Takes note of decision 12/CP.29;

2. Welcomes the annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 20241 and takes note of the recommendations therein;

3. Invites Parties, as appropriate, the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, the constituted bodies under the Convention, United Nations organizations, observers and other stakeholders to consider the recommendations referred to in paragraph 1 above and to take any necessary action, as appropriate and in accordance with their mandates;

4. Acknowledges the progress of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in delivering on its mandate to address gaps and needs, both current and emerging, in implementing capacity-building in developing country Parties and further enhancing capacity-building efforts;

5. Also acknowledges the work of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in relation to enhancing coherence and coordination of capacity-building activities under the Convention, including its collaboration with other constituted bodies and stakeholders in this regard;

6. Welcomes the completion of the activities under the workplan of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2021–2024, which is based on the priority areas and activities set out in the annex to decision 9/CP.25;

7. Also welcomes the continued collaboration of the Paris Committee on Capacity building with Parties and non-Party stakeholders on capacity-building for climate action, as well as on addressing cross-cutting matters, including those related to human rights, gender-responsiveness, youth, Action for Climate Empowerment, Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and local communities, such as through the PCCB Network, the informal coordination group for capacity-building under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, the Durban Forum on capacity-building, the Capacity-building Hub and social media outreach;

8. Acknowledges the contribution of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building to the organization of the 6 th Capacity-building Hub, which took place in conjunction with this session as a crucial platform for enabling effective climate action, bringing together stakeholders and facilitating collaboration, knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning with a view to addressing developing country capacity gaps and needs, and requests the secretariat, under the guidance of the Committee, to organize the 7th Capacity-building Hub, to be held at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2025;

9. Takes note of the 2025 focus area of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, namely capacity-building for designing holistic investment strategies, bankable projects and stakeholder engagement aimed at strengthening the implementation of nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans in developing countries, as agreed on by the Committee intersessionally based on inputs received at its 8th meeting;

10. Notes that capacity gaps and needs pertaining to implementing the Convention still exist in developing countries;

11. Invites Parties and relevant institutions, as appropriate, to provide support and resources to the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for implementing its activities; 12. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

12. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

Decision 14/CP.29

Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform

Theme
Indigenous Peoples
Tags 
RR
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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Gender reference

Also acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind and that Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, the right to health, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations, and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 1/CP.21, 2/CP.23, 2/CP.24 and 16/CP.26,

Also recalling the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

Acknowledging the role and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities in nature stewardship and climate leadership, as well as the disproportionate effects of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and on local communities,

Also acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind and that Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, the right to health, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations, and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

Noting the importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans, and the protection of biodiversity, recognized by some cultures as Mother Earth, and also noting the importance for some of the concept of ‘climate justice’, when taking action to address climate change,

Recognizing that the knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples are diverse and an integral part of their identities, values, spiritualities and worldviews, and that local knowledge and value systems are also diverse and dependent on the contexts of local communities,

Recalling decision 1/CMA.5, whereby, inter alia, it was reaffirmed that sustainable and just solutions to the climate crisis must be founded on meaningful and effective social dialogue and participation of all stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and noted that the global transition to low emissions and climate-resilient development provides opportunities and challenges for sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the implementation of integrated, multi-sectoral solutions, building on the best available science as well as Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and local knowledge systems was encouraged, and the role of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform in strengthening the capacity of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities to effectively engage in the intergovernmental process under the Paris Agreement was recognized,

1. Welcomes the progress of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform in facilitating implementation of the functions of the Platform;

2. Also welcomes the report of the Facilitative Working Group, 2 including the draft workplan of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for 2025–2027 contained therein;

3. Decides to continue the mandate of the Facilitative Working Group;

4. Notes with appreciation the financial support provided, including by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland and Norway, for implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform;

5. Expresses appreciation to the Government of Chad for hosting the biregional gathering for the Asia and Africa regions and to the Governments of Australia and Norway for hosting the regional gatherings for the Pacific and Arctic regions respectively under the workplan of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for 2022–2024;

6. Recognizes the important role of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform and its Facilitative Working Group in bringing together Parties, Indigenous Peoples and local communities to work towards achieving the objective of the Convention and the goals of the Paris Agreement;

7. Notes the challenges and recommendations outlined in the report referred to in paragraph 2 above in relation to facilitating the enhanced engagement of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities under the Convention and the Paris Agreement;

8. Encourages Parties, Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities to actively engage under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, including by engaging in the meetings of the Facilitative Working Group;

9. Requests the secretariat to explore ways to enable members of the Facilitative Working Group, especially members serving as representatives of Indigenous Peoples organizations, to participate in sessions of the subsidiary bodies and the Conference of the Parties when performing specific tasks in their capacity as members of the Facilitative Working Group;

10. Also requests the secretariat to explore possible arrangements for simultaneous interpretation in the official languages of the United Nations that correspond to the actual language requirements of the members and contributors present at meetings of the Facilitative Working Group and in mandated events under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform and to explore and inform the Facilitative Working Group at its meetings on options for furthering language support at such meetings and events to enable full participation therein in additional relevant languages, as appropriate;

11. Invites Parties that wish to do so to provide simultaneous interpretation into languages other than the official languages of the United Nations at meetings of the Facilitative Working Group and mandated events under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform and requests the secretariat, where possible, to make any necessary arrangements for accommodating such additional simultaneous interpretation;

12. Recognizes the importance of institutional knowledge and continuity in the efforts of the Facilitative Working Group to further operationalize the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform and facilitate implementation of the functions of the Platform;

13. Decides that, of the representatives who will be appointed as members of the Facilitative Working Group with a term beginning in June 2025, three Party representatives and three representatives from Indigenous Peoples organizations shall serve for a term of two years instead of three years, after which time all representatives shall serve for a term of three years in accordance with decision 2/CP.24;

14. Invites the Facilitative Working Group to decide which Party representatives and which representatives from Indigenous Peoples organizations shall serve for a term of two years, as referred to in paragraph 13 above, in a manner that ensures geographical and gender balance;

15. Notes with appreciation that activities and mandated events under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, as well as meetings of the Facilitative Working Group, remain open to and inclusive of local communities and a wide range of Platform contributors, encourages Parties and relevant constituted bodies, in particular the Facilitative Working Group, and representatives of workstreams under the Convention and the Paris Agreement to consider ways to further engage local communities and invites the incoming Presidency of the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties (November 2025) to convene in conjunction with that session a thematic workshop and relevant dialogues in line with the activities included in the workplan of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform;

16. Also invites Parties, relevant constituted bodies and representatives of work programmes under the Convention and the Paris Agreement and other stakeholders, including regional entities, to take into account the challenges and recommendations related to enhancing the engagement of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities under the Convention and the Paris Agreement as detailed in the report referred to in paragraph 2 above;

17. Requests the Facilitative Working Group to report on the outcomes of its work, including the activities under the workplan for 2025–2027, to consider and, as appropriate, propose recommendations relating to the scope and functions of the Platform and to prepare a draft workplan for the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for 2028–2031 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirty-second session (November 2027) through the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its sixty-sixth session (June 2027);

18. Decides that the next review of the Facilitative Working Group will take place in 2027 and requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to conduct the review at its sixty-sixth session with a view to the Conference of the Parties adopting a decision thereon at its thirty-second session;

19. Invites Parties, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and stakeholders to submit via the submission portal3 by 30 September 2026 views on activities and thematic focuses for the workplan of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for 2028–2031 for consideration by the Facilitative Working Group at its 16th meeting, to be held in 2026, and to submit via the submission portal by 1 November 2026 views on the impact of work under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, which will serve as input to the review of the Facilitative Working Group in 2027;

20. Encourages Parties, relevant constituted bodies and representatives of work programmes under the Convention and the Paris Agreement and other stakeholders to actively collaborate with the Facilitative Working Group;

21. Invites interested Parties and organizations to provide financial support for the implementation of the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform;

22. Requests the secretariat to continue to support and facilitate the work of the Facilitative Working Group;

23. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraphs 2, 10 and 11 above;

24. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

Decision 15/CP.29

Matters relating to the least developed countries

Theme
Adaptation
Tags 
GB
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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Welcoming the active role played by Indigenous Peoples and local communities and diverse stakeholders, including women and youth, in national adaptation plan related efforts,

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 5/CP.7, 29/CP.7, 7/CP.9, 4/CP.10, 4/CP.11, 8/CP.13, 6/CP.16, 5/CP.17, 12/CP.18, 3/CP.20, 1/CP.21, 19/CP.21, 16/CP.24, 7/CP.25, 15/CP.26, 10/CP.27, 11/CMA.1, 19/CMA.1 and 1/CMA.5,

Recognizing the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries under Article 4, paragraph 9, of the Convention,

Welcoming the active role played by Indigenous Peoples and local communities and diverse stakeholders, including women and youth, in national adaptation plan related efforts,

Noting the challenges faced by the least developed countries in preparing and submitting national adaptation plans, and the complexities and delays encountered by them, and the challenges they face in developing proposals and accessing financial support for implementing national adaptation plans,

Recognizing the need for new, enhanced efforts to ensure that the least developed countries have in place national adaptation plans by 2025 and have progressed in implementing them by 2030,

Noting that key challenges faced by the least developed countries in the process of accrediting direct access entities include limited institutional, financial and technical capacity for initiating that process and for developing project proposals for accessing funding from the Green Climate Fund,

1. Welcomes the efforts of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group in supporting the least developed countries in formulating national adaptation plans and its progress in updating the technical guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans;

2. Underscores the importance of prompt approval and disbursement of funding for readiness projects by the Green Climate Fund for the formulation of national adaptation plans;

3. Welcomes the new strategy and modalities of the revised Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme of the Green Climate Fund;

4. Requests the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, in collaboration with the Green Climate Fund secretariat, to continue to raise awareness among the least developed countries of the accreditation process for direct access entities and to support the least developed countries in developing a workplan for completing this process;

5. Also requests the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to hold its national adaptation plan writing workshops that are planned for 2025 for supporting the least developed countries in completing national adaptation plans for submission and pursuing implementation of the policies, projects and programmes identified therein as early as possible in that year, subject to the availability of resources;

6. Encourages the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to regularly invite the Green Climate Fund direct access entities of the least developed countries to participate in the national adaptation plan writing workshops referred to in paragraph 5 above with a view to enhancing their understanding of and building their capacity to complete the accreditation process; 

7. Welcomes Parties’ submission of national adaptation plans and invites Parties that have not done so to submit national adaptation plans and relevant strategies, including to facilitate sharing of experience, tools and approaches in relation to formulating and implementing national adaptation plans;

8. Also invites United Nations organizations, specialized agencies and other relevant organizations, as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies, to support the implementation of national adaptation plans in the least developed countries, drawing on the work of, and where appropriate in consultation with, the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, and, where possible, to consider establishing programmes for supporting the implementation of national adaptation plans, within their mandates, as appropriate, which could facilitate the provision of relevant financial and technical support to the least developed countries and the achievement of the goals referred to in paragraph 59 of decision 1/CMA.5;

9. Decides to conduct, in parallel with the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, the stocktake of the work of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group aimed at reviewing, at the midway point before the next review of the mandate of the Group, its progress and terms of reference;

10. Invites Parties and relevant organizations to continue providing resources for supporting implementation of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group work programme;

11. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraph 5 above;

12. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

Decision 6/CMA.6

Further guidance on the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement

Theme
Mitigation
Tags 
RR
Event 
CMA6
Year 
2024
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Further recalling the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, according to which, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity

 

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,

Recalling the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement and the aims referred to therein,

Also recalling Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement,

Further recalling the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, according to which, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

Recalling decision 3/CMA.3 and its annex and decision 7/CMA.4 and its annexes,

Also recalling decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraphs 1(g) and 2,

I. Operation of the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement

1. Requests the Supervisory Body for the mechanism established by Article1 6, paragraph 4, and the secretariat to ensure that adequate technical and scientific expertise is available to support their work on methodologies, removals and related operational elements;

2. Also requests the Supervisory Body to engage, in consultation with interested stakeholders, further independent scientific and technical expertise and local communities, include the knowledge, sciences and practices of Indigenous Peoples, as relevant, to support its work, including through its expert panels, to review proposals as necessary and receive independent scientific and technical advice;

3. Further requests the Supervisory Body to consider relevant international environmental agreements when carrying out its work, including when implementing the “Standard: Application of the requirements of Chapter V.B (Methodologies) for the development and assessment of Article 6.4 mechanism methodologies”, the “Standard: Requirements for activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 mechanism” 3 and the “Article 6.4 sustainable development tool”;

4. Requests the secretariat to strengthen and reinforce its capacity to support the Supervisory Body, particularly in its work related to standard-setting and methodological matters;

5. Urges the Supervisory Body and the secretariat to expedite the establishment of the mechanism registry and the relevant procedures therefor; 

6. Requests the Supervisory Body, while ensuring ongoing continuous improvements to reflect the best available science, to strive to ensure regulatory stability by avoiding frequent substantive revisions to its adopted standards, tools and procedures;  

7. Also requests the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Body to orally report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at each of its sessions on the Supervisory Body’s progress in implementing its work during the calendar year based on its mandates;

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Decision 2/CMP.19 & Decision 13/CMA.6

Matters relating to the Adaptation Fund

Theme
Finance
Tags 
GM
Event 
CMP19
Year 
2024
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Gender reference

(This gender language is identical across the Decision 3/CMP.19 and Decision 13/CMA.6 texts, which are two separate decisions.)

16. Welcomes the progress of the Adaptation Fund Board in implementing the updated gender policy and action plan of the Adaptation Fund6 and the gender scorecard, including by developing the first Adaptation Fund e-learning course on gender mainstreaming to help strengthen the capacity of implementing entities to develop gender-responsive adaptation projects, and requests the Adaptation Fund Board to further increase the gender-responsiveness of the resources of the Adaptation Fund;

17. Invites the Adaptation Fund Board to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of the work of the Adaptation Fund, taking into account relevant insights, including from the summary report on the 2024 Standing Committee on Finance Forum on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance;

18. Welcomes the decision of the Adaptation Fund Board to develop and adopt a standalone Adaptation Fund policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and reiterates the importance of the Adaptation Fund Board completing its work in this regard;

 

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(This gender language is identical across the Decision 3/CMP.19 and Decision 13/CMA.6 texts, which are two separate decisions.)

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,

Recalling decisions 1/CMP.3, 1/CMP.4, 2/CMP.10, 1/CMP.11, 2/CMP.12, 1/CMP.13, 1/CMP.14, 3/CMP.15, 3/CMP.16, 4/CMP.17 and 3/CMP.18,

Also recalling decision 13/CMA.1, Further recalling decision 5/CMP.17, paragraph 8,

1. Welcomes the annual report of the Adaptation Fund Board for 2024, including its addendum, and the information therein;

2. Notes the following information, actions and decisions relating to the Adaptation Fund Board presented in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above:

(a) The progress of the Adaptation Fund Board in implementing the Medium-Term Strategy of the Adaptation Fund for 2023–20272 in line with the Board’s implementation plan;

(b) The decision of the Adaptation Fund Board to update the environmental and social safeguard policy of the Adaptation Fund;4

(c) The adoption of a resource mobilization target for 2024 of USD 300 million, to come from a greater number of contributors than in 2023;

(d) Cumulative receipts of USD 1,827.14 million, as at 30 June 2024, into the Adaptation Fund Trust Fund, comprising USD 215.83 million from the monetization of certified emission reductions, USD 1,489.88 million from voluntary contributions and USD 121.43 million from investment income earned on the Trust Fund balance;

(e) Cash receipts amounting to USD 309.94 million, comprising USD 0.91 million from the monetization of certified emission reductions, USD 256.92 million from voluntary contributions and USD 52.11 million from investment income earned on the Adaptation Fund Trust Fund balance, received between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024;

(f) Outstanding pledged contributions from previous years of USD 122.57 million, of which USD 72.67 million under signed agreements, as at 20 November 2024;

3. Welcomes the financial pledges made towards the Adaptation Fund resource mobilization target for 2024 of USD 300 million, to come from more than the 14 contributors in 2023, by the Governments of Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as the governments of the Brussels-Capital and Walloon Regions of Belgium, equivalent to USD 132.85 million;

4. Notes with concern the outstanding pledged contributions to the Adaptation Fund and urges Parties to fulfil their pledges as soon as possible;

5. Encourages continued and increased voluntary contributions of financial resources to the Adaptation Fund in line with its resource mobilization strategy for 2022–2025;

6. Underscores the urgency of scaling up financial resources, including the provision of voluntary support, that are additional to the share of proceeds levied on certified emission reductions in order to support the resource mobilization efforts of the Adaptation Fund Board with a view to strengthening the Adaptation Fund;

7. Emphasizes the importance of continuing to take action to promote the adequacy and predictability of adaptation finance, including through multi-year contributions, taking into account the role of the Adaptation Fund in delivering dedicated support for adaptation;

8. Recalls the importance of financial contributions to the Adaptation Fund, including in the context of urging developed country Parties to at least double their collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to developing countries from 2019 levels by 2025, in the context of achieving a balance between mitigation and adaptation in the provision of scaled-up financial resources, recalling Article 9, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement, as per paragraph 18 of decision 1/CMA.3;

9. Encourages the achievement of the goals set out in the Medium-Term Strategy of the Adaptation Fund for 2023–2027 with the expectation that its implementation will generate significant outcomes in terms of promoting locally led adaptation, scaling up projects and replicating their results, and strengthening linkages and synergies between the Strategy’s strategic pillars of action, innovation, and learning and sharing;

10. Welcomes the establishment by the Adaptation Fund Board of a new global aggregator programme for channelling small grants for locally led adaptation projects and programmes to non-accredited entities, and of a new funding window for regional projects and programmes on locally led adaptation, as well as the approval of 13 single-country proposals and 1 regional proposal, and notes with appreciation the efforts of developing country Parties to access funding under the Adaptation Fund for implementing concrete adaptation activities;

11. Welcomes the approval of additional financing and delivery partners for the global aggregator programme under the Adaptation Fund innovation facility and requests the Adaptation Fund Board to accelerate efforts to implement the programme;

12. Underscores the need to tailor projects to local contexts, including through initial assessments and consultations with diverse groups in line with the Adaptation Fund guidelines and policies;

13. Notes the increased support for readiness and capacity-building as a result of increasing project formulation grants for all projects and programmes, with additional support for locally led adaptation projects, and stresses the importance of the continuation of this work;

14. Takes note of the information in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above, welcomes the consideration by the Adaptation Fund Board of the funding caps, noting that the Board had requested the secretariat to prepare an analysis for consideration at its 43rd meeting, and requests the Board to complete its consideration in a timely manner;

15. Welcomes the decision of the Adaptation Fund Board to outline an enhanced readiness programme and looks forward to receiving an update on progress in this regard;

16. Welcomes the progress of the Adaptation Fund Board in implementing the updated gender policy and action plan of the Adaptation Fund6 and the gender scorecard, including by developing the first Adaptation Fund e-learning course on gender mainstreaming to help strengthen the capacity of implementing entities to develop gender-responsive adaptation projects, and requests the Adaptation Fund Board to further increase the gender-responsiveness of the resources of the Adaptation Fund;

17. Invites the Adaptation Fund Board to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of the work of the Adaptation Fund, taking into account relevant insights, including from the summary report on the 2024 Standing Committee on Finance Forum on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance;

18. Welcomes the decision of the Adaptation Fund Board to develop and adopt a standalone Adaptation Fund policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and reiterates the importance of the Adaptation Fund Board completing its work in this regard;

19. Welcomes the work of the Adaptation Fund Board on complementarity and coherence with other multilateral climate funds10 and encourages the Board to continue this work with a view to simplifying its access modalities, as appropriate, and maximizing its impact;

20. Welcomes the continued collaboration between the Adaptation Fund and the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network, including through the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator, and encourages continued collaboration in this regard;

21. Also encourages the Adaptation Fund Board to complete, as a matter of priority, its work related to implementing its mandates in decisions 1/CMP.14 and 13/CMA.1 and to report thereon in its annual report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its twentieth session (November 2025) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its seventh session (November 2025);

22. Emphasizes the need for maintaining continuity in implementing the activities of the Adaptation Fund Board during the transition of the Adaptation Fund from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement, including continued access of developing countries to support for adaptation;

23. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to consider, at its sixty-second session (June 2025), the matter of the arrangements for the Adaptation Fund to exclusively serve the Paris Agreement and to make recommendations on this matter for consideration by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its twentieth session.

Decision 2/CP.29

Matters relating to the Standing Committee on Finance

Theme
Finance
Tags 
GB
GM
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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Gender reference

14. Welcomes the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance and notes with appreciation the summary report thereon;

15. Expresses sincere gratitude to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for its generous hospitality in hosting the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance;

16. Expresses gratitude to the Governments of Australia, Austria and Canada for their financial support for the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance;

17. Notes the continued importance of promoting gender-responsive climate action, including in the context of climate finance, and highlights the relevance of improving data and information on the gender-responsiveness of climate finance;

18. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Standing Committee on Finance to strengthen its engagement with stakeholders in the context of its workplan, including UNFCCC constituted bodies and private sector and other entities outside the UNFCCC process, and encourages the Committee to continue such efforts in 2025, including, as appropriate, with people and communities on the front line of climate change, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities;

19. Also encourages the Standing Committee on Finance to continue enhancing its efforts to ensure gender-responsiveness in implementing its workplan and requests Parties to consider gender balance and geographical representation when nominating members to the Committee;

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling Articles 4 and 11 of the Convention,

Also recalling decisions 12/CP.2, 12/CP.3, 1/CP.16, paragraph 112, 2/CP.17, paragraphs 120–121, 5/CP.18, 5/CP.19, 7/CP.19, 6/CP.20, 6/CP.21, 8/CP.22, 7/CP.23, 8/CP.23, 4/CP.24, 11/CP.25, 5/CP.26, 14/CP.27, 5/CMA.2, 10/CMA.3, 14/CMA.4, 5/CP.28 and 9/CMA.5,

Taking note of decision 8/CMA.6,

1. Expresses gratitude to the Standing Committee on Finance and welcomes the work of the Committee in 2024;

2. Also welcomes the report of the Standing Committee on Finance for 2024 and notes the workplan of the Committee for 2025;

3. Also notes the importance of allocating time for consideration of the work of the Standing Committee on Finance;

4. Notes with appreciation the sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows of the Standing Committee on Finance, including the summary and recommendations thereof;

5. Notes the Standing Committee on Finance’s update to its operational definition of climate finance in the context of preparing the sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows;

6. Also notes that global climate finance flows were 63 per cent higher in 2021–2022 than in 2019–2020, reaching an annual average of USD 1.3 trillion, acknowledges that more than three quarters of those flows were in Eastern Asia, Northern and Western Europe and Northern America and recognizes the need to scale up climate finance flows in other regions;

7. Notes with appreciation the second report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement, including the executive summary and recommendations thereof;

8. Notes the key finding from the report referred to in paragraph 7 above that nationally determined contributions from 142 Parties contain a total of 5,760 needs, of which 48 per cent are costed needs reported by 98 Parties, amounting to a cumulative USD 5.012–6.852 trillion out to 2030, or USD 455–584 billion annually across different time frames ending by 2030;

9. Highlights that information based on national reporting does not reflect the entirety of needs across developing country Parties and regions and is limited by significant data challenges and gaps, including differences and gaps in information on the processes and approaches used in determining needs; data being expressed for varying time frames, with the majority in a 2020–2030 time frame, and differences in methodologies and underlying assumptions used for identifying and costing needs, and also highlights that the number of needs and costed needs compiled from national reports should not be used to draw comparisons of actual needs across regions;

10. Invites relevant stakeholders to make use of the information contained in the second report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement when supporting developing country Parties in identifying and costing needs, prioritizing the developing country Parties and regions that have not been able to identify and cost needs and that are significantly and proportionally underrepresented in the report;

11. Notes with appreciation the report on the common practices regarding climate finance definitions, reporting and accounting methods,8 including the executive summary thereof;

12. Recognizes the complexities associated with the diversity of definitions of climate finance in use by Parties and non-Party stakeholders in relation to ensuring clear, aggregated accounting and reporting of climate finance;

13. Reaffirms that the Standing Committee on Finance will continue its ongoing technical work on operational definitions of climate finance in its future biennial assessments and overviews of climate finance flows;

14. Welcomes the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance and notes with appreciation the summary report thereon;

15. Expresses sincere gratitude to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for its generous hospitality in hosting the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance;

16. Expresses gratitude to the Governments of Australia, Austria and Canada for their financial support for the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance;

17. Notes the continued importance of promoting gender-responsive climate action, including in the context of climate finance, and highlights the relevance of improving data and information on the gender-responsiveness of climate finance;

18. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Standing Committee on Finance to strengthen its engagement with stakeholders in the context of its workplan, including UNFCCC constituted bodies and private sector and other entities outside the UNFCCC process, and encourages the Committee to continue such efforts in 2025, including, as appropriate, with people and communities on the front line of climate change, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities;

19. Also encourages the Standing Committee on Finance to continue enhancing its efforts to ensure gender-responsiveness in implementing its workplan and requests Parties to consider gender balance and geographical representation when nominating members to the Committee;

20. Recalls concerns about the working modalities of the Standing Committee on Finance for preparing the draft guidance for the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism in accordance with its mandate, and the request to Parties and other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement to provide elements for the draft guidance well in advance of future sessions of the Conference of the Parties and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement to enable the Committee to fulfil its mandate in this regard; 

21. Expresses appreciation to the Governments of Australia, Austria, Canada and Japan for their financial contributions for the work of the Standing Committee on Finance in 2024;

22. Requests the Standing Committee on Finance to report to the Conference of the Parties at its thirtieth session (November 2025) on its progress in implementing its workplan for 2025;

23. Also requests the Standing Committee on Finance to consider the guidance provided to it in other relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties.

Decision 4/CP.29

Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Global Environment Facility

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Finance
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GM
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COP29
Year 
2024
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11. Invites the Global Environment Facility to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of its work, taking into account relevant insights, including the summary report of the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance;

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Notes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-ninth session, including the responses of the Global Environment Facility to previous guidance received from the Conference of the Parties, and welcomes the approval by the Council of the Global Environment Facility of several work programmes;

2. Invites the Global Environment Facility, in the context of programming for the climate change focal area under its ninth replenishment, to consider, inter alia:

(a) Working with developing countries on ways of incorporating just transition elements into national climate plans and programmes;

(b) Working with developing countries on establishing nationally determined mechanisms to facilitate coordination of support received; (c) Ways of increasing the contribution of the Global Environment Facility project portfolio to adaptation, as appropriate, in line with its mandate; (d) Supporting the development of pipelines of projects in line with national plans and strategies;

(e) Ways of supporting developing countries in their efforts to strengthen institutional capacity and/or arrangements, as appropriate, for climate action, in line with needs and priorities of developing country Parties;

(f) Consulting with the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network on technology-related elements of the programming; (g) Continuing to provide technical support for developing country Parties for their preparation of national communications, recognizing that such support is based on technical considerations and should enhance the technical capacity of countries;

3. Welcomes the ongoing efforts undertaken by the Global Environment Facility, in collaboration with the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund and the Climate Investment Funds, with a view to enhancing developing countries’ access to climate finance, scaling up successful projects, maximizing the impact of climate finance and strengthening coherence and invites the Global Environment Facility to ensure that efforts to enhance coherence and complementarity among climate funds do not restrict the access of developing countries to resources or reduce the finance available to them;

4. Requests the Global Environment Facility, in administering the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund, to contribute to improving the coherence of and coordination across the funding arrangements for responding to loss and damage in line with decisions 1/CP.28 and 5/CMA.5;

5. Also requests the Global Environment Facility to continue ensuring that its efforts to enhance coherence and complementarity with other climate funds do not result in restricted access to resources by developing countries or reduced availability of finance for them;

6. Urges the Global Environment Facility to ensure that a broad range of implementing agencies are engaged in its programming in order to reduce concentration of projects among few implementing agencies and also urges the Global Environment Facility, in the context of its review of the Global Environment Facility partnership, to consider national and regional entities in developing countries in all regions, with a focus on underserved regions, when expanding the number of implementing agencies;

7. Further urges the Global Environment Facility to consider ways of strengthening local capacities and country ownership in its provision of support;

8. Notes with concern the absence of a pledging session for the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund at this session of the Conference of the Parties owing to the small number of pledges, highlighting the importance of increased support for both Funds, and recalling paragraph 8 of decision 17/CP.27, while acknowledging approval of the largest ever Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund work programme in fiscal year 2024, with USD 382.32 million allocated to 31 projects and programmes under the Least Developed Countries Fund and USD 24.87 million to 5 projects under the Special Climate Change Fund, totalling USD 407.19 million across 36 projects and programmes;

9. Requests the Global Environment Facility to further streamline the processes of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund to simplify access for eligible countries, as appropriate;

10. Welcomes the ongoing collaboration of the Global Environment Facility with the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network and encourages the Global Environment Facility to consider opportunities for scaling up programmes focused on technology and innovation;

11. Invites the Global Environment Facility to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of its work, taking into account relevant insights, including the summary report of the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance;

12. Encourages the Global Environment Facility to work to ensure that all its implementing agencies fully comply with its policy on gender equality3 in implementing climate projects funded by the Global Environment Facility in order to help ensure equal opportunities for women and men in terms of participating in, contributing to and benefiting from activities financed by the Global Environment Facility;

13. Also encourages the Global Environment Facility to clearly outline in its work programmes how Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities can meaningfully engage in the development of Global Environment Facility programmes and projects and benefit therefrom;

14. Requests the Global Environment Facility, in administering the Least Developed Countries Fund, to continue facilitating the smooth transition of developing countries graduating from least developed country status by continuing to provide approved funding through the Fund until the completion of projects approved by the Least Developed Countries Fund Council prior to those countries’ graduation from least developed country status and also requests the Global Environment Facility to consider developing further measures to help ensure this smooth transition for recently graduated least developed countries;

15. Further requests the Global Environment Facility to continue to support the strengthening of institutional arrangements and the building of capacity in developing countries with a view to facilitating improved access to and use of Global Environment Facility resources, facilitating knowledge-sharing and South–South learning on Global Environment Facility projects and exploring areas for further collaboration;

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Decision 3/CP.29

Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Green Climate Fund

Theme
Finance
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GM
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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13. Invites the Board to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of the work of the Green Climate Fund, taking into account relevant insights, including from the report of the 2024 Standing Committee on Finance Forum on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive climate finance;

14. Urges the Board to adopt an updated gender action plan for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund, noting the previous plan for 2020–2023, and to actively contribute to the implementation of activities under the UNFCCC gender action plan once the gender action plan has been adopted;

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decision 3/CP.17, annex,

1. Welcomes the report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-ninth session, including the information on action taken by the Board of the Green Climate Fund in response to guidance received from the Conference of the Parties, while noting that there is room for improvement;

2. Also welcomes the pledges and contributions to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund since the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties, acknowledges the efforts of those that have substantially increased their commitments and acknowledges with appreciation the role of the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the Presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties in achieving the highest pledges in the Fund’s history, surpassing previous replenishments;

3. Welcomes:

(a) The increase in the number of funding proposals approved, which brings the total amount approved by the Board to USD 15.9 billion to support the implementation of 286 adaptation and mitigation projects and programmes in 133 developing countries; (b) The increase in the number of entities accredited by the Board, which brings the total number of accredited entities to 139, of which 89 are direct access entities;

(c) The increase in the approval of grants for readiness support for national adaptation plans and other adaptation planning processes, bringing the total number of grants approved for readiness support for national adaptation plans and other adaptation planning processes to 115;

(d) The adoption by the Board of a policy for results-based payments for activities referred to in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16;

(e) The continued collaboration of the Board with the Climate Technology Centre and Network and the Technology Executive Committee;

(f) The USD 2.1 billion increase in commitments and addition of 34 new projects to the Green Climate Fund portfolio in 2023, of which USD 917.4 million was committed to 10 new private sector projects (representing 44 per cent of the 2023 programming volume), bringing the total commitments to the private sector portfolio to over USD 5 billion, which had been disbursed to 60 private sector projects and was expected to mobilize an additional USD 17.5 billion, of which USD 1.6 billion in private equity mobilizing five and a half times the Fund’s capital at the fund level and at least an equal amount at the downstream portfolio investment level, with each Green Climate Fund dollar to the private sector in some mitigation sectors expected to mobilize six times the committed capital at the fund level;

(g) The Board’s ongoing implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund 2024–2027, which includes making efforts to enhance access to climate finance for developing countries and accelerating the provision of support to developing countries with a view to maximizing the impact;

(h) The ongoing efforts of the Green Climate Fund, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility, the Adaptation Fund and the Climate Investment Funds, to enhance access to climate finance in line with paragraph 5 below with a view to scaling up successful projects, maximizing their impact and strengthening coherence;

(i) The Board’s focus on the accreditation of direct access entities, particularly national and regional entities in underserved countries and regions, in line with the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund 2024–2027;

(j) The enhanced efficiency measures of the Green Climate Fund for the approval of readiness grants, including its support for the formulation of national adaptation plans and other adaptation planning processes;

(k) The work of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group in enhancing support and inclusivity within Green Climate Fund operations, including through improved channels of engagement;

(l) The progress of the Green Climate Fund in attracting and mobilizing private sector investment as a means of leveraging and enhancing the impact and reach of climate finance in developing countries;

(m) The ongoing efforts of the Green Climate Fund to enhance its regional engagement, including by exploring regional presence in all developing country regions;

4. Notes the vision announced by the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund for the Fund to be able to efficiently manage USD 50 billion in capital by 2030;

5. Invites the Board to ensure that efforts to enhance coherence and complementarity do not restrict the access of developing countries to resources or reduce the finance available to them;

6. Requests the Board to continue to streamline and simplify access to funding by reducing median times taken during the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund to process accreditation, readiness, and standard proposal approval process and simplified approval process proposals from review to first disbursement, relative to the first replenishment, with an emphasis on reducing processing time for funding proposals in line with the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund 2024–2027;

7. Also requests the Board to continue considering ways to better serve different regions in a geographically balanced manner, including by exploring regional presence in all developing country regions in line with the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund;

8. Further requests the Board to consider taking measures to ensure that the monitoring and accountability requirements for procedures after accreditation are fit for purpose and take into account the capacity constraints of direct access entities;

9. Invites the Board to consider how to strengthen direct access, including through tailored approaches that address needs and priorities and are consistent with national institutional arrangements and address capacity gaps in consultation with nationally designated authorities;

10. Encourages the Board to continue supporting adaptation action, including the implementation of national adaptation plans and the projects, policies and programmes identified therein, in line with the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund 2024–2027;

11. Urges the Board to continue strengthening efforts to maintain a balance between funding for mitigation and adaptation in the overall portfolio, as per its Governing Instrument;

12. Encourages the Green Climate Fund to continue collaborating with the Climate Technology Centre and Network to enhance access to technology for developing countries, maximize impact and strengthen coherence;

13. Invites the Board to consider areas for improvement in the context of the gender-responsiveness of the work of the Green Climate Fund, taking into account relevant insights, including from the report of the 2024 Standing Committee on Finance Forum on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive climate finance;

14. Urges the Board to adopt an updated gender action plan for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund, noting the previous plan for 2020–2023, and to actively contribute to the implementation of activities under the UNFCCC gender action plan once the gender action plan has been adopted;

15. Also urges the Board to continue incorporating into its decision-making consideration of people and communities on the front line of climate change, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities, in line with the policies of the Green Climate Fund;

16. Encourages the Board to support the increased use of alternative financial instruments and structures with a view to increasing public and private finance, in line with the Board’s risk appetite statement, for mitigation and adaptation projects in developing countries in line with the Board’s policy;

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Decision 8/CP.29

Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts and joint annual report of its Executive Committee and the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change

Theme
Loss and Damage
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GB
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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Annex

Rules of procedure of the Advisory Board of the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change

III. Membership

3. The Advisory Board, with the aim of achieving fair and balanced representation, shall be composed of the following, taking into account the need for gender balance:

(a) Two members from each of the five recognized United Nations regional groups;

(b) One member each from the least developed countries and small island developing States;

(c) Two members of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism (ExCom), nominated by the ExCom from among its members.

4. The Advisory Board will also have three other representatives, one from the Women and Gender constituency, one from Indigenous Peoples organizations, and one from the children and youth non-governmental organizations, who may actively participate in the deliberations of the Advisory Board.

 

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Annex

Rules of procedure of the Advisory Board of the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change

I. Scope

1. These rules and procedures shall apply to the Advisory Board of the Santiago network (the “Advisory Board”) in accordance with decision 12/CMA.4, endorsed by decision 11/CP.27, and decision 6/CMA.5, endorsed by decision 2/CP.28, as well as any other relevant decisions of the governing body or bodies.

II. Definitions

2. For the purpose of these rules: (a) “Co-chairs” means the members of the Santiago network elected as co-chairs of the Advisory Board of the Santiago network; (b) “Secretariat” means the secretariat referred to in paragraph 3(a) of decision 12/CMA.4, endorsed by decision 11/CP.27, as a hosted secretariat, and also in the Terms of Reference of the Santiago network, in Annex I of the same decisions.

III. Membership

3. The Advisory Board, with the aim of achieving fair and balanced representation, shall be composed of the following, taking into account the need for gender balance:

(a) Two members from each of the five recognized United Nations regional groups;

(b) One member each from the least developed countries and small island developing States;

(c) Two members of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism (ExCom), nominated by the ExCom from among its members.

4. The Advisory Board will also have three other representatives, one from the Women and Gender constituency, one from Indigenous Peoples organizations, and one from the children and youth non-governmental organizations, who may actively participate in the deliberations of the Advisory Board.

5. Members and representatives elected to the Advisory Board shall serve a term of two years and shall be eligible to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms of office.

6. Half of the members elected in 2023 shall serve a term of three years and half of the members shall serve a term of two years, after which time the governing body or bodies shall elect half of the members every year for a term of two years.

7. The members of the Advisory Board shall remain in office until their successors are elected.

8. The term of office of a member shall start at the first meeting of the Advisory Board in the calendar year following their election and shall end immediately before the first meeting of the Advisory Board in the calendar year in which their term ends.

9. If a member or representative of the Advisory Board resigns or is otherwise unable to complete their term, the regional group or constituency from which the member comes - or the ExCom, for members nominated by it - may decide, bearing in mind the proximity of the next session of the governing body or bodies, to appoint another member from the same group or constituency to replace said member for the remainder of that member’s term, in which case the appointment shall count as one term.

10. If a member is temporarily unable to serve in the Advisory Board, the Advisory Board shall, at the request of that member, invite the group, constituency, or the ExCom, to replace said member in an ad interim capacity for a period of up to one year from the date of that request.

Decision 7/CP.29

Gender and climate change

Theme
Gender
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GB
GE
GM
RR
Event 
COP29
Year 
2024
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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 and 15/CP.28,

Acknowledging the continuing need for gender mainstreaming through all relevant targets and goals in activities under the Convention as an important contribution to increasing their effectiveness, fairness and sustainability,

Also acknowledging the important role of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the UNFCCC process, demonstrated by their review by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,

Recognizing with concern that climate change impacts on women and men can often differ owing to historical and current gender inequalities and multidimensional factors and can be more pronounced in developing countries and for local communities and Indigenous Peoples,

Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

Taking into account the imperatives of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities,

1. Takes note of the synthesis report on progress, challenges, gaps and priorities in implementing the gender action plan, and future work to be undertaken on gender and climate change1 and the summary report on the in-session workshop, held at the sixtieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, to discuss the synthesis report and recognizes the action taken by Parties, UNFCCC constituted bodies, the secretariat and observers to implement the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan;

2. Takes note of the reports on gender composition,3 according to which gender balance in Party delegations was achieved at the fifty-eighth and sixtieth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, women’s representation in Party delegations to sessions of the governing bodies has remained the same or declined year-on-year since the twenty-fifth sessions of the Conference of the Parties, and progress in achieving the goal of gender balance in constituted bodies remains inconsistent;

3. Notes the synthesis report by the secretariat on implementation of gender-responsive climate policies, plans, strategies and action, as reported by Parties in reports and communications under the UNFCCC,4 and the progress reflected therein;

4. Encourages Parties to enhance their efforts to advance the implementation of the decisions referred to in the preamble;

5. Acknowledges that capacity-building, knowledge management and the sharing of experience are essential to supporting relevant actors in designing and implementing genderresponsive climate action and for increasing the effectiveness and scaling up of these measures;

6. Recognizes that the full, meaningful and equal participation and leadership of women in all aspects of the UNFCCC process and in national- and local-level climate policymaking and action is vital for achieving long-term climate goals and notes the importance of taking further steps in this regard;

7. Acknowledges that coherence with relevant United Nations processes, in particular the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as applicable, and within national implementation will contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of efforts to integrate gender considerations into climate action;

8. Encourages United Nations entities to cooperate with Parties on mainstreaming gender- and age-disaggregated data in their existing policies, enabling mechanisms and programmes, across all levels of governance, and to support Parties in directly applying the best available science in the collection and analysis of data sets, including on the impacts of extreme weather and slow onset events;

9. Invites Parties to include information on efforts and steps taken to implement the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan in their national reporting under the UNFCCC process, as applicable;

10. Notes 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;

11. Decides to extend the enhanced Lima work programme on gender for a period of 10 years;

12. Also decides that a review of the implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender to identify progress, challenges and further work to be undertaken shall be initiated at the seventieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (June 2029) with a view to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation 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);

13. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to initiate the development of a new gender action plan at its sixty-second session (June 2025) 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 and the workshops referred to in paragraphs 14 and 16 below with a view to recommending a draft decision for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its thirtieth session (November 2025);

14. Also requests the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to organize, with the support of the secretariat, a technical workshop, to be held at the sixty-second session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, to facilitate the design of gender action plan activities, taking into account, inter alia, the progress, challenges, gaps and priorities identified by Parties and observers during the review referred to in paragraph 13 above and the information presented in the synthesis report referred to in paragraph 1 above, with a view to informing the development of the new gender action plan referred to in paragraph 13 above;

15. Invites Parties and observers to submit via the submission portal5 by 31 March 2025 views on the format and scope of the in-session technical workshop referred to in paragraph 14 above;

16. Decides that other in-person or hybrid technical workshops on the topic referred to in paragraph 14 above may be held during 2025 in conjunction with existing events, such as the regional climate weeks, at the discretion of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation upon receiving an expression of interest from a Party to host such a workshop, while aiming to ensure inclusive and balanced geographical representation at the workshops;

17. Encourages Parties to appoint and provide support for a national gender and climate change focal point for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring;

18. Requests all constituted bodies to continue to include in their regular reports information on progress towards integrating a gender perspective into their processes;

19. Invites relevant public and private entities to increase the gender-responsiveness of climate finance with a view to strengthening the capacity of women;

20. Encourages Parties and relevant public and private entities to strengthen the genderresponsiveness of climate finance with a view to further building the capacity of women and for implementation work under the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan, and in order to facilitate simplified access to climate finance for grass-roots women’s organizations as well as for Indigenous Peoples, especially women, and local communities;

21. Emphasizes the urgency of scaled-up support for developing country Parties to implement the Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan, consistent with relevant provisions of the Convention;

22. Requests the secretariat to continue to:

(a) Maintain the position of senior gender focal point to retain relevant expertise and support and monitor the implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan;

(b) Prepare an annual gender composition report and a biennial synthesis report on progress in integrating a gender perspective into constituted body processes;

(c) Provide capacity-building support to constituted bodies and secretariat staff in integrating a gender perspective into their respective areas of work in collaboration with relevant organizations, as appropriate;

(d) Facilitate coordination with other United Nations entities, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations when supporting the implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan;

(e) Facilitate support for building and strengthening the skills and capacities of national gender and climate change focal points;

(f) Support the attendance of national gender and climate change focal points at relevant mandated UNFCCC meetings, upon request and subject to the availability of resources;

(g) Enhance communication and information-sharing through existing UNFCCC web-based resources and communication activities;

(h) Participate in the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to strengthen the integration of gender considerations within the organization and work of the secretariat;

23. Encourages the secretariat to consider making sure all budget proposals have considered effects on gender equality in its own organizational structure, and to appoint gender focal points in relevant departments, provided this does not add to the overall cost but increases efficiency;

24. Invites Parties to provide support to developing country Parties for addressing genderrelated action under the Convention, including in relation to the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and any subsequent gender action plan;

25. Encourages Parties, the secretariat and relevant organizations, in implementing the enhanced Lima work programme on gender, to fully engage men and boys as agents and beneficiaries of change and as strategic partners and allies in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change;

26. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraphs 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23 above;

27. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

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