SB60: Side Event

Objectives

This event aims to underscore the critical role of gender and environment data in informing and enhancing gender-responsive national climate policies, emphasizing the interconnection between the Gender Action Plan and climate action at regional, national, and local levels. It:

Identifies how gender and environment data is fundamental in the Gender Action Plan, both in ongoing progress and in its subsequent iteration;
Provides examples from the work of GEDA members at various levels, emphasizing how data can support Parties and contribute to updating national climate policy (e.g. NDCs); and
Highlights the potential use of GEDA and its members in amplifying gender and environment data and contributing to more gender-transformative policy, within and beyond the UNFCCC.

Check out the concept note here!

Panelists

Local

Angélica Cordero Gamboa (Ruta del Clima)

Presented on Ruta del Clima’s community model for monitoring and reporting loss and damage, with a focus on the gender dimension. Angélica touched based on the phases for a participatory data collection process and presented specific case studies in Honduras and Colombia.

Responded to the question: How is gender data connected to loss and damage?

National

Martha Bekele (Development Initiatives)

Presented on gender-responsive climate finance data, linking it to evidence from Rwanda. Martha’s presentation discussed existing data and current gaps in the gender-responsive climate finance landscape in Rwanda, as well as how to have a feminist approach to addressing those gaps.

Responded to the question: Why is gender data relevant for gender-responsive climate finance, and how do you think it can impact national-level policies?

Regional

Diego de León (Out For Sustainability)

Provided two examples of gender-responsive data at a regional level, with a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ populations. Diego explored specific data pieces that highlighted how the LGBTQIA+ populations have endured disasters and how they are particularly vulnerable to these at the same time.

Responded to the question: What are some examples of regional cooperations for gender-disaggregated data that includes gender identity and sexual orientation, and what have been some of the benefits?

Global

Claudia Rubio (Women’s Environment and Development Organization)

Provided an overview of the Gender and Environment Data Alliance, and explored how data appears in the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP) through the presentation of the latest GEDA brief.

Responded to the question: How does GEDA have the potential to bring about change at a global scale?

Other Speakers

Recording

Resources from other Co-Organizers

Population Council:

Population, Environmental Risks, and the Climate Crisis: This brief provides an overview of the PERCC Initiative. PERCC conducts rigorous, innovative, cross-disciplinary social science research; uses it to build publicly accessible datasets, tools, and models; and utilizes the findings and insights to help shape climate adaptation policy and program planning at every level, from municipalities to national strategies and United Nations agencies Please find a brief relevant presentation here.
Navigating the Climate Crisis: Q&A with Dr. Deepshikha Sharma: Deepshikha Sharma shares insights on the future of PERCC and her plans for leading the initiative’s climate-induced migration work.

WECAN:

Prioritizing Care Work Can Unlock a Just Transition for All: Examining the links between care and climate, this report demonstrates how investment in high-quality care jobs can help mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis, increase funding for public infrastructure, and support economies within a Just Transition framework.
Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions: – This report addresses the disproportionate gender and race-specific health and safety impacts as well as human and Indigenous rights issues of fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure in the United States and selected parts of Canada— interlocking issues that have been sorely neglected in the discourse regarding fossil fuel extraction.
The Need for Real Zero Not Net Zero: Shifting from False Solutions to Real Solutions and a Just Transition: This policy analysis specifically aims to address concerns about, and better define Net Zero, and in doing so, begins to explore and define Real Zero initiatives that demonstrate alternative practices and pathways forward for a healthy and equitable approach to the climate crisis within principles of a Just Transition.