1. Will
Global
Climate
Change
Nego1a1ons
Advance
Gender
Equality
?

2. Rights Based & Environmental
International Instruments
•
Norma've
/
so,
power
•
Enhance
legi'macy
of
issue
•
Fodder
for
legisla've
and
judiciary
reform
•
Provides
trac'on
for
civil
society
movements

3. Spectrum
of
Interna'onal
Instruments
Hard
So,
Treaty
Resolu-on
Conven-on
Plan
of
Ac-on
Declara-on

4. Gender
&
Youth
Language
in
Environment
or
Climate
Interna'onal
Instruments
Agenda
21
&
Rio
Declara-on
on
Environment
and
Development
(1992)
Youth
and
gender
dimensions
of
stake
holder
par'cipa'on
and
educa'on
rights
UN
Conven-on
to
Combat
Deser-fica-on
(1992)
Par'cipa'on
of
local
popula'ons
and
capacity-­‐building,
especially
involving
women
and
youth;
Educa'onal
opportuni'es
for
women
and
girls
in
iden'fica'on,
conserva'on
and
sustainable
use
and
management
of
the
natural
resources
Beijing
Declara-on
and
PlaHorm
for
Ac-on
(1995)
Girls
vulnerability
to
environmental
degrada'on,
food
security,
educa'on
and
labor
rights,
freedom
from
violence,
inter
alia
Hyogo
Framework
for
Ac-on
(HFA)
/
Building
the
Resilience
of
Na-ons
and
Communi-es
to
Disasters
(2005)
Disaster
risk
reduc'on
educa'on
for
youth

5. Kyoto
Protocol
to
the
United
Na-ons
Framework
Conven-on
on
Climate
Change
(UNFCCC)
(1997)
No
reference
to
girls,
women,
gender,
or
age…

6. Current
UNFCCC
Nego'a'on
Streams
KP.
Ad
hoc
Working
Group
on
further
commitments
for
Annex
I
Par-es
under
the
Kyoto
Protocol.
Established
by
Par'es
to
the
Protocol
(Montreal,
2005)
to
consider
further
commitments
of
industrialized
countries
under
the
Kyoto
Protocol
for
the
period
beyond
2012,
and
is
expected
to
con'nue
through
2010
and
possibly
beyond.
LCA.
Ad
hoc
Working
Group
on
Long-­‐term
Coopera-ve
Ac-on
under
the
Conven-on.
Established
(Bali,
2007)
to
conduct
nego'a'ons
on
a
strengthened
interna'onal
deal
on
climate
change,
is
expected
to
con'nue
through
2010
and
possibly
beyond.
__________________________________________________________________________________
SBI
.
Subsidiary
Body
for
Implementa-on:
The
SBI
makes
recommenda'ons
on
policy
and
implementa'on
issues
to
the
COP
and,
if
requested,
to
other
bodies.
SBSTA
~
Subsidiary
Body
for
Scien-fic
and
Technological
Advice.
The
SBSTA
serves
as
a
link
between
informa'on
and
assessments
provided
by
expert
sources
(such
as
the
IPCC)
and
the
COP,
which
focuses
on
sebng
policy.

7. LCA. Long-term Cooperative Action

Adapta'on

Capacity-­‐building

REDD
Reducing
Emissions
from
Deforesta'on
&
Forest
Degrada'on

Mi'ga'on
Social
and
Economic
Consequences
of
Response
Measures

Shared
Vision
_______________________________________________
None
in
Technology
Transfer
or
Finance

8. Adapta-on
Follow
a
gender-­‐sensi-ve,
par-cipatory
approach
to
adapta'on
…
with
the
aim
of
integra-ng
adapta'on
ac'ons
into
relevant
social,
economic
and
environmental
policies;
Capacity-­‐building
Strengthen
climate
change
communica-on,
educa-on,
training
and
public
awareness
(at
all
levels)
taking
into
account
gender
issues;
Strengthening
par-cipatory
approach,
including
[women
and]
youth
REDD
Developing
countries’
na'onal
strategy
…
address…
gender
considera-ons…
ensuring
full
and
effec've
par-cipa-on
of
relevant
stakeholders
Mi-ga-on
[Take
into
account]
[address]
nega've
consequences
(for)
vulnerable
groups,
such
as
women
and
children
Shared
Vision
...vulnerable
owing
to
youth,
gender,
age
or
disability
…
…stakeholders
engagement
on
(all
levels)
…
including
the
youth…
and
that
gender
equality
(is)
important
for
effec've
ac'on
on
all
aspects
of
climate
change…

9. Observer
Cons'tuencies
to
UNFCCC
Women
and
Gender
Organiza'ons
(provisional)
Youth
Organiza'ons
(provisional)
-­‐
Research
and
independent
non-­‐governmental
organiza'ons
(RINGO)
-­‐ Business
and
industry
non-­‐governmental
organiza'ons
(BINGO)
-­‐ Trade
Unions
non-­‐governmental
organiza'ons
(TUNGO)
-­‐
Environmental
non-­‐governmental
organiza'ons
(ENGO)
-­‐
Local
government
and
municipal
authori'es
(LGMA)
-­‐ Indigenous
peoples
organiza'ons
(IPO)

10. Thank
you
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