Bonn Climate Change Conference Media Briefing

SB 58: 5-15 June, 2023

About Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)

WEDO is a global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality, and the integrity of the environment. WEDO coordinates women’s rights caucuses in international policy spaces like the UNFCCC and advances feminist leadership and solutions towards the creation of a just and healthy planet for all.

About the Women & Gender Constituency (WGC)

WEDO helps convene the Women & Gender Constituency, one of the nine official civil society constituency groups under the UNFCCC. The WGC works to coordinate the views and demands of women’s rights, gender equality and feminist organizations within the UNFCCC process. WGC work is collective in nature and organized via a Facilitative (Steering) Committee.

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The Gender Agenda at SB58

• Bonn Agenda & Feminist Demands:
• Adaptation
• Agriculture
• Climate Finance
• Gender Action Plan
• Global Stocktake
• Just Transition
• Loss and Damage�
• Key Events at SB58�
• Key Resources & Experts
• New! Women’s Participation Data �
• Spokespeople

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Agenda Item: Adaptation

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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The Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation (GlaSS) includes: a two-year work programme on the global goal on adaptation; enhanced action on adaptation and understanding the global goal; and four workshops per year.

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• We are in year two of the GlaSS work program.
• Much of the conversation will center around agreeing on a framework for GGA (Global Goal on Adaptation) by COP28.
• Choices must be made about how outcomes of GlaSS will be integrated across the UNFCCC.

• WGC has joined a global call to double the amount of adaptation finance.

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• Hwei Mian Lim (Kuala Lumpur), Independent Consultant�(Press contact: lindsay@wedo.org)

Agenda Item: Agriculture

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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We left COP27 with the launch of a four-year Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on agriculture and food security.

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• There will be a first discussion considering submissions of views from Parties and observers on the elements of the joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security.

• WGC contributed a submission highlighting modalities for bottom up approaches and effective governance. [WGC Submission]
• WGC is calling for specific workshops on gender, as well as approaches to holistic food system transformation.

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• Coraina de la Plaza (Netherlands), Global Forest Coalition | coraina.delaplaza@globalforestcoalition.org

Agenda Item: Climate Finance

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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We are in year two of a three-year process to set a new collective quantified goal (NCQG).

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• A workshop (Technical Workshop 6) will be held related to the new collective quantified goal, set to be agreed on by 2024.

• The NCQG must be needs-based.
• The NCQG must also address the quality (not just quantity) of the finance – and be given in the form of grants, as not to create more debt.

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• Liane Liane Schalatek (U.S.), Associate Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC; member of L&D Transitional Committee | Liane.Schalatek@us.boell.org
• Tara Daniel (U.S.), Senior Program Manager at WEDO | tara@wedo.org

The Gender Action Plan under UNFCCC

WHAT HAPPENED AT COP27?

WHAT IS IN THE DECISION?

At COP27, Parties conducted a mid-term review of progress on the five-year gender action plan.�

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• Parties should have engaged in a substantive mid-term review; however, little “review” actually took place – with much of the conversations focused on process, and a decision gaveled through on the last day with weak language on finance.
• The Women & Gender Constituency criticized the lack of a substantive outcome and exclusion of gender advocates.

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• Invites the ILO to organize a workshop or dialogue on the linkages between gender-­responsive climate action and just transition (this was a WGC ask);
• Invites Presidencies to nominate women as High Level Champions;
• Encourages Secretariat to host activities on the GAP regionally;
• Encourages, emphasizes the urgency of scaled up climate finance for implementation of the gap and to facilitate simplified access to women’s organizations;

The Gender Action Plan under UNFCCC

WHAT IS IN THE DECISION? (CONT’D)

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WHAT DID WGC DEMAND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE DECISION?

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At COP27, Parties conducted a mid-term review of progress on the five-year gender action plan.�

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• Requests the Secretariat to support the attendance of National Gender and Climate Change Focal Points (NGCCFPs) to meetings when possible;
• Supports implementing the GAP to developing countries;
• Calls for a dialogue with UN Women prior to COP28;
• Adds a priority of participation of young and indigenous women in national delegations;
• Requires a July 31, 2024 submission on progress toward implementing the GAP.

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• Recognition of the increasing impacts of loss and damage being faced by women and girls;
• Recognition of the essential role women play in agriculture and food security and the need to ensure land rights;
• Response to the lack of climate finance for grassroots and �Indigenous women.

The Gender Action Plan under UNFCCC

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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At COP27, Parties conducted a mid-term review of progress on the five-year gender action plan.�

• No formal negotiations on gender are planned for SB58.
• There will be two dialogues and one meeting under the GAP:
• A dialogue on 6 June with UN Women, national gender and climate change focal points and other stakeholders on how their work contributes to the achievement of the GAP.
• A dialogue on 15 June with the chairs of constituted bodies on progress in integrating a gender perspective into their processes.
• An expert group meeting on 13 & 14 June to share experience and support capacity building on gender budgeting.

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• Bridget Burns (U.S.), Executive Director of WEDO | bridget@wedo.org
• Mwanahamisi Singano (Tanzania), Senior Global Policy Lead, WEDO | mwanahamisi@wedo.org

Agenda Item: The Global Stocktake

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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A Global Stocktake of Paris Agreement, which happens every five years, will be finalized at COP28.

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• There will be a final discussion at SB58 before the Global Stocktake is finalized at COP28.

• WGC contributed a submission to the Global Stocktake. [WGC GST Submission | WGC GST Presentation]
• GST is an opportunity for countries to assess the gender responsiveness of their climate policies and actions and identify ways to enhance gender equality, including by: assessing gender-differentiated impacts of climate change, highlighting role of women and marginalized groups in climate action, and ensuring gender-responsive means of implementation.

• Mwanahamisi Singano (Tanzania), Senior Global Policy� Lead, WEDO | mwanahamisi@wedo.org

Agenda Item: Just Transition

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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We left COP27 with the establishment of a work programme on just transition. Parties affirmed that a global transition to low emissions provides opps and challenges for sustainable development.

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• There will be a first discussion on the new just transition work program.

• WGC has engaged collectively with TUNGOs, CAN, and other groups
• Center gender, care, and social protection in any just transition framework

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• Bridget Burns (U.S.), Executive Director of WEDO | bridget@wedo.org
• Mwanahamisi Singano (Tanzania), Senior Global Policy Lead, WEDO | mwanahamisi@wedo.org

Agenda Item: Loss and Damage

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SB58?

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WHAT ARE GENDER ADVOCATES CALLING FOR?

FEATURED SPOKESPEOPLE:

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One of the important outcomes from COP27 was the establishment of a Loss and Damage Finance Facility. This process set up a Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage to provide recommendations on funding arrangements.

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• There was a meeting of the Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage at SB58; the process will conclude at COP28.

• Ensure that a new fund under the UNFCCC is set up
• Propose three windows for funding around: disaster/fast response, slow-onset, and a micro/small grant community to allow women and community groups to access funding.
• Ensure that key guiding principles for the facility include human rights and gender equality.

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• Liane Liane Schalatek (she/her), Associate Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC; member of L&D Transitional Committee | Liane.Schalatek@us.boell.org

Key Gender/WGC Events at SB58

New Resource!�Women’s Participation & Leadership

NEW DATA ON WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN UN CLIMATE CHANGE [Report release 6/8]

Women’s equal participation in climate change decision-making is fundamental to just policies that reflect and respond to the needs of the global community.

At a glance:

• 120 UNFCCC decisions mention gender, with 50 of them specifically referencing gender balance in decision-making processes, but progress toward gender balance in UNFCCC spaces has not been consistent or significant. �
• Women’s participation in the climate negotiations continues to fall short of gender balance, with COP27 having 36% women’s participation on Party delegations and 10 out of 17 UNFCCC constituted bodies having women’s membership of 35% or less. �
• Parties need to take concrete actions to improve women’s participation and leadership if gender balance in delegations is to be achieved before the current trajectory of 2042.

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Key Resources

WGC Submissions

• Agriculture: WGC Submission
• Global Stocktake: WGC GST Submission

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Resources on the Gender Action Plan

• What you should know about the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP) and upcoming mid-term review

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The Gender Climate Tracker provides experts, decision-makers, negotiators and advocates on-the-go access to the latest information on research, decisions and actions related to gender and climate change.�

Visit genderclimatetracker.org

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Spokespeople: Gender and Climate

In addition to spokespeople who are following key topics within the negotiations, advocates can also speak about cross-cutting issues including gender and climate, gender-just climate solutions, SRHR and climate, militarization and climate, fossil fuels, and more. WGC members of the MENA Taskforce can speak about issues pertaining to their countries/region.

�>> GO TO THE SPOKESPERSON DOCUMENT.

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For media inquiries:

Lindsay Bigda, WEDO: lindsay@wedo.org | +1 207-385-7924��

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