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Role of Women in Implementing
Paris Agreement & Road to Cop 22
BY
WINFRED LICHUMA EBS
ON BEHALF OF AWGGCC DURING AUC MEETING
ON IMPLEMENTING CAHOSCC DECISION ON
GENDER AND WOMEN WORK PROGRAMME
7 TH J U N E 2 0 1 6 I N N A I R O B I
Background
 The world today requires transformation in order to
be on course for a truly sustainable and equitable for
all.
 The international community faces a great challenge
in stabilizing the climate.
 We need zero carbon emissions by 2050 in order to
have best possible chance of keeping warming below
2 degrees Celsius above pre industrial level.
 Yet there is a gap in commitments made by countries
in their INDCs to curb climate altering green house
gasses
Women and Climate Change
 Climate change has serious consequences on
human ecosystem, human beings & their well
being .
 The vulnerability of women and children to
climate change is now well defined.
 As glaciers melt and sea levels rise and the
world experiences droughts, floods, storms
etc, the access to food, water sanitation,
housing, health stand threatened with a
gendered impact.
Women and Climate Change
 The situation is particularly acute for people living
in vulnerable situations owing to geography,
gender, age, race, poverty, disability or social
status.
 It is an injustice that the people who have
contributed least to the causes of the problem
suffer the worst impacts of climate change.
Two Key Messages
 Women and girls are differently impacted by Climate
change( Existing gender inequalities, limited access to
natural recourses and productive assets, lack of
knowledge and absence at decision making tables)
constrain women and girls ability to cope with climate
change. Disproportionately burden of domestic care,
exposure to Gender based violence, barriers to labour
market are exacerbated by climate change hazards.
 Women and girls are powerful agents of change to scale
up climate action. For example in Africa women are
primary house hold energy managers and can accelerate
transition to sustainable energy, addressing gender gap
in agriculture and resilience to risks in rebuilding
communities
Gender and UNFCCC
 Issue of gender first raised in the UNFCCC intergovernmental
process in 2001-Decision 36/CP.7-Increasing number of women
delegates and bodies in convention and Kyoto protocol
 Eleven years later CP 18, Doha Miracle-Decision 23/CP.18
secured a permanent agenda to address gender and climate
change. Parties were invited to do more to achieve gender
balance, Secretariat to report annually of delegation compassions
and the bodies.
 Lima Work Programme on gender-was next significant
achievement-Decision 18/CP.20 focused shift from concepts to
implementation of gender responsive climate policies including
two workshops and a technical paper , need for training and
capacity building.
 More than 50 decision in convention and KP refer to gender,
women and or social responsibility
Gender & Paris Agreement
 The preamble acknowledges that when taking action
to address climate change, State Parties should
respect, promote their obligations in relation to
gender equality and empowerment of women.
 Art. 7 Parties acknowledge that adaptation actions
should follow country-driven, gender responsive,
participatory and fully transparent approach….
 Art. 11-Capapcity building should be guided by
lessons learnt…..and should be an effective,
interactive process that is participatory, cross cutting
and gender responsive.
Gender Achievement to-date
 Gender mainstreamed in Paris agreement in
adaptation, capacity building and preamble.
 3 references to decision of the agreement including
the enhancement of enabling environments for and
addressing barriers to the development and transfer
of socially and environmentally sound technologies.
 Conclusions under SBI/SBSTA programme areas
 Budget line on gender approved though still very
low.
The gaps in Paris Agreement
 Strong operative language on gender equality ,
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human rights and indigenous people was lost.
Gender language related to technology and finance
was lost, and was not included in mitigation
Lack of progress towards the goals under Lima Work
programme on gender
No clear safe pathway to achieve the goal of staying
below 1.5 degrees
Clarity on climate finance flow, where it will come
from and what counts
AU, Women and Climate change
 The African Heads of States and Governments at the
Assembly of the Union’s 23rd Ordinary session in
Malabo in June 2014, through the committee of
African Heads of State and Government on Climate
Change (CAHOSCC) agreed to develop a COHOSCC
Women and Gender Programme on Climate Change
to engage women in gender climate related actions.
 This was further enforced by the 15th session of the
African Ministerial Conference on environment
(AMCEN) held in Cairo 2-6 March 2015.
The AMCEN Decision
 To launch African Women Ministers and Leaders for
Environment and mainstream gender into
environment in Africa for effective participation of
women in development policies, programmes and
decision making at all levels.
 To request the secretariat of the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment, in consultation with
the African women ministers and leaders for
environment network to develop a gender strategy to
be considered at the next regular session of the
Conference.
Road to Cop 22
 The need to show case gender –just climate solutions
 Need to integrate gender into all climate change
process including the INDCs
 Amplify the African women voice
 Enhanced collaboration through Strategic
partnerships
 Make submission bt 29th September on elements of
Lima Work Programme to operationalize gender
responsive climate policy
Conti…
 Working at national levels to translate gender
agenda on climate change with the Agenda 2030 on
SDGs and integrate gender in Climate change
actions.
 Challenging political realities-making gender
responsive actions a reality.
AWGGCC Focus of Cop 22
 Work with AGN to develop the Africa submission on
Gender and Climate change
 Support AUC in development the desired gender
strategy on climate change
 Actively participate in 45th SBI agenda on climate
change during cop 22 on the Lima work programme
on gender renewal.
AWGGCC Actions- Partner Support
 Develop Clear Strategy on Gender Agenda in Africa.
Must have the African Gender Responsive narrative
documented.
 Facilitate capacity building at national levels on
gender responsive climate policy by developing tools
required to integrate gender
 Capacity building of AGN (Experts) on gender
responsive integration in negotiations
Conti…
 Work with AUC to link and translate gender global
resolutions to gender regional commitments and
actions.
 Have presence of the AWGGCC at COP 22 to show
case the African gender agenda (In African Pavilion)
 Seek support on capacity to support some women
delegates to attend Cop 22
Request to AUC
 The AWGGCC has worked closely with the African
Scientists of Agriculture and has undertaken in the
past two years joint meetings in drafting submissions
to UNFCCC.
 The African Climate Change and Sustainable
Development Expert Support Group has been borne
(ACCSES).
 This is a think tank of experts scientists and gender
experts that will focus on three areas of expertise in
Knowledge.