Counting on a Sustainable Future: Global Conference on Gender and Environment Data took place November 28-29, 2023, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UAE.
The Global Conference closed with a call to action on all world leaders, policymakers, and other key actors in gender and environment data systems to urgently strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the production, uptake, financing, and inclusive management and governance of global gender and environment data.
All people relate to the environment differently based on their gender. Often, women – due to social and cultural norms – rely more on natural resources for their livelihoods than men do, and are therefore more severely impacted by environmental degradation and climate change. Yet, they face immense barriers in participating in and contributing to environmental decision-making, including climate policy, which so closely affects their daily lives.
Climate policy and action cannot address the critical needs of women and girls without a full understanding of the links between gender and the environment, and this cannot happen without ensuring that gender and environment data and statistics are abundant, readily available, and incorporated into global climate negotiations. Only then can gender-responsive, equitable, and just climate solutions effectively respond to the needs of women and girls whose stories are behind the data.
The co-hosts of the global conference on gender and environment data, the COP28 Presidency, UNFCCC, UN Climate Change High Level Champions, and UN Women, alongside IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), the two co-conveners of the Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA), sought to create a space to discuss current and potential ways of filling data gaps in the gender-environment nexus.
Tiofilusi Tiueti, Minister for Finance, Revenue and Customs, Kingdom of Tonga, Ayshka Najib, Climate Activit, Fridays for Future MAPA, Fridah Githuku, Executive Director, GROOTS Kenya, H.E. Razan Al Mubarak, IUCN President and COP28 UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, H.E. The Chhun Hak, Director General, Gender Equality and Economic Development, Ministry of Women, Cambodia. Photo: IUCN
The conference resulted in a Call to Action that urges leaders to:
To find out more and read the full COP28 Global Conference on Gender and Environment Data Call to Action, visit: gender.pub/cop28genderdata.
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