This is a newsletter created by the Gender Team of the UNFCCC

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Check the social media posts published today on the Belém Gender Action Plan.

We invite you to share your story on how you are advancing gender equality in climate action. Comment and engage here and here.

Happening next week:

The Power of Care in

Climate and Environmental Crises

Image: Flyer of the event prepared by the organizers.

Join us on 22 September for The Power of Care in the Climate Crisis, an interactive virtual dialogue exploring how strengthening care systems can advance climate resilience, adaptation, and a just transition.

The climate-care nexus has gained unprecedented recognition through the Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP). Hosted by UNFCCC, UN Women, and the Climate & Care Initiative, this webinar will bring together experts, policymakers, and practitioners to deepen our understanding of the climate-care nexus and identify actionable pathways for integrating care into the implementation of climate agendas.

UNFCCC reports on gender and climate change

Image: Pamela Elizarraras A. Gender event at SB 64 in Bonn.

At COP 31, Parties will consider the following reports:

Experience in implementing gender-responsive financial instruments and methodologies, and available capacity-building in this regard. Synthesis report by the secretariat - FCCC/CP/2026/6

Gender composition report. Report by the secretariat - FCCC/CP/2026/4

In-session workshop on best practices and tools for strengthening the role of national gender and climate change focal points. Report by the secretariat - FCCC/CP/2026/3

All UNFCCC documents related to the gender and climate change agenda item can be accessed through this website.

Calls for submissions under the Belém GAP

The Belém GAP includes several calls for submissions by Parties, relevant organizations, and various other actors.

To help you preparing, we are highlighting below the submissions with deadlines in 2027:

📥 A.3.9 Submissions on the findings of national assessments of relevant issues, such as, as appropriate, health, violence against women and girls, and care work in the context of gender and climate change 📅 By March 2027

📥B.1.4 Submissions on the topic for the annual thematic dialogue referred to in B.1.5 (on the full, meaningful and equal participation and leadership of women in all aspects of the UNFCCC process and in national- and local-level climate policymaking and action to scale up gender-responsive climate action) 📅 By March 2027

📥 B.4.2 Preparation of reports on the workshops referred to in B.4.1 (regional workshops on challenges and barriers to women’s full, meaningful and equal participation and leadership, taking into account multidimensional factors) and submission thereof to the UNFCCC 📅 By May 2027

📥A.3.5 Submissions on the evidence base on gender and climate change, including multidimensional factors, and examples of engaging men and boys and of gender-responsive climate action 📅 By June 2027

We have prepared a comprehensive overview of all those opportunities for you!

Find the complete list here 👉Belém GAP upcoming submissions.

In addition, as part of the decisions taken at SB64, there are some submissions you might be interested in contributing to.

Views to enhance the effectiveness of a new action plan under the Glasgow work programme

As part of the draft conclusions on matters relating to Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE), the SBI invited Parties, observers and other relevant stakeholders to submit views on the informal note referred to in paragraph 4 of the draft conclusions, including proposals for strengthening existing activities and new elements by streamlining and merging current ideas in order to enhance the effectiveness of a new action plan under the Glasgow work programme. 📅 Deadline: 1 October 2026

In the submissions portal, search 'Action for Climate Empowerment' with the selected tag 'open'.

Call for inputs to the information collection and preparation component of the second global stocktake (GST)

Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation have opened a call for inputs from Parties, observer States, UN Agencies and other international organizations, non-Party Stakeholders and observer Organizations, to inform the collection and preparation component of the second global stocktake (GST).

📅 Deadline: 28 February 2027

In the submissions portal, search 'GST' with the selected tag 'open'.

Submissions portal

Climate Week 4 in Baku

CW4 successfully concluded last week. Several mandated events, as well as policy and high-impact dialogues, offered a unique opportunity to link the intergovernmental process and the discussions that will feed into COP.

In case you did not join or you would like to re-watch, recording of several events is available here.

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Courses

Moving the Money: Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Finance

Join this five-part learning series for advocates, activists and movement leaders to build knowledge, strengthen strategy, and take action for a more just and gender-responsive climate finance system. This learning series, running from September through October 2026 under The Loom: Feminist Advocacy Lab is designed for several audiences, from feminist climate justice advocates engaging at any level of climate decision-making to climate justice advocates seeking to learn more about demands for gender-responsive climate finance.

Learn more about the sessions and register here.

Online Course on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in NAP Processes. This 5-module self-paced course will help you strengthen your own work by unpacking how gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) components are integrated in the NAP process. It will also demonstrate why inclusion is essential for effective adaptation planning and how institutions and decision-making structures shape outcomes, supporting more gender-responsive and socially inclusive NAP processes. The course is free and participants can get a certificate.

FAO offers a virtual course “Empoderamiento económico de las mujeres rurales, gestión de la vida y la biodiversidad” is designed primarily for rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognising the diversity of territories, cultures, knowledge and realities that characterise the region. The course is held in Spanish and certificate upon completion is available.

Images: above NAP Global Network and below FAO.

Resources

Image: Feminist NELD Framework emerged from conversations with participants, which is contained in the second publication listed below.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with the Disabilities published the "Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities". The document contains relevant provisions on climate change.

Read the publication Weaving Loss, Memory & Resilience: A Feminist Study of Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD) and Gender-Inclusive Disaster risk reduction under the Sendai Framework in Pakistan by DASTAK Women Rights and Awareness Foundation.

NDC Partnership published the Best Practice Briefs: Incorporating Just Transition Into Climate Action and Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH published the thematic Paper 9: Enhancing Synergies to Advance Gender-Responsive Approaches Under the CBD and UNFCCC Frameworks. This paper is part of a series aimed at enhancing the understanding and policy uptake of integrated solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.

The IPCC Expert Meeting on Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity meeting report describes the preparation for, execution of, and outcomes from the IPCC Expert Meeting on Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity held in September 2025.

Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. However, data show that women are underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide and that achieving gender parity in political life is far off. Check the Facts and figures: Women’s leadership and political participation published by UN women.

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