COP22 side event: gender equality and climate policy
Chair
Shelley Thakal - Team Leader, Communications and Outreach, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Speakers
Lorena Aguilar - Senior Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gender Programme
Houria Djoudi - Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Collette Benoudji - Knowledge Manager Engagement Lead, Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED)
Eleanor Blomstrom - Co-Director, Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO)
Ayanda Mvimbi - Programme Specialist, UN WOMEN
Martha Rojas - Secretary General, Ramsar foundation
Description
This COP22 side event presents a global exchange of approaches to gender and social inclusion within national climate policy, focusing on processes and outcomes. It aims to generate a better understanding of what policies, institutions, incentives and accountabilities need to be in place to ensure success in implementing the Paris Agreement.
This event is in the Morocco Pavilion which is located in the Green Zone, which does not require an official UNFCCC pass to attend.