UN Gender Action Plan to address Climate Change impacts on Women and Girls
KOJA NEWS The Gender Action Plan (GAP) of the United Nation Climate Change recognizes the differentiated impacts of climate change on women and men, according to UN Climate Change News. Climate Change experts from all around the world who gathered at UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany early May, 2018 agreed to step up action on gender and climate change through the GAP. GAP supports the gender-related actions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change with respect to the Paris Agreement . It also urges immediate advancement of women’s participation, promotes gender-responsive climate policy and mainstreaming of the gender perspectives in the Paris Agreement’s implementation. "We know that the role of women as agents of change and their participation in the political process contributes to the transformation of our society towards a low-carbon and resilient development", said Jeniffer Hanna Collado of the Dominican Republic