Women coming together to activate the UNFCCC Belém Gender Action Plan

The Belém Gender Action Plan is a nine-year framework, representing a historic step forward in embedding gender equality into climate action. ensuring inclusive, intersectional, and gender-responsive policies and practices. It emphasizes that climate change impacts are not gender-neutral, recognizing that women and girls—particularly those from rural, Indigenous, migrant, or marginalized communities face disproportionate risks from extreme events, food insecurity, and increased care work.  There is whole lot more too it than that. Find out about the Belem Gender Action Plan here.Featuring:)- Fleur Newman; UNFCCC Unit Lead for Gender, Children and Youth and ACE(Action for Climate Empowerment- Dr Sally Box; Head of International Negotiations at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water- Joanne Crawford AM – an Australian leader in gender equality, sustainable development, gender-sensitive measurement of poverty and inequality. This week’s show episode #1550 was produced by Bec Horridge in collaboration with the Women's Climate Congress