Making connections that matter: Gender and climate commitments

The Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 side event examined how science and policy work together towards gender responsive climate action. The event was organized with a broad representation of speakers from academia, governments, and intergovernmental organizations showcasing good examples of integrating gender in NDCs through science-based assessments and gender statistics and data. Specifically, experiences from countries in Asia-Pacific who have developed State of Gender Equality and Climate Change assessment reports and those whose NDCs are gender responsive were highlighted. The discussion provided recommendations from the integrated science-policy assessments that covered gender analysis in the key NDC sectors such as renewable energy, agriculture, water and waste management and forestry.