Women, Peace and Climate Security Guidance Note Launch

Date: 3 June 2025
Time: 12:00–13:00 (Bangkok, UTC+7)
Where: Online via Zoom | Watch livestream recording

Climate change is a threat multiplier that exacerbates conflict and insecurity across different contexts. This UN Women Guidance Note is the first comprehensive resource to address the linkages between climate, peace and security through the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) framework. It offers a practical, evidence-based approach to integrating climate change into WPS National Action Plans, drawing on experiences from across Asia and the Pacific.

It highlights case studies and suggests pathways for effective integration, with the aim of fostering resilient and secure communities, including through the leadership and meaningful participation of women in response to the escalating climate crisis. Join our speakers as they share regional and national experiences.

This Guidance Note was developed with the generous support of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

See Guidance Note: Integrating Climate Change into National Action Plans for Women, Peace and Security – In Focus Asia and the Pacific.

Participants

Opening remarks: Christine Arab, UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Dirk Platzen, Director, Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Multilateral Section, Gender Equality Branch, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Speakers:

Assistant Secretary Susana Guadalupe Marcaida, Executive Director, Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, the Philippines

Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Network Coordinator, Pacific Women Mediators Network

Lukas Rüttinger, Senior Advisor Environmental and Climate Security, Adelphi

Japhet William Graham Eichel, Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Moderator: Norul Mohamed Rashid, UN Women Regional Policy Advisor on Governance and Peace and Security for Asia and the Pacific

Download slide presentations

• Japhet W.G. Eichel: Overview of Guidance Note and Convergence of Two Agendas I PDF [2 MB]
• Asst Sec Susana G. Marcaida: Country perspective - The Philippines I PDF [845 KB]
• Lukas Ruttinger: How to Assess Climate-related Risks  I PDF [2 MB]

Who this launch webinar was intended for: Policymakers, practitioners, women’s organizations and civil society actors involved in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of National Action Plans on WPS, and stakeholders working on climate change and peacebuilding who seek to leverage the potential of the WPS Agenda to advance their goals.