APFSD Side Event: Powering the Future: Advancing Gender and Social Inclusion in Climate and Energy Policies

Date: 27 February 2025
Time: 11:30 – 12:45 GMT+7

The  Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level.

Organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), this regional platform aims to inform, empower, and support Asia-Pacific countries in their efforts to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their targets set out by the 2030 Agenda by identifying regional trends and sharing best practices and lessons learned.

The 12^th APFSD will be organized from 25 to 28 February 2025 under the theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind in Asia and the Pacific” at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme, UN Women and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are co-organizing side events that highlight the importance of placing gender equality at the center of climate action.

Side event: Powering the Future: Advancing Gender and Social Inclusion in Climate and Energy Policies Organizers: UNEP, UN Women Co-organizers: APRCEM, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) This side event is a hybrid learning session with South and Southeast Asia governments to address the approach and strategies on integrating gender and social inclusion (GESI) in climate change and renewable energy policies and plans. View online/download: Concept note and agenda   REGISTER HERE