[Gcap-mujeres] invitation to participate in Gender Climate Change Virtual Task force

[Marcela Ballara]

Dear Friends of the FTF,

After our successful work in Cancun, we have decided to start a Gender and
Climate Change virtual task force (CCH  vtf)  among our group to discuss
issues related to women impact and participation in the  activities that are
promoted  on Climate Change (CC).

GCAP had in the past a Climate Change task force on which the FTF had two
representatives. However, as some of us remember, due to several reasons,
among them that the GCAP organizer left, the  virtual task force stopped its
work.

CC impact and activities are not gender neutral, something that until now
has very little understanding among governments and several constituencies.
Therefore, the Facilitation Team of the FTF feels that is important to start
a virtual task force to provide our vision on CC impact on women.

*The idea  is that the FTF on  CC  meet virtually  every four week to
discuss among others issues: *

1. How to strategize and lobby  the country of the participants to  make CC
National programs of Actions (NAPA)  to  include womens concerns;

2.  Develop activities to support women in the adaptation and mitigation
planned activities;

3. Organize actions to highlight women's situation , especially in
coordination  with important days such as 8 March, 15 October  etc.

4. Strategize on how to participate actively in the future COPs  ( next
20011 in Durban) and lobby, including but not limited to the tribunals on
gender and climate change and interfacing with the Steering Committee of the
Communities Affected by Climate Change.

These are only some ideas and others are very much welcome.

 The FTF, together with other organizations, participated in  COP15
(Copenhagen)  and COP 16 ( Cancun) and because of the importance of the
subject and  the need that gender is  taken  into consideration  in the
Conventions and governments agenda,  the FTF convenes  to build up a Climate
Change  virtual task force (CCH  vtf).

The task force will be coordinate by myself and Andrea Solazzo, our CC
intern.

*If you  would like to be part of this Task Force please let us know and
send us an email so we can start our first call as soon as possible.*



Just to brief you,  below you will find a short synopsis based on a summary
by the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) on behalf of
the Global Gender & Climate Alliance (GGCA) , on in the  current situation*
*of the gender approach and the Gender Equality Language in the Cancun
Agreements.



* Gender  is mentioned in the following sections of the Cancun Agreements:*

*1. Preamble*

*Noting *recognizes that the adverse effects of climate change have a range
of direct and indirect implications for the effective enjoyment of human
rights and that the effects of climate change will be felt most acutely by
those segments of the population that are already vulnerable owing to
geography, *gender*, age, indigenous or minority status and disability;

*2.  A shared vision for long--�term cooperative action*

7. *Recognizes *the need to engage a broad range of stakeholders at global,
regional, national and local levels, be they government, including
subnational and local government, private business or civil society,
including the youth and persons with disability, and that *gender equality *and
the *effective participation of women *and indigenous peoples are important
for effective action on all aspects of climate change;



*3. . Enhanced action on Adaptation*

*12. Affirms *that enhanced action on adaptation should be undertaken in
accordance with the Convention; follow a country--�driven, *
gender--�sensitive*, participatory and fully transparent approach, taking
into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems; and be
based on and guided by the best available science, and as appropriate
traditional knowledge; with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant
social, economic and environmental policies and actions, where appropriate;

*4. . Enhanced action on Mitigation*

*C. Policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries;
and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and
enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries*

72. *Requests *developing country Parties, when developing and implementing
their national strategies or action plan, to address, inter alia, drivers of
deforestation and forest degradation, land tenure issues, forest governance
issues, *gender considerations *and the safeguards identified in paragraph 2
of Annex 1 to this decision, ensuring the full and effective participation
of relevant stakeholders, inter alia, indigenous peoples and local
communities;

*III. Enhanced action on Mitigation*

*E. Economic and social consequences of response measures*

*Affirming *that responses to climate change should be coordinated with
social and economic development in an integrated manner, with a view to
avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking fully into account the
legitimate priority needs of developing country Parties for the achievement
of sustained economic growth and the eradication

of poverty, and the *consequences for vulnerable groups, in particular women
*and children,

*5. . Finance, technology and capacity--�building*

*C. Capacity--�building*

130. *Decides *that capacity--�building support to developing country
Parties should be enhanced with a view to strengthening endogenous
capacities at the subnational, national or regional levels, as appropriate,
*taking into* *account gender aspects*, to contribute to the achievement of
the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention, through,
inter alia:

*Annex IV*. *Composition and mandate of the Technology Executive Committee*

3. Parties are encouraged to nominate senior experts with a view to
achieving, within the membership of the Technology Executive Committee, an
appropriate balance of technical, legal, policy, social development and
financial expertise relevant to the development and transfer of technology
for adaptation and mitigation, taking into account the *need to achieve
gender balance in accordance with decision 36/CP.7*;



Finally I would like to mention that there are several specialized terms and
acronyms that are used in all the documents and that have been criticized
because many people get them confused  ( even governments) during the
discussions. The same with a lot of concepts of which many are not familiar.
Therefore during our virtual discussions this will be clarified so all  can
better  understand these concepts and their different impacts on women and
men .

Best regards and hope you join us!

Marcela and Andrea



Marcela Ballara, FTF Alternate Coordinator and

Gender and Climate Change Facilitator

Andrea Solazzo, Loretto UN Office Volunteer and

Gender and Climate Change intern FTF


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