UN Climate Conference Blogs

The Climate Conference Gender Action Plan

By Stacey Kimmig

One of the great accomplishments at COP 23 was the adoption of the GAP – the Gender Action Plan. The Women and Gender Constituency, of which FAWCO is a supporting member, has been working for several years to make this happen. On November 14, in the second week of the COP, the GAP was finally adopted by...

Indigenous Women's Day at COP23

By Ayuska Motha

One of the most moving days at COP23 was the Indigenous Women’s Day, November 15th, 2017. The WGC caucus gave the floor over to a group of indigenous women who opened with a candle lighting ceremony and prayer to unify all of us coming from all corners of the globe. Four candles were lit by indigenous women...

COP23 Week Two

By Ayuska Motha

Now that COP23 has come to an end, I am left with so many lingering impressions. It was an extremely busy 2 weeks, starting every morning with 8 am Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) strategy meetings, followed by the daily 9 am WGC caucuses. These were often followed by rushing over to the Bula negotiation zone to sit in on...

COP23 – The First Week

By Stacey Kimmig

The first week of COP 23 is over, and it has been a busy and exciting week! It is sometimes overwhelming trying to decide what meetings and events to attend and what issues to follow, as well as support the Women and Gender Constituency in their advocacy work. After the opening ceremony, meetings started with a flurry.

COP23 - Week One

By Ayuska Motha, November 12, 2017

Stacey Kimmig and I have been attending the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

in Bonn this past week. For the first time ever, a small island nation Fiji, is presiding, although the COP is being held in Germany. FAWCO is fortunate to be one of the 27 member organizations...

Changing Diets to Fight Global Climate Change?

by UN Rep Ayuska Motha

We have all seen, heard, and read the scary data on the undeniable effects of global climate change and are feeling alarmed and powerless as we watch President Trump attempting to reverse all environmental progress we have been making. So, what can YOU specifically do to reduce your carbon footprint* and do your bit toward steering...