UN Climate Conference Blogs
In 2015, FAWCO's UN Reps Team and Environment Team collaborated to inform FAWCO members about the proceedings of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) held in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015. The UN Climate Conference in Paris was of historic importance. While no one from the UN Reps Team or Environment Team were able to attend the Conference, we reported on what was happening. In addition to general background information on UNFCCC (and definitions of the UN’s alphabet soup of abbreviations), we posted summaries of previous UN environment meetings.
In 2016, motivated by the interest of members of AIWC Cologne, FAWCO applied for Observer status at the UNFCCC so our UN Reps could participate in Climate Change Conference sessions in Bonn. We were granted Observer status and three members of FAWCO's UN Reps Team attended meetings in Bonn in May 2017. FAWCO joined the Women and Gender Constituency of Observer NGOs at the UNFCCC and will continue our coverage of and involvement with the climate conference process.
This article was published in ECO, the daily newsletter written by civil society activists during UN Climate Change proceedings. FAWCO's UN Reps in Bonn are following the progress of the Gender Action Plan or GAP.
Time to bridge the GAP!
Last November, ECO left Bonn on a hopeful note: Parties had agreed to #MindtheGAP. The what? Governments adopted the first-ever UNFCCC Gender...
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...
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...
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...
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.