COP22 Intersessional: APA 1 Opening Intervention, Shaila Shahid delivering an intervention on behalf of the Women & Gender Constituency (WGC).

On gender equality in particular, we urge Parties to utilize the platform of the Lima Work Programme on Gender to take forward mandates under the Paris Agreement under adaptation and capacity building- but also critically to ensure that all climate actions are gender-responsive and respect and promote women’s full and effective participation in all climate decision-making.