MANILA – The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched on Monday the Philippines Nationally Determined Contributions Gender Action Plan 2024-2030 (NDC GAP).
“We recognize that climate change is not gender neutral therefore we decided to pursue this gender action plan,” CCC Commissioner and National Focal for Gender and Climate Change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Rachel Anne Herrera said during the launch held at the ADB head office in Mandaluyong.
She said women are not only more likely to be affected by extreme weather events, but also play a vital role in post-disaster recovery efforts.
The NDC GAP 2024-2030, as mandated by CCC Resolution No. 2024-006, was developed by the CCC under the guidance of Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as Official Representative of the President to the CCC; CCC Vice Chairperson and Executive Director Robert E.A. Borje; and Herrera as project lead.
The project received technical assistance from the ADB, through its Knowledge Support Technical Assistance Integrating Gender and Social Inclusion Dimensions in Climate Change Interventions in Southeast Asia, and from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through its NDC Support Project for the Philippines.
The NDC GAP is an essential tool to guide government and stakeholders in the climate change sector, including in energy, transport, agriculture, waste, and industrial processes and product use, to integrate gender considerations across the NDC process.
It is designed to serve as a monitoring and evaluation framework to track the progress of gender-responsive NDC implementation.
Herrera said the action plan supports gender-mainstreaming across all aspects of NDC process such as governance, adaptation and mitigation, measurement and reporting, and finance.
According to Herrera, under the action plan, strategic actions for 2024 to 2030 include creating a gender and climate change advisory group, harmonizing gender and development guidelines for climate change, establishing gender-responsive laws, policies, and guidance on climate change, sex-disaggregated database, capacity development, and career advancement for women on climate-related sectors. (PNA)