COP30: UN Women Urges Bold, Inclusive Gender Action Plan to Tackle Climate Crisis

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, world leaders are being called upon to recognize a crucial truth: climate change is not gender neutral. Women and girls across the world disproportionately bear the brunt of the climate crisis — from food insecurity and displacement to increased gender-based violence — yet they remain underrepresented in decision-making spaces.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is urging governments to seize the historic opportunity at COP30 to adopt a new, transformative Gender Action Plan (GAP) — one that puts gender equality and women’s leadership at the core of global climate action.

“Climate change is a manmade problem that requires a feminist solution,” said Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, un