UNFCCC COP17

Policy Position on ADAPTATION

For lasting adaptation solutions in a changing climate, an international climate change regime must place pro-poor and gender-equitable approaches at its core and provide sufficient funding for and prioritise the needs of the most vulnerable people. At COP17 in Durban, Parties must deliver on the action items in the Cancun Agreements to continue operationalising the Adaptation Framework.

UNFCCC COP17

Parties must agree on practical guidance that provides effective incentives for governments to make the safeguards operational, rather than accept weak wording at the level of broad principles in the interest of achieving an easy consensus. Such an outcome would impede progress and further delay national readiness actions for implementing safeguards.

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on GENDER

For successful climate change adaptation and mitigation actions, Parties at COP17 need to explicitly address gender equality and women’s empowerment, building on, and ensuring the implementation of, existing gender considerations in UNFCCC decisions agreed over the past 3 years.