By UN Rep Ayuska Motha
December 14th: The past two weeks attending COP25, I have been waiting for decisions to be made in order to report on it. But even now as I write from back home, it is not over. During the first week, negotiators from all the different countries were not able to come to an agreement on...
By UN Rep Ayuska Motha
After a full week of climate negotiations which were going nowhere, it was a welcome pick-me-up to attend the Gender-Just Climate Solutions Award ceremony on December 9th. The Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards are examples of diverse, impactful community projects that showcase clever, far-reaching solutions to climate change. Although only three projects are selected as...
FAWCO UN Rep Ayuska Motha (AIWC Cologne) joining a demonstration calling for climate justice at COP25 in Madrid. Photo credit: Annabelle Avril, WECF
Hello from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. You may have already heard that the COP25 that was planned for Santiago, Chile was moved to Madrid...
"Beyond Labels, Beyond Borders: Advancing Rights-Based Protection of Climate-induced Migrants" was a side event at COP25, co-sponsored by FAWCO with the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung, Action Aid, and other NGO members of the Women and Gender Constituency.
Watch the video of the event.
Today, December 10, is Gender Day at COP25 in Madrid. Women and girls around the world are demanding more climate action, and there is increased recognition of their leadership. (We're looking at you, Greta Thunberg!) However, in climate decision-making, women have not been equally represented. At COP25, the male Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) said, "there has...