By Ayuska Motha, June 21, 2019
The first week of so-called Subsidiary Body (SB) meetings at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn are coming to a close and it has been another blur of meetings, workshops and events. Stacey Kimmig and I started out with the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) Strategy meeting last Sunday to...
By Stacey Kimmig and Ayuska Motha (Photo credits: IISD/ENB|Kiara Worth)
The final negotiations have finally come to an end in Katowice, Poland after a more than 24 hour delay on the final sessions due to a stall in the negotiations. The good news is that the Paris Agreement implementation guidelines have been written and agreed upon, despite concern that without...
Now that COP24 has concluded, after a one-day extension, here are some of the WGC demands for COP24:
Ensure human rights-based and gender-just implementation guidelines
Effectively address loss and damage
Place communities over markets
Create a just and equitable transition for all
Break free from fossil fuels and unsafe energy systems
Listen to people, not profit
Ensure climate ‘solutions’ are...
December 12, 2018
By Stacey Kimmig and Ayuska Motha
During the second week of COP24 here in Katowice, the Women and Gender Constituency held the 4th Gender Just Climate Solutions Award Ceremony. The Gender Just Solutions Awards are awarded to three types of projects; 1) the best technical, 2) the best non-technical and 3) the best transformational climate solutions. The...
By Stacey Kimmig and Ayuska Motha
Photos of activists in action at COP24 in Katowice, Poland.
This is what the climate change and gender justice movement looks like!
By Stacey Kimmig and Ayuska Motha
The first week of the COP is drawing to a close, and the women’s movement here is pushing their key demands to be included in the Paris Rulebook, being formalized this week. The Paris Rulebook is intended to define how Parties account for their progress on pledges made to reduce emissions in the Paris...