“The government will confirm its role as a facilitator of enabling conditions which will allow the different sectors, communities and society in general define their mitigation and adaptation goals, based on their own economic, social and cultural, gender sensitive options for the wellbeing of a low emission economy.”
“Both climate policies and the actions that derive from them will base themselves in the country’s historical commitment to universal human rights and gender equality principles. Costa Rica favours a transformational approach to gender in public climate change policy and supports the participation of women in policy making and climate actions implementation. This will require a full compliance with Cancun’s safeguards on REDD, as well as, securing the indigenous people’s Prior, Free and Informed Consent”
(NDC Costa Rica)
- Costa Rica uses instruments on national level to link the topics of gender and climate change
- Besides the NDC, also the Plan de Acción de la Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático (ENCC) includes gender considerations
NDC Focus
- Energy
- Agriculture
- Waste
- Transport
- Forestry / LULUCF
- Housing
- Industry
- Livestock
- Disaster Risk Management
- Infrastructure
- Biodiversity
- Water
- Coasts
- Fishery
- Health
Sources: submitted NDC of Costa Rica;
Plan de Acción Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático, Dirección Cambio Climático - Hacia un Modelo de Desarrollo Bajo en Emisiones Carbono y Resiliente al CC, Ministerio de Ambiente y Energí, Dirección de Cambio Climático