Regional Meeting about Climate Change and Gender Equality: session 2 Webinar

Event held on September 7, 2021.

The Regional Meeting on Climate Change and Gender Equality will be held virtually through various sessions throughout the month of September 2021. These sessions will showcase experiences, good practices, challenges and opportunities for integrating gender equality into climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the roadmap of the Gender Action Plan 1 (GAP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The event is organized by the government of Chile, in its capacity as COP25 Presidency through its Ministries of Environment, Foreign Affairs, Women and Gender Equality, and is developed thanks to the support of the European Union, through its EUROCLIMA+ Program and the technical support of ECLAC as key strategic partners in climate action and to connect the dots between the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The project also has the collaboration of the EUROSOCIAL+ Program, United Nations System in Chile, and the financial contribution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The meeting geared to national, regional and global decisionmakers, academia, the media and civil society. Presentation on experiences with institutional arrangements to improve the capabilities and understanding of national entities for the integration of gender perspective in climate policy.

Message: Bianca Dager, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition and María Isabel Espinosa Ortega, Technical Secretary of the National Council for Gender Equality: Experience of the Gender and Climate Change Technical Roundtable of Ecuador.

Presented by: Lorena Aguilar, specialist in gender and environment, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Panelists: Johanna Arriagada - Climate Change Office, Ministry of Environment of Chile. Advances of Chile: Gender and Climate Change Roundtable. Jessica Huertas, General Directorate of Climate Change and Desertification, Ministry of Environment of Perú | Vulnerable Populations and Gender Specialist. Presentation of the National Committee of Women and Climate Change, and road map.

Moderator: Teresa Aguilar, Technical Specialist - EUROCLIMA+ Program

Go to news summary of the entire event: https://bit.ly/3vTWNJ8

More information: https://bit.ly/2WTmbyQ

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