November 2025 Policy News – COP30 Special Edition What is COP? The ‘Conference of the Parties’, or ‘COP’ as it’s more commonly known, is the annual gathering of every nation that has signed the UN’s climate agreement. Once a year, these countries …

🚨 Our November #PolicyNews is up on our website!

This month, we have a special #COP30 edition. Check out key takeaways including updates on #fossilfuel phaseouts, trade and the landmark #GenderActionPlan 📰

Find out more in the link below:

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COP30 goes into the final straight

Our climate expert Chikondi Chabwuta talking to @christianccummins.bsky.social about #COP30 and the impact of climate change on communities in the global south: fm4.orf.at/player/20251... #justtransition #genderactionplan

Belém: Feminist Power Delivered — But the Process Failed to Meet the Moment - WEDO “The power of our people is alive in this process.”  The new Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) and the Belém Action Mechanism (i.e. a mandate to deliver a mechanism to support just transition) exist beca...

“The power of our people is alive in this process.”

The new #COP30 Belém #GenderActionPlan (GAP) & #BelémActionMechanism exist because feminists, trade unions, Indigenous Peoples, youth & environmental defenders refused to give up. These outcomes contain hard-won tools.

👉 Read our full statement:

📝 New blog on Global Health at LSE!

'Counting the invisible: Why gendered data must lead the climate and health agenda at COP30'

Read here: bit.ly/3JCorUd

By MSc Student Rupsa Chakraborty and @miqedup.bsky.social

#COP30 #UNWomen #genderactionplan @lseblogs.bsky.social

"Our world today is built on systems that extract from both people and the planet … We understand that transformation requires both resistance and reconstruction: dismantling what perpetuates harm and reshaping what can still serve justice." Power in Practice at COP30: How the Gender Action Plan Can Shift the System

Negotiations for a renewed #GenderActionPlan kicked off yesterday at #COP30. Governments have the opportunity to make #GenderEquality central to climate action.

No GAP will be revolutionary on its own, but if done right, it can be a catalyst for change: https://bit.ly/49bz1vJ

UN Women calls for a strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to keep gender equality as a central pillar for climate action | UN Women – Headquarters The adoption of a strong GAP will shape the next decade of global climate action and determine whether gender equality remains at the heart – or slips to the margins – of the UN climate process.

WLP echoes @unwomen.bsky.social's call for a transformative, fully funded Gender Action Plan at #COP30 to center gender equality in climate action.

Read UN Women's call for action👇🏽🌍
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#COP30 #GenderActionPlan #ClimateJusticeIsGenderJustice #FeministClimateAction #womenlead

Media Briefing: What’s at Stake for Gender Equality at COP30 - WEDO Ahead of COP30 in Belém, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) invites you to a 30-minute virtual media briefing on the upcoming renewal of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP), a...

Join us Sun., Nov. 9 at 4 pm ET for a media briefing on What's At Stake for #GenderEquality at #COP30 — Renewing the #UNFCCC #GenderActionPlan:

(All registrants will receive the recording & materials.)

👉 Register & learn more: bit.ly/4ozg4rM

#Belem #GenderJustTransition #GenderJusticeDay

As we look to #COP30 to deliver an ambitious and intersectional updated #GenderActionPlan, it is more important than ever that women's participation and leadership are supported at all levels of climate decision-making.

Gender Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action. June 19, 2025. 10:30 - 11:45 CEST Hybrid side event in Bonn and online - link to register for online participation in the post. Organised by CBM Global and CBM UK (Global Disability Inclusion), European Disability Forum, International Disability and Development Consortium, International Disability Alliance and UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction.

And because the #GenderActionPlan isn’t complete without disability rights, Elena Ratoi from our Women's Committee will also be speaking at our side event on "Gender Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action".

🗓️Online on June 19!

Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The Program and its respective #GenderActionPlan must actively ensure safe and inclusive participation while fostering an enabling environment free from criminalization and threats for climate defenders.

.@JunckerEU Il faut faire de l’égalité f/h 1 priorité en lançant le EU #genderactionplan sous forme de Communication

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