Develop national strategies for implementing the UNFCCC GAP, i.e. for gender mainstreaming the implementation of the Paris Agreement, including the translation and formulation of activities, targets, and indicators within each of the five priority areas of the GAP. The strategy should include:
Clear allocation of responsibilities and resources for implementation
Guidelines to integrate gender equality into climate policy documents, such as individual sections in UNFCCC submissions and National Climate Action Plans. This involves systematically specifying how gender equality is embedded in the concept of ‘just transition’ in both a domestic and international climate policy context.
Activities aimed at fostering more gender balance within STEM education and professions.
Measures to enhance accountability, transparency, and monitoring of gender mainstreaming in climate policy.
Establish inter-ministerial working groups and appoint coordinators with high-level support and allocated resources (time and budget) for their work of gender mainstreaming in climate policy, specifically implementing the UNFCCC GAP in a national context, i.e., in both domestic and international climate policy contexts.
Ensure systematic and inclusive involvement and collaboration with external gender experts, including both inter-governmental- and non-governmental experts such as the Gender Equality Department and NGO’s, researchers, etc. in all phases of implementing the UNFCCC GAP, from knowledge building, to conducting analyses and assessments, to monitoring.
Facilitate knowledge sharing events, e.g. conferences, to engage relevant stakeholders, including those who can share knowledge and best practices, such as researchers, organisations, or regional, municipal, or other Nordic policymakers. Topics could include the relevance of integrating gender equality into domestic climate policy through concrete measures taken in Iceland, Sweden, or Finland.
The recommendations presented in the next section targeted regional and local levels, is largely also relevant and important to consider at a national governance level.