Gender in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Georgia's NDC Update (May 2021)

The NDC includes seven chapters, covering the key reduction emissions targets, the national context and
institutional arrangements, the planned development GHG inventory system, a section on mitigation
and adaptation, and a dedicated section on gender and climate change.

Some of the key commitments in this section include:

“Georgia’s updated NDC is in compliance with Article 11 of the Constitution of Georgia on the right to
equality, Law of Georgia on Gender Equality, Decision 21/CP.22 on Gender and Climate Change, and
Enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan”

“Georgia’s updated NDC acknowledges the nationalization of targets 5.1 - 5.6, 5.a, and 5.b of
Sustainable Development Goal 5 on the achievement of gender equality and empowerment all women
and girls”

“Georgia further considers to empower women as agents of change through their participation in
decision-making processes related to energy efficiency measures and efficient use of water resources in
households”.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands' NDC Update (November 2018)

The NDC for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) includes a short four-page pre-text, which
summarises its commitments to reducing emissions and adaptation plans and the key principles upon
which the NDC is based. The remainder of the NDC is the 2050 Climate Strategy for the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, which serves as the detail of the NDC.

Overall:
“The NDC commits to a gender-responsive and human rights-based approach in all NDC-related
planning, programming and implementation.”

Under key recommendations, it is mentioned that the RMI will: “Mainstream gender and human rights,
including in relation to developing, adopting, reviewing and implementing laws, policies and projects
related to climate change, and commission further analysis with a view to putting in place a strategy to
improve related data collection, monitoring and evaluation.”

The headline recommendations under the Gender and Human Rights section of the 2050 Climate
Strategy notes the commitment to implementing a strategy to improved disaggregated data collection,
utilise bottom-up approaches to identify challenges and best practices, commission specific research on
the links between gender and climate change, eliminate gender-based violence and establish an
enabling environment for equitable participation, among others.

Sri Lanka's NDC Update (July 2021)

The NDC outlines the key vision of a low carbon future for Sri Lanka and identifies key actions under
both mitigation and adaptation by sector. The NDC also includes a section on loss and damage and
means of implementation. Chapter 7 of Sri Lanka’s NDC is titled Integrating Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) & Gender into the NDC:

“The NDC revision process provided an opportunity to closely examine the alignment of proposed
climate actions with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets, and to analyze the gender
dimensions of mitigation and adaptation priorities.”

“The government of Sri Lanka has advanced its policy commitments to gender equality and women’s
empowerment. The National Development Policy Framework Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor aspires
women to be economically and socially empowered and specifies strategies that recognize and enable
women’s contribution to the economy and society. The NDCs provide a vehicle to support these national
policy commitments on gender equality. Analysis conducted during the NDC revision process, proposes
a multi-step approach to integrate gender into 10-year NDC implementation plans by sector. This
includes sector-specific gender analysis where needed, developing gender-responsive actions, improving
capacities to engage women in planning and monitoring of NDCs and allocating budgets/resources for
gender-responsive actions.” See Figure 7.1, Page 53 of the NDC.
In this lesson, we will focus on developing Gender Actions Plans (GAPs). 
It is important that GAPs draw upon and are linked to climate policies or strategies and operationalise
the objectives and commitments made by governments

GAPs need to include activities that will address the strategic objectives and appropriate indicators to
monitor success.

GAPs and associated activities need to be assigned to responsible parties, with an appropriate budget,
and measured to evaluate their success.