UN Geneva Pledge for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
This is official ! Hosted by the United Nations 🇺🇳Palais des Nations, the International Gender Champions Climate Impact Group Co-Chairs launched the Geneva Pledge for gender-responsive climate action, which was formally endorsed by more than 70 Member States, UN organizations and civil society organizations.
The room was packed and filled with positive energy, infused by the amazing spirit of multilateralism, planting the seeds for more collective action for climate, peace and gender equity.
As Co-Chair of the International Gender Champions Climate Impact Group, Elise Buckle, President/CEO of Climate Bridges and Founder of SHE Builds Bridges together with Ambassador Dr. Katharina Stasch, Permanent Representative, Germany, Jagan Chapagain International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC, Cristian Guillermet Fernandez , Permanent Representative, Costa Rica, came with a message hope, and a message of urgency: the urgency to unite more than ever around our shared values and commitment to champion inclusion and diversity in the climate space.
We had been working on this rather intensively for the last months with the amazing support of Hannah Reinl (she/her) from the International Gender Champions Secretariat.
We were truly humbled and submerged by the positive energy and the number of leaders who showed up on the day, eager to sign the Pledge.
The pledge’s six Common Principles include:
1️⃣ Champion equitable representation
2️⃣ Advocate for gender-responsive climate finance
3️⃣ Integrate strategies to break down silos
4️⃣ Base decisions on gender-responsive analysis and data
5️⃣ Push for legal and institutional reforms
6️⃣ Promote a care perspective benefiting people and planet.
With COP29 on the horizon, we will continue to grow the coalition of countries and organizations endorsing the Pledge (full text here https://lnkd.in/epCMiHKc ; you can register your interest at: admin@genderchampions.com).
Congratulations and deep gratitude to the first signatories and courageous pioneers who stepped up today to sign and made their commitment public, including High-Level representatives - in addition to Costa Rica and Germany - from France, Norway, Montenegro, Barbados, Croatia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Australia, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Dominican Republic, Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, as well as UN Women, Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2050Today, International Trade Centre, Plan International, Women At The Table, IDLO - International Development Law Organization, UNRISD, International Service for Human Rights, UNICC, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), GCERF (Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund), Climate Outreach, IUCN, CARE.
See the List of initial endorsements as of November 8th 2024, as well as the Update Pledge List which is still growing as we speak.
Co-Chairs of the IGC Climate-Gender Impact Group
· Elise Buckle, President/CEO of Climate Bridges - Founder SHE Builds Bridges
· Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the IFRC
· H.E. Christian Guillermet Fernandez, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Costa Rica to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Dr. Katharina Stasch, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
Signatories who attended the Public Signing Ceremony
· H.E. Hector Virgilio Alcantara, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Paul Bekkers, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Marc Bichler, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Sofia Calltorp, Director of UN Women’s Geneva Office and Chief of Humanitarian Action, UN Women
· Sameer Chauhan, Director of the UNICC
· H.E. Juan Alberto Castillero Correa, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Panama to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Mark Cassayre, Permanent Observer to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva, IDLO
· H.E. Davaasuren Gerelmaa, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Ioannis Ghikas, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Amanda Gorely, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Vincenzo Grassi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Dr. Khalid Khoser, Director of GCERF
· Maria Paola Lia, Executive Director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
· Phil Lynch, Executive Director of the International Service for Human Rights
· H.E. Gordan Markotic, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Daniel Meron, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Slavica Milačić, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Dominic O’Neill, Executive Director of the UN Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
· H.E. Christophe Payot, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Ib Petersen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Anita Pipan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Ivars Pundurs, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Director of UNRISD
· H.E. Desirée Schweitzer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Doreen deBrum, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Charlotte Stemmer, Geneva Representative of Plan International
· H.E. Carlos D. Sorreta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Tormod Endresen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Vasilika Hysi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Noel White, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Matthew Wilson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Usha Dwarka-Canabady, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mauritius to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· H.E. Marcelo Vázquez Bermúdez, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Ecuador to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Marie-Antoinette Micheli, Author and Sustainability Expert
Endorsements of leaders unable to attend the signing ceremony
· Racha Ammati, International Gender Equality and Human Rights Specialist, Independent
· Luther Bois Anukur, Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, IUCN
· Jean Beagle, Director-General, IDLO
· H.E. Ian Biggs, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia, Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
· Henk-Jan Brinkman, Permanent Observer to the UN in New York, IDLO
· Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Chair of the IGC Global Board
· Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre
· Sarah Greenfield Clark, Co-Founder, The Movements Trust & Climate 2025
· H.E. María Sebastián de Erice, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and International Organisations in Vienna
· H.E. Marcos Gomez Martinez, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Greg French, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Australia in the Netherlands
· Fabricio Guariglia, Director, The Hague Office, IDLO
· Reintje van Haeringen, CEO, CARE Netherlands
· Caitlin Kraft-Buchmann, CEO and Founder of Women at the Table, Co-Founder of the International Gender Champions
· H.E. Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality of Monaco to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Noora Firaq, Deputy CEO, Climate Outreach
· Atalanti Moquette, Founder, Giving Women
· H.E. Olympia Neocleous, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Anila Noor, Founder, New Women Connectors
· Ignacio Packer, Executive Director of Caux Initiatives of Change
· Josipa Palac, President, ICDO
· Melissa Parke, Director of ICAN
· Jean-Pierre Reymond, Executive Director of 2050Today
· Carlien Scheele, Director, European Institute for Gender Equality
· H.E. Heidi Schröderus-Fox, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
· Alix Vuillemin, Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
· Justin Winters, Co-Founder and Executive Director, One Earth
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