Knowledge for Climate Finance Mobilization: Designing gender-responsive projects for climate finance mobilization

Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sectors and Themes
Gender
Scale
National
Project-Level
Expertise Level
Generalist
Practitioner
Resource Type
Guidance and Frameworks
Language
English
Developer or Source
SouthSouthNorth (SSN)

This briefing note provides targeted guidance on how to operationalize gender in project planning, and what a gender-responsive project might look like, in line with the new Green Climate Fund (GCF) Gender Policy and Action Plan 2020-23.

In summary;
• Gender-responsive adaptation projects have the potential to equitably reduce adverse impacts of climate change for women, men, girls and boys whilst also contributing to gender equality.
• Climate finance funds are encouraging integration of gender, and the GCF has progressively updated its Gender Policy and Action Plan to encourage projects to be more ambitious - from gender-sensitive to gender-responsive and gender mainstreaming.
• Taking a gender-responsive approach is the responsibility of many different parties
• Nationally Designated Authorities (NDAs), focal points, Accredited Entities, and project teams, and involves actions before and during project development and implementation.