This NAP Global Network event highlighted how to use the Toolkit for a Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement NAPs to ensure gender equality is considered in the assessment of vulnerabilities and identification of adaptation options.

1. Least Developed Countries Expert Group
Adaptation Committee
Gender Equality in
National Adaptation
Plan (NAP) Processes:
Assessing vulnerabilities
and identifying adaptation
options
VIRTUAL LEARNING EVENT
October 27, 2020

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countries have received
technical assistance
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People have been trained on
climate change adaptation
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Government institutions
have strengthened
capacities in adaptation
OUR GOAL is to enhance national adaptation
planning and action in developing countries

3. Opening Remarks
Ms. Mery Yaou
Togo
Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

4. A gender-responsive
approach to the National
Adaptation Plan (NAP)
process
Daniel Morchain
NAP Global Network

5. Gender equality is a universal
human right.
The UNFCCC has well-established
provisions for a gender-responsive
approach to climate policy and
action.
Consideration of the interlinkages
between climate change and gender
inequality is increasingly recognized
as fundamental for effective
adaptation.
Why do we need a
gender-responsive approach?

6. The NAP process is a key opportunity to address the gender
dimensions of climate change, if undertaken in a gender-responsive
manner.
A gender-responsive NAP process involves:

7. Country Perspectives on Gender-
Responsive NAP Processes

8. Putting gender-
responsive approaches
to the NAP process into
practice
Angie Dazé
NAP Global Network

9. The toolkit is designed to support
country efforts to pursue a gender-
responsive NAP process.
To do this, it:
• Establishes a set of gender-
responsive principles for the NAP
process
• Offers guidance on taking a gender-
responsive approach in the key steps
and enabling activities of the NAP
process
• Provides tools, practical examples
and links to useful resources
Toolkit for a Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate
and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

10. The toolkit is a flexible
resource document.
Links are provided throughout
the document to allow for easy
navigation between sections.
Hyperlinks are included for
external resource documents.
Practice examples are
presented throughout to put
the guidance in context.

12. To Participate:
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Toolkit: bit.ly/nap-gender-toolkit

13. Entry Point in the NAP Process
Assessing vulnerabilities and identifying
adaptation options (B2)
Gender-responsive principle
Analyze and address gender differences in
adaptation needs and capacities
Why is this important?
• People’s vulnerabilities and adaptation
needs differ depending on their gender,
as well as other factors
• There are also gender-specific
capacities related to adaptation
• Particular barriers may be faced due to
perceptions, roles, social norms or
cultural practices related to gender

14. Your government is planning a national-
level vulnerability assessment process.
They have identified priority sectors
that will be assessed and have
developed a methodology for
evaluating risk in these sectors.
They have realized that they should also
apply a gender lens in undertaking
these assessments, but are not sure
how to proceed.
They are looking for recommendations
on what they should do to ensure that
the vulnerability assessment process is
gender-responsive.
Assessing vulnerabilities

15. • Undertaking gender analysis to
identify gender-specific vulnerabilities
• Engaging stakeholders in the
vulnerability assessment process
• Involving gender experts to support
the application of a gender lens to the
process
What should your government do?
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What does the toolkit
recommend?

16. Undertaking
gender analysis to
identify gender-
specific
vulnerabilities
Engaging
stakeholders in the
vulnerability
assessment
process
Involving gender
experts to support
the application of a
gender lens to the
process
Which action do you recommend?

17. • A gender analysis can be standalone,
or a specific lens applied to a
vulnerability assessment
• Explores differences between and
among people of different genders
• Aims to understand:
• Gender-based roles and activities
• Relationships and power
dynamics
• Specific barriers that result from
gender inequalities
Undertaking gender analysis to identify gender-specific
vulnerabilities

18. • Participatory approaches to
vulnerability assessment help ensure
that different needs are captured
• Also helps to build capacity of
stakeholders to better understand
climate change and associated
vulnerabilities
• Key considerations:
• Gender balance among
participants
• Meaningful participation of those
typically left out of decision
making
Engaging stakeholders in the vulnerability assessment
process

19. • Gender experts should be engaged as
early as possible in the process
• They should be involved in:
• Methodology development
• Data collection
• Analysis
• Communication of the results
• Gender expertise should be
institutionalized whenever possible
Involving gender experts to support the application of a
gender lens to the process

20. The national-level vulnerability assessment
has been completed and highlighted a
number of gender-related factors that
influence people’s vulnerability to climate
change.
Now, the government is trying to identify
adaptation options to address the identified
vulnerabilities in key sectors.
They are trying to build on the vulnerability
assessment process by taking a gender-
responsive approach to this step.
They are trying to work out how to do this.
Identifying adaptation options

21. • Enhancing stakeholder capacity to
engage in the identification of
adaptation options
• Identifying and addressing gender-
specific barriers to participation in
adaptation actions
• Identifying targeted adaptation
options for people of different genders
What should your government do?
www.menti.com
CODE: 50 07 82 7
What does the toolkit
recommend?

22. Enhancing
stakeholder
capacity to engage
in the
identification of
adaptation options
Identifying and
addressing gender-
specific barriers to
participation in
adaptation actions
Identifying
targeted
adaptation
options for people
of different
genders
Which action do you recommend?

23. • Gender actors and grassroots
organizations may need to learn about
climate change before they can
effectively identify adaptation options
• Investing in this type of capacity
building enhances adaptive capacity
and supports implementation of
adaptation actions over the longer
term
• Capacity development processes must
consider both gender balance and
inclusion of marginalized groups
Enhancing stakeholder capacity to engage in the
identification of adaptation options

24. • Specific actions may be required to
address gender-specific barriers to
participation in adaptation actions
• This includes practical issues like
literacy, mobility and women’s unpaid
care burden
• It also includes issues of access to and
control over resources, decision
making power and other issues related
to inequalities in rights and
opportunities
Identifying and addressing gender-specific barriers to
participation in adaptation actions

25. • In some cases, it may make sense to
identify targeted adaptation options
for people of different genders to meet
their specific needs
• These may reflect differing roles and
responsibilities or specific
vulnerabilities that have been
identified
• Important to take an intersectional
approach – other factors beyond
gender also influence people’s
adaptation needs
Identifying targeted adaptation options for people of
different genders

26. The toolkit is
available for
download at:
bit.ly/nap-gender-
toolkit
All supplementary
materials for the
UNFCCC technical
guidelines for the
NAP process can be
found at: bit.ly/NAP-
supplement

27. Next Steps
What will you do next to help make
your country’s NAP process more
gender-responsive?
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28. Closing Remarks
Funanani Muremi
South Africa
The Adaptation Committee
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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