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

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.