Women Deliver is back from the 62nd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies — also known as #SB62 — held June 16–26 in Bonn!
We came with a clear goal: to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and ensure adolescent girls’ rights, needs, and leadership are at the heart of climate action — through an ambitious, inclusive, and fully funded Gender Action Plan (GAP).
What we saw
While negotiations continue ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, we saw real progress that gives us hope for gender-transformative climate action.
A 3-day Gender Action Plan workshop brought together governments, observers, and civil society. Thanks to sustained advocacy — and informal consultations co-facilitated by the Dominican Republic and Australia — the updated GAP now reflects key priorities, including:
• Gender-based violence
• Unpaid care work
• Age- and gender-disaggregated data
• Young women and gender-diverse people
• Women environmental human rights defenders
• Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendant communities
However, key elements remain absent from the current draft, including intersectionality, the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals, adolescent girls, and considerations for reparations.
What climate justice requires
True climate justice requires action that keeps the 1.5°C goal alive — limiting global warming to avoid the most dangerous impacts — and centers those most affected. That includes grants — not loans — for countries in the Global South, and financing mechanisms that function as reparations, not conditional aid. These demands are grounded in the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) — the idea that while all countries share responsibility for climate action, those who have contributed the most must do more to address their historical climate debt and uphold climate justice.
How we showed up
We worked with the SRHR and Climate Justice Coalition, the Women and Gender Constituency, and many other health and human rights allies — to center intersectionality as both a lens and a demand.
• We co-hosted Navigating the Climate of Change, a side event highlighting the links between SRHR and gender-transformative climate action, featuring diverse voices from across regions, identities, and movements.
• We joined Code Blue: Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis, an action to demand climate solutions that center health and rights, including SRHR.
What’s next?
As we build toward a space for bold commitments, feminist solidarity, and collective action at the Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026), we remain firm: in the face of rising fascism, undue corporate influence, and shrinking civic space, the UNFCCC must center the needs and leadership of those most affected.
