IBC Gender mainstreaming in climate change, resilience and disaster risk reduction

This regional summary was developed with the contributions of nine United Nations agencies with a presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): UNEP, UNDRR, UNDP, ILO, UN Women, ECLAC, UNICEF, UNHCR and IOM. These agencies belong to the Issue-based Coalition (IBC) for Climate Change and Resilience in LAC. Since 2020, this IBC has been producing a series of regional documents on issues of strategic importance for Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of providing relevant information, inputs and tools for decision-makers, Resident Coordinators (RC) and United Nations Country Teams (UNCT). 

This IBC emerged from the United Nations reform process. Its objective is to facilitate the joint work developed in the region by the United Nations System (UNS) agencies and support the coherent and aligned implementation of global agendas. At the same time, the IBC seeks to strengthen and streamline the coordination between agencies and accountability of the UNS on climate change, resilience, and disaster risk reduction (DRR), at the regional and sub-regional level. The Coalition is led by UNDRR and UNEP with participation from 21 other UNS entities from the region. 

This document is particularly aimed at Resident Coordinators and country teams of the UNS in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its objective is to provide recommendations to assist their mission to support countries in developing actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly mainstreaming gender into sustainable development agendas, biodiversity, climate change, pollution, waste, and disaster risk reduction, with an aim towards alignment.