Impacts of climate change on the rights of women
Recommended measures (5)
49. The Committee recalls general recommendation No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change and recommends that the State party:
(a) Review its climate change and energy policies, in particular its policy on the extraction and export of oil and gas, as well as the activities of related State-owned companies and private companies, taking into account the disproportionate negative impact on women and girls both within and outside its territory, with a view to radically reducing greenhouse emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
(b) Adopt relevant legislation, with a monitoring mechanism, to ensure that businesses are held accountable for the impact of their activities on women’s human rights and environmental degradation.
(c) Set up a mechanism to ensure meaningful and equal participation of women and girls, in particular from the Sami community, in the development of climate change adaptation and reduction strategies.
(d) Update the Climate Change Act to reflect the State party’s new nationally determined contribution to reduce emissions by at least 55 per cent by 2030 and take concrete steps to also achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
(e) Actively support and participate in the creation and operation of new funding arrangements for responding to loss and damage as decided during the United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2022.