Africa: UN Women Calls for a Strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to Keep Gender Equality as a Central Pillar for Climate Action

Africa: UN Women Calls for a Strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to Keep Gender Equality as a Central Pillar for Climate Action

As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the thirtieth UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Conference of the Parties (COP30), UN Women is calling for the adoption of a transformative, well-funded, and accountable Gender Action Plan (GAP), a framework that ensures climate policies and actions take gender equality into account. Its adoption at COP30 will shape the next decade of global climate action and determine …

COP30: UN chief calls for shift to clean energy - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has continued his campaign to accelerate the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy – “the cheapest source of new electricity in nearly every country.” The latest push came on Friday, November 7, 2025, in his remarks to the Energy Transition Roundtable in Belém, Brazil, held just days before the formal opening of the COP30 climate change conference. “The fossil fuel age is ending. Clean energy is r…