The Gender Equality and Climate Policy Scorecard will monitor national climate policy commitments aimed at addressing gender inequalities, and their implementation. The Scorecard considers five gender dimensions, alongside gender mainstreaming, as essential for climate policies to be truly gender-responsive.
It evaluates how countries assess the impacts of climate change on gender inequalities and barriers, highlights the contributions of women and girls to climate action, and tracks policy actions aimed at addressing these inequalities.
This brief provides insights on scoring criteria through guiding questions and promising examples from current NDCs that can support policymakers to include more ambitious and comprehensive gender commitments in the 2025 update of their NDCs.
Source: IUCN
Citation: IUCN, Kaschak Institute, UN Women (2024). Enhancing Gender-Responsive Nationally Determined Contributions: Insights from the Gender Equality and Climate Policy Scorecard. Washington: DC.
