Who cares about gender? A comparison of parties’ commitment to gender equality in the UN climate regime

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8132235
AutoresAna Victoria Dominguez Brito, Ana Victoria Dominguez Britos (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Hayley Stevenson (0000-0002-4876-1496, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Páginas1-23
Data de publicação2026-01-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644016.2026.2616987
OpenAlexW7125501349
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas29

The UN climate regime’s gender agenda is characterised by competing signals about the relevance of gender. Efforts to promote an expansive agenda have been constrained by efforts to narrow the focus to women’s vulnerability in developing countries. We assess the impact of these competing signals by comparing Parties’ performance on participation and policy. We find a persistent North-South divide: developed countries perform better on participation and developing countries on policy. However, we find evidence that gender considerations are expanding. We argue that these performance patterns are reinforced by external political-economic forces. Unlike developed countries, developing countries often receive external support to prepare their Nationally Determined Contributions and face incentives to consider the interests of external institutions whose finance is required for implementation. Given that gender equality has become a criterion for finance, we are more likely to see commitment signaled in NDCs from the Global South than the Global North.

Climate change · Climate justice · Climate policy · Gender equality · Social equality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law