TECHNICAL NOTE AND PRACTICAL TIPS for Gender-Transformative Climate Smart Programming in East Asia and Pacific

Aligned with UNICEF’s key strategies, this document supports country offices in embracing a gender-transformative approach to climate-smart programming to accelerate progress on gender equality and climate resilience. It highlights the intersection between gender, climate resilience, and low-carbon development. The target audience includes UNICEF programme colleagues working on or interested in the intersection of gender, climate change, and humanitarian efforts. The document includes:

• An overview of gender-climate linkages;
• Key elements of a gender-transformative approach to climate-smart programming;
• Ideas for gender-transformative climate-smart actions in health, education, child protection, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), social protection, and humanitarian emergencies;
• Practical checklists for COs at different stages of the programming cycle.