UN Women to Launch Climate and Gender Report
The report examines how climate change affects women and girls and assesses government climate plans against gender impacts.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Women’s Issues
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UN Women will launch its Progress of the World's Women 2026 report, titled Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis, on 10 November 2026 at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. The report examines who drives the climate crisis and who bears its costs.
Why it matters
The report argues that climate change has been driven largely by the world's wealthiest, a group that is overwhelmingly male, while its harshest consequences fall on women and girls, particularly those in poverty. It also states that women remain locked out of the rooms where climate decisions are made.
The launch takes place on 10 November 2026, a week after the extraction date, at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31). The report assesses how far governments' climate plans go in responding to gender impacts, but the extraction does not list national-level figures.
The players
UN Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, working across global policy and programs.
The details
The report documents how droughts increase women and girls' risk of violence and child marriage, make pregnancy more dangerous, and add hours to unpaid care work through water scarcity and extreme weather. It highlights the work of women environmental defenders, Indigenous leaders, and feminist movements, and sets out a roadmap built on fair responsibility, adequate finance, and investment in care and equality.
Timeline
10 November 2026: UN Women launches the Progress of the World's Women 2026 report
November 2026: COP31 is held in Antalya, Türkiye
Culture Shift
The report extends the COP climate framework established under the Paris Agreement by examining national climate plans for gender impacts. It reflects a growing attention to how climate policy distributes burdens across sexes rather than treating climate outcomes as gender-neutral.
The report's findings on drought, pregnancy risk, and unpaid care work describe conditions that affect women's daily routines and health in climate-stressed regions. Readers can follow the COP31 outcomes to see whether national climate plans are revised to address these gender-specific risks.
The takeaway
Climate policy outcomes depend on who is included in decision-making, and the report argues that women's exclusion from climate rooms shapes whose risks are addressed. Tracking whether COP31 produces gender-specific commitments offers a concrete measure of progress.
What happens next
The report is scheduled to launch on 10 November 2026 at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by UN Women - Headquarters.
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