Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Synthesis of Statements on Climate Cha

2 States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change In line with 2020 and 2021, the Committee on the The Committee continued to give greater attention to Elimination of Discrimination Against Women disaster risk reduction and adaptation instead. [...] When addressing report.” The Committee expressed concerns about this dimension, the Committee emphasized the need Namibia’s policies regarding the extraction of fossil for greater participation of women in processes, fuels, especially with regard to the lack of information programs, and policymaking (e.g., COBs to Bel- on “(a) [t]he measures taken by the State party to gium and Uganda), often reca. [...] 37 (2018) on the specifically the policy on the extraction and export of gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction oil and gas, take into account the differentiated and in the context of climate change. [...] The CEDAW also disproportionate impact of climate change and envi- regularly focused on the importance of integrating a ronmental degradation on women, especially on rural gender perspective into the State party’s framework for and indigenous women; (b) [t]he insufficient measures climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction taken to ensure that the authorization of oil and gas (e.g., COB. [...] exploration and development in the Kavango region Increasingly, the CEDAW also refers to addressing the does not violate the rights of rural women and girls aftermath of climate disasters, not only in immediate to access to clean water, food and health care.” It thus post-disaster response, relief, and recovery (e.g., COB recommended environmental and human rights to Saint Kitts and Nevis and COB.