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establish baselines and measure progress in areas such as the participation of
women in initiatives relating to disaster risk reduction and climate change and
in political, economic and social institutions. Integration with and coordination
in the implementation of other existing frameworks, such as the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sendai Framework, are essential to ensuring a consistent
and effective approach;
(c) Empower, build the capacity of and provide resources to, if necessary
through donor support, the national institutions responsible for collecting,
consolidating and analysing disaggregated data, across all relevant sectors, such
as economic planning, disaster risk management, planning and monitoring of
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, including at the local
level;
(d) Incorporate climate information into disaster planning and decisionmaking at the subnational and national levels by ensuring that diverse groups of
women are consulted as valuable sources of community knowledge on climate
change.
B.
Policy coherence
41. It is only recently that concerted efforts have been made to coordinate policies
on gender equality, disaster risk reduction, climate change and sustainable
development. While certain policy documents, such as the 2030 Agenda and the
Sustainable Development Goals, integrate those objectives into their frameworks for
implementation, much remains to be done at the national, regional and international
levels to align policies. Programmes of action, budgets and strategies should be
coordinated across sectors, including trade, development, energy, environment, water,
climate science, agriculture, education, health and planning, and at levels of
government, including local and subnational, national, regional and international, in
order to ensure an effective and human rights-based approach to disaster risk
reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
42.
States parties should:
(a) Engage in a comprehensive audit of policies and programmes across
sectors and areas, including climate, trade and investment, environment and
planning, water, food, agriculture, technology, social protection, education and
employment, in order to identify the degree of integration of a gender equality
perspective and any inconsistencies, with a view to reinforcing efforts aimed at
disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
(b) Improve coordination between sectors, including those involved in
disaster risk management, climate change, gender equality, health care,
education, social protection, agriculture, environmental protection and urban
planning, through such measures as the adoption of integrated national
strategies and plans relating to disaster risk reduction and climate change that
explicitly integrate a gender equality perspective into their approaches;
(c) Undertake gender impact assessments during the design,
implementation and monitoring phases of plans and policies relating to disaster
risk reduction and climate change;
(d) Develop, compile and share practical tools, information and best
practices and methodologies for the effective integration of a gender equality
perspective into legislation, policies and programmes in all sectors relevant to
disaster risk reduction and climate change;
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