A/HRC/42/26 and opportunities and scale up gender-conscious climate actions to achieve the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals. 50. The Permanent Representative of Fiji stressed that in building gender-responsive climate policies nationally, understanding the lived experiences of women should not lead down the path of stereotyping. Not every woman was affected in the same way. Climate policies must be built around understanding the barriers to the equal participation of women. Understanding this was a challenge for Governments, including local governments. The Permanent Representative referred to the experiences presented at the Human Rights Council, including the good practices shared by Botswana, Dominica and Vanuatu during the panel discussion, noting however that one size did not fit all. 51. Listening to and amplifying the voices of women at a public level and making women visible in decision-making, allowed them to serve as role models and thereby enhanced the participation of women in public life, including in relation to climate change. That was why the empowerment of young women was so important. In concluding, the Permanent Representative of Fiji noted the importance of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, in which effective consultations with indigenous women and women from local communities were called for. By empowering such women, the Framework had made a real difference to the way in which countries responded to disasters. 52. Mr. Oelz noted that the panel discussion would enhance the coherence and collaboration in the United Nations system on these issues. The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) had a specific focus on gender equality, participation and consultation, and there was a need for further ratification of this instrument. Building effective consultation and participation mechanisms was a challenge. The next challenge was how to make those mechanisms accessible for women. That required resources and exchange of experiences. In July 2019, ILO would be holding a Global Forum on the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, to which the United Nations mechanisms on the rights of indigenous peoples were invited. The question was how to build mechanisms for consultation and participation that were inclusive and had a real impact on decision-making, including with regard to climate change action. 53. Ms. Haidar invited States to look back at the different international frameworks that had been discussed and described the need for developing further linkages. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development remained extremely relevant and addressed the issues of small island developing States. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was a comprehensive policy framework, under which plans of action could be elaborated and adapted to different national contexts. That also applied to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. There was also the possibility of increasing efforts across countries and regions and the Geneva Pledge Group was an example of this. She also recommended the compilation and recording of best practices of technical and nontechnical solutions, as well as transformative solutions. 54. In concluding, Ms. Haidar called on States to continue reducing emissions, noting that emission reductions were crucial to any subsequent action, including the empowerment of women. The Sustainable Development Goals also provided a good opportunity to make linkages. The advocacy and commitment of groups, such as the Women and Gender Constituency, had tremendously influenced the work relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Such grassroots organizations were contributing to the development of international policy. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had learned a lot from civil society groups who brought information from rural areas and from impacted regions. Finally, giving women access to information, such as accessing weather forecasts through mobile phones, was critical to improved preparation and management. 55. Following the concluding remarks, the President of the Human Rights Council closed the discussion. 10