A/HRC/41/26 sector. 93 In Mexico, the German Agency for International Cooperation funds several projects to foster women’s participation in the fields of renewable energies and energy efficiency, including the Women’s Network for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.94 The Women Delegates Fund at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enhances women’s participation in climate negotiations through travel support, capacity-building, networking, outreach and advocacy. Effective implementation and financing of these gender-responsive policies and programmes can help ensure women’s rights. 53. A number of stakeholder inputs highlighted specific examples of domestic laws and policies related to climate change and gender equality. Morocco had specific legislation on gender and environment, and tracked relevant indicators. 95 Guatemala had a fund for recognizing women’s land rights, and a specific gender provision in its climate law. 96 In Mexico, the General Law on Climate Change guaranteed the right to a healthy environment and included a specific focus on gender equality and the empowerment of women. 97 In the Philippines, Republic Act No. 9729 required “the State to incorporate a gender-sensitive, pro-children and pro-poor perspective in all climate change and renewable energy efforts, plans and programmes”.98 54. Other inputs received focused on policies, programmes and activities carried out with respect to gender-responsive climate action. France had conducted an exchange of good practices related to gender and climate change with several Balkan States and with Lebanon. 99 In Afghanistan, the Ministry of Rural Development had carried out consultations with women on the adverse effects of climate change in the context of community-based priority projects.100 In Argentina, a review of gender-related aspects of the National Energy and Transport Action Plans had highlighted key gaps to address, and an international workshop on gender, information and communications technology and climate change had fed into development of the National Adaptation Plan. 101 Mali highlighted its Renewable Energy Project for the Advancement of Women, baseline studies and indicators on gender, and a number of climate adaptation activities related to energy, water and sanitation, and other necessities. 102 In Mexico, specific indicators for climate change and gender, along with a strong legal and policy framework, had informed a number of activities to integrate gender equality into climate action. 103 55. United Nations agencies, international organizations and civil society organizations also play a critical role in promoting gender-responsive climate action. A 2016 review by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of 161 intended nationally determined contributions found that 65 referenced either gender equality or women. 104 It was noted in the review that the quality, quantity and nature of these references was generally inadequate. The majority of references were to adaptation, many of them described women as vulnerable but only two described women as agents of change, and very few of them comprehensively integrated gender equality. Several good practices are highlighted in the UNDP review, which concludes with recommendations for improved integration of gender equality in nationally determined contributions. 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 16 Input from Ireland. Input from Mexico. Input from Morocco. Input from Guatemala. Input from Mexico. Input from the national human rights institution of the Philippines. Input from France. Input from the national human rights institution of Afghanistan. Input from the national human rights institution of Argentina. Input from Mali. Input from Mexico and from the national human rights institution of Mexico. UNDP, Gender Equality in National Climate Action: Planning for Gender-Responsive Nationally Determined Contributions (2016), available at www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/gender/ Gender%20and%20Environment/Gender_Equality_in_National_Climate_Action.pdf.