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Gambia, The

New or Updated NDC

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Gambia New NDC

Analysis of Original NDC

Timeframe

2021-2025

Relevant context

LDC with particular vulnerability to climate change.

Process for developing NDC

The Gambia carried out national stakeholder consultations on INDC development in the form of workshops, including NGOs and the private sector.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism

The Government of The Gambia has in place legislative and policy instruments to address climate change and some of these instruments have been used in the development of this INDC and will be used for its implementation.

Summary of gender reference

Among the legislation that are named as being used to develop and implement the INDC are ‘complementary policies for gender’ in the context of agricultural and natural resources policy; and the National Environmental Management Act, which identifies the participation of women’s groups in sustainable resource consumption as necessary for a sound environmental framework.

Gambia, The NDC

Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC	Yes
Submitted language	English
Submitted translation	No
NDC commitments	Mitigation Adaptation
Type of support	Conditional Unconditional
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned	Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation	Monitoring Implementation
Reference to women/gender	Yes
Gender Tags	GS S

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Related Resources

No Climate Justice Without Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Online Event

Author

DFPA, Danish 92 Group - Forum for Sustainable Development, and IPPF

Year

2023

Country

Citation

The Danish Family Planning Association, Danish 92 Group - Forum for Sustainable Development, and International Planned Parenthood Federation. (2023). No Climate Justice Without Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. UNFCCC COP28 Side Event.

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