Namibia - 2030

Gender is mentioned in the NDC's section on adaptation, as a crucial and cross-cutting area that is addressed within the NDC and is prevalent throughout many sectors.  The conduct of detailed baseline gender and youth climate assessments and evaluations shall also form part of the NDC’s implementation. Moreover, “informed capacity building and planning for gender and youth-oriented climate actions and just transition training will be carried out.”  Moreover, Namibia acknowledges the women's unequal access to capital, productive land, and services in the agricultural sector, and thus highlights the importance of addressing these gender issues. Gender is also mentioned under Namibia’s NDC MRV system, which details stakeholders and their roles in climate management. These stakeholders include the country’s Environmental Investment Fund, which has a role in “supporting the protection of the environment, its biological diversity and ecological life-support functions,” and whose gender policy specifically focuses on contributing to better health for men and women through “health research, policies and programmes which give due attention to gender considerations and promote equity and equality between women and men.” Also mentioned as a stakeholder is the Red Cross Society, as it is tasked with supporting gender-responsive disaster management.