PIMS 10381 - URU/25/011 Enhancing the governance of gender-responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation planning and financing in key sectors and territories in Uruguay

About this project

The project aims to strengthen national capacities to integrate gender equality into climate change planning and climate-related financial instruments at both territorial and sectoral levels. It will develop guidelines, tools, communication materials and participatory mechanisms, while generating data to promote women’s economic empowerment and resilience in the context of climate action. The Government of Uruguay (GoU) has made significant progress in catalyzing institutional leadership in response to climate change and developing a process of gender mainstreaming in its national climate change policy. Despite progress, there are remaining gaps such as (i) limited decentralization in gender climate governance, which restricts local engagement and the integration of gender considerations in climate planning and finance, (ii) a lack of gender-responsive financial mechanisms to support women-led initiatives in transitioning to lowcarbon, climate-resilient development, (iii) insufficient access to assets, finance and capacities for women-led associations and businesses to effectively accessclimate finance, and (iv) a lack of gender-disaggregated climate information and guidelines, hindering gender-responsive planning, implementation and strategic financial decision-making.The relevance of this Readiness request is grounded in recent feedback from national and subnational stakeholders during the construction of the second Gender and Climate Change Action Plan (PAG CC), including…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Uruguay

Sectors

Public sector policy and administrative management

Funded by

GREEN CLIMATE FUND

Implemented by

UNDP

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01005549.

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