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Gender-responsive budgeting in the new NDCs: who is including it, and why?

Barry, Kiera LU (2026) SIMZ31 20251
Graduate School
Abstract
The third round of NDCs were due to be released in the lead up to COP30 in
November 2025, with parties to the Paris Agreement set to detail commitments to
more ambitious emissions reductions. The content of past NDCs have differed
greatly depending on which country is submitting the document, especially in
how well gender is integrated across actions for NDC implementation. Previous
studies show that very few countries incorporate gender-responsive budgeting and
access to climate finance into activities listed in NDCs. This thesis endeavours to
find out how and why different types of countries incorporate gender-responsive
budgeting in NDCs. It finds that countries more heavily dependent on receiving
climate finance are more... (More)
The third round of NDCs were due to be released in the lead up to COP30 in
November 2025, with parties to the Paris Agreement set to detail commitments to
more ambitious emissions reductions. The content of past NDCs have differed
greatly depending on which country is submitting the document, especially in
how well gender is integrated across actions for NDC implementation. Previous
studies show that very few countries incorporate gender-responsive budgeting and
access to climate finance into activities listed in NDCs. This thesis endeavours to
find out how and why different types of countries incorporate gender-responsive
budgeting in NDCs. It finds that countries more heavily dependent on receiving
climate finance are more likely to meaningfully incorporate gender-responsive
budgeting across actions and incorporate gender considerations more
comprehensively in the NDCs. Those responsible for climate finance provision
lack almost any evidence of gender-responsive budgeting and incorporate gender
in less meaningful ways. The thesis explores the diverging purposes of NDCs
between countries, to understand what these differences mean for the
implementation gender-responsive climate measures. (Less)
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author
Barry, Kiera LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMZ31 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
NDCs, climate change, gender, climate finance
language
English
id
9221150
date added to LUP
2026-02-05 13:18:57
date last changed
2026-02-05 13:18:57
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  abstract     = {{The third round of NDCs were due to be released in the lead up to COP30 in
November 2025, with parties to the Paris Agreement set to detail commitments to
more ambitious emissions reductions. The content of past NDCs have differed
greatly depending on which country is submitting the document, especially in
how well gender is integrated across actions for NDC implementation. Previous
studies show that very few countries incorporate gender-responsive budgeting and
access to climate finance into activities listed in NDCs. This thesis endeavours to
find out how and why different types of countries incorporate gender-responsive
budgeting in NDCs. It finds that countries more heavily dependent on receiving
climate finance are more likely to meaningfully incorporate gender-responsive
budgeting across actions and incorporate gender considerations more
comprehensively in the NDCs. Those responsible for climate finance provision
lack almost any evidence of gender-responsive budgeting and incorporate gender
in less meaningful ways. The thesis explores the diverging purposes of NDCs
between countries, to understand what these differences mean for the
implementation gender-responsive climate measures.}},
  author       = {{Barry, Kiera}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Gender-responsive budgeting in the new NDCs: who is including it, and why?}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}