Gender equality issues rose a step higher on the international climate change agenda at the recently concluded UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa. The Durban Platform that resulted from the meeting highlights an unprecedented 11 commitments to gender equality, including in a widely heralded new agreement to create an international Green Climate Fund.Given the fraught and contentious nature of international climate talks in recent years, expectations for Durban were muted. But gender advocates focused on pushing forward commitments made a year earlier at negotiations in Cancun, including to create institutions in the critical areas of climate finance, technology and adaptation.
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