And it is under this framework that Costa Rica submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which includes the commitment to carry out the Gender and Climate Change Action Plan.
III.That the formulation of the National Climate Change Policy was a pioneering process in Costa Rica, participatory and innovative, with high inter-institutional and multisectoral coordination that incorporates the gender perspective, the Human Rights approach, and traditional knowledge to strengthen the climate adaptation actions of the annual operational processes of public institutions, private entities, and civil society.
IV.That the political aspiration for 2030 is to be a country that transforms threats into opportunities, strengthens its capacities and conditions for social, environmental, and economic resilience, prevents and recovers from the adverse effects of climate change in a measurable, verifiable, and reportable manner.
V.That Costa Rica has ratified and implemented actions in favor of equality between women and men and the advancement of women's human rights, in accordance with what is established in supra-constitutional regulations, mainly the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women-CEDAW and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
VI.That Costa Rica, in a tripartite alliance between the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences-FLACSO, the Ministry of Environment and Energy-MINAE, and the National Institute for Women-INAMU led the Feminism for Climate Justice Coalition of the Generation Equality Forum, a global initiative for the review and updating of the Beijing Platform for Action.
VII.That the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute the universal aspirations to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity without leaving anyone behind, with gender equality (SDG 5) and climate action (SDG 13) being two of the 17 goals that contribute to this purpose.
VIII.That there exist international agreements and mandates for the incorporation of the gender perspective into climate action, emanating mainly from the Lima Work Programme on Gender agreed upon at COP 20 in 2014 and its Gender Action Plans.
IX.That within the framework of the global commitments emanating from the Paris Agreement (2015), Costa Rica presented in 2020 the update of its Nationally Determined Contributions, among which stands out "5.2 By 2022 the country will have a Gender and Climate Change Action Plan."
X.That the gender perspective has been considered as an approach and cross-cutting axis in public policies on environmental matters, climate change, and risk management, in particular, the National Climate Change Adaptation Policy and the National Decarbonization Plan.
XI.That the National Policy for Effective Equality between Women and Men 2018-2030 contemplates the perspective of sustainability, as well as expected results linked to climate change in the institutional commitments registered in its Action Plans.
XII.That the inter-institutional alliance between the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the National Institute for Women in matters of gender equality and the environment is significantly consolidated through the construction, implementation, and monitoring of this Plan, as well as through the proactive involvement of other public institutions, local governments, civil society organizations, and international cooperation in favor of equality between women and men in harmony with nature.
XIII.That, in accordance with the Regulation to the Law for the Protection of Citizens from Excessive Administrative Requirements and Procedures, Executive Decree No. 37045-MP-MEIC and its amendments, it was determined that this proposal does not establish or modify procedures, requirements, or formalities that the citizen must comply with, a situation for which the prior control procedure was not carried out. Therefore;
DECLARATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST "NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON GENDER EQUALITY IN CLIMATE ACTION-PGCC NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION PARIS AGREEMENT"