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This research delves into gendered climate change issues and their solutions and explores how they have been (re)produced within policymaking at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences of the Parties. By employing Fairclough’s 3D framework of critical discourse analysis, this study examines the latest gender action plan along with its supporting documents and projects. The findings reveal that prevailing discourses on gender prioritise women as key agents in addressing both climate change and its gendered consequences while often relegating Parties and other international stakeholders to ambiguous or supporting roles. Such emphasis on the empowerment and education of women to tackle global climate change issues may overlook the importance of addressing transformative changes to combat societal gender inequalities. These inequalities not only marginalise women in the context of climate change but also impede their involvement in the policymaking endeavours which aim to address it.

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Keywords: critical discourse analysis ; environmental policymaking ; gender ; UNFCCC ; COP ; climate change
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