WEBINAR | From Commitments to Action: Advancing the Nexus of Nutrition, Climate, and Gender

About The Event

From Commitments to Action: Advancing the Nexus of Nutrition, Climate, and Gender brought together government representatives, civil society, researchers, and development partners to explore how more integrated approaches can strengthen food systems and improve nutrition outcomes.

The webinar examined the interconnected challenges of climate change, gender inequality, and malnutrition, drawing on the latest evidence from Standing Together for Nutrition and country experiences from Yemen, Vietnam, Sierra Leone, Canada, and Liberia. Speakers shared practical examples of climate-smart agriculture, nutrition-sensitive social protection, and gender-responsive policies that are helping build more resilient food systems.

Discussions highlighted both the opportunities and the challenges of moving from commitments to implementation, emphasizing the need for stronger cross-sector collaboration, increased investment, and more gender-transformative approaches to climate and nutrition action.

The webinar served as a platform to exchange lessons learned and identify priorities for advancing integrated action ahead of key global policy moments, including ATACH and COP31.

Key Messages

1. Gender inequality is a root cause of vulnerability to malnutrition and climate change

Women and girls experience disproportionate impacts from climate shocks and malnutrition not because of biology, but because of structural inequalities that limit their access to resources, services, education, decision-making, and economic opportunities. Addressing gender inequality is essential for building resilience.

2. Climate change, gender inequality, and malnutrition are interconnected crises that must be addressed together

Climate change affects food systems, health systems, livelihoods, and nutrition outcomes, while existing gender inequalities worsen these impacts. Policies and programs that address only one issue in isolation miss opportunities for greater impact and resilience.

3. Women must be recognized as leaders and agents of change, not only as beneficiaries

Evidence from the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments showed only 28% included a reference to gender, of which most focussed primarily on women and girls as beneficairies, while only few position them as decision-makers or address systemic barriers. Effective programs empower women through leadership, access to resources, land, finance, technology, and participation in decision-making.

4. Integrated, multi-sectoral approaches deliver stronger results

Successful examples from countries such as Yemen, Vietnam, and Sierra Leone demonstrate that combining nutrition, education, agriculture, social protection, health, and climate-resilience interventions can simultaneously improve nutrition outcomes, gender equality, and climate adaptation. Cross-sector collaboration is critical for moving from commitments to action.

5. More investment and accountability are needed to scale integrated action

Despite growing recognition of the nutrition–climate–gender nexus, investments remain fragmented. Only a small proportion of N4G commitments and climate finance explicitly integrate gender, nutrition, and climate objectives. Scaling up funding, tracking progress, and embedding gender-transformative actions into implementation are necessary to achieve meaningful impact.

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