Gender Equality and Equity Climate Finance Checklist: Pre-evaluation tool for adaptation projects in Uganda
The Gender Equality and Equity (GEE) Climate Finance Checklist is a practical, policy-aligned tool developed to support the systematic integration of gender equality, equity, and social inclusion into climate adaptation projects and climate finance programming in Uganda. Government agencies, development partners, civil society, and implementing organizations will use the checklist to guide inclusive climate adaptation.
Climate change disproportionately affects women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, and other marginalized communities. Despite national and international commitments, many adaptation projects fail to address these vulnerabilities. This checklist ensures that adaptation investments are responsive to the needs of all population groups, particularly those disproportionately impacted by climate change, leaving no one behind.
Key Features:
- Seven dimensions of assessment, including GEE analysis, participation, community engagement, GEE objectives, budgeting, technical expertise, and monitoring;
- Traffic Light Scoring System to rate projects from “GEE absent” to “GEE transformative”;
- Gap Analysis Tool for targeted recommendations;
- Alignment with Uganda’s National Development Plan IV, National Climate Finance Strategy (2024), the updated nationally determined contributions, the national adaptation plan, the Public Finance Management Act (2015), and the Paris Agreement; and
- Designed for use across the project lifecycle: design, implementation, and evaluation.
Publisher: Government of Uganda