The Government of Uruguay (GoU) has made significant progress in catalyzing institutional leadership in response to climate change and developing a process of gender mainstreaming in its national climate change policy. However, there are remaining gaps such as (i) limited capacity and engagement of stakeholders at territorial level to plan for gender-responsive climate actions; (ii) limited availability of gender-disaggregated information on climate change to inform climate policymaking; (iii) awareness and engagement of the finance sector in mainstreaming gender and climate change in project investments, products and services; and (iv) insufficient climate finance accessed by women-led businesses due to limited knowledge and skills.

The goal of the Readiness request is to strengthen the engagement of key actors in the governance of gender-responsive climate planning and finance. In particular, the request is built on the advances made under the National Climate Change Response System (SNRCC) and the established Gender Working Group (GWG). The current Readiness request seeks to strengthen the role of the GWG on mainstreaming gender-responsive aspects in climate change planning and financing effectively at sector (in particular productive sectors) and territorial levels.