Nairobi, Nov. 21 -- Eighty per cent of national adaptation plans submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this year refer to gender-sensitive approaches, the UN Women executive director has said.

Sima Bahous spoke last Tuesday during a side-event at the climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

"Many of them put through the importance of women's leadership and representation," she said in reference to the plans.

There are 198 parties to UNFCCC and they submit a plan on efforts they will make to promote mitigation to impacts of climate change in their respective countries. The plans also indicate how they will help their communities to adapt.

She was hopeful that women would get more space in the c...