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THE
UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
AND ITS
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMME
April 2010
UNITAR Climate Change Programme
…is driven by UNFCCC Decisions on capacity building:
Decision 10/CP5 recognizes the need for training and support
for capacity building
Decision 2/CP7 outlines the needs and areas for capacity
building in developing countries
The climate change programme seeks to build and
develop the capacity of government and civil society
representatives in the developing world to improve
their participation in the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and their
adaptation process.
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The UNITAR/CCP: MAIN ACTIVITIES
...is targeting three Capacity Development levels
► At the local level: Pilot actions
ACCCA - Advancing Capacity to support Climate
Change Adaptation
► At the national level
NAPA - National Adaptation Programme of Action
►At the Regional/Institutional level
C3D - Climate Change Capacity Development
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Advancing Capacity to support
Climate Change Adaptation - ACCCA
Advancing Capacity to support Climate Change
Adaptation- ACCCA
Objective: Empower local communities to adapt to
climate change
- Lack of scientific knowledge and understanding of
climate change and risks was identified as major
impediment for developing countries to address the
impacts from climate change
- ACCCA project was conceived to respond to this need
to understand the impact of climate change on local
communities and empower them to find adaptation
solutions
- Project brings together local stakeholders and the
scientific community to enable and support effective
adaptation decisions
Advancing Capacity to Support Climate
Change Adaptation- ACCCA
3 main activities:
Product:
- Raising awareness about
the risks from climate
change
- Videos, Brochures, theatre
- Enhance knowledge and
skills to address these
risks
- Workshops and seminars
- Identify adaptation
options that will counter
these climate change risks
- List of adaptation options
Objective: identify urgent and immediate needs and
improve the capacity of Least Developed Countries
– technical support on national level
toNAPA
adapt
to the present/future threats from climate
change.
Targeted countries: Small Island Developing States,
Francophone Africa and Asian LDC’s
UNITAR provides technical support through
training workshops to:
- support formulation of adaptation projects
- facilitate access to funding institutions for
implementation of the adaptation projects/plans
Further activities:
- Extending a web-based communication platform
- Continued online technical support from national and
online question/answer
service
Guidanceregional
and assistance
to NAPA teams
through:
experts
through
an
- NAPA workshop/seminar providing technical assistance
and an opportunity to exchange experiences
- An evaluation of the process
Capacity Development for
Adaptation to Climate Change and
GHG Mitigation in non Annex-1
Countries
Main Objective:
Improve the ability of developing countries to address
Climate Change through developing adaptation measures
and planning mitigation strategies.
Specific Objectives:
Promote dialogue leading to sustainable development by
integrating Climate Change issues into national sustainable
development strategies.
Increase human and institutional capacity
Contribute to mainstreaming climate change issues into
development programmes
Improve the negotiating position, by reducing uncertainty in
decision making
Targeted countries:
Countries listed in the Annex 1 of the UNFCCC
Main activities:
Build the capacity of 6 regional centre of excellence, located
in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and North
America, through trainings and courses (face to face and
online), training of trainer courses, outreach and networking.
Rationale:
Enhancing the capacity of regional centers leads to
sustainable learning and knowledge as it enables continuous
learning and generates local solutions.
The Partners
Beneficiary Countries
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ASIA:
Cambodia,India,
LaosPDR, China,
Indonesia,Nepal, Sri
Lanka,Mongolia ,
the Philipines,
Thailand and
Vietnam
AFRICA; Angola,
BurkinaFaso,
Cameroon,Ethiopia,the
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau, Kenya,
Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania,Niger,Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania,Togo,
Tunisia,Uganda and Zambia
The SIDS(Pacific and
the Caribbean) Belize,
Cook Islands,Federated
States of
Micronesia,Fiji,Kiribati,Mar
shall Islands, Niue, Nauru
, Palau, Papua New
Guinea , Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
For further information please see:
http://www.unitar.org/ccp