Capacity Building and Awareness Raising for Addressing Climate Change in the Arab Region by Anhar He

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Capacity Building and Awareness Raising for
Addressing Climate Change in the Arab
RegionbyAnhar HegaziChief, Sustainable
Development and Productivity Division Regional
Coordination Mechanism, Beirut, 13-14 September
2008 Thematic Working Group Climate Change
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Background

• At the Global Level Five focus areas for
  addressing CC were identified, REDD, Technology
  Transfer, Finance, Capacity Building and
  Adaptation.
• At the Regional Level An Arab
• Framework for Action on CC was developed
• (2007) identifying programmes needed to
• address CC in 11 different sectors, putting focus
  on
• The need for Capacity Building and Awareness
  Raising.
• UN agencies in the region need to join hands to
  streamline and maximize the impact of its
  collective efforts on Capacity Building and
  Awareness Raising on CC issues.

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The Approach

• Review the AFAPCC
• Assess existing capacities in the region
• Identify priority areas for action

• Collect information on existing programmes using
  CEB interface
• Identify best practices
• Assess available resources
• Prepare an inventory report on UN activities

Map UN capacity building activities
Identify priority needs in the region
Identify areas for cooperation

• Consultation meetings
• Compare needs, UN available programmes and
  resources
• Identify gaps

Implementation
Develop workplans

• Assess feedbacks
• Evaluation reports

• Agree on a detailed work plan
• Identify means and indicators for monitoring and
  evaluation
• Distribute responsibility

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Identification of Needs

• The Arab Framework Action Plan on Climate Change
  (AFAPCC) is designed for enhancing the Arab
  Countries capacity to take appropriate measures
  for
• addressing climate change (CC) issues
• while achieving sustainable development
• targets and MDGs in the Region.
• Review of the inventory of programmes
• and activities listed in the AFAPCC,
• can help identify needs for raising awareness and
  capacity building of all social and economic
  sectors to

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Identification of Needs

• Assess climate change impacts in the region
• Formulate policies and programmes
• for mitigation of and adaptation to climate
• change
• - Build national and regional institutional
  capacities to deal with CC issues and manage the
  natural disasters risks
• - Create an enabling environment for regional
  and global cooperation needed to support national
  programmes
• - The collaborative effort of UN agencies on
  capacity building and raising awareness will have
  to be in line with the priority areas for support
  to be identified during the RCM.

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AFAPCC Identified Programmes for Focus Areas
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AFAPCC Identified Programmes for Focus Areas
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Recommended Areas of Cooperation and Relevant
ESCWA Activities
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Recommended Areas of Cooperation and Relevant
ESCWA Activities
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Recommended Areas of Cooperation and Relevant
ESCWA Activities
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• THANK YOU

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Structure of the LAS/ESCWA/UNEP Partnership on
Sustainable Development
Arab Summit
LAS, Economic and Social Council
Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the
Environment (CAMRE/Environment)
Members of Specialized LAS Councils
Specialized agencies in Member countries
Joint Committee of Environment and Development in
the Arab Region (JCEDAR)
Subsidiary Committee on Climate
Technical Secretariat of other LAS specialized
councils
Specialized Arab regional organizations
Collaborating UN-Organizations
LAS
Regional Financial Institutions
ESCWA
NGOs and regional associations
UNEP/ROWA
Joint Secretariat