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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetReaching gender equality, youth inclusion and parity in decision-making in the climate change dialogue 2022
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No results found.Women and young people have proven the required skills to accelerate climate action. They are committed activists, agents of change, resilience builders, innovators and entrepreneurs. Yet, their voices are still often not heard and their specific challenges and priorities are not adequately addressed in planning and decision-making processes. The impacts of the climate crises are being felt most by women, youth, disabled, powerless and indigenous peoples and immigrants, who often live in the most vulnerable and risk exposed areas. Special efforts are needed to engage women and young people in planning and decision-making. Gender transformative approaches can help to understand, reflect on, challenge and change harmful gender norms and roles, unequal power dynamics and discriminatory social structures. These approaches can also contribute to ensuring that the technical knowledge and leadership skills of women and young people are further developed, so as to achieve long-standing and equitable impacts. This side event will present successful approaches and good practices that have contributed to the inclusion of women and young people in decision-making for climate action in agriculture; and will propose some recommendations on how to better integrate them into local and international negotiation tables. Furthermore, the event will provide an opportunity for participants to build alliances with strategic partners and stakeholders working towards gender-responsive climate actions. -
ArticleEnhancing transparency under the Paris agreement in the forest sector
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Forests play a central role in combating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere in their vegetation and soils. Therefore, given the significant climate change mitigation potential of forests, improving the transparency of forest-related data and information within the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement is timely, indeed urgent, in order to translate this potential into action. A fully functioning multipurpose national forest monitoring system (NFMS) allows countries to track progress on climate action and effectively report on forest-related emissions and removals, as well as respond to their own forest data needs. With tailored national forest monitoring systems, countries are able to develop informed forest and land-use policies with proven knowledge and up-to date, transparent and accessible information. Ultimately, NFMS can help countries to meet the requirements of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement. This paper explores how forest monitoring can help countries better manage their natural resources, meet the requirements of the ETF and ultimately, to implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions. The paper also looks at the importance of data transparency and knowledge sharing for capacity building and technology transfer, and for enhancing collaboration and global ambition in tackling climate change. The paper presents case studies on transparency in the forest sector and available tools. In addition, the paper will examine how transparency in the forest sector can inform policy-making, and on the other hand, how policy and governance can support and enhance transparency in the forest sector at the same time. Keywords: forest monitoring , Bangladesh, Chile, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Papua New Guinea ID: 3485351 -
Book (series)Evaluation of the FAO response to the crisis in the Lake Chad Basin 2015‒2018 2021
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Forty-nine million people live in the Lake Chad region, exploiting its rich natural resources and relatively constant supply of water, fodder and fertile land all year round. The area used to be a food production hub, with local markets supplying produce to Cameroon, Chad, the Niger and Nigeria. However, poor natural resource management, poor coordination across the different countries of the region, and the widespread impact of climate change have contributed to the significant deterioration of the Lake’s natural ecosystem capacity. Agricultural soils and pastures have been widely degraded, leading to a huge reduction in food productivity and, thus, job opportunities, especially for the youth living in rural areas who account for a high percentage of the population. Conflicts and tensions have created a conducive context for young people in search of income and opportunities to join the Boko Haram terrorist movement originated in Nigeria. This evaluation was conducted to address FAO’s response to the Lake Chad Basin crisis, including interventions conducted in 2015‒2018, as FAO published the Lake Chad Basin Crisis Response Strategy (2017–2019) to address the needs of the identified 6.9 million people affected by soaring food insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin in early 2017. The objectives of this evaluation were to analyse FAO’s responses to the crisis at operating level, with a focus on efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability, while assessing the relevance and consistency of the regional approach from a strategic perspective. The evaluation team visited many of the areas concerned, and at the end of each visit they organized a debriefing session with the respective FAO country team to share information gathered and collect complementary data and analysis to inform its deliberations. This helped to ensure transparency in the data collection process and to maximize the learning process. For FAO to support the food security and nutrition of communities in the Lake Chad region effectively, a regional strategy focused on supporting the resilience of communities is relevant and appropriate. Complementary to FAO’s country-based programmes, a regional strategy bears the potential to devise interventions that adapt to the cross-border nature of issues that each country faces and would allow supporting a more cohesive and collaborative way of working. Based on the Regional Response Strategy (2017–2019), FAO should revise its strategy and approach by incorporating governmental objectives, and translate it into an operational action plan, in line with other partners’ strategies in the region.
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