Project Brief / Fact Sheet
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Briefing note: National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and nationally determined contributions (NDC) governance
19 May 2022
This brief explains the relevance of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and nationally determined contribution (NDC) governance to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic in the SCALA country work plans and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team. NDCs and NAPs are the starting point under SCALA for supporting participant countries in translating their climate commitments into actionable and transformative climate action in the land-use and agriculture sectors.
Briefing note: Private sector engagement
19 May 2022
This brief explains the relevance of private sector engagement to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic in the SCALA country work plans and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team.
Briefing note: Gender and social inclusion
19 May 2022
This brief explains the relevance of gender equality and social inclusion to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic in the SCALA country work plans and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team. Addressing the gender equality and social inclusion (GSI) gap in NDCs and NAPs calls for inclusive, whole-of-government climate action in land-use and agriculture.
Briefing note: Transparency, Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
19 May 2022
This brief explains the context and recommended approach to designing work under the SCALA programme Activity 2.1.2: Improve/develop measuring, reporting and verification(MRV) and (monitoring and evaluation) M&E systems at national and/or sectoral level for monitoring and reporting on the UNFCCC, CBD, SFDRR and SDGs in regard to mitigation and/or adaptation in land-use and agriculture, including collection of gender disaggregated data.
Briefing note: Assessments at systems level to identify and appraise climate risks and transformative action
19 May 2022
This brief provides an overview of systems-level assessments and what they might entail under the SCALA programme. It discusses the methodologies, tools and resources that can be applied in undertaking these assessments through Activity 1.1.2 of the programme, which in turn can inform the design and implementation of activities under Outcomes 2.1 and 3.1.
Briefing note: Transformative climate action
19 May 2022
This brief explains the context of the SCALA programme’s approach to transformational adaptation, which refers to a change in the fundamental attributes of a socioecological system in anticipation of climate change and its impacts, in contrast to incremental adaptation, which is adaptation that maintains the essence and integrity of a system or process at a given scale.
National Adaptation Plan in Focus: lessons from Central African Republic
29 Apr 2022
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Central African Republic (CAR) considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by CAR. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its initial National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC in February 2022.
National Adaptation Plan in Focus: lessons from Central African Republic
29 Apr 2022
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Central African Republic (CAR) considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by CAR. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its initial National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC in February 2022.
National Adaptation Plan in Focus: lessons from Sierra Leone
8 Mar 2022
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Sierra Leone considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by Sierra Leone. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its initial National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC in February 2022.
National Adaptation Plan in Focus: lessons from Sierra Leone
8 Mar 2022
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Sierra Leone considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by Sierra Leone. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its initial National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC in February 2022.