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BTO Report: Community Based Adaptation Conference (CBA11), Regional NAP Expo and the

Climate Focal points and Partners meeting – Kampala 26 -30 June 2017

Attended By: Adrian Fitzgerald, Tracy Kajumba and Sarah McIvor, Policy Unit DCD

The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11) to climate change took

place in Kampala, Uganda from 26-29 June 2017 with over 300 practitioners, policymakers, planners

and donors working on community-based adaptation at all levels and scales.

The UNFCCC-LEG organised a Regional NAP Expo 1 day session which together CBA sessions will be

used to inform the new UNFCCC paper on Vulnerable Communities, Groups and Ecosystems which

the LEG is mandated to prepare for the Conference of Parties.

The Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium for Climate Change (LUCCC) was launched

during CBA11 and integrates universities from 10 countries including Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda

and Ethiopia.

A Climate Focal Points and Partners meeting included 41 participants and validated the Briefing on

Small Holder Farming and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Climate and Social Protection Brief and

provided initial input for a brief on Gender and Climate

The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11) to climate change took

place in Kampala, Uganda from 26-29 June 2017. CBA11 provided an opportunity to review the latest

developments in CBA practice, policy and theory with participants from around the world.

Ambassador Donal Cronin was part of the high level opening session and his speech is in Annex 1

below.

This year's conference highlighted the benefits and challenges of climate adaptation for natural

resources and ecosystems as part of community adaptation plans and how these link with National

Adaptation Planning.

The conference was designed for practitioners, policymakers, planners and donors working on

community-based adaptation at all levels and scales. The event enhanced the capacity of stakeholders

to work together to improve the livelihoods of those most vulnerable to climate change.

The formal conference featured plenary and parallel interactive sessions, hands-on learning

opportunities, group discussions, high-level speaker panels, video competitions and poster

presentations.

A new feature in this CBA was the one day Regional NAP Expo session that was organised by the

UNFCCC Secretariat for the Least Developed Countries Group (LEG).

CBA11 had over 300 participants from over fifty countries. The conference was active online on

YouTube, twitter and Facebook. The posters on approaches and tools for community and ecosystem

based approaches received more than 3,000 hits before the end of the conference. The NAP Expo

sessions and the posters will be used to inform the new UNFCCC paper on Vulnerable Communities,

Groups and Ecosystems which the LEG is mandated to prepare for the Conference of Parties. (see

annex 3)

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Uganda organised a pre-CBA11 meeting with around 300 stakeholders and also a CBA11 Youth

Conference with 150 youth in parallel with the main CBA11 conference.

Universities from the world’s least developed countries launched a cooperative programme aimed at

ending their dependence on climate experts and expensive consultants from rich countries. Under the

Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium for Climate Change (LUCCC) each university will

develop a curriculum on a designated theme, which will then be shared throughout the network.

Currently, 10 universities have signed up to the consortium: Nepal, Tanzania, Sudan, Bhutan,

Mozambique, Uganda, Bangladesh, Gambia, Ethiopia and Senegal. It is proposed to have one

university from each of the 48 Least Developed Countries in the network. (See annex 4)

During CBA11 a meeting was held to discuss the future of CBA. A discussion paper prepared in advance

identified a serious challenge to ensure that climate finance is targeted towards and realises climate

resilient outcomes for the people who are most vulnerable, determined locally and happening at scale.

Proposals were made to assure that CBA remains relevant and focused on a strong articulation of its

core principles and goals. (See annex 2)

A Climate Focal Points and Partners meeting was held back-to-back immediately following the CBA11

conference. The meeting included 41 participants and validated the Briefing on Small Holder Farming

and Climate Resilient Agriculture with some suggestions for the final text which will be published in

August 2017. The Climate and Social Protection Brief received good structured input for the

preparation of the final brief. The initial input for a brief on Gender and Climate was gathered through

a number of workgroups and it is proposed to take a draft brief to next year’s Climate Focal Points and

Partners meeting. (see Annex 5, 6 and 7) A full Climate Focal Points and Partners Meeting Proceedings

report will be circulated separately.

The Regional NAP Expo

The Regional NAP Expo was highly appreciated by both the participants and organisers of the CBA11.

The Government representatives from Malawi, Burundi and Uganda played excellent catalytic roles in

articulating how governments are undertaking the process to formulate and implement National

Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and how all actors and stakeholders can engage in the NAPs process. The

Government of Uganda also had a good number of senior government officials that provided a number

or examples on their work.

In line with LEG objectives, the regional NAP Expo provided an opportunity to reach out to the CBA

community (mostly civil society) and Malawi provided an overview of NAPs, and how the civil society

is and can be part of the work on NAPs at the national and international levels. Burundi and Uganda

provided concrete examples of the process at their national levels, and how actors and stakeholder

are able to link with the process to plan climate adaptation. Reactions from the participants were very

positive and all the presentations from the event are available on the UNFCCC main NAP Expo page

www.napexpo.org/kampala

The regional NAP Expo also provided an opportunity for the CBA community to share their experiences

with regard to vulnerable communities, groups and ecosystems which the LEG can draw from in

advancing the paper the leg is mandate by COP to produce and a draft vulnerable communities, groups

and ecosystems PAPER will be discussed at LEG32.

The key outcome points from the three regional NAP Expo sessions are:

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The process to formulate and implement NAPs presents a comprehensive approach to

adaptation planning and implementation at the national level, and should engage all actors

and stakeholders;

The civil society possess rich experience that can be utilized to link vulnerable communities,

groups and ecosystems with national adaption planning processes;

It is important to learn from local adaptation to identify what works well and to generate

evidence to support national policy frameworks and national adaptation planning;

Communities must have adequate information, knowledge and support in order for them to

inform good evidence based decisions on adaptation;

There is a need to generate indicators that measure implementation in more detail early on

in the planning process for NAPs. Such indicators could also capture how genuinely vulnerable

communities are being addressed;

More work is needed to integrate local and indigenous knowledge into permanent future

practices;

Engagement of the local communities from the design and implementation, including

adequate capacity-building and empowerment were can improve the success of adaptation.

The CBA organisers appreciate the LEG organising the regional NAP Expo as part of the CBA11

conference and suggested that the LEG could consider continued engagement and linking with CBA in

the future.

CBA11 Posters https://www.flickr.com/photos/iied/sets/72157683363807405/with/34383678276/

Highlights on the regional NAP Expo https://storify.com/IIED/cba11-highlights-from-day-three

The Regional NAP Expo Brochure: Brochure_Uganda regional NAP Expo 2017_rev6 23062017.pdf

Sarah McIvor and Adrian Fitzgerald

Policy Unit

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Annex 1

Community Based Adaptation Conference CBA11

Opening Remarks by the Ambassador of Ireland

Royal Suites Hotel, Kampala, 26th June 2017

A Chairde,

Is mór an pléisiúir dom é an chomhdháil mór seo a oscailt. Is miath liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháíl leis

an Community Based Adaptation Conference.

It is my great pleasure to attend the opening of this important conference which tackles the most

fundamental challenge facing all of the nations on Earth at present, namely that of achieving the

change in policies, structures and indeed behaviours that will enable us to address climate change,

protect our environment and pursue global development for all humanity.

May I thank the Government of Uganda and the organisers of the Community Based Adaptation

conference for hosting this event in Kampala. This is the 11th Community Based Adaptation conference

and the determination to galvanise global attention on the crucial significance of climate adaptation

at the local level is a major contribution to achieve sustainable development for the most vulnerable

people and ecosystems on our planet. The role of Dr Saleemul Huq in initiating and guiding these

conferences is much appreciated.

The timing of today’s conference is very appropriate. At the beginning of last year, we were all

celebrating the Paris Agreement which was adopted by 195 countries in December 2015. It will be

remembered, that the Paris Agreement brought us together in very challenging times. It

demonstrates, along with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, our collective responsibility,

each of us doing what we can within the limits of our capacity to protect the environment required to

sustain life and in particular to adapt to the impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable people

in our communities.

We are now, in 2017, entering another crucial and, perhaps, more difficult, phase – that of

implementation and action. How can we keep the momentum going? How do we retain the public

interest in these issues? Can we keep up the tempo of diplomatic activity and exchange of

information? How can the resources required get to where they are most needed? How do we get, in

short, from words and promises to actual change?

Dear Friends,

The scale of the change required, in both policy and mind-set, may cause many to feel overwhelmed

or even powerless. The Paris Agreement is global in its reach and in its implications, leaving us with

the challenge of delivering a global consciousness and globally responsible actions. Some of us have

suggested renegotiating the Paris Agreement. Let me assure that the European Union, of which Ireland

is a member, has made it very clear that we will fully implement the Paris Agreement. The EU deeply

regrets the unilateral decision by the United States Administration to withdraw from the Paris

Agreement.

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We reaffirm that the Paris Agreement is fit for purpose and cannot be renegotiated. The Agreement

is ambitious yet not prescriptive and allows each Party to forge its own path, in contributing to the

goals that serve to combat climate change, which threatens development, peace and stability around

the world.

Uganda is showing its commitment to securing a prosperous future for its people by implementing the

Paris Agreement and working to achieve its Nationally Determined Contribution - NDC. We welcome

the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development directive for all sectors to incorporate

Climate Change in their planning, budgeting and reporting processes. Uganda is among the first

countries in the NDC Partnership and has recently launched the National Adaptation Plan process. We

must all learn from the leadership that Uganda is showing.

Ireland is committed to working with our partners to implement that Paris Agreement and has

increased its support for developing countries tackling climate change to more than €36 million in

climate finance per year. Ireland is on track to meet its commitments made at COP21 in Paris to scale

up climate finance by providing a cumulative total of at least €175 million in public funding by 2020.

We expect to surpass our target.

Here in Uganda Ireland has taken up the Climate Friendly/Carbon Neutral Initiative to reduce our

carbon foot print. The Embassy of Ireland heads the Karamoja Development Partners working group,

and given the region’s vulnerability to climate change we are increasing climate risk management in

our programmes. We must think globally but act locally!

The Community Base Adaptation Conference, which this year includes the Regional NAP Expo, shows

us that adaptation has to be about adapting people’s livelihoods, protecting our communities and the

ecosystems we need to sustain life and wellbeing.

We have a historic opportunity to lay the foundations of a new model for human flourishing and social

harmony – one that is shared between all those who dwell on this planet, and one that is shared, too,

between this generation and those yet to come. Let us commit, today, together, to make this promise

thrive and bloom.

I wish you a successful 11th Community Based Adaptation Conference.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir. Thank You

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Annex 2

Notes 0n the meeting on the future of CBA meeting 27th June 2017

A discussion paper prepared in advance identified a serious challenge to ensure that climate finance

is targeted towards and realises climate resilient outcomes for the people who are most vulnerable,

that is determined locally and needs to happen at scale. There is also a challenge for CBA to remain

relevant and this does need a stronger articulation of its core principles and goals.

How to use the conferences to demonstrate to adaptation finance decision makers and those

responsible for rolling out NAPs, the relevance of CBA – or its core principles - and what it takes to

achieve them?

How to maintain momentum, thought leadership and accessible communication around CBA core

principles and actions, linked to the broader purpose of and urgent need for climate resilience in all

sectors, development and risk contexts? This can also help with continuity between the conferences.

Given the importance of continual learning to anticipate and respond to uncertain futures, the

conference could more explicitly incorporate experiences of participatory facilitation, adaptive

capacity strengthening, knowledge brokering and other software approaches needed for successful

adaptation, in addition to showcasing technical CBA successes and issues.

Can we ramp-up efforts to systematically document and share learning from CBA experiences which

are convincing and can be more easily translated and integrated into new programmes and projects,

financed by climate finance? Can the conferences inspire or reward this?

Possibly included training to build capacity instead of the field visits or some sort of financial viable

combination of both.

Include communications training to assist small organisations in transmitting messages on adaptation

from communities to inform policy frameworks. But equally the use of communication tools with

communities to help construct consensus and develop agendas for communication with policy

decision makers.

A discussion on the name of CBA appeared to suggest that it should be retained. However, the

objectives should be made very clear so as to assure CBA relevance in the future.

The discussion paper resonates with what is emerging through multi-stakeholder interactions on the

same themes this year in Africa. Organisations and programmes in all sectors, government and non-

government have an increased demand for integrating adaptation and climate resilience in their work,

and this calls for clearer articulation of what that involves, and much greater effort in capacity building

and learning.

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Annex 3

11th Community Based Adaptation (CBA) Conference, Kampala, Uganda

‘Harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for Adaptation’

Monday 26th June Day 1

Session 1: Conference Opening and Welcome Speeches-

Irish Ambassador to Uganda: Speech iterates a commitment to Paris Agreement from Ireland and EU

Member States, appreciates the work the Uganda Government is going in Climate Change including

the recently launched NAP process; full speech will be attached to report.

Chair of LDC Group: 48 LDCs as part of LDC Group. For LDCs, most have a large rural population that

rely heavily on agriculture and ecosystems services. Ecosystem based adaptation is an important

element for sustainable management of LDCs ecosystems against drought and other climate change

impacts. In particular the Chair of LDC Group noted:

1. Climate Finance needs to flow and be scaled up to support our countries. Transfer of adaptive

technologies and capacity building.

2. Need to address local needs and priorities of communities in LDCs

3. More cooperation and knowledge sharing, including south-south sharing.

Clare Shakya (IIED): New global leaders in Climate Change are emerging. Paris must deliver climate

action on the front line. There is a need to be reaching hundreds of millions not hundreds of

thousands. There is a need to critically reflect on our experience, what will work at scale?

Session 2: Climate Smart Agriculture and Indigenous Knowledge

For agriculture in general there are two basic models 1) green revolution and 2) agro-ecological

systems. There is a need to promote importance of indigenous knowledge and encourage two way

exchange of knowledge using participatory research on farm. There is a need for greater symbiotic

relationship between modern science and Indigenous Knowledge.

Session 3A: Inclusion Approaches in Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Session 3A: Inclusive approaches in Ecosystem Adaptation

Raising awareness with children so that they had information on Climate change and could inform

decision making. When children were consulted they raised very interesting issues. Little girls are now

going further to draw water as the traditional sources are drying up. Traditional systems of food

production had always provided to secure food for the community. But now droughts are killing

animals and crops. Floods come and go, cause and then there is no water again.

The importance of community organisation to raise awareness. Climate change is making agriculture

very risky and unproductive. What to do? People move to the city and the community structures break

down, family structures break down and the traditional knowledge of farming is being lost.

Traditional gender roles are not easily adapted to address the current pressures on the community.

Women need to take leadership roles to lead their communities in a coherent response to the survival

and development of their communities to adapt to climate change. Women are the guardians of water

and food and this means they are the guardians of the ecosystem.

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Climate Change awareness must be framed in a contextual ways so that becomes familiar to children

and women in their communities using references and terms that are familiar to them. They are the

actors that live in their environment. We must build local and traditional institutions to manage

ecosystem services and to secure natural resources. We must show communities and local

government to better plan in changing circumstances. Avoid uninformed top-down planning which is

often ill-informed about the local context or unaware of the issues to be addressed. This will better

prioritise available resources to focus on the issues of priority for the community.

Key issues of ownership and accountability.

Importance of data for the local context.

Plenary Session 4: Financing CBA and Ecosystem Based Approaches

Adaptation Fund provides access to climate finance in particular to LDCs, and to supporting projects

that promote ownership and conservation. Adaptation Fund tries to ensure transparency and

accountability through accreditation process, and need to comply with standards, financial

management and anti-corruption measures. At project level, local consultative processes are required

as well as alignment to National Strategies. Different access entities including multilateral agencies,

UN Agencies etc. also through direct access to finance, not only through an agency.

Insurance has also a role in supporting CBA using microfinance or cooperative banks with access to

finance during periods of climate extremes. Implementing livelihood protection programmes through

climate risk insurance and payments during times of floods etc. has shown results.

Scaling up: In any CBA project, there is a need to become familiar with the Governments National Plan

and policies, to ensure the CBA Project will fit within national level planning systems, to ensure local

project informs national planning. SHF invest $70 billion a year into their farms. Need to make the

business case to invest in CBA to private sector- international banks, insurers and investors.

Uganda ECOTRUCT has mobilised 1 million a year from private sector in climate finance and credits

associated, especially in areas related to agriculture. As climate change impacts supply chains, private

sector are aware of the sustainability in investing in climate action. Irish Embassy in Uganda is also

championing approach by becoming Carbon Neutral.

There is a need to adopt flexible programmes, and a need to involve more organisations in these

discussions other than international NGOs, involving local government and communities more, and

people you don’t normally agree with. There is a need to look at alternative options for climate finance

including private sector, donors, national government and the farmers themselves. Climate finance

needs diversity. Equality involving men and women important to change social norms in a society.

- CC Awareness needs to be relevant to communities, and group targeting for example women,

children and their concerns

- Need to have joint involvement, ensure socially marginalised involved

- Have good role models

- Need to understand differences within a community or village- power dynamics.

Parallel session 6A: Youth, Climate and Livelihoods: Bringing innovation to CBA youth engagement,

and youth-driven innovation to CBA practice

Youth are a huge percentage of the population in Africa. There are 44% under the age of 15 in sub-

Saharan Africa. Youth do not have access to land, and often do not have access to decision making,

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finance or markets. Youth should be involved in climate change negotiations at COP to ensure the

voices of future generations and intergenerational equity is heard. There is a need to involve youth

from all backgrounds, not only youth represented from urban settings that have a university

education, but also those from the rural areas, where often the impact of climate change is more

severe. Also a potential in mobile phones, social media and radio stations to involve youth more.

Wednesday 28th June Day 3

Plenary Session 9: Regional NAP Expo session: National Adaptation Plans – Chair: Adrian Fitzgerald

NAP addresses medium to long term planning for adaptation to climate change with the NAPA

addressing the short term. NAP provides the implementation plan for a country and NDC is the

overarching plan and policies developed by government in response to climate change, consisting of

both mitigation and adaptation actions. NAP should be guided by existing global and national

guidelines and frameworks.

Uganda- Uganda on 16 June 2017 officially launched the NAP Process. Uganda is putting in place the

NAP Framework to guide sectors in developing their sector specific plans. Uganda will also look for

guidance from other countries, and adopt a learning by doing approach. Uganda plans to develop

sector specific plans which come together under one consolidated NAP.

Burundi- Constitution of Burundi at every level now integrates needs of all vulnerable communities.

More than 90% population works in farming, which increases demand for land and resources.

Population is fast growing, and density is extremely high, exacerbated by negative impacts of climate

change. Burundi hope to obtain climate finance from the GCF to implement their NAP.

Discussion

There is a need to take action in own countries, with a call on National Mitigation Plan in Ireland to do

more. Best available knowledge is bringing the science and the indigenous knowledge together, and

appreciating the knowledge that both bring. There is a need to balance national policies and local

priorities in the NAP process- ensure local communities benefit from NAP process.

Session 10C: Main-streaming adaptation at sub-national levels

Community Adaptation Plans- Sub-National (district) Adaptation Plans- National Adaptation Plans.

There are a number of challenges of linking community and government planning, which include 1)

Timing of government planning systems and cycles, and communities planning cycles are often out of

sync 2) Scale of planning is different from local to national level and 3) Government planning is sectoral

driven, whereas communities are systemic in their planning.

Sources of climate finance include GCF, Adaptation Fund, National Adaptation Fund and Private

sector. Role of civil society is to keep governments accountable, as well as pilot programmes at local

level to inform sub-national planning. There is an opportunity for government and civil society to share

knowledge and plan together. ACCRA targets decision makers within government, most CSOs target

communities and technical officers, however they do not have power or influence.

There is a need to include outcome indicators in monitoring and evaluation of adaptation and not only

output indicators.

Key success factors for sub-national mainstreaming:

1. Improvement of adaptation indicators for local government

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2. Translate to local language

3. Understand local context

4. Communication is key with all stakeholders involved

5. Political will- understand political economy and power

6. Understand Policy and Institutional frameworks and planning cycles- NAP process

7. Identify key entry points

8. Capacity building at local level for all stakeholders

Session 11A Regional NAP Expo Session: Protecting Vulnerable Ecosystems from Climate Change

Session will inform a paper on Ecosystems and Vulnerable Populations which the LEG will take to next

COP session, COP23. Paper will focus on marginalised and vulnerable groups, which includes women,

youth and the disabled, and will also identify vulnerable ecosystems, to include case studies of

vulnerable groups in particular, such as pastoralists and physically isolated communities and their

interaction with the surrounding ecosystem.

Session 12: Integrating Climate into Development Planning Session chairs: Adrian Fitzgerald and Tracy C. Kajumba Organisations: Irish Aid - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Development Cooperation Division and UNDP- GEF small grants programme PART ONE: Introduced by Tracy Kajumba Adrian Fitzgerald, Climate change policy lead for the Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) introduced the session aimed at creating understanding on mainstreaming of climate change into development programs focusing on climate risk management, and included a variety of approaches, processes and tools. He also introduced the Irish Aid/IIED Climate change and development learning platform, accessible on www.climatelearningplatform.org/ Tracy C. Kajumba, the regional Senior Climate change and development advisor, DFAT introduced panellists and moderated the panel discussion which shared experiences from different countries including Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and the UNDP GEF small grants programme. Koeti Serodio, the vulnerability advisor, Embassy of Ireland Mozambique: Shared experiences of how Irish Aid has worked with different stakeholders including Government, Civil Society organisations and other donors at macro, meso and micro levels to integrate climate change and disaster risk reduction into development programmes. The use of research under the climate change and Development learning platform, implemented with IIED was also highlighted, especially the study on Assessment of how to link social protection and climate resilience objectives and interventions to benefit poor vulnerable households. She concluded by explaining how Irish Aid is putting the research into practice through working with government to design adaptive social protection approaches through developing Local Adaptation Plans linked to Government planning, working on a prototype intervention design which is coordinated by local authorities and relevant line Ministries Mwiya Mundia, the Senior Livelihoods, Food & Nutrition Advisor Irish Aid - Zambia: This practitioner shared how Irish Aid Zambia, working with Government line ministries, research institutes, CSOs and the department of meteorology has supported integration of climate risk management into agriculture programmes. A case study research supported by IIED focused on Climate resilience through experiential learning by farmers and those supporting them, as part of the CC learning platform. The aim was to understand the unique climate risks smallholder farmers’ experience, and assist them in learning to use the seasonal forecast information to design and implement climate

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resilient cropping strategies. Key to the process are is Participatory Climate Risk Assessments (CRA), identification of crop-hazard interactions and adaptive measures practiced by the Small holder farmers. The evidence will be used by smallholder farmers in making decisions on the mix of crops to grow, taking into account the weather information (not just the market information). The institutions supporting the farmers have acquired knowledge & skills in conducting climate risk assessments and its use in farmer cropping decision making. The climate change adaptive capacity of the farmers will also improve, and the results will as well assist Irish Aid to incorporate climate resilient agricultural strategies when designing the new Zambia Country Strategy (2018-2022). The Zambian Government, specifically Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia Agriculture research Institute, Meteorology Department and the Climate Change Secretariat are also using the evidence on designing Small holder farmer programmes that are sensitive to climate risks Josephina Rocha Rebello, Irish Aid Malawi social protection and vulnerability advisor shared experiences of integrating climate change through access to energy for the poor and reduction of ecosystem degradation through deforestation for energy needs. Irish Aid working with IIED is working on a longitudinal case study research to develop evidence around the utility of the sustainable energy business model that would generate useful evidence within the development context in Malawi in relation to coverage of energy products. The study is aiming to assess the performance of using Social Cash Transfers under the social protection programme to distribute ICS to the poorest households and is tracking indicators such as coverage, pro-poor access and biomass usage. Irish Aid and its partners are using the learning to input into the revised National Energy Policy and the Renewable Energy Strategy – providing broad policy-level direction. This will also assist in advocating to drive 2million target by 2020, which the Government of Malawi has committed to. This piece of work is aligned to the Resilience pillar of the Irish Aid Malawi Strategy, thus strengthening integration of climate change internally but also informing national and local integrated development planning, taking into account climate change and impacts on ecosystems Dr. Sam Barret, IIED: gave an overall summary of lessons of using evidence to manage climate risks and integrate climate change into development programing in different countries, which was summarized into 3 key points. The first was to recognise the importance of context when approaching the integration of climate into development programming. Institutions, countries and societies vary over time and space, and so broad principles need to be followed that are generally correct in a range of settings. Then once each context becomes discernible, decisions need to be made on an ad hoc basis about the precise nuances of implementation; the reality of having to integrate climate into on-going development programming. Very often, the assumption is that climate can only be included at the start of development planning, but there is sometimes a need to consider the more complex task of inclusion whilst plans and programmes are in motion. This requires being more accommodating to supporting institutions, their representatives, and further, their objectives; the technical aspects of climate risk management need to be understood and adopted in order for 'climate' integration to really happen. This is about the inclusion of climate trends, events, knowledge and forecast into everyday decision-making on development programming to achieve reduced losses from climate, as well as availing of new and emerging beneficial opportunities. Charles Nyandaiga and Abu Wandera - UNDP-GEF SGP presented on how to Plan and Mainstream Community-Based Adaptation at the Local, Sub-National and National Levels, with specific focus on small grants. The SGP CBA Approach and Strategic Objectives focus on developing and demonstrating effective and innovative community-based actions and practices supporting implementation of the Community level climate impacts reducing measures, and aims to complement national, regional and global level efforts in ensuring the comprehensive coverage of resilience interventions. Charles shared

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the key steps for Mainstreaming into national level processes which included stock taking of existing national adaptation priorities & action plans (NAPAs) and local adaptation plans (LAPAs), enabling environment and political will, ensure up-scaling at call for proposals, Understand the linkages between the outcomes and objectives of the national and local level programmes/project, link CBA innovations to be part of the outcomes of national level, awareness-raising and capacity building sessions and Establish partnerships Another key element was integration into the financial processes including Budgets/Sectoral Strategies and Plans/Thematic Strategies and Plans at the national and local level. Specific pointers were shared which include; working within existing government planning processes, continuous engagement in the policy framework, institutional arrangements and finance mechanisms and identifying the entry points, which vary and depend on the country context

PART TWO: Adrian Fitzgerald He introduced the aim of the session as looking at possibilities of entry points of integrating climate in development planning. He shared 02 questions for discussion which were divided across the room with half of the room answering each of the questions at their tables. The questions were;

1- What should be considered when identifying entry points to integrate climate into development planning and decision making (at local level and national level)?

2- How do we reconcile the development needs with ecosystem needs? To question one, different approaches were suggested from participants from individual tables/ groups At national level, the following actions were raised;

Policy frameworks should be re-visited to focus on climate change development projects as priorities

Decision making from stakeholders at strategic level should prioritize climate change issues in development planning

Plans, budgets and finances should be geared greatly towards mainstreaming climate change issues alongside priority development programs

Re-visiting existing policies and strategies in the legal framework at national level to incorporate climate change aspects can be of help

Concrete information and evidence on the climate change impacts can help strategic planners consider incorporating climate issues in their plans

At local level, the following action points were raised

Multi- stakeholder platforms should be established to engage various stakeholders in the discussions regarding handling climate change related issues

Local impacts on climate change and how it impacts on communities should be thoroughly analysed

The existing community adaptation practices should be reviewed and strengthened to enhance natural resources and ecosystem adaptation

Community needs and vulnerability should be taken into account if successful adaptation strategies are to be realized

Financing projects for implementation at community level should be done followed by strong monitoring and evaluation measures to ensure sustainability

Understanding the local context of the communities (social, economic and cultural aspects) should be emphasized

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On the question of reconciliation of development and ecosystem needs, the following views were pointed out at national level;

Reconciling unsustainable practices with those that harness sustainable natural resource and ecosystem development

Environmental and social impact assessment should be conducted to integrate development with climate change issues

Climate change sensitive impact assessment should be conducted Budget allocations of national development projects should prioritize climate change

mitigation and adaptation practices Laws and regulations should be put in place to govern natural resource exploitation should be

emphasized on Transformation of economic system to ecosystem services

Issues on reconciliation at local levels included;

Zoning of areas for ecosystems and development at local levels Multi-stakeholder engagement at local levels Involvement of stakeholders and sectors for sharing views regarding climate change

adaptation

Session 13: Provocations- is ecosystem-based adaptation really win-win?

There is a need to engage with private sector more. Private sector is already aware of climate change

impacts to their supply chains. There is an opportunity for development, for public and private sector

to come together.

Closing Statement CBA11

Speech by Dr Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development

(IIED) and Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) at the concluding session of the 11th International

Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA11) held in Kampala, Uganda from 26th to 29th June

2017.

On behalf of the organisers of the CBA conference series and of CBA11 with the Makarere University

Centre for Climate Change Research and Innovation (MUCCCRI) and the host namely the Ministry of

Water and Environment (MWE) of the Government of Uganda it gives me great pleasure to share with

your the main outcomes from the last four days of discussions and deliberations during CBA11.

Firstly a few statistics, we had over 300 participants from over fifty countries from all the main

continents taking part in the conference of whom nearly 100 went on the pre-conference field visits

and they all had a great time.

During the conference we not only had presentations and discussions on the different themes but also

used different means of engagement including videos, posters art exhibition and games which allowed

all 300 people to get to know each other better. We have also been active online on YouTube, twitter

and Facebook. For example the posters have received more than 3,000 hits already.

We also appreciate the efforts of the Ugandan partners who organised a pre-CBA11 meeting with

around 300 stakeholders and also a CBA11 Youth Conference with 150 youth in parallel with the main

CBA11 conference.

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I will now share some of the main messages from the deliberations. I should caveat this by saying that

I have selected from a much longer list of messages from the different sessions and groups. I will also

direct each set of messages at specific target audiences.

1. Conference organisers:

I will start with the conference organisers who have been having discussions whether , after 11 years

we should continue the CBA conference series and if so what should be the strategy going forward ?

We even debated if the name needs to be changed? We did not resolve all the ideas but I think we

got a strong recommendation to continue the conference series, even if in a modified form.

2. International (and national) NGOs:

The many international development NGOs (and some national NGOs) who have been longstanding

partners in the CBA conference series have managed to develop significant CBA activities from almost

zero when we started the CBA conference series over a decade ago. In that time many of them have

gathered much useful knowledge Which they shared here in Kampala over the last few days.

The key challenge going forward is how to scale up from the tens of thousands of households being

helped at present to many tens of millions as rapidly as possible time.

This will require enhanced collective actions and advocacy with governments and international

funders to scale up local level adaptation. This means shifting the advocacy narrative from focusing

on the vulnerability of the communities to actions to tackle climate Change effectively. We need more

good examples to use to scale up as rapidly was possible.

3. Researchers and Knowledge Brokers:

Many more researchers have become involved in research on CBA in the last few years and they have

certainly internalised the need to collaborate with communities in the co-production of new

Knowledge.

However the lacuna still remains in being more effective as knowledge brokers and not researchers

who publish their research and do not follow up. We also need to improve our means of engagement

with both policy makers as well as practitioners.

One important of the theme of CBA11 which was how to integrate Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA)

with Community Based Adaptation (CBA). Not surprisingly the outcomes was an agreement that we

need to integrate the two and make them opposed to each other. We also discussed ways in which

we can do so most effectively.

4. UNFCCC and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs):

At CBA11 we had the first merger with the African Regional NAP Expo which the UNFCCC Secretariat

organises with the LDC Expert Group (LEG). The experiment of merging the NAP process which is

mainly run by national governments with The grassroots participants from communities was a great

success with both sides appreciating each other's perspectives and agreeing to work together in

future.

5. Government and people of Uganda:

My next target audience are the Government and people of Uganda who not only participated whole

heartedly in the CBA11 conference itself but also held a pre-CBA11 meeting with nearly 300

participants and also a parallel Youth Conference with nearly 150 participants.

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The two key issues coming out of these meetings was the need for Uganda to invest in its youth as

they are such an important part of the population. The trick is to see them as. An asset and invest in

building their capacities to become climate champions.

The second message was the need for all the stakeholders in government as well as outside

government to work together even more effectively than they are doing now. This will make

Everyone's actions more effective and. Synergistic rather than in parallel.

6. Educators:

We had a very good session on the role of educators which includes Universities and colleges as well

as others. The message for us is to be innovative and inclusive in our means of education on CBA and

EBA.

I would like to highlight the launching of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Universities Consortium

on Climate Change (LUCCC) by the Chair of the LDC Group Mr Gebru Jember on 26th June. This is a

major new South-South, LDC-specific, adaptation-focused, capacity-development initiative with

MUCCCRI in Uganda and ICCCAD in Bangladesh as the joint secretariat.

This initiative by the LDCs will help to implement Article 11 of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

which calls for greater investment in long-term capacity building at national level in all countries.

At the end I would like to thank all our local partners MUCCCRI and MWE

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Annex 4

Universities in global south aim to end reliance on western experts1

Published on 04/07/2017, 9:14am

A cooperative of developing-world universities aim will share curricula on climate change, reducing

the need for consultants from wealthy countries

Lina Yassin, a student at the University of Khartoum, who wrote in Climate Home in March that she

needed to go to the US to learn the skills to help her country fight climate change (Photo: Lina Yassin)

By Mantoe Phakathi

Universities from the world’s least developed countries have launched a cooperative programme

aimed at ending their dependence on climate experts and expensive consultants from rich countries.

Under the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium for Climate Change (LUCCC) each

university will develop a curriculum on a designated theme, which will then be shared throughout the

network.

For example, the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania will develop a course on climate finance.

That will then be adopted across the ten participating countries.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are the 48 countries with the lowest human development index in

the world and are greatly impacted by climate-related disasters such as typhoons, floods and

droughts.

Out of the 48, universities from 10 countries are participating so far: Nepal, Tanzania, Sudan, Bhutan,

Mozambique, Uganda, Bangladesh, Gambia, Ethiopia and Senegal.

Sudanese student: ‘I want to study in US to save my country from climate change’

The Paris climate agreement calls for help for developing countries to address climate change through

various activities including “education, training and public awareness”.

“What used to happen was that consultants from developed countries would fly to developing

countries to do training and research on climate change,” said Saleemul Huq, director of the

International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University of

Bangladesh.

“The LDCs challenged this in Paris because we need to strengthen the capacity of our own institutions

to do research and provide training at national level, a long-term intervention.”

He said it was shortsighted to pay again and again to import skills from developed countries when

every country has one or more universities with the ability to train and conduct research that can

empower its citizens.

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“Through our universities young people will come up with skills on climate change,” he told Climate

Home after the project was launched in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on June 26. “We just need to

enhance the capacity of our universities.”

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The initial phase of the project – developing curricula – has no external funding, said Huq. “We may

have little resources but it doesn’t mean we don’t have resources at all,” he said. “For now the

institutions are sharing information and that doesn’t require funding.”

“Students need guidance not money,” he added.

It is not just the university students that will benefit but also the communities impacted by climate

change, according to David Mfitumukiza, a senior lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda.

“It’s the communities that are impacted by climate change and they need to be armed with knowledge

to help them cope with the impacts,” he said.

He said there is a gap between the information produced by universities through research and the

communities it is meant to help.

“Students are our entry point and they will help us reach out to communities, which we are also

targeting with this programme,” said Mfitumukiza.

LUCCC was launched on the first day of the 11th International Conference on Community-based

Adaptation which also took place in Kampala.

LUCCC also aims to provide research that can galvanise the voice of LDCs in international climate

negotiations, where they are ofter outgunned by western countries with enormous scientific and

academic institutions to call on.

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Annex 5

Irish Aid Focal Points and Partners Meeting - Day 1

Q&A Session Integrating Climate Change into Development

- Importance engagement with communities. Different responses communities- vulnerabilities

vary. Provide guidance to communities, build capacity of communities.

- We are continuing with business as usual, we need to understand vulnerability from that

context. It should not be acceptable development programme without CC integration

- How much time to climate risk screening? Little time usually given.

- Resilience- UN general assembly definition. Disconnect on the ground between DRR and CCA.

Need to integrate climate and DRR together into programmes, involved in climate risk

screening.

- How to we pass on these materials to the government?

- Invest in capacity development and implementation of partners, generate learning and

evidence, influence policy internally and externally.

- Preaching to the converted. Information shared in advance. Bridging the gap community and

decision maker and share concrete ideas.

Decentralized Climate Finance (Ced Hesse)

Flow from global climate finance to national implementing entity to county budget to a county climate

change fund. Donors can also feed into the county climate change fund.

Challenges include need to build government systems and ensure money is accountable. Challenge is

the non-transfer of power over decision-making and finance by local government. Out of sync

government and community planning. Pastoralists plan in a systemic way. Governments plan in a

sectoral way. Government are the decision makers about what is being supported however they are

working in a sectoral way. Insufficient understanding, dialogue and respect. Work at these scales with

institutions in a coordinated way (link to track 1 TAMD). Investing in governance frameworks.

Invest in upstream capacity building, equitable local institutions, collective action access to finance

and authority to prioritise investments. Linking up.

South Africa- El Nino – work on preparedness. Updated plan will put up on the learning platform.

Interacting with other risks, political fragility. Vulnerable- women and children. Understand risks

better. UN OCHA supporting SADC, develop products on situational awareness for the risks. TRAC 1

focus understanding institutions better. Regional perspective supporting SADC, to set up systems and

institutions, support governments in DRR. Government lacking capacity to respond.

UNFCCC Reporting- Hope that there will be one single mechanism for reporting to international

frameworks to include Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework. Climate relevant expenditure on

bilateral programmes in 2016 amounted to €35,101,946, about a 7% increase on the previous year.

Central Finance department are now reporting on Rio Markers. Climate Action Reports for 2016. We

are not accounting for core budget support to government from Mozambique. In Mozambique, they

are working to build capacity with government to also track climate finance in budget support. IIED

supports this work in climate tracking for climate finance of Irish Aid, see Irish Aid as leader to other

donors. Could bring out the in climate action reports the theory of change. Where bilateral donor

present in country see long term support to change and improved tracking in country.

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Brief on Smallholder Farming and Climate Resilient Agriculture

The purpose of this session was to validate the final draft of the brief on Smallholder Farming and

Climate Resilient Agriculture which has been prepared over the last year. The Brief indicates why and

how climate risk management should be integrated into development programming for smallholder

farming (SHF) in Irish Aid’s key partner countries. It describes the policy framework for Irish Aid’s

development programming on climate resilient agriculture for SHF. In ‘One world one future’ Ireland’s

international development policy objectives most relevant to SHF are of reduced hunger and stronger

resilience through priority areas for action of global hunger and climate change and development.

There is a brief assessment of the context and status of SHF. It is the mainstay livelihood of many of

the poorest households in Irish Aid’s key partner countries. Climate risks to SHF threaten these people

with food insecurity and poverty. Women headed agriculture dependent households are particularly

vulnerable.

The Brief proposes that Irish Aid’s development programming needs to integrate climate risk

management through a focus on how SHF households can be enabled to embark upon trajectories

that move from “hanging-in” and coping with climate risks to “stepping-up” and adapting to climate

risks.

Options for integrating climate risk management into development programming for SHF households

include: participatory and gender sensitive promotion and development of climate resilient

agricultural technologies; engagement of farmers and their organizations, particularly for women

farmers, in local climate adaptation processes; and, innovative financial and insurance services in

support of climate adaptation.

At the watershed level priority areas include a focus on the land/soil carbon management and how

this is managed in the context of water resource constraints to ensure long term resilience of staple

food production systems. At the agriculture sector and national level investments in climate-proofed

infrastructure related to agriculture supply-chain infrastructure and communications, and also climate

resilient agricultural R&D and extension have been shown to be effective. The Brief was jointly

prepared with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and while some minor

changes were suggested in general the Brief was well received and will be published in August 2017.

Irish Aid Focal Points and Partners Meeting - DAY 2

Climate and Social Protection Brief

Social protection (SP) and local climate adaptation (LCA) in principle target largely the same people –

those who are both poor and face significant climate risks to their livelihoods and wellbeing. SP and

LCA are both policy instruments that governments can and do operate and that development agencies

support.

Climate risks need addressed in several economic and social sectors including social security. Indeed,

as far back as 2006 the Stern Review identified social protection as a key component of climate change

adaptation. This area was taken up by the World Bank and others where by links between social

protection, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation were explored. So, from the perspective of

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policy coherence, effectiveness and efficiency there has been interest in aligning and combining SP

and LCA efforts.

Early prospective analysis of SP and LCA alignment led to what has become termed ‘adaptive social

protection’ and was envisaged as combining disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation and social

protection. This can be characterised as integrating climate adaptation objectives into social

protection programming and is concerned with how social protection can contribute to anticipatory,

adaptive and absorptive capacity of vulnerable people exposed to climate shocks and disasters. The

World Bank developed the concept of ‘climate responsive SP’ and identified features of SP systems

that are needed to address climate risk. These include: scalable and flexible programmes; climate‐

smart targeting; investments that build resilience and adaptive capacity; and, institutional climate risk

management capacity. These features set the bar very high for SP systems in Irish Aid KPCs and

elsewhere.

Group work Feedback – Social Protection and Climate Resilience Brief

- Prioritizing guidelines for Social Protection and Climate Resilience – a challenge due to capacity –

securing buy-in to make the process work – and building into climate adaptation planning;

- In relation to the differentiated focus on national / local – need to look at both.

- Some further comments:

Make the analysis of institutional set up for SP and Local Adaptation more explicit in a series of steps;

Explaining how shock response SP can be integrated;

Develop an objective trigger for SP – in order to minimise political interference;

Explain how the Local Authority can engage in the methodology (i.e. mapping is national), and

explain how it can adapt to local contexts;

The methodology needs to link to adaptation options – 8th step, explain why they come

together in different countries and contexts.

- Step 1 should be a mapping-based exercise, in order to assess / screen existing set-up;

- Step 3 should be conducted to analyse the two systems differently, in order to identify gaps, and be

in a position to address gaps accordingly.

- Need to incorporate other risk factors (aside from climate), and include these in the assessment of a

broader understanding of risk (the person that made this point was a DRR specialist from Ethiopia).

Linkages with International Partners

In five short sessions each focal point and partner had an opportunity identify in-country linkages with

Irish Aid international partnerships on Climate Change. Each International partner had 3 minutes to

present the organisation’s work. Followed by 5 Round Table Discussions with focal points and partners

rotating every 5 minutes: UNISDR, LEG, IIED, WRI, MRF-CJ to seek out opportunities to avail on

International partner supports in-country.

Gender and Climate

Climate change impacts are not gender neutral and affect different capabilities, opportunities and

access to resources that facilitate adaptation to changing climate. Women and men have different

possibilities for recovering from frequent and intensive periods of droughts, floods and hurricanes.

The IPCC’s AR4 notes that climate change is likely to directly impact children and women due to being

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susceptible to vector and water-borne diseases and requires an analysis of gender roles when planning

responses.

Climate change impacts are causing new changes and shifts in gender roles and power relations to

emerge, which add to the varied and continually changing political, economic and socio-cultural

contexts that contribute to different vulnerabilities to women, men, girls and boys. The key issues is

that women (and men) should not be viewed as ‘’vulnerable’’ or ‘’victims’’ of climate change but they

are also effective actors or agents of change in relation to both mitigation and adaptation.

Gender and Climate Discussion

Group 1-

- Gender assessment- understand gender dimensions from climate perspective.

- Gender is often forgotten under pressure, integrate gender into existing tools so becomes

norm.

- Adopt appreciative inquiry approach, positive role of women, not always negative statistics.

- Invest in reproduction process, double roles of women production and reproduction and how

climate change affecting labour burden.

- Invest in behaviour and attitude change for those not integrated gender. Structural issues are

happening, males expecting control of income. Changing roles and control of cash, cash crops

male, crops food women. How do these intersect?

Group 2

- Strong M&E system with good indicators gender and climate change, covers both projects and

organisation integration of gender

- Identify priorities

- Good to be an example, have a workplace policy on gender, walking the talk

- Understand policies and existing framework and entry points, analysis

- Prepare advocacy plan backed up with evidence and data, advocate for change

- Identify the spaces for policy dialogue

- Good experience working with parliamentarians

Group 3

- Take stock of available policies and do an analysis, integrated in all policies available

- Do a gender audit to identify gaps and do a gender analysis, not only women but broader

issues

- Awareness raising

- Be realistic how far we can shift? Realistic points and actions we can do?

- Integrate gender into school curriculum

- Look at resources placed against gender, look at gender across programmes

- Move away from women, but include discussion of women and men bring together

- Use faith based organisations

- Economic empowerment for women for equality

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Annex 6

Agenda for Climate and Environment Focal Points and Partners Meeting

Irish Aid, Kampala, 29th and 30th June 2017

Time Description Lead

Monday 26th June 2017

08:30 Irish Aid Staff and Partners Coordination Meeting Pre Opening of CBA

Location: Meeting room next to Najjemba Hall

Wednesday 28th June 2017

18.00-18.45

Training for Mission Focal Points on how to up-load to the country pages on the Climate and Development Learning Platform*

Matt Wright - IIED <matthew.wright@iied.org>

Thursday 29th June 2017

14.00 Introductions Adrian Fitzgerald

14.15 Opening Remarks

Ambassador Donal Cronin Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, Kampala

14:30

Clare Shakya: opening remarks on IIED and the Climate and Development Learning Platform follow by a Presentation by Tracy: Integrating Climate Change into Development Programming Q&A and discussion

Clare Shakya Tracy Kajumba

15.10 Decentralised financing of climate adaptation: the Adaptation Consortium in Kenya

Victor Orindi, Ced Hesse

15.30 Gallery of Climate Action in 2 Country Programmes – Mozambique and Malawi

Climate Focal Points Facilitator Sarah

16.00

Tracking Climate action in Country Programmes Initial findings from 2016 & Grant Management System: Using the Rio Markers to track Climate Adaptation and Mitigation

Adrian Fitzgerald

16:30 Gallery of Climate Action in 3 Country Programmes: Tanzania, Uganda and Vietnam

Climate Focal Points Facilitator Sarah

17.00 Close Day 1 - In country groups discuss main point of the day and up load to the C&DLP

Adrian and Focal points

19.00 Reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of Ireland

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Time Description Lead

Friday 30th June 2017

9.00 Recap Adrian Fitzgerald

9.10 Presentation Climate Resilient Agriculture for Smallholder Farming draft Brief

Sam Barrett (IIED) and Tracy Kajumba

9.45 Structured discussion, comments and identify key inputs for the final brief

Group Work

10.30 Plenary session feedback and Key Conclusions

Facilitator Adrian

11.00 Coffee

11.15 Presentation Climate and Social Protection Draft Brief

Koeti Serodio Clare Shakya

11.45 Structured discussion, comments and identify key inputs for the final brief

Group Work

12.30 Plenary session feedback and Key Conclusions

Facilitator Tracy

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Gallery of Climate Action in 2 Country Programmes: Ethiopia and Zambia

Climate Focal Points Facilitator Sarah

14.30

Identify in-country linkages with Irish Aid international partnerships on Climate Change. Each International partner will have 3 minutes to present the organisation. Followed by 5 Round Table Discussions with focal points and partners rotating every 5 minutes: UNISDR, LEG, IIED, WRI, MRF-CJ

Facilitator Adrian

15.30 Presentation Gender and Climate Tracy Kajumba(DFAT)

16.00 Structured discussion, comments and identify key elements to consider on Climate and Gender

Work in Groups

16.45 Plenary Session feedback and Key Conclusions

Facilitator Clare Shakya (IIED)

17.00 Closing Remarks

Frank Kirwan Head of Development Embassy of Ireland, Kampala

*Training for Climate Focal Points and Administrators on Online Learning Platform scheduled to take

place 28th June from 18:00-18:45 directly after the Irish Aid CBA session on the Learning Platform

(Plenary Session 12).

During the week Focal points will have the opportunity to work with Matt Wright and Sam Barrett to

prepare and upload short messages on the blog section of each country page on the Climate and

Development Learning Platform.

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Annex 7

Participants List

Climate Focal Points and Partners Meeting 29th-30th June 2017, Hotel Royal Suites, Kampala

No. Name Organisation Email Address

1 Mr. Ha Viet Quan

International Cooperation Department

havietquan@cema.gov.vn

2 Ms. Vu Thi Minh Thuy

Irish Aid Vietnam

vuthiminh.thuy@dfanet.ie

3 Mr. To Ngoc Anh

Irish Aid Vietnam to.ngocanh@dfanet.ie

4 Mwiya Mundia

Irish Aid Zambia Mwiya.Mundia@dfa.ie

5 Albert Mate

Self Help Africa (Zambia)

albert.mate@selfhelpafrica.net

6 Boniface Mwalongo

Ministry of Agriculture, Mbala District, Zambia

boniface_mwalongo@hotmail.com

7 Miyanda Kwambwa

Irish Aid Zambia

Miyanda.Kwambwa@dfa.ie

8 Kain Mvanda

Irish Aid Tanzania

Kain.Mvanda@dfa.ie

9 Aikande Shoo Natai

Ministry of Agriculture Tanzania

aikairuwa@gmail.com

10 Joseph Olila

Tanzania Natural Resource Forum

j.olila@tnrf.org

11 Matela Thabane

Irish Aid South Africa

Matela.Thabane@dfa.ie

12 Köeti Serôdio

Irish Aid Mozambique Koeti.Serodio@dfa.ie

13 Mr Luis Arthur

Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

lartur2000@yahoo.com

14 Mr Manuel Leonel Jacinto Mutimucuio

Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

mmutimucuio@gorongosa.net

15 Peter Oumo

Irish Aid Uganda

peter-michael.oumo@dfa.ie

16 Mrs. Pauline Kalunda

ECOTRUST (Env. Conservation Trust of Uganda)

pnantongo@ecotrust.or.ug

17 Juliet Katusiime Zizinga

Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO)

katusiimej@ecouganda.org

18 Leulseged Asfaw

Irish Aid Ethiopia

leulseged.asfaw@dfa.ie

19 Aileen O’Donovan

Irish Aid Ethiopia

aileen.odonovan@dfa.ie

20 Haileselassie Amare

Tigray Agricultural Research Institute

haileamare2006@gmail.com

21 Getachew Eshete

SOS Sahel Ethiopia

esheteget@gmail.com

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22 Dr. Kiros Hadgu

ICRAF

K.Hadgu@cgiar.org

23 Josephine Rocha

Irish Aid Malawi

Phina.Rocha-Rebello@dfa.ie

24 Dorothy Tembo

Centre for Environmental Policy Advocacy (CEPA)

dorothy@cepa.org.mw

25 Dr Tananga Mathews Nyirenda

Environmental Affairs Department

tananganyirenda@yahoo.com

26 Mr Lingstone Chiona

Irish Aid Malawi

Lingstone.chiona@dfa.ie

27 Maurice Sadlier

Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice

maurice.sadlier@mrfcj.org

28 Rebecca Carter

World Resources Institute rebecca.carter@wri.org

29 Mathewos Hunde Tulu

UNISDR

mathewos.tulu@un.org

30 Motsomi Maletjane

UNFCCC-LEG Secretariat

MMaletjane@unfccc.int

31 Cassandra Kelly Trocaire

cassandra.kelly@trocaire.org

32 Clare Shakya

International Institute for Environment and Development

clare.shakya@iied.org

33 Ced Hesse International Institute for Environment and Development

ced.hesse@iied.org

34 Sam Barrett

International Institute for Environment and Development

Sam.Barrett@iied.org

35 Donal Cronin Embassy of Ireland Uganda Donal.Cronin@dfa.ie

36 Frank Kirwan Embassy of Ireland Uganda Frank.Kirwan@dfa.ie

37 Tracy Kajumba

Embassy of Ireland Uganda Tracy.Kajumba@dfa.ie

38 Adrian Fitzgerald

Irish Aid Adrian.Fitzgerald@dfa.ie

39 Sarah McIvor

Irish Aid Sarah.McIvor@dfa.ie

40 Martina O'Donoghue Trocaire Uganda Programme Director

martina.odonoghue@trocaire.org

41 Mary Baganizi Trocaire Uganda Resource Rights and Use Programme Manager

mary.baganizi@trocaire.org