CLIMTRAIN is articulated around a series of workshops and other learning activities that focus on the link between climate change and rural development:

  • First workshop (July 2008). Climate Change and Agriculture: setting the scene. The focus areas of this workshop were: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) context; climate change science and its impact on agriculture; and existing financial mechanisms to support climate change activities. Also, working groups brainstormed how to integrate climate change into country- and sector-specific IFAD operations.
  • Second workshop (November 2008). Climate Change and Rural Development: Options and Instruments for IFAD, focusing on:
  • Options for climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector
  • Instruments for engaging IFAD in adaptation-related work at the operational level

Attention has been given to community-based adaptation, providing concrete examples of local coping strategies including from the experiences of other UN agencies. The role of micro-insurance and disaster risk management as adaptation options has also been key elements of discussion.

Internal instruments (i.e. IFAD’s Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures) and external instruments (e.g. CRiSTAL: Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods) and partnerships (e.g. through the Nairobi Work Programme and cooperation between Rome-based agencies) have been emphasized as tools for increasing IFAD’s engagement in adaptation-related work. Furthermore, a session on adaptation planning has considered the synergies between rural development planning and National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs), by focussing on the link between NAPAs and IFAD’s country programmes for climate-proofed strategic planning.

  • Seminar on mitigation through the carbon market - A pro-poor approach to climate change mitigation through the carbon market - Challenges and opportunities for IFAD” (July 2009).The seminar aimed to increase understanding about the potential benefits, the added value and/or the constraints for IFAD to link its operations to the carbon market (through both the CDM and the voluntary market) with the objective of benefiting the poor rural people. Experts from the carbon market presented the implications of this sector and explained the main features of some projects, with particular attention to afforestation/reforestation and REDD.

As an outcome of the CLIMTRAIN project activities, a set of learning material has been produced. This includes:

  • CLIMTRAIN key notes
  • Proceedings
  • Power point presentations

 

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