Focal point: Mr. Reuben Sessa
Email: reuben.sessa@fao.org 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Building capacity of stakeholders, in particular small holders in developing countries, to combat and adapt to climate change through, inter alia:

• supporting the adoption of climate smart agriculture practices, policy and finance approaches; supporting farmer field and junior farmer field and life schools programmes;
• developing climate change education and public awareness initiatives and educational resources, especially for children and young people, to promote more sustainable and climate smart behaviour.

For more information please consult:
www.fao.org/climatechange/en/
www.fao.org/climatechange/youth/en/
www.yunga-un.org

Focal points: Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Email: gueye@ilo.org

Ms. Olga Strietska-Ilina

Email: strietska-ilina@ilo.org

International Labour Organization (ILO)

The ILO with its tripartite constituency of Governments, employers and workers has the mission to promote decent work and synergies between ambitious climate change action and social and labour market outcomes through a just transition for all, by inter alia:

• Increasing awareness and understanding of the links between climate change and jobs with knowledge and analytical capacity on labour market outcomes of climate change policies;
• Supporting local capacity to respond and adapt to climate change and natural disasters through emergency employment programmes and green works, cash for work programmes, fair labour migration policies and programmes and the extension of adequate levels of social protection to all to increase resilience;
• Facilitating mitigation actions through skills building and upgrading, technical and vocational training, entrepreneurship development to unleash the job creation potential of low-carbon economies;
• Promoting tripartism and social dialogue in support of climate action and the application of a just transition framework as adopted in the Resolution concerning sustainable development, decent work and green jobs – International Labour Conference, June 2013.

For more information please consult:

http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-jobs/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.itcilo.org/en

Focal points: Mr. Alex Heikens
Email: aheikens@unicef.org

Ms. Cristina Colón
Email: ccolon@unicef.org

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)   

UNICEF's fundamental mission is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does. On climate change, UNICEF seeks to:

• Reduce the effects of climate change on children's rights;
• Identify and enhance opportunities to advance the rights of children which arise from global and local attention on climate change;
• Empower children and youth through awareness-raising, education and training on climate change to become agents of change and participate in global and national policy dialogues, monitoring and reporting on climate change issues and progress, as well as contribute to climate solutions.

For more information please consult:
http://www.unicef.org/environment/
http://www.unicef.org/cfs/
http://www.unicef.org/education/bege_61668.html

Focal point: Mr. Daniel Shepard
Email: shepard@un.org

United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI)

• Promoting global awareness and understanding of the United Nations' work on climate change;
• Building partnerships and fostering dialogue with global constituencies such as academia, civil society, the entertainment industry, educators and youth to encourage support for the activities of the United Nations on climate change;
• Working with the media to help cover various aspects of the United Nations’ work on climate change;
• Hosting the Gateway to the United Nations System work on Climate Change: http://www.un.org/climatechange/.

For more information please consult:
http://www.un.org/en/hq/dpi/                                                        

Focal points: Cassie Flynn
Email: cassie.flynn@undp.org

Sameera Savarala
Email: sameera.savarala@undp.org

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

UNDP works with national, regional, and local stakeholders to help them respond effectively to climate change and promote low-emission, climate-resilient development. UNDP support focuses on three areas: connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people increase their resilience to climate impacts and shift production and consumption practices so they are not harmful to the environment; helping countries build more resilient societies; and strengthening the capacity of countries to access, manage and account for climate finance through, inter alia:

• Providing training to enhance understanding and participation of Governments, non-governmental organizations and indigenous groups in the international climate change negotiations;
• Strengthening adaptive capacity of Governments and civil society;
• Producing public awareness materials and providing technical expertise for the organization of awareness-raising events and enhanced stakeholder engagement at the national and sub-national level;
• Strengthening institutions and leadership on climate change at the national and sub-national level;
• Facilitating active participation of affected communities in climate change decision-making;
• Supporting national stakeholders to develop the infrastructure and capabilities needed to access, analyse and apply data to build the resilience of national development strategies, priorities and plans;
• Contributing to climate change education at schools, universities and institutions.

For more information please consult:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/strategic_themes/climate_change.html

Focal point: Ms. Verona Collantes
Email: verona.collantes@unwomen.org

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)

UN Women works towards the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. To help ensure that discussions and work on climate change education, training, public awareness, participation and access to information reflect a gender perspective and are gender-responsive, UN Women:

• Supports intergovernmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), and does advocacy at the UNFCCC, the General Assembly and SIDS 2014 process, among others;
• Advances women’s leadership and participation in the UNFCCC process through
  • Engagement in the implementation of the Decision on advancing gender balance within UNFCCC;
  • Building capacity of women in government ministries and/or delegates to the UNFCCC through trainings and networking activities.
• Working with partners in advocacy on gender equality and climate change through outreach to Member States, publications, co-organisation of and participation in side-events and other high-level meetings and conferences;
• Hosting the “Knowledge Gateway on Women’s Economic Empowerment,” a ‘one-stop-shop’ portal through which users can find resources focusing on women’s economic empowerment;
• Supporting countries and regions through programmes on the ground to develop gender-responsive climate policies and strengthening women’s capacity to cope with climate change impacts.

For more information please consult:
http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/about-un-women#
http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/intergovernmental-support/other-intergovernmental-processes
http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/sustainable-development-and-climate-change#sthash.URKRp7Yy.dpuf

Focal point: Ms. Jaime Alexandra Webbe

Email: jaime.webbe@unep.org 

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)             

• Supporting countries in designing, launching and implementing national climate change outreach programmes and developing long-term national action plans and strategies on Article 6;
• Promoting the integration of environment and sustainability concerns into teaching, research, community engagement and the management of universities as well as providing training courses on sustainable development, preparedness for disaster risk reduction, environment risk reduction and environmental law through the Global Universities Partnership on Environment for Sustainability;
• Developing and implementing outreach programmes with the Tunza Network, children and youth organizations, and through partnerships with the scouts, girl guides, school children, students etc.;
• Providing training and mentoring workshops for journalists, particularly from developing countries;
• Producing information materials such as publications, atlases, audiovisuals and graphics that are widely disseminated among climate change focal points, decision makers and civil society;
• Educating young people on sustainable consumption through the joint YouthXchange Initiative with UNESCO, and through engagement in the Think.Eat.Save Campaign against food waste and unsustainable consumption with FAO.

For more information please consult:
http://www.unep.org/climatechange/

Focal points:

Mr. Nick Nuttall
Email: NNuttall@unfccc.int

Ms. Adriana Valenzuela
Email: AValenzuelaJimenez@unfccc.int

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)   

• Servicing intergovernmental negotiation related to Article 6 of the Convention and the implementation of the Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention;
• Organizing the annual Dialogue on Article 6 of the Convention;
• Providing the secretariat for the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness;
• Supporting national focal points for Article 6 of the Convention;
• Hosting and promoting the Climate Change Information Network Clearinghouse CC:iNet, which provides information and resources on the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention;
• Coordinating the United Nations Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change to enhance the involvement and participation of children and youth in climate change action.

For more information please consult:

http://unfccc.int/cooperation_and_support/education_and_outreach/items/2529.php

Focal point: Ms. Amrei Horstbrink
Email: amrei.horstbrink@unitar.org

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

• Supporting learning and capacity development to address climate change through a range of innovative services and products: http://www.unitar.org/climate-change-at-unitar;
• Hosting the Secretariat for the One UN Training Service Platform on Climate Change UN CC:Learn, a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations which supports countries in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change.                                                    

Focal point: Ms. Julia Heiss
Email: j.heiss@unesco.org

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• UNESCO has been recognized globally as the lead agency for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which aims at enabling us to constructively and creatively address present and future global challenges and create more sustainable and resilient societies. UNESCO coordinates the implementation of the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD, as official follow-up to the United Nations Decade of ESD (2005-2014). Within the framework of the Global Action Programme, UNESCO responds to climate change through education;
• Supporting countries to include climate change and disaster risk reduction in their education policies and plans, curricula and teacher education programmes through its programme on climate change education for sustainable development (CCESD) by inter alia:
  • making national CCESD interventions in pilot countries;
  • providing guidance regarding the integration of climate change responses into education in a holistic manner;
  • facilitating dialogue through international expert meetings;
  • developing teaching and learning resource materials and providing a clearinghouse of information and resources on climate change education.

For more information please consult:
http://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development
http://www.unesco.org/new/esd2014

Focal point: Ms. Jennifer Park
Email: jennifer@un.org

United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team

Calling climate change ''the defining issue of our time", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is actively:

• Supporting governments to build a new legal climate agreement by 2015;
• Promoting action that educates the public on climate change causes and solutions, and helps empower citizens to address climate change;
• Supporting the UN system in its climate change education, training and public awareness efforts.

For more information please consult:
http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/pages/gateway/secretary-general

Focal points: Ms. Zinaida Fadeeva
Email: fadeeva@unu.edu

Dr. Philip Vaughter

Email: vaughter@unu.edu

United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU - IAS)

Advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), including climate change related training, education, research and action, through its ESD programme by:

• Promoting the incorporation of ESD into curricula at all levels of education and in all levels of society to increase general knowledge of ESD-related issues globally, while improving international actions related to ESD;
• Developing learning systems for sustainable development through its 127 Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD that are comprised of regional and local networks of organizations representing, among others, institutions of formal and non-formal learning including universities, schools, municipalities, civil society organisations and private sector;
• Enabling global exchange of experiences and innovative practices for capacity development and their institutionalization.

For more information please consult:
www.ias.unu.edu

Focal point: Ms. Elena Villalobos Prats
Email: villalobose@who.int

Marina Maiero
Email: maierom@who.int

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Promoting the protection of health from adverse impacts of climate change through its long-standing programme on climate change and human health;
• Providing evidence and supporting capacity-building and implementation of projects to strengthen the health system response to climate change through:
  • guidance on how to conduct a health vulnerability and adaptation assessment;
  • guidance to support the implementation of the health national adaptation process;
  • awareness raising tools and manuals on the health impacts of climate change.

For more information please consult:
http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/

Focal point: Mr. Michael Williams
Email: mwilliams@wmo.int

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• Assisting countries to develop education and training programmes on weather, climate and water with the aim of strengthening scientific and operational capabilities and public weather services;
• Raising public awareness of the most recent scientific findings about climate variability and climate change.

For more information please consult:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/themes/WMO_climatechange_en.html