The Paris Committee on Capacity Building has developed a toolkit to support the efforts of countries to identify and address their capacity needs and gaps. The toolkit provides an overview of a capacity assessment cycle as well as complementary resources including case studies, tools, best practice and lessons learned to guide the assessment process that enables countries to identify appropriate steps they can take to strengthen their national capacities to address climate change.
Capacity assessment is a challenging but vital undertaking and is part of a robust and iterative climate policy development and implementation process. It enables organisations to set appropriate climate objectives and identify steps needed to deliver on them. The resources in the capacity building portal supplement the toolkit and are constantly updated to provide the best possible support to developing country officials. They are drawn from a global cross-section of implementing experts and international processes, including from members of the PCCB Network and other constituted bodies of the UNFCCC.
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Guidance note For Developing a National Climate Change - Learning strategy  Short Info: Capacity assessments confirm that human resource and skills gaps constitute a major bottleneck to effectively addressing climate change. “Strengthening Human Resources and Skills to Advance Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans” provides recommendations for countries interested in taking a strategic approach to climate change learning and skills development to contribute to the achievement of their national climate change objectives - through cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration, and with engagement of national education and training institutions. Providing Institution: UNCC:Learn |
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Application of Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) Methodology in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia  Short info: This case study analyzes the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the PRAA project. First, it presents an overview of the project, the areas of intervention by country, the results of the analysis itself, and lastly, the main lessons learned and recommendations that arose from the application of the tools contained in the CVCA Handbook in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The CVCA methodology is a tool developed by CARE to delineate the socio-‐economic aspects of vulnerability to climate change, particularly those factors that make women and other marginalized groups especially vulnerable. The results of the analysis provide a solid foundation for identifying practical strategies to enable community-‐based adaptation to climate change.
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation: A Practioner's Handbook Short Info: The impacts of climate change present a new set of challenges in efforts to reduce poverty and promote social justice. Changing temperatures, erratic rainfall, floods, cyclones and droughts all have significant consequences for the livelihoods, health, food security, educational opportunities and the survival of people living in poverty. Providing Institution: Care International |
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Malawi's strategy on climate change learning  Short info: Malawi, like many other developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa is grappling with adverse impacts of climate change. The government of Malawi formulated a Strategy on Climate Change Learning in 2013 to address knowledge gaps that are key for formulating informed policies and climate change interventions. Effective implementation of climate change response initiatives requires high levels of awareness, knowledge and skills on climate change across all socio-economic sectors. The development of this updated strategy involved multi-stakeholder consultations, complemented with a literature review of key studies that have been conducted in the country since 2013. The updated strategy is intended to address three key pillars: i) Human capacity building, ii) institutional capacity building and iii) Climate change financing. Providing Institution: Government of Malawi, Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources Environmental Affairs Department |
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Gender Analysis Toolkit for Coastal Management Practitioners  Short Info: The toolkit is a practical compendium for coastal and fisheries management practitioners seeking to understand how gender can affect coastal ecosystems resource use and management and coastal resilience. It helps practitioners develop baseline knowledge around gender dimensions related to coastal and natural resources use, livelihoods development and ecosystems management. This knowledge can help identify gender gaps and advance gender-integrated and gender responsive planning for improved resilience of coastal ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. Providing Institution: Stockholm Environment Institute |
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Landscape Analysis on young people’s engagement in climate change and health in six LMICs in Africa and Asia  Short info: Young people have demonstrated the capacities and agency to advocate for and contribute to climate action and resilience-building. Making up a large proportion of LMIC populations, their engagement and participation is crucial for inter-generational climate justice and broader social equity. Yet, despite their proven capabilities, structural barriers and normative beliefs too often fail to recognise their rights and agency to participate beyond a tokenistic level. This research identifies, maps, and analyses relevant actors, stakeholders and initiatives in six countries facing climate risks and public health challenges – Ethiopia, Kenya, and Senegal in Africa, and Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam in Asia, investigating current knowledge of young people’s engagement; relevant policy and governance mechanisms; roles and responsibilities of key actors and stakeholders; and what factors enable or challenge effective engagement. The findings lead to recommendations to help stakeholders enhance the engagement of young people in climate change and health action. Providing Institution: Stockholm Environment Institute, Save the Children |
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Gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) Short Info: The GCVCA practitioner’s guidebook provides a framework for analysing vulnerability and capacity to adapt to climate change and build resilience to disasters at the community level, with a particular focus on social and in particular gender dynamics, and on Mozambique, classified as one of the world’s most vulnerable countries in the face of climate change and natural disasters.
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Assessment of National Capacities for Implementing Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures and Development of a National Capacity Development Program for the Palestinian Authority  Short info: This report contains the National Capacity Development Program (CDP) on climate change mainstreaming for the Palestinian Authority, part of a project financed by the Government of Belgium and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP), with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) providing technical and financial resources in support of the project. This project aims at enhancing capacities of institutions of the State of Palestine to mainstream and address the challenges of climate change in the areas of reporting, mitigation and adaptation. Proposed actions for increasing the capacities in the State of Palestine include the improvement of the National Institutional Framework for Climate Change (NIFCC); amendments to the legal and regulatory framework and the national strategies and policies; establishing an overall national climate finance and good financial governance structure; strengthening the overall information sharing and awareness on climate change in Palestine.
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Training Needs Assessment in Climate Change, Gender and Health For Health workers in Malawi  Short info: This is training needs assessment for climate change and gender in relation to health, involving a rapid review of the literature on gender, health and climate change; focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. and a review of academic curricula for content in climate change and gender in relation to health. It proposes content for inclusion in curricula for climate change and health and for gender and health, methods for climate change training for health workers, the launch of educational campaigns. Providing Institution: University of Malawi |
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Integrating gender targets into LEDS and NAMAs  Short info: As part of its Carbon Neutral Strategy (CNS), Bhutan is undertaking the design of mitigation actions across a number of key sectors including: transport; waste; housing, and industry. To help mainstream gender balance into this design process, a Rapid Gender Capacity Needs Assessment was developed and implemented to: identify and develop capacities to enhance scaled up mitigation actions ; integrate gender issues in climate policy development; and provide gender disaggregated data to the government to improve policy-making. The assessment primarily focuses at the national level, but also seeks to engage relevant stakeholders from local governments, civil society, and industry. It has improved capacity and provided key recommendations and entry points for gender mainstreaming in national strategies.
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Integrating gender in Climate change adaptation proposals  Short info: USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific’s On-Line Sourcebook: Integrating Gender in Climate Change Adaptation Proposals is a (periodically updated) live document, intended to be used mainly by individuals and teams who prepare large-scale climate change adaptation (CCA) project proposals. It provides readers with tools to help answer the question, "How do we best go about incorporating gender considerations into our CCA proposal?" Gender-sensitive stakeholder analysis in the context of a climate change project involves the assessment of the distribution of tasks, activities and rewards associated with the division of labor at a particular locality or across a region, the relative positions of women and men in terms of representation and influence; and the benefits and disincentives associated with the allocation of tasks to women and men. The majority of the document includes brief summaries of key points, highly useful tables from other resources, short text box examples, links to the best available resources, and compilations of project cases employing gender best practices. As well as a checklist of gender options by CCA proposal section and a summary of global and Asia-Pacific resource institutions for CCA/gender advice and resources.
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Assessment if Rural Communities' Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Kaduna State, Nigeria  Short info: This research assesses the adaptive capacity of rural people to climate change in Kaduna State with particular reference to some selected communities in six Local Government Areas of the state. The results revealed that the capacity of individuals or households to adapt to climate change impacts is a function of their access to resources. The capacity of individuals or households to adapt to climate change impacts is a function of their access to resources . The study recommends the development of climate change policies that would enhance the adaptive capacities of rural communities at both the state and local government levels. These policies should be specifically geared toward low adaptive capacity areas with emphasis on poverty reduction. Providing Institution: Federal University Dutse |
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Mapping of Institutional Arrangement in Sri Lanka for Climate Change Mitigation  Short info: This institutional mapping report focuses on climate change related sub-national level institutional arrangements in Sri Lanka, placing high emphasis on mitigation and low emission development. It seeks to identify and map the key stakeholders at sub-national levels in Sri Lanka, to improve clarity on institutional jurisdictions, functions, and mandates across levels of government and civil society to deliver emission reductions and improve the climate resilience of infrastructure services, to understand the potential subnational governance role in developing and achieving national level climate change targets; to understand the potential influence and role can be played by sub-national stakeholders on Climate Change. |
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The GIZ sourcebook for climate-specific monitoring in the context of international cooperation  Short Info: This sourcebook is intended to act as a reference and aims to contribute to the calculation, standardised definition and illustration of climate results in climate-relevant projects. It is divided into three parts: • Basic principles of results-based monitoring, target areas for categorising climate results, and the meaning of co-benefits for all climate change related projects. • Results in climate protection projects • Results in adaptation projects It is aimed at everyone who works on the planning, execution, monitoring or evaluation of environmental projects in the area of international cooperation. The focus is on tracing intended climate results at a project level. Providing Institution: GIZ |
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The Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) hosted a virtual discussion exploring capacity-building tools and methodologies on 15 March 2022.
In conversation with -
- Jens Sedemund, Head of Environment and Climate Change Team at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Mattias Frumerie, Member of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) of the UNFCCC
- Nadège Trocellier, Climate Technology Specialist at the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) of the UNFCCC
- María del Pilar Bueno Rubial, Research Coordinator at Impulsouth
- Chizuru Aoki, Lead Environmental Specialist at the Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
PCCB sought to catalyze discussions about capacity-building tools and methodologies in the context of different themes (finance, technology, adaptation, and transparency) as well as how donors can mobilize such capacity-building tools and methodologies. At the same time, the event was also mobilized to bring awareness of the recently launched PCCB Toolkit to a wider audience of climate-related capacity-building stakeholders – experts, practitioners, and organizations.