Learning Events

This webinar highlights that Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) offers triple-win, i.e. improving food security, building climate resilience, and mitigating GHG impact through carbon sequestration. In particular, it focuses on the third pillar of the triple-win – mitigating climate change impact through developing agriculture carbon projects. The speaker talks about how to develop innovative agriculture carbon projects that benefit smallholder farmers in developing countries.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). It is delivered in 10 modules, which take about 20 hours to complete. The training uses interactive presentations, case studies and discussion forums. It enables participants to: 1) understand all aspects of the Kyoto Protocol’s project-based mechanisms; 2) understand the governance of these mechanisms; 3) start a CDM or JI project; and 4) understand the CDM and JI project cycles and corresponding rules and procedures.

The workshop brings together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies. It aims to further strengthen participants’ knowledge of GEF-5 strategies, programs, policies, and procedures.  The 3-day workshop is intensive and interactive and is enhanced by the diversity of perspectives brought by its participants. It is also an opportunity to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks. Target countries include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. 

This workshop aims to validate Malawi’s National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development. The Strategy has been developed through a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral process at the country level as part of a UN CC:Learn Project on Strengthening Human Resources and Skills to Address Climate Change in 2011-2013

This e-learning course presents the methods for carbon monitoring in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and includes three modules:

- Module 1: Preparing for Project Monitoring (reviews key concepts, such as carbon pools, project stratification and boundary, sampling design and species data)

- Module 2: Monitoring Forest Carbon Stocks (how to measure various forest carbon pools)

- Module 3: Monitoring Project Emissions and Leakage (explores sources of project emissions and leakage) 

The course is made up of two parts: (1) three self-paced multimedia learning modules, each of which is around 1 hour; and (2) online facilitated discussion forums. Participants are expected to devote a total of 8 hours to complete this course.

This online course develops participants’ understanding of the climate change policy framework, by building an appreciation of the science, causes and impacts of climate change, the history of the policy making process and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) framework. It also considers the pertinent challenges currently facing diplomats and international decision makers in making progress with what is currently on the negotiating table. The course takes a close look at the negotiations to-date and considers the hot topics for negotiators towards the establishment of a new global agreement on climate change by 2015.  The course takes a close look at gender in the negotiations and also the specific interests of parties who are most vulnerable to impacts of climate change.

This workshop brings together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies. It aims to further strengthen participants’ knowledge of GEF-5 strategies, programs, policies, and procedures.  The 3-day workshop is intensive and interactive and is enhanced by the diversity of perspectives brought by its participants. It is also an opportunity to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks. Target countries include: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.

The course aims to: ensure that participants have a functional and integrated understanding of the dynamics of urban land use; and demonstrate how to effectively utilize policies and planning instruments to manage urban growth and achieve sustainable, equitable and efficient development outcomes. The course is composed of the 7 modules, including one specifically on climate change and land use planning. The course is prepared as an e-learning initiative, with tutor-guided discussions, exercises on strategies, programs and action plans, and self-administered tests.

This course teaches the basics on how economically viable climate-resilient development plans are developed. It provides an overview on changes in climate patterns already underway and what changes are projected for the future. It is explained why business-as-usual development is not adequate in response to the impacts that result from these changes. Instead the course outlines how impacts are to be managed, including in relation to addressing the challenges of uncertainty surrounding climate impacts in the future. Methods to select and prioritize adaptation options that include their costs are explained.

This webinar focuses on the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held from 26 November to 7 December 2012, in Doha, Qatar. It discusses the key outcomes, the instruments that are emerging/have been developed through the Doha Gateway, the status of climate finance/the Green Climate Fund, and the way forward. It particularly looks at how the developments from Doha are relevant to Low Emissions Development and Carbon/Climate Finance practitioners.

This One UN side-event takes place in the margins of the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 26 November to 7 December 2012. The event showcases experiences with building national capacity and strengthening skills development for Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs), Technology Action Plans (TAPs) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMAs) in developing countries through south-south learning and international cooperation.

This seminar discusses watershed management in the face of climate change. It examines integrated watershed management as an approach to conserve water, soil and biodiversity resources, while supporting and improving local livelihoods and promoting sustainable development at the basin and national levels. The seminar specifically discusses: public policies; financial tools, including payment for environmental services; techniques, bioengineering approaches and traditional knowledge regarding water stewardship, soil conservation and erosion control; and successful case studies from Colombia and the rest of Latin America.