ProClimate (Issue-II) April-2019 A Quarterly Newsletter by Centre for Climate Change, Bankers Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow India Message of Director, BIRD As we move from the inaugural to the second issue of the ProClimate, impact of evolution is being felt. Public awareness and public education for climate change adaptation enables communities to identify hazards, act to reduce their vulnerability and empowers them to participate in reducing future risks by turning available knowledge into specific local action. BIRD is committed to strengthening its public awareness and education outreach on climate change adaptation as an economic and lasting investment, at scale, to reduce climate risks and vulnerability. We at BIRD also believe that networking is the key to solutions in Climate Change Action. This newsletter will create an atmosphere of mutual learning to help us on our way to fulfil our mandate and achieve our goals and objectives. Mrs. T.S. RAJI GAIN Director Centre for Climate Change - Journey so far Since launching in July 2018, 317 participants attended 13 training programmes conducted by CCC on climate change project formulation, green financing, environmental and social impact assessment and gender mainstreaming etc. The participants included government departments, NGOs and banks. An international programme on climate change project formulation was conducted by CCC which was attended by 25 participants from 18 countries. Another interesting development is conduct of capacity development workshop on preparation of GCF concept note-with special focus on Noyyal river basin in Tamil Nadu and further mentoring support in finalizing the Project Concept Note (PCN). The PCN draft is in final stages. Development of new training modules: The stakeholder specific training need assessment was carried out by BIRD/AIZ/GIZ during July 2018 and different modules are being prepared. These are expected to be ready by April-May 2019. E-learning module: CCC has developed an e-learning module on “Basics of Climate Change” and hosted on BIRD’s e-learning site. First Advisory Committee Meeting The first meeting of the Advisory Committee constituted to review and guide the functioning of the Centre for Climate Change was convened on 01 March 2019 at BIRD, Lucknow. The Meeting was chaired by Shri H R Dave, DMD, NABARD and attended by the Director BIRD Lucknow, Director CRIDA, Hyderabad, representative from UN Environment, India, CGM- FSPD NABARD, Program Director, GIZ New Delhi and CCC team. The committee reviewed the progress made by the Centre since inception and the action plan proposed for the year 2019-20. Advisory Committee Meeting in progress Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. 1
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ProClimate (Issue-II) April-2019
A Quarterly Newsletter by Centre for Climate Change, Bankers Institute of Rural Development,
Lucknow India
Message of Director, BIRD
As we move from the
inaugural to the second
issue of the ProClimate,
impact of evolution is
being felt. Public
awareness and public
education for climate
change adaptation
enables communities to
identify hazards, act to reduce their vulnerability
and empowers them to participate in reducing
future risks by turning available knowledge into
specific local action. BIRD is committed to
strengthening its public awareness and education
outreach on climate change adaptation as an
economic and lasting investment, at scale, to
reduce climate risks and vulnerability. We at BIRD
also believe that networking is the key to solutions
in Climate Change Action. This newsletter will
create an atmosphere of mutual learning to help us
on our way to fulfil our mandate and achieve our
goals and objectives.
Mrs. T.S. RAJI GAIN Director
Centre for Climate Change - Journey so far
Since launching in July 2018, 317 participants attended 13 training programmes conducted by CCC on climate change project formulation, green financing, environmental and social impact assessment and gender mainstreaming etc. The participants included government departments, NGOs and banks. An international programme on climate change project formulation was conducted by CCC which was attended by 25 participants from 18 countries. Another interesting development is conduct of capacity development workshop on preparation of GCF concept note-with special focus on Noyyal
river basin in Tamil Nadu and further mentoring support in finalizing the Project Concept Note (PCN). The PCN draft is in final stages. Development of new training modules: The stakeholder specific training need assessment was carried out by BIRD/AIZ/GIZ during July 2018 and different modules are being prepared. These are expected to be ready by April-May 2019. E-learning module: CCC has developed an e-learning module on “Basics of Climate Change” and hosted on BIRD’s e-learning site.
First Advisory Committee Meeting
The first meeting of the Advisory Committee constituted to review and guide the functioning of the Centre for Climate Change was convened on 01 March 2019 at BIRD, Lucknow.
The Meeting was chaired by Shri H R Dave, DMD, NABARD and attended by the Director BIRD Lucknow, Director CRIDA, Hyderabad, representative from UN Environment, India, CGM-FSPD NABARD, Program Director, GIZ New Delhi and CCC team. The committee reviewed the progress made by the Centre since inception and the action plan proposed for the year 2019-20.
Advisory Committee Meeting in progress
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Write Shop on “Project Formulation:
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
A five days write-shop on GCF project formulation was organized from 04-08 February 2019 at Jaipur, Rajasthan. The workshop was organized to develop the capacity of the participants on Green Climate Fund (GCF) concept note development to access the climate finance. A total of 27 participants from government departments including watershed, soil conservation, animal husbandry and forest department and academic institutions took part, with representation from Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Regional dialogue on the role of climate
proofing growth and development to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)
A Regional Dialogue on the role of Climate Proofing
Growth and Development to achieve the SDGs: Past
and Future were organized during 04 – 06 March
2019 at Bangkok, Thailand by DFID. Mrs. T.S. Raji
Gain, Director, BIRD participated in the event as a
guest speaker. She discussed about the NABARD’s
and BIRD’s role, including various aspects of
Climate Finance in India.
The key objective of the regional event was to
strengthen implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
SDGs in the Asia-Pacific, by bringing together
national and subnational governmental,
multilateral, bilateral and civil society partners.
Climate Finance Network (CFN) was also launched
on 08th March 2019. CFN is a multi-partner
initiative to scale up reforms across the Asia Pacific
region that leverage greater financial flows for
climate change and the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development.
Visit of Mr. Sonam Wangchuk to the CCC,
BIRD
Shri Sonam Wangchuk, from Ladakh, the winner of
the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for the
year 2018 for his outstanding contributions in
harnessing nature, culture and education for
community progress visited CCC and BIRD on 11
April 2019. He had interactions with Team – CCC
and BIRD. The climate change induced problems
faced by Ladakh and possibilities for rejuvenating
drying streams and efficient irrigation
management through Ice Stupas in Ladakh through
climate finance were discussed.
Mr. Wangchuk visiting the Watershed model in the Climate Change Learning lab
Photograph with the Write shop Participants
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Writeshop on Adaptation Planning and
Implementation for Himalayan States
under National Mission for Himalayan Eco
System (NMSHE) in collaboration with
NABCONS
CCC-BIRD in collaboration with NABCONS
conducted a 3-day writeshop from 17-19 February
2019 on adaptation planning and implementation
for the participants from Himalayan States
supported by Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation, Government of Switzerland, for
institutional and individual capacity building for
adaptation to Climate Change. It was attended by
participants from Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur
and Mizoram. The objective was to strengthen the
capacities of State Government officials for
responding to climate change risks and to create a
pool of Master Trainers.
Collaboration with Union Bank of India and
CCC BIRD for Greening of Bank Portfolio
A meeting with Mr. M Venkatesh, General
Manager, Union Bank of India was organized to
discuss the process of development of tools for
screening Union Bank of India’s business portfolio
for green elements and to provide
recommendations for greening of the portfolio with
following objectives-
1. Screening the portfolio of the Union Bank to identify and quantify the green elements in the bank business portfolio
2. To suggest measures to enhance the green elements in the bank’s portfolio
3. Design a framework for the bank to assess green element in their portfolio
Two days Kick – off meeting and co-
workshop on Module Development
Kick-off meeting and co-workshop on module
development was organized with the support of
Adelphi, a Germany based consulting organization,
on 14th -15th Feb 2019.
The main objective of the workshop was to develop
a demand-based training programme, discuss with
BIRD and NABARD officials on empathy map &
needs assessment, review of training concept &
outline training goals and training tool prototyping.
Visit of Representatives of Museum Manufactory, a France based agency, for discussion Learning Lab contents, design and Prototypes
Representatives from Museum Manufactory a
French based architect firm and ABRD Architect
Firm, New Delhi, visited BIRD, Lucknow during
14th – 16th February 2019 for discussion on learning
lab design. A detailed presentation on modules
related to competence field proposed for learning
lab was made by Museum Manufactory.
Climate Change related funding
agencies/funds
National Adaptation Fund for Climate
Change (NAFCC): The National Adaptation
Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) is a Government
of India initiative which was set up in the year 2015-
16. The overall aim of NAFCC is to support concrete
adaptation activities which mitigate the adverse
effects of climate change. The activities under this
scheme are implemented in a project mode. The
projects related to adaptation in sectors such as
agriculture, animal husbandry, water, forestry,
tourism etc. are eligible for funding under NAFCC.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) is the National
Implementing Entity (NIE).
The States/UTs are required to prepare the project
proposal in consultation with NIE i.e. NABARD.
The project proposals are required to be approved
by the State Steering Committee on Climate Change
to be eligible for consideration under NAFCC. It is
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the discretion of the State Government to engage
any organization to assist in project preparation, as
per their requirement. So far, 27 projects have been
sanctioned with a commitment of Rs. 6607.20
million.
Policy News/Findings/Events
Climate Change Adaptation and Private
Sector- A new report from NAP Global
Network
A new report finds that for National Adaptation
Plans (NAPs) to be successfully implemented and
climate resilience strengthened, private sector
actors will need to be involved.
This latest study from the NAP Global Network,
Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation
Planning Processes, was launched during NAP
Expo in South Korea during 08th April to 12th
April, 2019 at Songdo, Republic of Korea. It reveals
that the private sector will be relied on to create the
jobs needed to support adaptation, to develop the
products and services needed for societies to
become more climate resilient, and to finance –
either directly or indirectly – many adaptation
actions. The strategic inclusion of the private sector
in climate change adaptation planning must be a
key part of countries’ efforts since they will be
partners in the design, financing and
implementation of adaptation priorities.
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