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This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Use of renewable energy technologies can help mitigate greenhouse gases and enhance access to clean energy.
-Barriers to the introduction of renewable energy must be overcome to benefit from their promise.
-Consistent and achievable targets must be set for renewable energy development.
-Policies that encourage low carbon renewable.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Climate change is likely to intensify the water scarcity challenges that Africa is already facing.
-Improving crop, livestock, and water productivity is central to agricultural water management.
-Many options exist for improving agricultural water management and adaptation to climate change.
-Many of these options can also improve the profitability of smallholder agriculture and reduce vulnerability.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Even without the effects of climate change, the agricultural sector in Africa is facing numerous challenges that are responsible for its perennially low productivity.
-Climate change and climate variability threaten to diminish the ability of African agricultural producers to provide enough food for the expanding population of Africa.
-Many win-win options exist to help the agricultural sector in Africa adapt to climate change.
-The African Climate Policy Centre has an important role to play in facilitating considerations of these options.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Groundwater represents a vast untapped source of water in Africa, but technical, socio-economic, and institutional factors, have constrained its use.
-Groundwater management in Africa can be an essential component of climate change adaptation strategies.
-However, important gaps in knowledge of groundwater resources exist in Africa that must be narrowed if groundwater is to play a major role in assisting adaptation to climate change.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Many vital water resources in Africa are already under pressure.
-Climate change plus population increase will add to the pressure on Africa’s water resources.
-A wide variety of options exist to help Africa adapt its water management systems to a changing climate.
-Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is key to effective and efficient management of water resources.

This policy document provides the following keymessages to decision makers in Africa:

-Adequate climate observing systems are key to effective climate risk management.
-Observing networks in Africa have been deteriorating and need to be improved.
-Historical data have great value and, where not available, must be rescued and used in climate analyses.
-The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), an initiative of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, has a key role to play in facilitating improvements in Africa’s climate observing systems.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Most African countries are highly vulnerable to climate change.
-Potential impacts related to climate change exist in all sectors.
-Adaptation policies and measures to cope with a changing climate will need to be tailored to local needs.
-The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) has an important role in reducing obstacles to integrating climate concerns into development activities and in identifying options to reduce vulnerability to climate change.

This policy document presents the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Current monitoring systems are not adequate for supporting growth and sustainable development.
-Climate services in Africa are not well developed.
-Scientific understanding of the African climate system is limited, and the level of understanding varies significantly from region to region.
-The African Climate Policy Centre can play a role as a knowledge broker at the science-development-policy interface.

This technical document aims to provide an overview of the actual and potential impacts of climate change on forest and rangeland resources in southern Africa, review related efforts under way in the countries and the region to respond to climate change, and identify areas of potential cooperation among countries in the region. It is of interest to specialists and policy-makers in the forest, rangeland and climate change sectors in southern Africa as well as forest managers, students and members of the general public interested in learning more about forests, rangelands and climate change adaptation in the region.

This technical document describes the current situation and prospects of the funding mechanisms for renewable energies (RE) in North Africa. It consists of the following main parts: 1) iInternational and regional background, 2) inventory of RE in the region; 3) prospects of RE in the region, and 4) funding mechanisms and incentives specific to RE.

This analytical report gives an overview of the current situation and of development prospects for renewable energies in North Africa. It is an in-depth analysis of policies and programmes and of the institutional, legal and financial instruments put in place to support the various technologies. Stress is laid on synergies and partnership opportunities in the region, as well as in a cooperation framework with the European Union. Recommendations are made for lowering barriers to the development of renewable energies and for improving energy efficiency.

This analytical report aims to provide a case for why and how investors and their service providers should start measuring, disclosing and reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their investments and investment portfolios. The first two sections present current political, social and economic trends towards greater scrutiny and regulations of GHG emissions. The next two sections detail various ways in which investors can begin to measure and address the GHG emissions embedded in their portfolios, including advantages and obstacles associated with different methods. The document concludes with a short explanation of some of the future work to assist investors and other financial intermediaries (FIs) in addressing their financed emissions, as well as a number of case studies on how leading FIs have already begun addressing theirs.

This technical document aims  to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) concept and enhance the understanding of NAMAs by explaining the underlying decisions of the Conference of the Parties in layman’s terms. The first chapter describes how the concept of NAMA emerged in the context of the negotiations on climate change. The second chapter clarifies the understanding of NAMAs in the context of the global temperature goal, and moves on to discuss the legal nature and scope of NAMAs. The third chapter specifically addresses the concept of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), and describes the implications for countries implementing the MRV requirements. The last chapter discusses institutional arrangements, under the Convention, for providing financing to develop and implement NAMAs. The chapter also briefly discusses the different financial sources for implementing NAMAs, and concludes by explaining the concept of incremental cost in this specific context.

This technical document provides insights into the linkage between energy and poverty, with a focus on the developing countries of the Asia and the Pacific region. It emphasizes the issues of securing energy needs of poor and climate change mitigation emerging as conflicting challenges, and their significance in the Asia-Pacific region in the global context. It also explores the possibility of providing universal access to modern energy carriers for the households of the Asia-Pacific by adopting a low-carbon pathway.

This technical document aims to present a background to resource-based conflicts and how they may be influenced by climate change in the Asia Pacific region. In so doing, this paper first examines the relationship between security, natural resources, and climate change. Second, this document looks specifically at this issue in the Asia-Pacific region, presenting case studies from South and West Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific. The paper also presents an appraisal of existing address of this issue and explores options for future action that may underpin peace and security in a climate change context at local and international levels.

This technical document presents the effects of increased temperatures and sea-level rise, together with other climate-linked changes to the Pacific Islands. It examines past responses to climate changes and barriers in driving adaptation to climate change at the community level. It also presents a set of fundamental challenges to livelihoods in the Pacific Islands region posed by future climate change and recommendations to reduce the impacts of such changes.

This technical document surveys the evidence on the ways in which economic development and policies aimed at advancing human development have contributed and currently contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. It also examines the feedback effects that such warming and the resulting climate change can have on growth and human development, especially in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This provides the basis for identifying the national and global strategies needed to address global warming and its consequences, with special reference to Asia-Pacific.

This technical document explores available data on the observed and projected linkages between climate change and health in the Asia-Pacific region. It highlights key health risks and vulnerabilities due to climate change and extreme climatic events, including infectious diseases, injuries, and other morbidities. Particular health vulnerabilities of women and girls to climate change impacts, along with other vulnerable populations, are also examined.

This analytical report provides central policy decision makers and donors with accessible guidance on how government might make use of the national budget system to prioritize a response to climate change. It also explores how governments can make complementary use of domestic and international sources of public finance to resource a climate change response.

This analytical report aims to improve understanding among policymakers and practitioners – together with those influencing and making decisions in relevant business sectors – of the relationships  between smallholders, food security and the environment, including climate change. The report concludes that, with targeted support, smallholder farmers can transform the rural landscape and unleash a new and sustainable agricultural revolution.