climate change adaptation : how can we ensure climate change investments are targeted at the poor?...
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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION : HOW CAN WE ENSURE CLIMATE CHANGE
INVESTMENTS ARE TARGETED AT THE POOR?
PACC2011
Moscow, Russia
November 7 - 9, 2011
Presented by:
Yulia Yevtushok – Oxfam in Russia
Umida Tulieva – Oxfam in Tajikistan
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OXFAM
• Confederation of 15 organisations working in 99 countries to overcome poverty and injustice
• Long-term development programmes
• Emergency humanitarian assistance
• Advocacy and campaigning
• “GROW” – Oxfam’s biggest ever campaign – food justice in a resource-constrained world
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY
• Climate change is not just about polar bears, but about people
• Exacerbates vulnerabilities amongst the poorest
• Increased frequency of extreme weather
• Diseases spreading to new areas
• Increased water stress
• Climate forced migration
• The most savage impact in the 21st Century is likely to be hunger
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUNGER• Rising temperatures and
changing rainfall means declining yields of key crops rising food prices
• An increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events can wipe out harvests
• The increasing unpredictability of seasons makes it hard for farmers to know when to plant or sow their crops
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN TAJIKISTAN
• Extreme weather (drought,
flashfloods)• Natural disasters wiping out crops,
destroying infrastructure, livelihoods and houses
• High food prices increasing the level of poverty
• Lack of Information on climate change at community level
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND WOMEN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN TAJIKISTAN
• Most of the debate on climate so far has been gender-blind • Many women in rural Tajikistan carry three burdens – working for
income, caring for family and growing food for household consumption
• Most farm labourers are women, due migration of able-bodied men• Agricultural extension and training projects often target men and
are not designed around women’s needs and availability • Smallholders farming needs skills in more cost effective
sustainable approaches • Climatic patterns are becoming more unpredictable and that this
is making planting decisions a riskier
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FINANCE FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
• The Cancun Agreements:
– Re-iterated the developed country commitment to “Fast Start Finance” of $30 billion 2010-12, but did not decide any common reporting format
– Re-iterated the developed country commitment to “jointly mobilise $100bn / year by 2020” “from a wide-range of sources – public, private & alternative”
– Established the Green Climate Fund & launched the Transitional Committee to carry out design process in 2011
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WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND MAKE?
• The Green Climate Fund can mark a new path:
• The new fund should be a one-stop-shop, which channels a large proportion of climate finance flows
• Current climate funds are donor-dominated. The Green Climate Fund will ensure national ownership by recipient countries and “direct access” to funds
• Current climate funds largely ignore the particular concerns of women. The Green Climate Fund will put women at its heart
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WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND MAKE FOR TAJIKISTAN?Additional investments could limit negative impacts on the poorest:• Improved weather forecasting system
• Adaptation mechanisms in Tajikistan could reduce the level of poverty and improve the social economy in rural areas of Tajikistan
• Effective techniques and technologies could be transferred to Tajikistan in the energy, agricultural and water sectors
• A gender balanced approach would help to have equitable distribution of adaptation funds, especially in agricultural sector for women smallholder farmers in Tajikistan
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HOW SHOULD THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND BE IMPLEMENTED IN TAJIKISTAN?
• The Green Climate Fund needs a more publicly accountable mechanism for decision making – and a focus on those who will be most affected by climate change
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• In Durban, governments must adopt the recommendations of the Transitional Committee – ensuring in particular that provisions around gender, national ownership and direct access are supported
• Governments must ensure that substantial new resources are available for the initial capitalisation of the fund so that it can begin disbursement from 2013. Russia should contribute
• Contributors should guarantee that at least 50% of the resources provided to the fund are for adaptation
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