The UNITAR Climate Change Programme

Background

UNITAR’s Climate Change Programme develops methodologies, executes training, supports learning strategies, and facilitates knowledge-sharing with the goal to strengthen capacities in developing countries to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) and to advance a green, low emission and climate resilient transition.

The current cornerstones of the Programme comprise: applied research and knowledge sharing through a global network of Centers of Excellence (http://www.c3d-unitar.org); servicing a One UN approach to climate change learning and skills development which supports country-driven strategies to strengthen human resources, learning and skills (http://www.uncclearn.org); and development and execution of tailor-made courses that address priority learning needs in partner countries.

In Focus

Vice President of the Dominican Republic launches training programme for teachers on climate change

13 March 2013, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - H.E. Ms. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Vice President of the Dominican Republic launched the National Training Programme for Teachers on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development. The programme is being implemented in the framework on the National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development with support from the UN CC:Learn project. UN CC:Learn is a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat.

Malawi develops learning strategy as part of national climate change response framework

19 March 2013, Lilongwe, Malawi - Key sectors and stakeholders in Malawi defined strategic priority areas and related action to strengthen climate change learning in the country at a workshop on 19 March 2013 in Lilongwe. The evant was co-organized by the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development and the newly created Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management in the framework of the national UN CC:Learn Project. UN CC:Learn is a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat.

Agreement signed for the promotion of climate change education in the Dominican Republic

11 March 2013, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - The National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) of the Government of the Dominican Republic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Teacher Training Institute (INAFOCAM) to develop a Training Programme on Climate Change for Teachers. This initiative is part of the UN CC:Learn Partnership. UN CC:Learn is a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat.

COP 18 Side Event Features Results and Lessons from South-South–North Collaboration to Address Climate Change

28 November 2012, Doha, Qatar - How can partners in the South and North effectively collaborate in developing and testing tools and methodologies to support decision-making and action on the ground to address climate change? Nine research and training institutions from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific,presented the results and initial lessons from their work collaborating in the multi-year Climate Change Capacity Development (C3D) network.
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UNITAR and MWH partner with the Indian Ocean Commission to support the further implementation of the Mauritius Strategy in SIDS

December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are recognized for being particularly vulnerable to natural as well as environmental disasters, and have limited capacity to respond to and recover from such disasters. The Mauritius Strategy addresses the unique development problems of SIDS and sets out the basic principles and specific actions required at the national, regional and international levels to support sustainable development.
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The UNITAR Climate Change Programme

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