The Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) is a collaborative initiative undertaken by the German and Indonesian Governments. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector and improve the livelihoods of Indonesia’s poor rural communities. This report outlines the results of a gender analysis of Indonesia’s forestry sector undertaken to inform the design of a gender strategy for FORCLIME. The report’s findings are derived from institutional analysis, based on literature reviews, focus groups and interviews, and participatory analysis, undertaken in a forest community in West-Kalimantan. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for gender mainstreaming and women empowerment and then outlines elements of a gender strategy for FORCLIME.

The climate screening performed for the UNDAF-El Salvador is reflected through two analysis: the possible risks to achieving the objectives outlined in the UNDAF considering climate change impacts and the assessment of the potential changes or adaptation measures that could be implemented in order to reduce climate change risks.

This report provides the scientific basis regarding climate change and glaciers in the tropical Andes. It is meant to facilitate a discussion amongst policy makers and local stakeholders, who are in charge of implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies. Such measures, designed to alleviate the magnitude and impacts of climate change, can only be put in place with an accurate and detailed knowledge on how future climate change will affect glaciological and hydrological systems in the Andes. Therefore it is important to first summarize the current state of knowledge regarding climate change, tropical glaciology and potential future impacts on Andean water supply. The document includes glacier observed glacier variations, glacier mass balance, surface energy balance, observed and projected climate change and implications for water resources for tropical glaciers in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Document preparation for the implementation of REDD + mechanism in Ecuador. The UN REDD Programme in Ecuador presents six outcomes: (1) The design and implementation of a National Forest Monitoring System; (2) National implementation of a REDD+ consultation process involving civil society, indigenous communities, peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorian and Montubio peoples and communes; (3) Development of policies and instruments for the implementation of REDD+; (4) Development of the operational framework for the implementation of REDD+; (5) Ensuring multiple environmental and social benefits, and; (6) Design and implementation of a benefit-sharing system.

These guidelines are designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on how to (i) conduct impact and vulnerability assessments in the health sector; (ii) identify opportunities and entry points for integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation (CCMA) measures; iii) identify, analyse and integrate options for CCMA into the health policy formulation, financing, implementation and evaluation at national, local and community levels. The guidelines will assist to improve the resilience of Rwanda’s health care delivery system to climate change effects.

These guidelines are designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on how to: (i) conduct impact and vulnerability assessments in the agricultural sector; (ii) identify opportunities and entry points for integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation(CCMA) measures; (iii) identify, analyse and integrate options for CCMA into the agricultural policy formulation, financing, implementation and evaluation at national, local and community levels.

This Strategy looks beyond 2020 to 2050, and recommends actions that Rwanda can take in the short to medium term to ensure its future stability and prosperity in a changing climate and uncertain energy future. The purpose of the Strategy is threefold: (1) To guide national policy and planning in an integrated way, (2) To mainstream climate change into all sectors of the economy, and (3) To position Rwanda to access international funding to achieve climate resilience and low carbon development. The Strategy calls upon national planners to chart a new development pathway for integrated sector planning that balances cross-cutting issues of resource management. The Rwanda National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development was developed over a period of nine months, from November 2010 to July 2011.

Low carbon growth seeks to promote economic development while keeping emissions low, or lower. Although Ghana is not responsible for the greenhouse effect, low carbon growth can be beneficial to Ghana. In the short term, pursuing low carbon growth helps identify options that have direct economic and development benefits and can open access to international climate support. In the long term, depending on the effect climate change has on prices and trade, low carbon growth may increase the competitiveness of the economy. The document explains what ‘low carbon growth’ is and how it can be beneficial to Ghana. This policy brief is part of the Technical Assistance to the Ghanaian National Climate Change Policy Framework (NCCPF). It details how low carbon growth could be pursued in Ghana and the steps Ghana can take to identify the short term benefits of low carbon growth and how REDD+ fits into this.