Session 10_Mayukh Hajra

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Community Led Carbon-Footprint Tracking

for

Climate Change Sensitization and Catalyzing Action

29th March 2011

CBA5, Dhaka

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Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

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Goal

Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

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Goal

Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

• Network Mobilisation• Programme Implementation• Environment Protection and Carbon Footprint Assessment• Environment Protection / Improvement and Footprint Reduction

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Goal

Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

• Network Mobilisation• Programme Implementation• Environment Protection and Carbon Footprint Assessment• Environment Protection / Improvement and Footprint Reduction

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Goal

Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

• Network Mobilisation• Programme Implementation• Environment Protection and Carbon Footprint Assessment• Environment Protection / Improvement and Footprint Reduction

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Goal

Community Led Assessment, Awareness, Advocacy and Action Programme for Environment Protection and Carbon Neutrality in Himachal Pradesh

• Network Mobilisation• Programme Implementation• Environment Protection and Carbon Footprint Assessment• Environment Protection / Improvement and Footprint Reduction

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Key Activities – 4 As Approach

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Thematic Areas

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Assessment Methodology

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Data Collection

• Participatory exercises to spark discussion, debate

• Multi-stakeholder – different voices

• Harvesting traditional knowledge

• Periodic reassessments for

tracking and trend analysis

• Perceptions mapping

• Empirical tests

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Data Analysis

• IPCC guidelines and protocols - scientific acceptability

• Customized to local context

• Judicious use of primary and secondary data

• Differentiated baseline – common starting line

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Information Communication• Robust science – Simple communication

• Report cards based on star rating system

- incentivizing effort

• Recognizes both adaptation and mitigation effort

• Conveying threats as opportunities

• Comparison against self (baseline)

• Tool for prioritizing action

– providing options

• Tool for advocacy

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Conceptual Framework of 4As Approach

ACTION

FGDs, PRAs, empirical test

Village - Panchayat

Primary data & perceptions

Secondary researchAll levels

Secondary data

ECO CARD

ANALYSIS

VILLAGE ACTION PLANNING

Validate

Probe

Response formulationIssue prioritization

ASSESSMENT

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Factors Aiding Scale Up• Integration with institutionalized processes of

local developmental planning for

environmental mainstreaming

• Convergence of stakeholder efforts

• Capacity building of network (CSO, CBO)

• Bottom up approach – catalyzing demand• Experience sharing platforms – disseminating

learnings

• Assessment findings feeding into policy

• Knowledge sharing partnerships

• Support of State administration

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so lets pool our tools for a better tomorrow…

thank you