ProClimate (Issue—1) January-2019

A Quarterly Newsletter by Centre for Climate Change, Bankers Institute of Rural Development,

Lucknow India

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Message of Director, BIRD

This gives me immense pleasure to launch the quarterly newsletter of the Centre for Climate Change (CCC) established by NABARD at BIRD, Lucknow. All of you are

aware that climate change has become real and tangible, affecting people’s lives worldwide. India is ranked fourteenth vulnerable nation to climate change impacts in Global Climate Risk Index 2019. The country is more vulnerable to impacts of climate change in view of the high population depending on agriculture and high dependence on climatic parameters.

I firmly believe that Newsletter will play a pivotal role in dissemination of information and awareness generation which are the foundations of strengthening our systems and improving our approach to deal with Climate Change. May this initiative build the capacities of stakeholders and make them truly “ProClimate”. I am also "Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year. May 2019 bring joy, peace and prosperity to our families, to our country, and to our beautiful planet."

Mrs. T.S. RAJI GAIN Director

About Centre for Climate Change

Vision- To be a Centre of Excellence on climate

change with focus on channelizing and

mainstreaming of climate finance for adaptation

and mitigation actions

Mission- Building human capacity to address the

climate change adaptation and mitigation needs

through awareness creation, knowledge sharing,

training, capacity building, policy advocacy,

advisory, action research and consultancy services.

Inauguration of CCC, BIRD: 20 July 2018

Inauguration of CCC, BIRD: 20 July 2018

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Keeping in view the need for focused attention on

capacity development in the areas of climate

finance among the stakeholders, NABARD has

taken the lead in establishing the Centre for Climate

Change at BIRD, Lucknow. The Centre for Climate

Change setup by NABARD was formally

inaugurated on 20 July 2018 at BIRD by Dr. Harsh

Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman, NABARD in the

presence of other dignitaries.

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A Quarterly Newsletter by Centre for Climate Change, Bankers Institute of Rural Development,

Lucknow India

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Brief Introduction about Training

Programmes conducted by CCC, BIRD

Centre for Climate Change is strengthening the

capacity of stakeholders i.e. officials of line

departments from state governments, banks

(public, private and cooperative), Non-Banking

Financial Institutions, Farmer Producers

Organizations (FPOs), and NGOs. The capacity

building programmes are conducted on project

formulation, green financing, environmental &

social impact assessment, gender mainstreaming

etc. Since its launching, the Centre has conducted

10 programmes with 247 participants. The main

titles of these programmes are:

Project Formulation - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for NGOs and State Govt. Officials (Write shop mode) at Lucknow, Dehradun and Chandigarh

Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India sponsored programme on Project Formulation - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

These programmes are participative and interactive

in nature. Live case studies, group discussion on

identified issues and group processes for arriving at

alternate strategies form part of the methodology.

Participants are encouraged to bring with them

their own case studies from the field which can be

shared with others.

ITEC Programme on CC Project Formulation: 25 Participants from 18 countries

ITEC Programme on CC Project Formulation: 25 Participants from 18 countries

Write Shop on “Project Formulation: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation" at Dehradun

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Programme on Green Financing.

Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme one on Green Financing

Programme on Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) & Gender mainstreaming in Developmental projects at Lucknow and Pune

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Lucknow India

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Centre’s Journey so far…..

Partnership with GIZ on Establishment of Centre of Excellence for Capacity Development on Climate Finance as part of Centre for Climate Change. The purpose is to improve access to national and international climate financing sources.

Set up of learning classroom: To redesign an existing classroom for the flexible use of different learning activities. The classroom should be attractive and inspiring and equipped with furniture for flexible use and that is easy to move.

Knowledge Portal: For knowledge management on climate finance, an online knowledge portal is being developed. It can provide access to case studies and success stories. It can also involve setting up of a feedback and review system for documentation related to climate finance.

Development of training modules and manuals: A standardized and targeted training modules on key areas that have already been

identified by BIRD and NABARD are being developed.

Network Development: This initiative strengthens networks with relevant national and international institutions including training institutions from private and public sector. Such networking is envisaged to enable cross learning and regular review and updating of training modules pertaining to climate finance.

Study Tour on Building capacities for climate financing: A guided study tour for selected participants from NABARD and BIRD was organised during 26 Nov- 30 Nov 2018 to facilitate interaction with key German institutions employing innovative capacity building approaches, and with climate finance expertise.

Clifit – Faculty development training programme: A three days capacity building programme on Climate Finance was organized during 19-21 December 2018. The programme was attended by the BIRD faculty members and officers from NABARD.

E-learning module – launching: First ever E-learning module on Basics of climate change was launched by the CCC, BIRD on 21st December 2018. The module was jointly inaugurated by Mrs. T.S. Raji Gain, Director, BIRD and Ms. Emelia Holdaway, International Consultant, Climate Change.

Study Tour by BIRD Faculty and NABARD Officers

Launch of E-learning module

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Set up of climate change learning lab: A learning lab as an innovative instrument of experiential learning will contribute to the sustainable competence development of the target group in the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change on climate change and climate finance. The lab is being setup for self-paced learning as well as for training activities.

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Lucknow India

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Adaptation Fund- Review Workshop cum

Training for Officials of Executive Entities

and NABARD

CCC coordinated with Farm Sector Policy

Department, NABARD in organizing a workshop on

11-12 January 2019 at Udaipur. The workshop was

inaugurated by Sri H R Dave, DMD, NABARD. The

progress under projects sanctioned under

Adaptation Fund was reviewed. A training on

environmental and social impact assessment tool

developed by NABCONS was part of the

programme.

Climate Change related funding

agencies/funds

financial mechanism. It aims to deliver equal

amounts of funding to mitigation and adaptation,

while being guided by the Convention’s principles

and provisions.

Policy News/Findings/Events

COP 24- Katowice 2018- COP 24 is the informal

name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change (UNFCCC). The conference was organized

during 02-15 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland.

World Economic Forum report notes

climate change as key threat- Environment-

related risks are the most likely and among the

most impactful global risks of 2019, says a new

report by the World Economic Forum, issued just

as world leaders gathered during (22-25 Jan 2019),

for the annual conference. The survey, completed

by roughly 1,000 experts and business leaders in

preparation for the meeting in Davos, Switzerland,

lists extreme weather events, natural disasters and

environmental policy failure among the greatest

hazards for 2019.

SHARE YOUR VIEWS

Whatever your views on climate change and related

issues are, share your thoughts with all of us

through this newsletter. You can also send

anecdotes, success stories, opinions or any other

issue related to climate change that you feel deeply

about.

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Green Climate Fund: The Green Climate Fund

(GCF) is a global fund created to support the efforts

of developing countries to respond to the challenge

of climate change. GCF helps developing countries

limit or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG)

emissions and adapt to climate change. It seeks to

promote a paradigm shift to low-emission and

climate-resilient development, considering the

needs of nations that are particularly vulnerable to

climate change impacts. It has been set up by 194

countries who are parties to the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change

(UNFCCC) in 2010, as part of the Convention’s

In charge/Coordinator, Centre for Climate Change,

Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD)

LDA Colony, Sector- H, Kanpur Road, Lucknow

226012, Uttar Pradesh, India

Email id- ccc.bird@nabard.org, Contact no- 0522-

2421127

Website- www.birdlucknow.in

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