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Development Alternatives
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
Development Alternatives
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
Development Alternatives
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
Development Alternatives
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
