One UN
As a joint initiative of UNEP and UNDP, funded by the Danish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs CC DARE aims to become a practical example
of UN cooperation on a critical development issue and provide direct
evidence of UN reform under the One UN banner. |
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Promoting Adaptation and Reducing
Vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa
The exposure and vulnerability of the
sub-Saharan region to the projected climate change impacts is unparalleled.
A key challenge for adaptation is to build the technical, analytical, and
institutional capacity needed for integrating climate change risks and
opportunities into national development planning and decision-making.
To address this challenge the joint UNEP-UNDP programme CC DARE, provides
demand-driven, flexible and rapid financial and technical support to
15 Sub-Saharan countries. The support is made available to improve the ability
of sub-Saharan African countries to remove barriers and create opportunities
for integrating climate change adaptation into national development planning
and decision-making frameworks. The programme is designed to complement and
strengthen ongoing and planned nationally based climate change adaptation
and risk management in the region.
CC DARE was officially launched in February 2008.
Uganda, Senegal and
Tanzania participated in the pilot phase. The CC DARE programme has
since expanded to
other countries in sub-Saharan Africa: CC DARE projects in Benin
are in an advanced stage of implementation while Ghana,
Mozambique, Seychelles,
Rwanda, Togo,
Malawi and Ethiopia have initiated CC DARE project implementation. In addition to the country activities and technical support
provided, regional training courses on a number
of key adaptation topics will take place under the CC DARE programme.
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