The African Union Commission’s Division of Agriculture and Rural Economy (AUC-DARBE), in collaboration with USAID, ReNAPRI, AKADEMIYA2063, and Michigan State University/PRCI, is …
Lusaka, Zambia, June 15, 2023 – The Ministry of Green Economy and Environment (MGEE) and the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research …
CACCI will present a breakout session at the Aim 4 Climate Summit which takes place from May 8 -10, 2023. The session …
COP28 Presidency invites feedback and proposals from stakeholders on draft program thematic elements for upcoming summit.
Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)
The Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), launched at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), partners with key stakeholders, researchers and policymakers at the country level to create actionable programs and policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change. For those countries who have ratified the Paris Agreement, their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)will outline plans and goals. CACCI is designed to support nations in their implementation of NDCs and NAPs through technical and analytical support, capacity development, and inclusive and evidence-based policy dialogue. CACCI aims to help achieve a critical mass of countries able to respond to their commitments under the Paris Agreement, thus promoting household and community level resilience and robust inclusive growth. Learn more about CACCI.
CACCI WORKS THROUGH AND STRENGTHENS LOCAL POLICY SYSTEMS
Climate change action will endure and be effective only if those affected by it feel that they own it. CACCI works through established regional organizations with strong networks at national level. Through this structure, it engages with local stakeholders and works through existing policy processes. In doing so, it helps clarify ambitions and set policy agendas, strengthens human and institutional capacity, facilitates policy-and program implementation, and improves the tracking of progress against defined targets. The result is strengthened system-wide capacity to design and implement climate change actions that are inclusive, based on strong data and evidence, and informed by the bio-physical, political, and social realities in that country.
CACCI STRENGTHENS LOCAL CAPACITY TO USE DATA AND EVIDENCE
CACCI works primarily through applied policy research organizations. These organizations’ DNA is to identify, generate, and use data and evidence to design effective policies and programs. Combining the capacities of regional and national organizations, data-intensive modeling evaluates alternative mitigation and adaptation pathways and related policy options. By embedding these activities within existing policy processes and engaging a broad range of stakeholders, less quantifiable aspects such as the social and political feasibility of alternative policies are considered. The outcome is a set of technically, politically, and socially feasible policies and investments to drive mitigation and adaptation.
CACCI also helps define workable indicators of progress on policy implementation, GHG emissions, and livelihood protection and develops online platforms to track these. Together, the collaborative ex-ante consideration of alternative policies and investments, and the systematic monitoring of progress, ensure effective policy and program design, monitoring and evaluation, and adjustment as needed over time.
The four part CACCI PRocess
Clarify ambitions and set policy agendas by establishing a baseline and conducting stocktaking and status assessments.
Track progress, report, and monitor indicators through analysis, assessments, maintaining dialogues and establishing mutual accountability
Strengthen human capacity and improve institutional infrastructure by building expertise of local, regional, and national actors, through developing data, analytics, and tools.
Facilitate implementation and progress toward net zero carbon through leadership coordination and developing pathways for impact
Clarify ambitions and set policy agendas by establishing a baseline and conducting stocktaking and status assessments.
Track progress, report, and monitor indicators through analysis, assessments, maintaining dialogues and establishing mutual accountability
Strengthen human capacity and improve institutional infrastructure by building expertise of local, regional, and national actors, through developing data, analytics, and tools.
Facilitate implementation and progress toward net zero carbon through leadership coordination and developing pathways for impact
Clarify ambitions and set policy agendas by establishing a baseline and conducting stocktaking and status assessments.
Strengthen human capacity and improve institutional infrastructure by building expertise of local, regional, and national actors, through developing data, analytics, and tools.
Facilitate implementation and progress toward net zero carbon through leadership coordination and developing pathways for impact
Track progress, report, and monitor indicators through analysis, assessments, maintaining dialogues and establishing mutual accountability
CACCI Timeline
CACCI was first launched in 2021 as the Comprehensive Africa Climate Change Initiative. After initial successes using CACCI processes and capacity building techniques. the program was expanded to encompass more than the African continent. CACCI became the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initative with three regions, CACCI-Africa, CACCI-Asia, and CACCI-LAC.
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Upcoming Events
Global
Africa
- Senegal — AKADEMIYA2063 is currently working with the Directorate of the Environment and Listed Establishments (DEEC), the secretariat of COMNACC, to organize a technical workshop with climate stakeholders to brainstorm and identify elements to be included in simulation analysis of adaptation and mitigation options for Senegal.
- Zambia — CACCI Zambia events in the month of August: The CACCI technical team is planning a one-day workshop to 2-day write shop with Technical Climate Change Committee. The workshop is scheduled for August 09 - 10, 2023. The CACCI technical team is planning a validation meeting for the Mitigation and Adaptation Pathways Reports for Zambia. The Meeting is scheduled for August 23, 2023.
Asia
Latin America & the Caribbean
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