Questionnaire survey on Article 6 in Africa

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Questionnaire survey on Article 6 in Africa

• 31 received in total, including
• 16 negotiators
• 13 responsible for Art. 6 8 active and 9
  interested
• 23 completed natl communications incl. Art 6
• 4 started implementing New Delhi Work prog.
• 25 agree need for national needs assessment

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Ranking of priorities

• Public awareness/communication (1.94)
• Education (2.28)
• Training (2.56)
• Public participation / access to information
  (3.39)
• International cooperation (4.56)

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Key target audiences

• Policymakers in ministries (2.29)
• General public (3.57)
• Parliamentarians / legislators (3.81)
• NGOs (4.00)
• Media (4.10)
• Youth (5.33), academia (5.38) and business (6.38)

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Key messages for public
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Support tools needed for outreach
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Training priorities

• Conducting vulnerability studies (3.50)
• Implementing adaptation strategies (3.55)
• Selecting adaptation strategies (4.23)
• Transfer / adaptation of technology (5.50)
• Awareness programmes (5.55)
• Research / systematic observation systems (6.50)
• Kyoto Protocol issues, e.g. CDM (6.95)
• GHG inventories (7.05)
• Implementing mitigation strategies (7.18)
• Early warning systems (7.18)
• International negotiating skills (7.45)

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Barriers to adequate training

• Inadequate funding
• Inadequate expertise and staff
• Inadequate political or insititutional support
• 14 use existing national, regional, international
  networks for cc training

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Climate changes issues in national curricula
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Strengthening international cooperation

• UN bodies (2.89)
• Multilateral donors (3.26)
• Synergies with UNCCD (3.26)
• Synergies with CBD (3.58)
• Developing countries (3.63)
• National / international NGOs (5.26)
• Other countries in the region (5.47)

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Public participation and access to information

• Citizens can contact cc focal points (25)
• Citizens can access national cc info (21)
• Citizens can participate in cc policymaking (15)
• Civil society actively involved in cc (15)
• Parliamentarians etc. participate (12)

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What should Article 6Clearing House contain?

• Examples of activities, best practices, lessons
  learned (2.00)
• Directory of Parties, NGOs, IGOs, experts, donors
  (2.42)
• Directories of projects (2.53)
• Discussions / forums (2.68)
• Proposals (2.95)
• Planning tools (3.11)

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Summary

• Priorities 1-public awareness, 2-education,
  3-training
• Focus on outreach to other ministries and general
  public
• Focus on adaptation and vulnerability in outreach
  and training
• Important assets and accomplishments but also
  critical needs