Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC)

UNOPS, UNEP and UNDP and eight networks of regions (Global Forum for Associations of Regions (FOGAR), International Association of Francophone Regions (AIRF), Assembly of European Regions (AER), The Climate Group, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPRM), The Northern Forum, Network of Regions for Sustainable Development (NRG4SD), Latin American Organization of Intermediary Governments (OLAGI))

Summary:

The Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) is part of a partnership between the United Nations and sub-national governments for fostering climate friendly development at the sub-national level. This partnership is a collaborative effort involving UNDP, UNEP and eight associations of regions.

The TACC project will support the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into sustainable development planning and programming in developing countries by:

Developing partnerships with UN and specialised agencies, national and sub-national governments, centres of excellence and regional technical institutions, and the private sector;
Making available methodologies and tools for long-term climate change participatory planning to regions and cities and sharing best practices;
Providing regions with information about climate change challenges and opportunities and technical and financial solutions;
Providing technical support to up to 20 regions for the preparation of regional climate change plans, including identification of priority mitigation and adaptation measures; and
Providing technical support to up to 20 regions to identify policy and financing instruments to implement priority climate change measures.

For more information read the TACC - 2011 Update:

Project Components:

The Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) project aims to assist regional and
local governments in developing countries in:

Developing integrated climate change strategies and action plans to assess development options that are robust enough to withstand different future climatic conditions.
Strengthening capacity of sub‐national authorities to integrate climate change into sustainable development planning and programming.
Identifying no regrets/negative costs/low‐cost adaptation and mitigation measures that promote long‐ term sustainability and poverty reduction.
Enhancing the capacity of regional and local government to enact regulatory measures, as well as to take advantage of new sources of environmental finance, to implement these no regrets/negative cost/low‐cost options.

Expected Outputs:

Sub-national authorities to have identified risks and opportunities related to climate change at the territorial level and integrated priority mitigation and adaptation measures into sustainable development planning and programming, taking into consideration gender aspects and aligned and coordinated with existing climate change projects in the region.

Outcome 1: Partnerships established and operational with UN and specialised agencies, national and sub‐national governments, centres of excellence and regional technical institutions, and/or the private
sector.
Outcome 2: Methodologies and tools for long‐term climate change participatory planning are developed and made available, and best practices shared with regions and cities.
Outcome 3: Regions are aware of climate change challenges and opportunities and of available technical and financial solutions.
Outcome 4: Technical support is provided to 20 regions in developing countries for the preparation of their regional climate change plans, including identification of priority mitigation and adaptation
measures.
Outcome 5: Technical support is provided to 20 regions to identify possible policy and financing instruments to implement priority climate change measures.

Project Status:

Under Implementation. The Down to Earth: TACC global project document was signed by UNDP senior management in June 2010.

Primary Beneficiaries:

The beneficiaries of the Down to Earth TACC project are sub‐national authorities who seek technical assistance in understanding and responding to climate change

Funding Source:

Decentralized Cooperation

Financing Amount:

The capacity of UNDP to mobilize co-financing from vertical funds and reach out to a large number of governments and other partners has been used to combine and leverage complementary sources of funding such as bilateral donors, decentralized cooperation, the private sector, the LDCF and UNDP’s own resources.

Cofinancing Total:

n/a

Contacts:

United Nations Development Programme
Bureau for Development Policy
Energy and Environment Group
New York, NY 10016
Email: downtoearthtacc@undp.org
http://www.undp.org/climatestrategies

United Nations Development Programme

Partnerships Bureau
Hub for Innovative Partnerships
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Email: downtoearthtacc@undp.org
http://www.undp.org/climatestrategies

Project Contacts

Christophe Nuttall
Director, Hub for Innovative Partnerships
christophe.nuttall@undp.org

Berta Pesti
Technical Specialist
Climate Change and Partnerships
berta.pesti@undp.org

Leslie Ouarzazi
Programme Specialist
Climate Change and Partnerships
Leslie.ouarzazi@undp.org

Resources:

UNDP Geneva Liaison Office - Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change

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File(s):

TACC - 2011 Update.pdf

Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change - Donor Proposal 2010/11

PRODOC_Territorial_Approach_7 July 2010.pdf

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