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  • Program:
    Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC)
    Leading Organization:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, UNOPS, UNEP and Mbale District Local Government, Districts of Mbale, Manafwa and Budada and Ministry of Water and Environment
    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 Uganda project will support the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into sustainable development planning and programming in developing countries by:

    • Establishing partnership, coordination and participation platform for climate change planning and programming;
    • Building capacity to integrate climate change issues into regional development plans and actions;
    • Formulating an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP) for the Mbale region;
    • Formulating a climate change policy and investment package, i.e., a portfolio of CC adaptation and mitigation policy and investment projects to be implemented by combining and sequencing different financial opportunities; and
    • Producing and disseminating lessons learned & best practices within and beyond Uganda.

    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:

    The overall objective of the project, namely supporting low-carbon and climate change-resilient local development in Uganda, will be achieved by supporting local decision-makers and planners to design integrated climate change (adaptation and mitigation) policies, strategies and formulate concrete actions and investment plans that promote long-term sustainability and poverty reduction in the context of local / regional development.

    • Output 1. Partnership, coordination and participation platforms for climate change planning and programming established
    • Output 2. Capacity to integrate climate change issues into regional development plans and actions built
    • Output 3. Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP) formulated
    • Output 4. Climate change policy and investment package developed
    • Output 5. Lessons learned and best practices disseminated
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation. Status as of June 2011: Establishment of partnership and coordination structures
    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
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Decentralized Cooperation
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Resources:
    UNDP Geneva Liaison Office - Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change
    File(s):
    TACC Uganda Project Document: June 2009
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