Nairobi work programme: Partners and Pledges Database

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Title	Partner	Regional focus	Sector	Adaptation delivery activity	NWP work area
UNDP Environment and Energy Group project: Capacity development for policy makers to address climate change	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	All regions	Other	Capacity building Communications and awareness-raising	Adaptation planning and practices
On the frontlines of climate change: a global forum for indigenous peoples, small islands and vulnerable communities	UNESCO Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development (UNESCO SC-SII)
Sea level rise and extremes monitoring and prediction through the Global Ocean Observing System	UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)	All regions	Oceans and coastal areas Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Monitoring and evaluation Other Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Climate related risks and extreme events Data and observations
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zones of West Africa (ACCC)	UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)	Africa and the Arab States	Education and training Oceans and coastal areas Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Adaptation planning and practices Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Taking the uncertainty out of climate and weather for stakeholders	The Climate Corporation	North America	Business Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Climate-resilient development planning Financial support Risk/vulnerability mapping	Technologies for adaptation
Tearfund's action pledge to the Nairobi work programme	Tearfund	All regions	Terrestrial ecosystems Water resources	Capacity building Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Education Financial support	Adaptation planning and practices Climate related risks and extreme events Data and observations Methods and tools Research Socio-economic information
WeADAPT: Collaborating on Climate Adaptation	Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)	All regions	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Knowledge management Training	Adaptation planning and practices Data and observations Methods and tools Research
Better document and disseminate information about methods and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessment from the AIACC and CLIMAG projects	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Methods and tools
Seek opportunities and partnerships to build capacity for the use of vulnerability and adaptation assessment methods and tools through new education programmes, advanced study institutes, fellowships and small grants	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Methods and tools
Implement an education programme with the University of Dar es Salaam targeted to convervation professionals that will help them to integrate climate change risks and adaptation measures into conservation planning and practices	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Adaptation planning and practices
Seek support for and otherwise assist CSAG to identify and collect long-term observation data for additional weather stations in Africa, obtain permission from relevant authorities to integrate the data into its data archive...	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Monitoring and evaluation Training	Data and observations
Seek support for and otherwise assist other START research centers to provide similar data services for researchers and stakeholders in Asia and Oceania	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Monitoring and evaluation Training	Data and observations
Promote, develop, and implement a programme to support climate science education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute; the Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and...	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Work with IPCC-TGICA to identify and promote regional mechanisms for building and institutional capacity for providing access to climate data and projections and assisting users to interpret and apply climate data and projections	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Make widely available lessons from AIACC and other START projects about climate related risks through new publications and the weADAPT platform (www.weADAPT.org)	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Climate related risks and extreme events
Promote, develop, and implement a programme to integrate climate risks and adaptation into graduate and undergraduate education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)...	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Climate related risks and extreme events
Work with the IPCC to plan and develop donor support for a successor to the AIACC project that will build on the achievements of the AIACC to address remaining knowledge gaps and target Least Developed Countries for scientific and tech	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Climate related risks and extreme events
Assist the UNFCCC Secretariat to plan an expert workshop on socio-economic information for early 2008	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Socio-economic information
Join with UNESCO, SEI and AESEDA to organize an International Symposium on Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa and a Pan-African workshop on Strategic Planning for Future Social and Economic Development; a range of trajectories for...	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Socio-economic information
Assist the Joint Global Change Research Institute and the US Environmental Protection Agency in planning workshops in Africa and Asia that will provide developing country input to the development of socio-economic scenarios and...	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Socio-economic information
Join as partner of weADAPT (www.weADAPT.org) and contribute information about methods, tools, experiences, and lessons to the knowledge base	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Adaptation planning and practices
Implement a new African Climate Change Fellowship Programme in partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam, the African Academy of Sciences and the International Development Research Center	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Adaptation planning and practices
Develop research activities to explore the barriers to economic diversification as an adaptation strategy and strategies that have proven effective in diversifying economic activities	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Economic diversification
Strategically plan future education, fellowship and capacity building programmes to develop the next generation of vulnerability and adaptation researchers	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Research
Review future and capacity building programmes to assure that they allocate human and other resources to the development of technologies, know-how and practices for adaptation, and to their dissemination to relevant stakeholders	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Knowledge management Training	Technologies for adaptation
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Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.

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