CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION :
HOW CAN WE ENSURE CLIMATE CHANGE
INVESTMENTS ARE TARGETED AT THE POOR?
PACC2011
Moscow, Russia
November 7 - 9, 2011
Presented by:
Yulia Yevtushok – Oxfam in Russia
Umida Tulieva – Oxfam in Tajikistan
OXFAM
• Confederation of 15 organisations working in 99 countries
to overcome poverty and injustice
• Long-term development programmes
• Emergency humanitarian assistance
• Advocacy and campaigning
• “GROW” – Oxfam’s biggest ever campaign – food justice
in a resource-constrained world
CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY
• Climate change is not just about
polar bears, but about people
• Exacerbates vulnerabilities
amongst the poorest
• Increased frequency of extreme
weather
• Diseases spreading to new
areas
• Increased water stress
• Climate forced migration
• The most savage impact in the
21st Century is likely to be hunger
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUNGER
•
Rising temperatures and
changing rainfall means declining
yields of key crops rising food
prices
•
An increase in the frequency and
severity of extreme weather
events can wipe out harvests
•
The increasing unpredictability of
seasons makes it hard for farmers
to know when to plant or sow
their crops
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN
TAJIKISTAN
• Extreme weather (drought,
flashfloods)
• Natural disasters wiping out crops,
destroying infrastructure, livelihoods
and houses
• High food prices increasing the
level of poverty
• Lack of Information on climate
change at community level
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WOMEN
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN TAJIKISTAN
• Most of the debate on climate so far has been gender-blind
• Many women in rural Tajikistan carry three burdens – working for
income, caring for family and growing food for household
consumption
• Most farm labourers are women, due migration of able-bodied men
• Agricultural extension and training projects often target men and
are not designed around women’s needs and availability
• Smallholders farming needs skills in more cost effective
sustainable approaches
• Climatic patterns are becoming more unpredictable and that this is
making planting decisions a riskier
FINANCE FOR ADAPTATION
TO CLIMATE CHANGE
• The Cancun Agreements:
– Re-iterated the developed country commitment to “Fast
Start Finance” of $30 billion 2010-12, but did not decide
any common reporting format
– Re-iterated the developed country commitment to “jointly
mobilise $100bn / year by 2020” “from a wide-range of
sources – public, private & alternative”
– Established the Green Climate Fund & launched the
Transitional Committee to carry out design process in
2011
WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN THE GREEN
CLIMATE FUND MAKE?
• The Green Climate Fund can mark a new path:
• The new fund should be a one-stop-shop, which
channels a large proportion of climate finance flows
• Current climate funds are donor-dominated. The Green
Climate Fund will ensure national ownership by recipient
countries and “direct access” to funds
• Current climate funds largely ignore the particular
concerns of women. The Green Climate Fund will put
women at its heart
WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN THE GREEN
CLIMATE FUND MAKE FOR TAJIKISTAN?
Additional investments could limit negative impacts on the poorest:
• Improved weather forecasting system
• Adaptation mechanisms in Tajikistan could reduce the level of
poverty and improve the social economy in rural areas of Tajikistan
• Effective techniques and technologies could be transferred to
Tajikistan in the energy, agricultural and water sectors
• A gender balanced approach would help to have equitable
distribution of adaptation funds, especially in agricultural sector
for women smallholder farmers in Tajikistan
HOW SHOULD THE GREEN CLIMATE
FUND BE IMPLEMENTED IN TAJIKISTAN?
• The Green Climate Fund needs a more publicly accountable
mechanism for decision making – and a focus on those who will be
most affected by climate change
RECOMMENDATIONS
• In Durban, governments must adopt the recommendations of
the Transitional Committee – ensuring in particular that
provisions around gender, national ownership and direct
access are supported
• Governments must ensure that substantial new resources are
available for the initial capitalisation of the fund so that it can
begin disbursement from 2013. Russia should contribute
• Contributors should guarantee that at least 50% of the
resources provided to the fund are for adaptation
Thank you
Tashakkur
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