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Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA) 

Publications

Governance: National Adaptation Plan and nationally determined contributions-briefing note
05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and nationally determined contribution (NDC) governance to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team. NDCs and NAPs are the starting point under SCALA for supporting participant countries in translating their climate commitments into actionable and transformative climate action in the land-use and agriculture sectors

Transparency: Monitoring, reporting, verification and monitoring and evaluation-brief note
05/2022

This brief explains the context and recommended approach to designing work under the SCALA programme Activity 2.1.2: Improve/develop measuring, reporting and verification(MRV) and (monitoring and evaluation) M&E systems at national and/or sectoral level for monitoring and reporting on the UNFCCC, CBD, SFDRR and SDGs in regard to mitigation and/or adaptation in land-use and agriculture, including collection of gender disaggregated data.

Private sector engagement-briefing note
05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of private sector engagement to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions under the different SCALA outcomes to address this topic in the programme-partnered country work plans, and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team.

Gender and social inclusion-briefing note
05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of gender equality and social inclusion (GSI) to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions in the SCALA country work plans, and summarizes useful resources and support available from the global team. SCALA GSI work consists of reducing barriers to participation in decision-making processes in the areas of adaptation and mitigation actions, inter-ministerial coordination, and climate action implementation through partnerships with the private sector.

Senegal SCALA Inception Report
05/2022

This Inception Report complements SCALA Senegal’s project documentation with the outcomes of the inception activities. The report is available only in French and has an executive summary in English. It specifies the SCALA inception activities undertaken by FAO and UNDP, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment in Senegal.

Transformative climate action-briefing note
05/2022

This brief explains the context of the SCALA programme’s approach to transformational adaptation, which refers to a change in the fundamental attributes of a socioecological system in anticipation of climate change and its impacts. Adaptation interventions can be qualified as transformational when they include system-wide change or changes across more than one system, and involve direct questioning of the effectiveness of existing systems, social injustices and power imbalances.

Ethiopia SCALA Inception Report
05/2022

This Inception Report highlights the outcomes of the inception activities undertaken by FAO and UNDP, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Commission to determine the scope and areas of SCALA programme implementation in Ethiopia. Moreover, it outlines the theory of transformative change for the programme implementation in Ethiopia’s watershed and pastureland management.

SCALA Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy
03/2022

The SCALA Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Strategy defines the programme’s GSI targets and outlines the GSI interventions at country and global levels that will be implemented to ensure the transformative climate solutions supported by the programme respond to the needs, interests, and challenges of marginalized women and men and result in equitable benefits. SCALA promotes whole-of-government approaches through purposive multi-stakeholder engagement and consultation.

SCALA Private Sector Engagement Strategy
02/2022

This strategy outlines the approach of the SCALA programme to enable private sector engagement (PSE). It articulates the background and guiding principles that inform potential country-level and global activities related to PSE. It also illustrates what these activities are and provides details on expected outcomes related to PSE across the different SCALA countries given their varying contexts. Moreover, it highlights relevant PSE tools and methodologies.

Uganda SCALA Inception Report
02/2022

This Inception Report highlights the outcomes of the inception activities undertaken by FAO and UNDP, in close collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Ministry of Water and Environment to determine the scope and areas of SCALA programme implementation in Uganda. It also outlines the theory of transformative change for the programme’s implementation in Uganda’s cattle corridor landscape and in the agriculture and land use sectors in general.