Climate Change
The Role of Protected Areas in combating Climate Change
Opening of the Workshop
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The “Decision-makers Workshop Series” offer the participants in-depth knowledge on how to integrate protected areas in national climate change policies and ample opportunities to exchange information on national and possible transnational measures for the protection of protected areas. At the end, the participants will be able to explain the important role of protected areas in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation and to designate different tools and strategies to integrate protected areas in national climate change policies. They will have elaborated, jointly with colleagues from other countries, on regional recommendations and developed best practices for the integration of protected areas in national climate policies.
Working Group Adaptation
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The goal of the first workshop, which took place from October 13 - 16, 2017, was to value the role of protected areas in climate change adaptation and mitigation and to understand the interrelations. The general overview on international conventions and protocols signed by the participating countries and the resulting responsibilities has given the scope to bring newly acquired knowledge into the necessary context. Questions like "Why do we need protected areas and what is their role in the provision of ecosystem services" were discussed. In addition in the Ajloun Nature Reserve, response options to climate change like adaptation and mitigation were presented by practical examples.
Working Group Mitigation
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On the second day a panel discussion on 'Climate Change Financing' has offered the possibility to exchange with guests speakers form the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Planning and UNDP about available funding for climate change, to understand different types of mechanisms and to increase knowledge about the green climate fund.
The second workshop for the group will take place in March 2018. Topics to be covered in the next workshop will include 'Policies and Strategies related to Climate Change', 'National Determined Contributions - NDC', 'National Adaptations Plans' and 'How Protected Areas can play a vital role in combating Climate Change'.