How trying to access climate funding fosters human rights and sustainable development
When countries decide to try accessing big-scale climate funds for their national mitigation and adaptation projects (i.e. the Adaptation Fund or the Green Climate Fund ) they are required to thoughtfully prepare, demonstrating governmental capacity in such regard, and putting in place a legal and policy framework that establishes national mitigation and adaptation priorities. Such framework will be normally preceded by climate change studies, impact analyses and official consultations - in many countries the first of its kind. This process of choosing climate change-related priorities and building national capacity is an opportunity to consider, evaluate and mainstream different human rights and environmental issues (i.e. how land degradation impacts on livelihoods) into different levels (national, regional, local) and subjects (economy, labor, social protection) of policy making. Also, it will usually build around current national development plans, bringing a new perspective ...