West Africa Accelerates Climate Change Learning
Recent capacity-building initiatives promoted climate change learning in Ghana and Burkina Faso, and a training workshop on national early warning systems enhanced Pacific Island Countries’ disaster risk reduction (DRR) and sustainable development capacities.
Ghana included climate change and green economy into the national school curricula under its ten-year Climate Change Learning Strategy, a product of the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) aiming to improve learning and awareness about climate change. UN CC:Learn is a collaborative initiative that supports countries in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. The initiative involves more than 30 multilateral organizations, and its Secretariat is provided by the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Burkina Faso implemented a national 2014-2017 UN CC:Learn Project, which culminated in the launch of the National Strategy on Climate Change Learning on 1 August 2017. According to Burkina Faso’s Government, the strategy is fully aligned with the implementation of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development (PNDES) 2016-2020, the country’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) and its National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
CIFOR