Category: Empowerment Programme

Categories
Empowerment Programme

TEMVELO EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME:

ON
CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS FOR:
WOMEN, YOUTH AND PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES REFERS

AIM

REDUCING VULNERABILITY AND BUILDING RESILIENCE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE (WOMEN, GIRLS,
YOUTH, THE ELDERLY, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES)
  1. UNFCCC EVOLUTION
  2. RAPID AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND TARGETED ADAPTATION
    INVESTMENT
  3. CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACCESS TO EXISTING CLIMATE

WHAT ARE THE NEGOTIATIONS
CONCERNS?

MITIGATION EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM GHGS AND INCREASE SINKS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO HOLD GLOBAL WARNING WITHIN RANGE THAT CAN REGRESS THE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
THE GAP OF FINANCING ADAPTATION AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IS BECOMING WIDER, WHILE INVESTMENTS NEEDS ARE INCREASING AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE WORSE AS CLIMATE CHANGE INTENSIFY
THE POOR PEOPLE HAVE A HIGH RATE OF POVERTY LEVEL, YET THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUP (WOMEN, GIRLS, YOUTH, ELDERLY AN PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITY) TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

EMPOWER VULNERABLE GROUP TO INCORPERATE CLIMATE INFORMATION IN THEIR
PLANNING.

TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR LIVE AND LIVELIHOOD UNDER EVER INTENSIFYING
WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

BUILD THEIR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO ACCESS CLIMATE FINANCE TO
SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL AND RESILIENCE BUILDING.

COMPLIMENTARY OF THE PROJECT

OUR PROJECT SHALL FEED INTO THE:

THE MINISTER’S BUDGET SPEECH.

UNITED NATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC) TO
THE LOBAL FIGHT AGAINST THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CRIES.

KYOTO PROTOCOL MECHANISM WHICH WILL SOON BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE
PARIS AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL OF THEM.

PARIS AGREEMENT TEMPERATURE GOAL, ADAPTATION COMMUNICATION AND
SUPPORT FROM INANCIAL FLOWS FOR ADAPTATION AND BUILDING RESILIENCE AND
THE CLIMATE ACTION EMPOWERMENT.

THE PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS.

KEY FOCUS OF THE PROJECT

UNFCCC EVOLUTION:
UNFCCC, KYOTO PROTOCOL & PARIS AGREEMENT

RAPID AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND TARGETED ADAPTATION INVESTMENT:
IMPLEMENTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND
BUILD RESILIENCE; MANY CITIES CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WITH NO
CLIMATE RISK AND VULNERABILITY ACCESSMENTS DESTROY RESILIENCE; CONTINUING
BUILDING NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IN A KNOWN FLOOD ZONE, WE ARE INCREASING OUR
FUTURE ADAPTATION INVESTMENT NEEDS.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN LIVEHOODS; HEAT WAVES AND MENTAL HEALTH; WEATHER
EVENTS AND VULNERABLE GROUPS ETC.

ACCESS TO EXISTING CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS:
ADAPTATION FUND (AF) , GLOBAL ENVIRNMENT FACILITIES, (GEF) GREEN CLIMATE FUND
(GCF) AND LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND (LDF)

KEY FOCUS OF THE PROJECT

OUR PROJECT HAS THREE MODULES THAT COVER:

  • PHYSICAL LEARNING TO ORGANISED STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY.
  • SOCIAL MEDIA -EDUTAINMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
  • LONG TERM PROGRAMMES IN ALL FORMS OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
  • COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

WHY ARE WE HERE?

  1. TO SHARE THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO COLLABORATE
    WITH US IN IMPLEMENTING THIS NOBLE PROJECT BY MEANS OF AN MOA;
  2. THIS DEPARTMENT TO PLAY A PATRONAGE OR CHAMPION ROLE;
  3. SEED FUNDING TOWARDS THE PROJECT;
  4. ENDORSEMENT LETTER TO ENABLE LIKE MINDED STAKEHOLDERS TO CONTRIBUTE
    TOWARDS THE GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT;
    LAUNCH THE PROJECT FOR FAR REACHING BUY IN & IMPACT

THE PROJECT

PROJECT SEEKS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, CREATE AWARENESS, BUILD CAPACITY AND INCENTIVIZE POSITIVE ACTION TOWARDS THE BROADER ENVIRONMENT BY ENTITIES, COMMUNITIES & INDIVIDUALS. IT COMES IN TWO PRONGS:
I) EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS FOR WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE (CHILDREN) & PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;
II) TEMVELO ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM, EXPO & AWARDS
PROJECT SEEKS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, CREATE AWARENESS, BUILD CAPACITY AND INCENTIVIZE POSITIVE ACTION TOWARDS THE BROADER ENVIRONMENT BY ENTITIES, COMMUNITIES & INDIVIDUALS. IT COMES IN TWO PRONGS:
I) EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS FOR WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE (CHILDREN) & PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;
II) TEMVELO ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM, EXPO & AWARDS

THANK YOU