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Information and awareness
• Increase awareness about climate change and
its impacts, especially in mountain regions and
ecosystems, among governments, including at
the highest political level, and other stakeholders,
particularly outside of the environment sector
• Identify vulnerable economic sectors (e.g. energy,
tourism) depending on mountain ecosystem
goods and services (such as water resources) using
existing data and future projections to provide a
strong incentive for action to enhance support for
climate change adaptation measures
Policy and law
• Strengthen the governance system and overall
strategic approaches including policies and
laws related to climate change and adaptation to
generate high-level political support for climate
change and adaptation issues
• Where necessary, establish long-term policies and
strategies, as well as necessary funding mechanisms
to support the sustainability of actions undertaken
• Incorporate mountain-specific considerations
and related adaptation approaches into relevant
policies and laws
• Develop pro-active actions and mechanisms at
the policy level (e.g. “Loss and Damage”) aimed at
mitigating the damage caused by climate change
Financial mechanisms
• Establish innovative funding mechanisms for
enhanced climate change adaptation, particularly
in mountain regions
Recommendations
• Mobilize resources and allocate adequate
governmental budget to support the implementation
of adaptation programmes and actions
• Enhance the use of existing climate change
financial mechanisms and instruments such as the
Green Climate Fund
Coordinationmechanisms and cooperation
• Create relevant coordination mechanisms
including inter-sectoral working groups and
councils, to identify and address country needs
and priorities as well as to provide a more
coordinated approach towards action. Enhanced
communications between the various actors
involved in climate change activities would
promote synergies between the different actions
• Create amechanismand incentives for cooperation
between the public and private sector
Capacity building
• Strengthen the in-house capacity of relevant
government ministries (e.g. Ministry of
Environment) to support the continuity of actions
undertaken
• Establish self-sustaining climate change knowledge
centres or hubs that are linked with government
authorities for engaging in systematic research
and technology transfer (e.g. provided through
Climate Technology Centre &Network), to provide
expertise for governments and other stakeholders,
as well as to ensure knowledge transfer and uptake
of results at the policy level
Implementation and monitoring
• Create a paradigm shift towards adaptation
actions, instead of only focusing on mitigation,
and integrate environmental concerns into existing
socio-economic programmes
• Establish an information exchange system, which
allows to monitor the implementation of climate
change adaptation programmes and projects (including
budget allocation) and to assess their impacts
• Formulate strategies and action plans, including
measurable indicators, to better guide the
implementation, monitoring, reporting and
verification (MRV) of accompanying actions, in
particular at the local level
Cross-cutting
• Establish comprehensive data-sharing mechanism
allowing to link and build synergy between
relevant adaptation programmes and projects, as
well as between policy and action, which will work
both ways: policy based action and action results
reflection into policy documents
• Design programmes and projects that are user-
driven (civil society, targeted vulnerable groups,
etc.), not just donor-driven
• Promote a regional approach to climate
change adaptation, including exchange of data
and information, methodologies of research
assessments, monitoring of climate change, and
coordination of relevant actions on the ground
among the countries of the South Caucasus
• Promote ecosystem-based approaches to climate
change adaptation including building on the results
and success of other relevant initiatives such as the
Caucasus Biodiversity Council
National level
Regional level
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