Bilateral Collaboration Resources: Role of International Aid
Hello there!
My apologies for the delay in posting these resources! Going with the theme of "the role of international aid in solving climate crisis," here are some resources that I hope will prove helpful. If there's anything that you guys want to know more about, just let me know and I'll do my best to dig up some information for you!
Resource 1: http://bigpicture.unfccc.int/
You may have already seen this website, but it is an amazing tool to learn more about the United Nations' role in addressing climate change. Specifically, if you use the side navigational menu, you can scroll down to the 'capacity-building' tab to learn more about capacity-building and what that means at the individual, institutional, and systemic level. This site is super user-friendly and provides a lot of general information regarding the actions that the international community is taking against climate change.
Resource 2: http://unfccc.int/cooperation_and_support/capacity...
This is a spin off from Resource 1, however it gets a little more into the nitty-gritty of UNFCCC's capacity-building framework.
Resource 3: PDF paper regarding capacity building in Brazil (see Resources tab under Classroom Tools to download PDF)
This is a bit of a lengthy article and it's a tad old, but it outlines some of the problems that Brazil is facing with respect to capacity-building and to implementing its own environmental legislation. I've gone ahead a highlighted what I thought were relevant/important points in the paper in order to make it a bit easier to get through. Starting at around page 10 of the article are a lot of examples of how international aid and funding have helped to further environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Brazil.
Good luck and please let me know if there's anything else that I can help you with!
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I just posted the PDF file for Resource 3 -- as I mentioned in my previous post, you can find it in "Resources" under Classroom Tools. Once you're in the Resources folder, click on "Bilateral Collaboration Reading List" and the article should appear there.
Dear Kasia, Good Day!
First, it is a pleasure to contact with you and have guidelines about the situations we are going through in our little planet.
Your contribution is very welcome.
We can also talk by email.
My email - davi.agenda21@gmail.com
Feel free to exchange information and we look forward to contribute to the changes that need to occur in our countries.
We are fully available.
Success always.
att,
Prof. Davi Silva Fagundes Contact: 55 (061) 8453-0308
Environmentalist - Environmental Educator - Water Resources Manager
Coordinator of the International Youth Climate Conference - COY 22 in Brazil
President of Agenda 21 Wansbeck location
Regional Coordinator of the Millennium Development Goals - North West
MPPU - Political Movement for Unity - Regional Wansbeck
Delegate of Agenda 21 of the Federal District
Delegate of the 1st Transparency and Social Control Conference of the Federal District
Member of Aquarius Institute - social and educational Institute, Technological, Environmental and Cultural Sustainable Development
Delegate of the 1st Transparency and Social Control Conference of the Federal District
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Dear Kassia, Good Day!
It is a satisfaction that we can exchange information on the impacts already being felt around the planet. Here in Brasilia - Federal District, is no different. We are in full spring, our reservoirs are in critical situation, rates of fire and irregular occupation of land is a historical problem in the Federal District. Every year we have the arrival of 75,000 people coming to the Federal District, the search for better living conditions. We currently have a population of three million, four hundred thousand people who live here, not counting the floating population surrounding the Federal District, which from Monday to Saturday, working in the capital and other cities DF Satellites.
For this environmental panorama, currently live in chaos, with water scarcity, deforestation in areas of permanent preservation, high levels of violence, especially against women and our youth who gets involved with drug trafficking, high unemployment, lack of public policies for youth, the number of accidents on the highways is gigantic, causing a huge impact on the health system of the Federal District - which is a chaos in assisting the population.
Throughout this framework problems, we are victorious, by alerting the authorities about the serious problems we are going through today.
We had the great opportunity to attend the Conference last year and contribir to reduce the impacts suffered in the Federal District, with the demadas Students participating in the Committee on Education, Health and Culture of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District, where we successfully creating the Climate Fund of the Federal District, a condition that we are following to reverse the current impacts in the Federal District as the Climate and Water Resources.
Moreover, in honor to participate and give sequence to the work with the Coordination of COY 22 (Terry) who have helped us much in the guidelines.
We suggest the Coordination of International Youth Conference on Water and Climate Change Working Group of the formation of the participating countries, for we monitor the deliberations at the rulers, as is happening here in the Federal District.
We now have on 10.27.2016, presentation of deliberations COY 21 of the Ministry of the Environment - National Secretary for Climate Change, to be implemented in all Brazil's schools the deliberations of the Conference.
We see this action as important to sensitize the authorities and re vertermos the current picture of the problems we face in the Federal District and in the world, with water scarcity and climate change.
So we are the disposal of those interested in we form this international working group for the dissemination, monitoring the actions of governments in each participating country COY 22, to meet the decisions taken at the conference and apply in fact and law the measures that may meet companies, creating sustainable cities.
We appreciate your attention and we are at full disposal of the noble researchers, teachers and students of the COY 22.
We wish good work and excellent crops of the work performed.
att,
Prof. Davi Silva Fagundes Contact: 55 (061) 8453-0308
Environmentalist - Environmental Educator - Water Resources Manager
Coordinator of the International Youth Climate Conference - COY 22 in Brazil
President of Agenda 21 Wansbeck location
Regional Coordinator of the Millennium Development Goals - North West
MPPU - Political Movement for Unity - Regional Wansbeck
Delegate of Agenda 21 of the Federal District
Delegate of the 1st Transparency and Social Control Conference of the Federal District
Member of Aquarius Institute - social and educational Institute, Technological, Environmental and Cultural Sustainable Development
Delegate of the 1st Transparency and Social Control Conference of the Federal District
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Here are some more Brazil-specific resources:
Resource 4: EPA collaboration with Brazil https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/epa-...
As stated in the website, the US Environmental Protection Agency "works with national and local environmental agencies in Brazil to exchange information on environmental management and risk reduction in areas of mutual interest." This is an example of the role that international aid and collaboration plays in addressing climate change issues in a country that lacks capacity to effectively tackle its national problems alone. If you take a scroll through the website, you can read about how the EPA has joined forces with Brazilian environmental agencies to tackle environmental issues ranging from air quality to waste management to environmental justice.
Resource 5: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/brasilia/about-this-o...
This is a short article that briefly describes the adoption of the "Education on Climate Change and Sustainable Development for Teachers Project" by UNESCO in Brazil as part of COP 20. There is also a link at the bottom of the page that leads to more information in Portuguese. The video posted below pairs with this article and serves to show how important it is for teachers to be knowledgeable about climate change and to have the resources to educate and engage students about environmental issues in a multidisciplinary fashion. With respect to our theme of "the role of international aid in climate crisis," this is not necessarily the most relevant resource, however it does exemplify how international discussion can spur capacity-building projects in individual countries.
Kasia Zubkow
Oct 10, 2016 at 2:43 PM