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| Fast Facts: |
| • Project
Document |
| Location: |
National |
| Duration: |
September
2007-July 2009 |
| Focus
area: |
Energy
and Environment for Sustainable
Developement |
| Donors: |
Global
Environment Facility (GEF) |
| Total
Funds Available: |
US$
420,000
US$ 75,000 – in-kind contribution-
Gov. of Sudan
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| Partners: |
The
Higher Council for Environment
and Natural Resources.
Ministries of Energy and Mining,
Electricity, Agriculture and Forestry,
Science and Technology, Industry,
International Cooperation, Finance
and National Economy, Foreign
Affairs, Federal Governance, Metrology,
National Council for Strategic
Planning
Institute for Environmental Studies,
Institute for Environmental Research,
Agricultural Research Corporation,
Economic Research Centre
Sudanese Environment Conservation
Society, Sudanese Development
Society, the Environmentalist
society, Industrial Chamber, Farmers
and pastoralist Unions
NAPA’s Zonal Focal Points,
National Experts
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| Delivery
for 2007:
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USD
16,935.74 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Hanan
Mutwakil, Programme Analyst,
hanan.mutwakil@undp.org
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Background
Recognizing the importance of addressing
climate change and the need to integrate
its environmental and development objectives,
Sudan ratified the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
in 1993, and submitted, with the assistance
of the UNDP/Global Environment Facility,
its Initial National Communication (INC)
the same year.
In line with its commitment to the
UNFCCC, every four years Sudan is
expected to report on the national
progress on issues related to climate
change. To help the country prepare
its Second National Communication
(SNC), UNDP, with the support of the
Global Environment Facility (GEF),
launched in September 2007 the Enabling
Activities for the Preparation of
Sudan’s Second National Communication
(SNC) project. The initiative identified
critical priorities for the implementation
of the UNFCCC in Sudan, and built
upon previous activities, studies,
experiences, and institutional settings.
It responds also to the need for strengthening
Sudan’s capacity to fulfill
its commitments to the UNFCCC on a
long-term basis.
In order to develop a strategy for
an effective climate change response
addressing the long-term local and
environmental concerns, capacity-building
of the relevant institutions must
be undertaken. In fact each institution’s
capacity has been hampered by infrastructure
weakness due to the lack of funding
and technical expertise. The project
also addresses the need to ensure
the availability of policy related
information to support the integration
of climate change issues into national
development plans; the availability
of a national Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
inventory for all possible source/sink
categories; the development of a system
to ensure this national GHG inventory
is kept up-to-date; improved scientific
knowledge; and a clear understanding
of Sudan’s vulnerabilities and
adaptation responses to current and
future climate change.
By aiming to integrate the principles
of sustainable development into country
policies and programmes to reverse
the loss of environmental resources,
this project contributes directly
to Millennium Development Goal 7,
Target 9.
Objectives
The overall objective of the project
is to undertake a highly consultative
and participatory process of needs assessment
to prepare and submit the Second National
Communication on Climate Change to the
Conference of Parties in accordance
with guidance of the UNFCCC, and to
strengthen Sudan’s capacity to
fulfill its commitments to the UNFCCC
on a continuing basis.
The project’s specific objectives
are:
• To prepare an up-to-date national
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory and
the establishment a national system
for regularly updating the GHG inventory.
• To elaborate a programme to
mitigate GHG emissions.
• To strengthen the national
technical and institutional capacity
and institutionalize the National
Communications process.
• To increase scientific understanding
of vulnerability and adaptation to
future climate change in Sudan.
• To prepare the Second National
Communication of Sudan and its submission
to the COP.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• To establish a Project Coordination
Unit including recruitment of staff
and establish a Project Steering Committee
and technical committee.
• To conduct a project initiation
workshop.
• Research, data acquisition and
synthesis.
• To update the existing Greenhouse
Gases (GHG) inventory to account for
new requirements.
• To develop an updated analysis
of costs/benefits of GHG mitigation
options.
• To assess the impacts of climate
change on vulnerable sectors and communities;
and development of adaptation strategies.
• To conduct a broad-based internal
capacity assessment.
• To collect and analyze additional
information to be included in the Second
National Communication (SNC) on Climate
Change.
• To coordinate and monitor evaluation
activities.
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