FAO supports Iran to strengthen the capacity of national and
local stakeholders on climate finance

 

To provide an
inclusive platform to address climate-related issues in Iran, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of
Environment (DOE), as the National Designated Authority (NDA) of Green Climate
Fund (GCF), partnered to bring together and build capacity of around 100 local,
national and international stakeholders to discuss climate finance.

The engaged
stakeholders, from the public sector, academia, international organizations,
private sector and civil society, have been identified previously through a
mapping exercise conducted jointly by FAO and DOE under the stakeholder
engagement component of the project "Green Climate Fund Readiness and
Preparatory Programme of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Thanks to an opportunity
provided by FAO to connect different parties from Tehran, Bangkok, and many
provincial capitals across the country virtually, the participants in this
meeting shared their views on the country's institutional and technical
capacities, existing challenges and steps forward to address climate-related
issues.

The partakers also
discussed the pooled recommendations on how to enhance the NDA’s institutional
capacity, amend the applicable rules and regulations, and formulate new policy
priorities to both access and effectively utilise international funding
resources to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the
country.

"FAO is
committed to developing inclusive mechanisms to ensure stakeholder’s
engagement. Consultative sessions like this as well as providing learning
opportunities will increase the capacity of partners in order to secure the
country’s ownership to invest in climate change mitigation and adaptation
measures," said Mr Gerold Bödeker, FAO Representative to the Islamic
Republic of Iran.

Highlighting the
joint efforts put in action by FAO and DOE, Mr  Bödeker asserted that the
"country's ownership is a continuous process, and the role of the
Department of Environment is key in driving institutional capacity development
and stakeholder’s engagement for strong ownership in addressing the climate
challenges Iran is facing."

FAO, being the lead
UN agency driving global efforts on sustainable and climate-resilient
agriculture and rural development, offers technical expertise to member
countries in supporting their efforts to plan, access to finance, implement and
report on climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in agriculture and
natural resources management.

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