Training & Tools

Gender and Climate Change Training Handbook

This handbook - published in 2018 by UN Women in partnership with the Government of Serbia and UNDP, and with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility - aims to improve the understanding of gender aspects in climate change.

Gender and Climate Change in the Republic of Serbia
Women and men have different vulnerabilities to climate change impacts on food security, agricultural productivity, livelihood, water availability, sanitation, health and energy, among others.
Addressing agriculture in National Adaptation Plans: Training materials

These training materials on addressing agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are designed to enhance the sector-specific understanding of the NAP process and advance country-level NAP formulation and implementation. It offers step-by-step guidance to move forward with the different elements of the NAP process, addressing relevant challenges through ad-hoc solutions in the agriculture sector. This set of training materials presents concrete experiences from countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Gender Sensitive Data Indicators for Project: Establishing Transparency Framework for the Republic of Serbia
UNDP Serbia, acting as an implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility has been providing assistance to the Serbian Government, namely the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in the preparation and implementation of the GEF-funded projects 'Second Biennial Update Report and Third National Communication under the UNFCCC' (2BUR-3NC) and 'Establishing Transparency Framework for the Republic of Serbia' (CBIT).
Toolkit for value chain analysis and market development integrating climate resilience and gender responsiveness

This Toolkit aims to help countries in selecting and analyzing value chains for opportunities to improve climate change resilience and reduce gender inequalities. Key strengths of the value chain approach include assisting in adaptation planning, analysis of vulnerabilities and hotspots across a value chain, assessing risks at each node, identifying new market opportunities to help communities adapt, and suggesting partnerships in which there is mutual benefit from the implementation of the strategies.

Gender in adaptation planning for the agriculture sectors: Guide for Trainers

The guide presents a mix of interactive activities and presentations, to be used in whole or in part, to improve the individual-level skills and behaviours needed to foster gender-responsive agriculture adaptation plans within a broader capacity development process. The emphasis is on adaptation in agriculture, however the materials can be applied to planning for climate change adaptation in other sectors. In addition to this Guide for trainers, there are companion PowerPoint templates that workshop organizers can tailor to their specific context.

Morne Prosper Pilot Project - Training Outline
Open Online Course on Gender and Environment

Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment can help deliver better environmental outcomes and to figure out how you can do it?

The course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment. It will provide you with the knowledge and tools to mainstream gender, and to be an effective change-maker for sustainable development. It will also give you facts and figures, and a better understanding of the global international frameworks related to gender and environment.

Programme for project activity under 'Kiribati: Enhancing National Food Security in the Context of Climate Change' (GEF-LDCF) - Consultations and workshop, Abemama Island - February 2018

Programme for training 20-25 February

NAP Country-level Training Materials

In response to requests for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) support and capacity building in least developed and developing countries, a NAP country-level training has been designed by GIZ in collaboration with UNDP, UNITAR and UN Environment, under the umbrella of the NAP Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP).

This training package aims to provide general understanding to country teams on the conceptual approach of NAPs and the NAP technical guidelines, produced by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).