Thailand SCALA Inception Report

04/2023

To implement SCALA in Thailand, the FAO and UNDP will work closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), which is the key government counterpart and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), to achieve the NDC and NAP targets set by the country.

Private sector mapping, outreach, and engagement in climate-responsive agrifood systems

05/2023

This guidance note illustrates three broad intervention areas. These interventions are crucial to addressing barriers to private sector engagement (PSE) in climate action such as a perceived gap in the alignment of public and private sector objectives, a limited understanding of climate risks and business opportunities, insufficient incentives, and a lack opportunities and investable ideas that are of adequate scale which offer risk adjusted returns for their investment.

Egypt SCALA inception report

02/2023

This Inception Report highlights the outcomes of the inception activities. by FAO and UNDP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, and Ministry of Water and Irrigation to determine the scope and areas of SCALA programme implementation in Egypt. It outlines the theory of transformative change for the SCALA implementation in Egypt's fruit and horticulture subsector and agriculture and land use sectors

Mongolia SCALA Inception Report

02/2023

This Inception Report highlights the outcomes of the inception activities undertaken by FAO and UNDP, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and Ministry of Environment and Tourism to determine the scope and areas of SCALA implementation in Mongolia. The insights, perspectives, and recommendations gathered during the inception phase were used to identify the priority areas for the country and to develop the workplan for the programme in Mongolia.

SCALA private sector engagement facility- briefing note

06/2022

This document outlines the funding call for accessing the Technical Assistance Facility to enhance private sector engagement under the FAO-UNDP SCALA programme. The objective of the facility is to support countries to accelerate investments in low-carbon and climate-resilience agriculture practices by mobilizing private sector actors in Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans implementation.

Costa Rica SCALA Inception Report

06/2022

This Inception Report highlights the outcomes of the inception activities undertaken by FAO and UNDP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. To translate the priorities defined in national plans, five transformative climate actions have been identified contributing to adaptation and mitigation efforts in the livestock, coffee, and family farming sectors. The report is in Spanish and has an executive summary in English.

Governance: National Adaptation Plan and nationally determined contributions-briefing note

05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and nationally determined contribution (NDC) governance to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team. NDCs and NAPs are the starting point under SCALA for supporting participant countries in translating their climate commitments into actionable and transformative climate action in the land-use and agriculture sectors

Private sector engagement-briefing note

05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of private sector engagement to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions under the different SCALA outcomes to address this topic in the programme-partnered country work plans, and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team.

Gender and social inclusion-briefing note

05/2022

This brief explains the relevance of gender equality and social inclusion (GSI) to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions in the SCALA country work plans, and summarizes useful resources and support available from the global team. SCALA GSI work consists of reducing barriers to participation in decision-making processes in the areas of adaptation and mitigation actions, inter-ministerial coordination, and climate action implementation through partnerships with the private sector.

Transparency: Monitoring, reporting, verification and monitoring and evaluation-brief note

05/2022

This brief explains the context and recommended approach to designing work under the SCALA programme Activity 2.1.2: Improve/develop measuring, reporting and verification(MRV) and (monitoring and evaluation) M&E systems at national and/or sectoral level for monitoring and reporting on the UNFCCC, CBD, SFDRR and SDGs in regard to mitigation and/or adaptation in land-use and agriculture, including collection of gender disaggregated data.