Presentation by GIZ as part of the Peer Learning Summit (PLS) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from July 9-11, 2019.

1. Session 9:
Enabling Factors Part III –
Capacity Building
NAP Global Network Peer Learning Summit
Rotterdam, July 10, 2018
Lena Klockemann, GIZ

2. Barriers
and
Enabling
Factors

3. Barriers to
Private Sector
Engagement
Private sector actors may lack the capacity to:
• Understand and use climate data
• Integrate climate risk management into
business operations
• Conduct/apply climate risk assessments
• Use technologies/equipment
• Develop business models needed to bring
adaptation products/services to market
• Lack of financial means/ limited access to
finance for implementing the adaptation
options

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• 30/32 respondents have experienced production losses in the last 5 years due
to climate change or extreme weather
• 31/32 respondent have experienced increasing costs of production in the last 5
years due to climate change or extreme weather
• The production is seen as the most sensitive part of the value chain
• Water availability as especially critical issue for production
• Main transportation between production and processing relies on roads
• Roads are seen as being most exposed in the field of transport infrastructure
and are facing the least flexibility
Snapshot: Results from recent survey among fair trade
producers and producer organizations cooperating with
GEPA: Impacts on the value chain

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Snapshot: Support and support needs
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1) Financial support for the implementation of risk management
measures
2) Improvement of infrastructure (e.g. transport, water, energy,
communication)
3) Trainings on climate risk management and adaptation to climate
change
4) Awareness-raising for the impacts of climate change among
producers
5) Awareness-raising for the impacts of climate change among the
society
6) Support in political lobby/advocacy work
7) Other (please specify):
What are the core needs of support from trading partners?
(multiple answers possible, up to two):

6. Key Actions
• Target business multipliers for training
or outreach programs
• Offer guidance notes/training on ways
to measure returns on climate change
adaptation investments
• Develop capacities to translate
assessments into actions
• Facilitate access to
decision-making support tools
• Target local financial actors to develop
respective products (e.g. credits)

8. Marketplace
• Blue: Climate Expert (honeycomb)
• Green: Saint Lucia (honeycomb)
• Red: Red Stripe (honeycomb)
• Yellow: SENAR (cave)
• 2 rounds, 15 minutes each
1 wildcard round, 15 minutes