richie ahuja presentation from Learning Event number 5, Session 1, Room D. What tools and policies are required to bring Food security,
adaptation, and mitigation together? From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011. Presentation: Financing Low Carbon Development in Rural India: Supporting Adaptation while mitigating climate change and poverty. Environmental Defense Fund Fair Climate Network.
Learning Event No 5, Session 1 from Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011
1. Financing
Low
Carbon
Development
in
Rural
India
SUPPORTING
ADAPTATION
WHILE
MITIGATING
CLIMATE
CHANGE
AND
POVERTY
Richie
Ahuja
Environmental
Defense
Fund
Fair
Climate
Network
2.
3.
4. What
is
the
model
for
Low
Carbon
Rural
Development?
CLIENTS
Sectors
Farmers
Individuals
CommuniLes
INSTITUTIONS
InternaLonal
RESOURCES?
NaLonal
Sub
NaLonal
Local
(NGO’s;
communiLes)
5. How
to
bring
sufficient
capital
for
low
carbon
development?
Domes2c
Budgetary
allocaLons
for
Development
Local
Financial
Inst
Climate
Finance
Interna2onal
Sources
Carbon
Markets
Compliance
&
ODA
Voluntary
FDI
FAO
Other
Climate
IFI’s
and
MDB’s
Finance
–
GCF
6. What
do
carbon
markets
need
in
order
to
pay
for
miLgaLon?
• AddiLonality
• Permanence
• AccounLng
for
leakage
• Monitoring
• Measurement
• Transparency
• CerLficaLon
7. What
would
a
soluLon
for
rural
India
look
like?
On-‐farm
ac2vi2es
Community
(Climate-‐smart
ac2vi2es
and
agriculture)
infrastructure
Low
carbon
rural
development
Household
Community
forest
energy
needs
14. What
is
the
model
low
carbon
rural
development
in
India?
• Nutrient
management
• Soil
conservaLon
• Efficient
water
uLlizaLon
• Integrated
pest
management
• Community
forest
management
• Integrated
livestock
management
• Improved
cook
stove
uLlizaLon
• IncorporaLon
of
energy
producLon
processes