Inclusive Climate Governance through Capacity Building of Communities and Local Government Officials on Climate Change Risk and Adaptation.
The Capacity Building training brought together Local Government Officials of decision making capacity and Community members of selected conflict-affected communities under the “Powering Peace through Climate Action” Project to share knowledge and highlight the adverse Climate Change gaps/impacts and community based coping strategies and adaptation options.
The training aimed at enhancing capacity of different stakeholders to understand Climate Change better and explained several frameworks, tools and techniques to facilitate planning and designing of community-based adaptation projects. Also, the Meeting served as a platform to build synergy between development partners, Government and CSOs and supports our overall objective to mobilize climate adaption as a neutral entry point to bring divided and marginalized communities together and local governments to make climate action more inclusive and conflict sensitive in Benue State.
With the support of International Alert, CLHEI, Community Development Consultants, and members of the consortium, Angel Support Foundation and Kende Avese Foundation facilitated discussions with the community members to identify the issues that are a threat to their livelihood, prioritize their needs as a community, and have a common understanding of priority actions. These discussions have provided the foundation for the development of the Local Peace and Adaptation Plan for Ologba & Egba communities of Agatu LGA and Fiidi council ward, Makurdi LGA. The LPAP document captures an overview of the profile of the communities including historical profile; socio-economic profile; available natural resources; available infrastructure/social services; existing institutions; economic groups; livelihood pattern; social inclusiveness/gender balance; peace and climate change problems; and needs prioritization.
