The Southern Climate Partnership Incubator, a new UN initiative to promote South-South cooperation on climate change and sustainable development, is calling for input on the best examples of cross-country collaborative climate actions.

Tell us about your stories, how the cross country partnership helped you achieve your mitigation or adaptation goals, your lessons learned and future expectations. From the many case studies that we receive, we will be extracting key components and messages for how to create a successful cross country partnership and collaboration, and distributing this information in an official publication on best practices. You also have the opportunity to highlight your case on the United Nations Climate Partnerships for the Global South Website, and you may be entered for a United Nations Climate Partnership Award.

CONTEXT

Climate Change affects every country in this world and threatens to reverse the development gains made over the past several decades. The adoption of the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development shows that the world is ready to act on climate change and ready to create a sustainable future. The member states and international organizations behind this legislation need to work in a more collaborative way to turn the ambition into reality with no one is left behind.

Countries of the Developing South have shared needs and development challenges and have a unique opportunity to collaborate towards mutually beneficial gains. Some countries are already engaging in South-South Cooperation and would like to expand their reach to create new partnerships or larger-scale projects. Other countries seek to engage in partnerships and request for a foundation to get started and to find the financial and technological resources that they need.

The United Nations is in a unique position to initiate, facilitate, and support partnerships that help countries implement the Paris Agreement and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Diffusion of best practices is a key function of the SCPI to promote and incubate concrete South-south cooperation actions on climate change and SDGs.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

  • Name of Project
  • Criteria (Select all that apply)
    • (a) some results have already been achieved;
    • (b) more than one country has been involved;
    • (c) stakeholders at the national level have taken ownership of the activities carried out or of their results.
    • (d) the project is innovative, scalable, and transferable/replicable
    • (e) the project has both qualitative and quantitative measurements of success
  • Host Location/Regions
  • Countries
  • Time Frame
  • Scale
  • Type of Collaboration (Select one in each of categories below)
    • Government, Private Sector, Youth, Civil Society, Other.
    • South-South Cooperation, North-South Cooperation, Triangular Cooperation, Other.
    • Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral, Other.
    • Technology Transfer, Capacity Building, Financial Resources, Other.
  • Partners
  • Cost and Source of Funding
  • Implementers
  • Sectors – Adaptation (Select one in the category below)
    • Water, Agriculture, Infrastructure/settlement, Infrastructure/settlement (including coastal zones), Human health, Tourism, Transport, Energy
  • Sectors – Mitigation (Select one in the category below)
    • Energy supply, Transport, Buildings, Industry, Agriculture, Forestry/forests, Waste

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

  • Background
    [define the context and challenges of the project]
  • Goals and Objectives [goals and objectives of the project]
  • Participants and their roles
  • Key Components/Activities [phases of the project]
  • Financial Arrangements [budgets, who manages the fund]
  • Evidence of Success [logic model: inputs, outputs, outcomes]
  • Cooperation [describe how the cooperation was done and why it was beneficial]
  • Sustainable Development Goals [select all that apply]
  • Cost Effectiveness

REFLECTION

  • Why did you decide to do a cross-country climate partnership?
  • How did you decide which type of climate partnership to choose? (Bilateral, Multilateral, Youth, Civil Society, etc.)
  • How did you find people to collaborate with? Why did you choose those people?
  • What do you think are the key ingredients for a successful climate partnership?
  • What were the biggest challenges/obstacles that you faced in executing your climate partnership? What were your lessons learned?

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Name
  • Organization
  • Email Address

HOW TO SUBMIT

You may submit your stories through either SUBMITTING CASES FORM HERE or by emailing SCPI@un.org directly.