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Enhancing Social and Environmental Soundness for Climate Change Mitigation

Explore the RECCCD SES Module for in-depth knowledge on social and environmental issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Learn frameworks, tools, and best practices for sustainable development and ethics. Understand stakeholder involvement and gender equity. Evaluate REDD+ benefits and safeguard mechanisms in action. Discover the interconnected social, economic, and environmental considerations for effective project implementation.

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Enhancing Social and Environmental Soundness for Climate Change Mitigation

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  1. Social and Environmental Soundness 0.0. Using the RECCCD SES Module USAID LEAF Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development

  2. Acknowledgements Social and Environmental Soundness (SES) Module Development Team

  3. SES: Overview of Module Content

  4. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND • 1.1. Introduction to Climate Change • 1.2. The Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation Context • 1.3. Introduction to Social and Environmental Soundness (SES) • 1.4. Guiding Frameworks – Sustainable Development & Ethics • WHAT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXIST: STRENGHENING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REDD+ • 2.1. Environmental Co-benefits: Introduction to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 2.1.1. Carbon/REDD+ Project Accounting, Carbon Monitoring & MRV • 2.2. Governance • 2.2.1. Regulatory Framework, Forest Tenure, and Carbon Rights • 2.3. Stakeholder Participation • 2.3.1. FPIC • 2.4. Social Co-benefits • 2.5. Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment • 2.5.1. Gender Analysis Tools • 2.5.2. Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index • 2.6. Indigenous Peoples and their Empowerment • 2.7. Local Livelihoods: An Introduction • 2.7.1 Livelihoods impact Case Study: April Salumei, PNG • 2.8. REDD+ Benefits Sharing • 2.9. Economic and Financial Viability and Sustainability • STATE OF THE ART IN ACTION: BRINGING THE PIECES TOGETHER • 3.1. Safeguard Mechanisms in REDD+ Programs • 3.2. Streamlining of Safeguards and Standards • 3.3. Developing National Level Safeguards Social and Environmental Soundness (SES)

  5. Module Objectives By the end of the course, learners will be able to: • Interpret social and environmental “soundness” and explain how it fits into larger contexts of climate change, climate change mitigation, and climate justice debates • Analyze conceptual and theoretical frameworks that underlie social and environmental soundness • Apply a variety of relevant tools for addressing soundness • Appraise how gender issues relate to REDD+ and cut across various other concepts

  6. Module Objectives, continued By the end of the course, learners will be able to: • Explain how safeguard mechanisms and approaches are being used in practice • Evaluate social, environmental, and economic costs and benefits, risks and opportunities associated with REDD+ and with other PES or conservation programs and projects • Synthesize a range of social, economic, and environmental considerations for application in REDD+ projects and safeguard mechanisms • Assess real-world REDD+ and safeguard design and implementation.

  7. Success stories • Materials application • University networking • National CCC development in Vietnam

  8. Why should we teach and learn about SES?

  9. Why? • Development initiatives can pose both positive and negative impacts e.g. forest conservation policy • Policy interventions addressing climate change e.g. REDD+ can exacerbate existing inequalities faced by vulnerable groups • Can we save forests by creating economic incentives to keep them intact? What are the potential benefits? What are the unintended consequences or drawbacks?

  10. Why? • Policies and tools to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change need to be considered in a broader context; considerations include: • Do no harm • Do good • No regrets • REDD+ policy solutions will result in land-use changes that will affect those who derive their livelihood from the land • Social impacts & potential benefits must be carefully considered • May impact indigenous peoples, women’s empowerment, governance, and more…

  11. Using the Module The SES module is built as a toolbox, for you to take and customize according to your curriculum development needs.

  12. The key ingredient is... YOU As you learn the concepts ... Design your courses ... Teach SES... Improve the materials ... Share your improvements.

  13. SES Module: Flexible Options • The complete SES module can be used as a semester-long university course. • However, the SES module is also designed to be flexible: • Can be used by practitioners as well as professors • Instead of using the entire module, sections can be used independently or in combination with other sections • Some professors or practitioners can choose to take and use several sections to create a mini-course that is related to the Regional Climate Change Curriculum. • Others may use one section as a single lecture within a class that is unrelated to the Regional Climate Change Curriculum. • The material is YOURS – once the modules are finalized, everyone is welcome to use and customize the sections to best fit their needs!

  14. These two days will cover… • Presenting an overview of SES module • Teaching demo on 1 selected topic • Interactive classroom activities (group work, role-play, peer discussion) • How to integrate SES into university curricula

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