CCCI Phase III will help smaller cities in developing countries to address the two issues noted above, by adapting to a changing climate and generally becoming more resilient, as well as by embracing low emission development strategies. We have learned through Phases I and II of CCCI that, while primarily concerned about adapting to climate change and building resilience, many local stakeholders also demand the right to be part of the global solution by reducing GHG emissions. This is in part because addressing climate change begins by sensitising local stakeholders about the causes as well as the effects of climate change; this awareness-raising naturally leads to consideration not only of adaptation but also of mitigation actions.
Beneficiaries will consist primarily of the residents of cities participating in CCCI, with a focus on the poor living in informal settlements. Adaptation strategies and action plans shall target those vulnerable groups. Mitigation actions will have a broader, more diffuse set of local and global beneficiaries. Regarding partners, UN-Habitat will continue to try to engage with organisations who are already actively engaged, either technically and/or politically, in the issue of cities and climate change. This approach will help us to work for policy change in coordination with others, as well as to build institutional (as opposed to merely individual) capacity. (For a list of contributing partners and co-funding, see Section 1.0, above; for further discussion/analysis of other stakeholders see Section 2.5 and Annex 3, below.)
During Phase III, UN-Habitat will broaden its range of knowledge services, while continuing to offer policy advisory services. As an example of the former type of activity: CCCI experiences will be featured in a special edition of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, planned for January 2013; eight UN-Habitat staff members have teamed up with 14 other external authors to produce seven articles for this peer-reviewed periodical. As an example of the latter service: in December 2012 CCCI launched its Policy Note series; we will continue this series under CCCI Phase III.
