Capacity Building

The achievement of the Paris Agreement goals requires all countries to develop and deploy policies and strategies to avert, mitigate, adapt and address climate change impacts. The advancement and success of such implementation depend, among other things, on the capacities of countries to act.

Capacity building is an investment in the effectiveness and future sustainability of society, as such it is a key dimension to enable people-centered climate action. It refers to the process by which governments, organizations, or individuals obtain, improve or retain the skills, knowledge tools, equipment and the resources (i.e human, social and economic capital) to do their work competently. It also refers to further developing the performance for enhanced capacity.

ACE elements include different modes of capacity building:

Education

Education

Public Awareness Training Collaboration

Aligning with the call within SDG4 to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life long opportunities opportunities". Education here refers to the efforts made by governments to integrate climate change, sustainable development, and global citizenship education across subjects and through primary, technical, vocational, higher education, and non-formal education.

This education should be transformational in developing individual's understanding, skills, and motivation to build just climate solutions for a population and workforce whose deep-seated understanding and appreciation for climate science climate impacts, climate solutions, relating to others harmoniously, and civic action empowers them to act for collective well-being and sustainable development. The benchmark and capacities are not limited to content but also to learning outcomes, the learning environment, and pedagogies that take into consideration different learning systems such as local and indigenous knowledge.