NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS LINKING GRASS ROOTS VOICES AND LESSONS TO POLICY DEBATE, UP SCALING, KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND SCIENCE India 2010 MSSRF CHENNAI 8 November 2010 Embassy of Switzerland Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC Swiss Cooperation Office India WEI Process and Approach Overview Dr. Gerolf Weigel, Head of Climate Change & Energy Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Embassy of Switzerland Delhi India

WEI grassroots "field" LESSONS & VOICES POLICY GRASS ROOTS lessons&views (rural or business) research Shared learning UP-SCALING MAINSTREAMING Knowledge, resources, capacities, networks INTERNATIONAL Global, South – South; multilateral, Asia POLICIES & REGULATION National & State level Field visit / result session National Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation 2010: => Prep. PROCESS Linking the lessons & views from the grassroots/action level to policy debate and knowledge platforms levels Discussion Paper lessons from grassroots Video Clips /" voices " grassroots interaction Pune Workshop in July Practical Lessons from the grassroots level Working Paper web consultation 8-9 Nov National Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Actions ( Part 1) Chennai 12 Nov Delhi High Level Event National Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Actions draft ACTION PLAN ACTION PLAN Knowledge sharing international COP16 input? DSDS 2011 ? Bundelkhand April 2010 V&A Panel Delhi event

30/09/20163 WEI GRASS ROOTS lessons&views (rural or business) research Shared learning UP-SCALING MAINSTREAMING Knowledge, resources, capacities, networks INTERNATIONAL Global, South – North –South,, multilateral regional POLICIES & REGULATION National & State level National Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation 2010: => Prep. PROCESS Linking the lessons & views from the grassroots/action level to policy debate and knowledge platforms EXPLANATIONS regarding the levels *Field” => upscaling/mainstreaming/policies... levels 1. GRASS ROOTS: more people benefit from climate change adaptation knowledge & innovations through shared learning at all levels, especially grassroots level easy access to latest lessons learned & relevant local knowledge through systematic and user-friendly compilation peer to peer links & 3: UP-SCALING / POLICIES: suitable policies, capacities and access to financial & knowledge resources enable people at grassroots level to improve their lives in a rapidly changing context 4. INTERNATIONAL: similar to point 1 – 3 above: contributions to international & global policy development to bring the lessons & views of the grassroots/ implementation level to those entities that are relevant for the action on the ground