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Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is a term adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It refers to Article 6 of the Convention’s original text (1992), focusing on six priority areas: education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation on these issues. The implementation of all six areas has been identified as the pivotal factor for everyone to understand and participate in solving the complex challenges presented by climate change. The importance of ACE is reflected in other international frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, 2015); the Global Action Programme for Education for Sustainable Development (GAP on ESD, 2014); the Aarhus Convention (2011); and the Bali Guidelines (2010). ACE calls on governments to develop and implement educational and public awareness programmes, train scientific, technical and managerial personnel, foster access to information, and promote public participation in addressing climate change and its effects. It also urges countries to cooperate in this process, by exchanging good practices and lessons learned, and strengthening national institutions. This wide scope of activities is guided by specific objectives that, together, are seen as crucial for effectively implementing climate adaptation and mitigation actions, and for achieving the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC.
References
- UNESCO and UNFCCC (2016). Action for climate empowerment: Guidelines for accelerating solutions through education, training and public. UNESCO and UNFCCC. pp. 6, 14–18, 26, 28. ISBN 978-92-3100-182-6. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002464/246435e.pdf.
- 5th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment United Nations Climate Change http://unfccc.int/cooperation_and_support/education_and_outreach/dialogues/items/10123.php
- UNESCO. 2016. UNESCO action on climate change working document prepared in conjunction with the drafting of the updated UNESCO strategy for action on climate change. UNESCO Task Force on Climate Change. Retrieved from http://www.unesco. org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Climate_Change_TF_Working_Docu- ment_09-2016.pdf
- UN CC:iNet. (n.d.) Scope (and all 6 ACE elements under this section of the website). Re- trieved from http://unfccc.int/cc_inet/cc_inet/six_elements/items/3525.php
- UNDP. 2013. Overview of linkages between gender and climate change. Overview of linkages between gender and climate change. Retrieved from http://www.undp.org/content/ dam/undp/library/gender/Gender%20and%20Environment/PB1-AP-Overview-Gen- der-and-climate-change.pdf
- WRI. 2015. Building Climate Equity: Creating a New Approach from the Ground Up. World Resources Institute. Retrieved from http://www.wri.org/publication/building-climate-equity
- UN DESA. 2002. World Population Ageing: 1950-2050. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/
