[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 205], "category": "Text", "text": "3.2.3. Support the GoSS to develop a Climate Change Adaptation Policy, including elements on its costing and financing and in coordination with the National DRR and National Land policies."}, {"bbox": [97, 207, 888, 234], "category": "Text", "text": "3.2.4. Support role out and implementation of the climate change policy at state levels."}, {"bbox": [97, 258, 1134, 365], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is expected to contribute to the Team Europe Initiative \"Human development, jobs, and economic growth for a resilient and stable society in South Sudan\", currently under discussion with EU Member States with cooperation activity in South Sudan (namely Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden). This TEI is expected to focus on job creation and access to finance and markets."}, {"bbox": [97, 391, 1134, 497], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to this Team Europe Initiative will be complemented by other contributions from Member States and financial institutions. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each respective member's meaningful contribution as early as possible. In the event that the TEIs and/or these contributions do not materialise, the EU action may continue outside a TEI framework."}, {"bbox": [86, 538, 311, 569], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [97, 585, 542, 612], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [97, 612, 1134, 851], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action addresses biodiversity protection and the conservation of priority biodiversity landscapes, avoiding land use change and ensuring carbon sequestration in forest and grassland ecosystems. It also proposes to improve knowledge and capacities to address the drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss. Further, supporting communities in their sustainable use of goods and services derived from their surrounding ecosystems helps sustaining their livelihoods and safeguards the related natural capital, including productive soil, freshwater, forest products, wildlife, etc. It will directly address and integrate land degradation concerns and solutions within local strategies and plans including sustainable financing (e.g. through payment for ecosystems services mechanisms). In all these regards, it is also fully aligned with the Great Green Wall of Africa Flagship Initiative, with the whole Action contributing to its objectives."}, {"bbox": [97, 876, 1134, 983], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will not provide sector budget at strategic level. In addition, there will be no multiple infrastructure projects or multiple projects that require land use change or intensive use of natural resources and therefore the project activities may not have significant cumulative impacts on the environment. The action will support the development/revision of the environmental sector's policy, regulatory and/or institutional framework."}, {"bbox": [97, 1009, 971, 1036], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1036, 1058, 1063], "category": "Text", "text": "The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening concluded that no further action was required."}, {"bbox": [97, 1088, 1134, 1142], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1142, 1134, 1195], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1221, 1134, 1275], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1275, 1103, 1301], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is at risk (CRA will be undertaken)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1356, 744, 1383], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and adolescent girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 1383, 1134, 1543], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that this Action will therefore ensure full participation of women and girls in all decision-making processes relating to implementation. Implementing partners will also ensure individual projects are designed and implemented with a gender lens, including actively promoting the recruitment of women and adolescent girls as direct beneficiaries. Women will also have a say in implementation processes, including according them the opportunity to take up leadership positions where relevant."}, {"bbox": [97, 1569, 1134, 1623], "category": "Text", "text": "Gender issues in the agriculture- and forestry-based value chains will be assessed through analytical studies and findings used to inform strategic interventions, with the objective of ensuring equity and fair representation of"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 39"}]