Networking & Collaboration
Technologies are vital to building climate-resilient, low-carbon societies. Many essential technologies already exist — the challenge is to get them deployed where they are needed, and to build the enabling environments to support technology innovation, adaptation and scale-up. An overwhelming number of developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement indicate a requirement for technology support and capacity building in order to achieve their commitments. To meet this need, the CTCN serves as a demand-driven and trusted partner, matching the needs of developing countries for climate change-related equipment, methods, capacity development, and policy advice with the world-class expertise of its Network and our collaborators.
Center for Rural Empowerment & Agricultural Transformation for Sustainability
Creats International is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating in Kenya as a community-based organization since 2015. Creats International dismantles the social, cultural, and economic barriers holding marginalized groups, especially women and youth, from thriving through:
1. Building the capacities of communities to innovate and find homegrown solutions to wicked problems like food insecurity, gender inequality, hunger, poverty, and the impacts of climate change.
2. Linking the community to resources like agricultural inputs, drought-tolerant hybrid seeds, credits or financial resources, and markets to foster inclusive and sustainable development.
3. Empowering women through agricultural technology and small business support, including financial literacy training, record-keeping, and business planning, among others.
4. Promoting environmental conservation and climate-smart agricultural activities by tapping into local knowledge to support communities in creating sustainable businesses along the circular and non-circular economy.
5. Advocating for inclusive policies to ensure women, young people, and other vulnerable members of the community (OVCs) have the tools and resources to be productive members of the community.
