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Implementing the climate charter: Analysis and mapping of expertise available to signatories on the implementation of the climate and environment charter for humanitarian organizations - Final report - World | ReliefWeb

**1. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE **

In response to DG ECHO request under the INSPIRE+ Consortium led by Groupe URD, this mapping initiative aims to help DG ECHO promote the implementation of the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations1 (the Climate Charter). The overall objective of this assignment was to produce a snapshot of the support available to signatories of the Climate Charter to implement commitments 1 and 22 (mapping spreadsheet) and analyse potential gaps and barriers (analysis report). This is being carried out to inform DG ECHO, the Climate Charter secretariat and donors about what the sector needs and the resources that need to be mobilised to help it adapt to the environmental and climate crisis.

The Climate Charter was launched in May 2021 to catalyse and guide humanitarian actors in addressing and responding to the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Over 300 humanitarian organisations have added their signatures to date, and ten states and the European Union have indicated their formal support. Signatories of the Charter make a commitment to develop targets and implementation plans – a critical step towards ensuring that the Climate Charter results in real change.

The mapping initiative therefore aimed to provide concise and comprehensive analysis of the support available to signatories, with a particular focus on:

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what is already available and how it is accessible to humanitarian organisations;
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the obstacles to accessing it;
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existing gaps;
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existing structures that could be scaled up; and,
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the best structure to provide adequate support.