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This learning stream provides a platform for the broader humanitarian community to better understand how we can reduce our impact of climate change by accelerating action and increasing environmental sustainability. The series focuses on practical ways of applying the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations and sharing lessons learned on how the commitments can be translated into practice.

Topics covered in this webinar series include:

• Humanitarian Response and Loss and Damage Finance: Coordinating Action to Meet Rising Needs
• Climate Financing and Humanitarian Action
• Understanding Climate Change Loss and Damage and Links to Humanitarian Action
• The Road to COP27: Why should humanitarian NGOs engage?
• Understanding and Integrating Climate and Environment Risk Data in Humanitarian Action
• Embracing the leadership of local actors and communities in community action
• Practical tools and initiatives for reducing environmental impact in humanitarian action
• Maximising the environmental sustainability of our work
• Adapting to the impacts of the climate and environmental crises
• The Climate and Environment Charter for humanitarian organisations

On 9 & 10 December 2020, ICVA together with the Civil Society Action Committee, were co-organisers for the STEP event under the theme of sustainable society. STEP into a Better World was a virtual conference dedicated to driving action for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals which were collated into four accessible themes. These are: Sustainable society, Technology & innovation, Environment & nature and Partnering for a Better World.

Risk awareness is something that is embedded in the culture of humanitarian work but risk management is not. Therefore, it is critical for NGOs to understand how to identify and manage risk. This learning stream provides a platform for the NGO community to share their current practice, discuss, and learn from one another in order to better understand how to manage risks when working in the humanitarian sector and apply it in their day-to-day work.

This series includes webinars on the following topics:

• Risky Business: Reframing the fundamentals of risk management for humanitarians
• Security Risk Management and Duty of Care during COVID-19
• The Impact of Bank De-risking on Humanitarian Action
• Balancing Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerance in Humanitarian Operations
• Culture matters: Risks and opportunities related to leaderships, staff well-being and living our values
• Risk Management & Funding Partnerships

The Navigating Change learning stream provides a platform for the NGO community to better understand changes affecting the humanitarian sector.

At the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, the UN and World Bank have committed to a “new way of working” that transcends the humanitarian-development divide. This concept has been considered in terms of UN reform and the “triple nexus” – the nexus between humanitarian, development, and – when appropriate – peace. However, many NGOs and partners are yet to grapple with what this means for affected persons and the system as a whole.

This series includes webinars on the following topics:

• The “nexus: explained: How and when do humanitarian, development, and peace action come together?
• The World Bank and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
• The UN reform: The link to the “nexus” and what it means for non-UN actors
• Perspectives of peacebuilding actors in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
• Donor perspectives on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

This webinar provides a stronger understanding of the role of regional humanitarian actors.

The complexity of emergencies requires that humanitarian actors coordinate their responses effectively. However, many NGOs have only a limited understanding or engagement in the humanitarian coordination mechanisms.

This series includes webinars on the following topics:

• The IASC and the global humanitarian coordination architecture: How can NGOs engage?
• The humanitarian coordination architecture at country and regional levels
• NGO fora and consortia – from local to global
• OCHA and NGOs in humanitarian coordination
• The New Way of Working: What is it? What does it mean for NGOs?
• NGOs in government-led and refugee coordination contexts

The 2016 ICVA learning stream on demystifying humanitarian financing is a series of webinars, videos and briefing papers to help NGOs better understand the various humanitarian financing mechanisms, influence policy related to humanitarian financing, and access funding.

Topics included in the webinar series include:

• The Humanitarian Financing Landscape – Realities and emerging trends for NGOs
• UN humanitarian funding – demystifying NGO access
• Pooled funding – how can NGOs engage?
• Bilateral funding – trends, challenges and opportunities for NGOs
• Private funding – a growing source for NGOs?
• The Grand Bargain and its impact on NGOs

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