This report summarizes the inception activities that Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) has undertaken for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Technical Assistance 7914 (RETA 7914) Harnessing Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives to Benefit Women from 7 January–6 February 2013. The purpose of the first phase Scoping Studies was as follows: 1) to gain an understanding of the existing situation within national and sub national climate change policies; 2) to identify key stakeholder organizations for project implementation and participants in the inception workshops; and 3) to gain an understanding of existing climate change projects and financing sources in each country.
