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Eastern Africa
Mitigation of short-term effects and long-term strategies to cope with climate change in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya
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UNHCRSummary:
Contacts:
Dinesh Shrestha (UNHCR) Shresthd@unhcr.org
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Under implementation
Uganda - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-06-24 14:22
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Uganda.
Climate Related Hazards
* Flooding (flash) * Drought and low flows * Landslides * Sand/dust storms * Heat waves * Forest fires
Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts
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Module 1: Preparatory Activities Module 2: Consultation and prioritisation Module 3: Drafting of NAPA and public review Module 4: Endorsement and Publication of NAPA
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1. Establish NAPA National network; Review of studies/reports on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change; Participatory Rural Appraisal 2. Organise national stakeholders workshop; Prioritisation of adaptation measures using criteria; Organise sectoral workshops; Organise eco-system workshops 3. Prepare proposals for implementation of priority adaptation activities; Undertake cost benefit analysis of each adaptation measure; Review of the draft NAPA by public (newspaper supplements, press conferences, public hearing) 4. Review of NAPA by Government and Civic organisations; Endorsement by GEF Focal Points; Publication of final NAPA document
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GEF operational focal point: Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development Climate change focal point: Department of Meteorology Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment
Enhancing Climate Risk Management and Adaptation in Burundi
Submitted by JulianneBG on Tue, 2010-06-22 07:36
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The rain doesn’t come on time anymore poverty, vulnerability, and climate variability in Ethiopia
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:07
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This paper is part of a series of research reports written to inform the public debate on development and humanitarian policy issues.
In 2009, Oxfam commissioned research on climate variability in four woredas, or administrative areas, in Ethiopia.
Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa – Building a comprehensive national approach in Rwanda
Submitted by JulianneBG on Wed, 2010-06-09 03:06
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The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) has been designed to support the long-term efforts of 21 targeted countries to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development priorities.
Project Components:
To strengthen institutional, individual and systemic capacity to address climate change risks and opportunities through a national approach to adaptation in Rwanda.
Expected Outputs:
To address the identified problems and root causes underlying the CC and CCA problematic in Rwanda, a suite of proposed responses will be implemented. Adaptation alternative scenarios include the following:
* **Output 1**: Dynamic, long-term planning mechanisms to cope with the inherent uncertainties of climate change introduced.
* **Output 2**: Leadership and institutional frameworks to manage CC risks and opportunities in an integrated manner at the local and national levels strengthened
* **Output 3**: Climate-resilient policies and measures in priority sectors implemented.
* **Output 4**: Financing options to meet national adaptation costs expanded at the local, national, sub- regional and regional levels.
* **Output 5**: Knowledge on adjusting national development processes to fully incorporate climate change risks and opportunities generated and shared across all levels.
The Rwanda project has the following expected outcomes:
1. Establishing an enabling policy framework to support an effective system for environment management and ecosystem conservation.
2. Strengthening capacity at national, district and community levels to restore and protect ecosystems of national and global importance against potential degradation.
3. Enhancing economic productivity using natural resources in an environmentally friendly way.
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Mr. John Musemakweri
Program manager
john.musemakweri@undp.org
Mr. Henri Esseqqat
Program Officer
henri.esseqqat@undp.org
Promoting Autonomous Adaptation at the Community Level in Ethiopia
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Federal Environment Protection Agency, Addis Ababa Environment Protection AgencySummary:
Climate change is already affecting the security of Ethiopia’s sustainable development. Rain-fed agricultural production, mushrooming population growth, and a decline in per capita environmental resource availability (including arable land, water, pasture, forest and biodiversity) render the livelihoods of the majority of the population sensitive to climate-related shocks including drought and flooding.
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This UNDP-GEF project is designed to address projected climate change impacts and their underlying causes in relation to low agricultural productivity, poor access to risk-reducing instruments, and poor supply of extension advice and gender inequality. The project will help Ethiopian communities adapt by providing them with the tools needed for anticipatory and autonomous adaptation (i.e. climate risk information, financing, insurance, technical support). By developing capacity to routinely include climate risks into planning processes, planning authorities will be able to provision appropriate levels of support to communities to help them adapt.
Outcome 1 will work to improve capacity and approaches for integrated climate impact analysis, future implementation planning and costing (including identification of technologies and knowledge needs) at the sub-national level in a way that supports local stakeholder participation in adaptation planning.
Outcome 2 will work to improve access for development agents and communities to adaptation techniques and practices. Local centers of excellence will provide capacity development services.
Under Outcome 3, the project will use two critical risk-reducing factors – access to information and access to financial instruments – to incentivise local adoption and adaptation of climate resilience enhancing techniques and practices.
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Objective: To support local communities and administrations at the level of government to design and implement adaptation actions aimed at reducing vulnerability and building resilience, especially in those communities that are particularly vulnerable
- By the end of the project at least two national programmes will have mainstreamed climate change adaptation into their practice based on lessons learned from this LDCF project
- By the end of the project at least four Woreda and one Regional development plan will have been revised to incorporate climate change risks and opportunities
- By the end of the project, 5000 subsistence farmers have adopted adaptation measures, and climate resilient agricultural production has increased by 12.5% in target areas compared to baseline (1t/ha maize) and adjusted for rainfall.
Outcome 1: Sub-national institutional capacities for coordinated climate-resilient planning and investment strengthened
- By project end, four Woreda and one Regional task teams have been trained in and use climate-related vulnerability and risk assessments in an integrated area-based planning approach.
- Average CCA capacity score in the four Woreda and one Regional level is 3 for both men and women.
- Climate resilient investment strategies based on integrated climate resilient development plans are in place and attracting funding for four Woreda &one Regional area.
Outcome 2: Access to technologies and practices that improve the range and efficiency of adaptation options improved
- By project end, 5000 subsistence farmers (83% male-headed, 17% female-headed) have been trained in and tested on climate change resilience building techniques and practices, of which 35% of both male and female headed farming households have adopted such practices permanently.
- By project end, five project task teams from four Woreda and one Regional administration have the capacity to transfer adaptation technologies with a capacity score of 3.
Outcome 3: Capacity for community-based climate change adaptation improved
- By project end at least 25% of the men and 25% of the women in the target communities are using innovative mechanisms to insure against the inherent uncertainty of climate change.
- By project end climate resilient agricultural production has increased by 12.5% in target areas compared to baseline (1t/ha maize) and for adjusted for rainfall.
Contacts:
UNDP Regional Technical Advisor
- Jessica Troni
- Email: jessica.troni@undp.org
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Project Time Frame: 2012-2015Primary Beneficiaries:
Subsistence farmers in 4 Woredas [districts] and Addis Ababa
Fighting malaria in regions newly infested with mosquitoes
Submitted by tianyili on Thu, 2010-05-06 08:44
Adaptation Experience:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse.
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As a consequence of climate change, malaria, a tropical disease that is often lethal, is spread to regions in Tanzania where it did not occur in the past. This is the case for the regions of Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Tanga, and Kagera.
As a result, a NAPA project was launched by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in cooperation with the office of the Prime Minister, other ministries, the media, and NGOs. The project intends to raise awareness of the risks of malaria and the symptoms of the disease in newly infested regions. Furthermore, local doctors and hospitals are provided with guidelines on malaria. Another approach is to foster the use of traditional medicinal plants. The budget of the project is about 650,000 dollars.
Source: United Republic of Tanzania, National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)., Division of Environment
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Mini-Hydro-Electrification
Submitted by tianyili on Thu, 2010-05-06 08:30Summary:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
[Meister Consultants Group](http://www.mc-group.com/)
The north Tanzanian village of Luguru, located close to the border to Kenya, has been evaluated as a case study to improve the understanding of the impacts of climate change for the municipal economy, and to develop appropriate adaptation strategies. Traditionally, wood has been the main resource and energy source of the community. New climatic conditions have reduced the fertility of the soil. As a consequence, the forest was clear-cut to create new arable land, which led to a shortage of wood as an energy source.
A NAPA project with a budget of 620,000 dollars, initiated by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in cooperation with other national and local institutions as well as NGOs, plans to install a “Mini-Hydro” generator in a nearby river. The hydropower station uses simple technology. In order to ensure the long-term success of the project, the local population is trained to manage the small hydro plant independently.
_Source: United Republic of Tanzania, National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), Division of Environment_
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Water Supply at Risk: Wells in coastal regions and on Zanzibar
Submitted by tianyili on Thu, 2010-05-06 08:15Summary:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
[Meister Consultants Group](http://www.mc-group.com/)
Adaptation Experience:
The current rise in sea level has already had significant impacts on some coastal areas of Tanzania. Wells and other sources of drinking water in have been flooded, leading to contamination by salt water. The district of Bagamoyo, not far from Dar-es-Salaam, is particularly affected.
Within the framework of the NAPA project, alternative water sources are identified and new wells are built in Bagamoyo and other coastal regions. The project is directed by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and other ministries, as well as local institutions and NGOs.
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Kilimanjaro Region: reforestation and raising public awareness
Submitted by tianyili on Thu, 2010-05-06 07:54Summary:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
[Meister Consultants Group](http://www.mc-group.com/)
Adaptation Experience:
The snow-covered peak of Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and is a landmark of Tanzania. However, the famous mountain is seriously affected by the consequences of climate change. The glacier atop Kilimanjaro is melting rapidly, and will probably vanish completely at some point between 2015 and 2020. Less visible is the threat to the entire Kilimanjaro ecosystem posed by changes in water balance. Historically, the region at the foot of the mountain has been densely wooded, providing habitat and wood resources for local populations.
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