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Implementing NAPA Priority Interventions to Build Resilience in the Agriculture and Water Sectors to the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)Summary:
To implement an urgent set of measures thatn Sudan, increasing at a rate of about 0.2% per year. These changes in temperature and rainfall patterns represent a priority threat to food security in Sudan’s agriculture-based economy.
Project Components:
- 1. Implementation of pilot adaptation measures in demonstration sites;
- 2. Building national and local adaptive capacities;
- 3. Knowledge management, codification of best practices and replication; and
- 4. Project management.
Expected Outputs:
1. Innovative copying mechanisms and practices (rain water harvesting, improved irrigation techniques, climate-resilient cropping and grazing systems, livelihood diversification…) field- tested in 5 high-risks areas;
2. Early warning and climate risk management systems designed and set up at central and local levels; Agriculture-related policies and practices revised and informed by EWS and climate information; Farmers, pastoralists and technical staff fully trained and equipped on CRM tools, strategies and practices;
3. National menu of best practices available; Successful pilot mechanisms and measures institutionalized; and National budget allocated to support country-wide upscaling efforts.
Contacts:
Project Contact person
- Keti Chachibaia
- Regional Technical Advisor
- Climate Change Adaptation and Capacity Development
- Email: keti.chachibaia@undp.org
Project Status:
Under ImplementationPrimary Beneficiaries:
small-scale farmers
Morocco: Adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
FAOSummary:
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (MPAM) and the World Bank (WB), in collaboration with the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Meteorology Authority (DMN) together undertook an original exploratory study to quantify the impact of climate change on Moroccan agriculture by the end of the 21st century.
Expected Outputs:
Developing downscaled climate projections Assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture (crops) Assessment of potential impacts on farming systems Assessment of economic impacts, and Developing policy relevant adaptation options.
Contacts:
Michele Bernardi (NRC)
Project Status:
Completed
Second Natural Resource Management Project
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Project details
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Implementing Agency:
World BankImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
World Bank, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MARH), National Sewerage and Sanitation Agency (ONAS), General Directorate of Rural Engineering (DGGRE) and General Directorate of Environment and Quality of Life (DGEQV)Summary:
The objective of the Second Natural Resources Management Project for Tunisia is to improve the living conditions of rural communities in the project areas in terms of access to basic infrastructure and services, sustainable increase the three agencies income, and improved natural resource management practices by fostering an integrated approach to community-based development.
Project Components:
There are three components to the project. 1. Component one: support to Participatory Development Plan (PDP) investments - this component will contribute to the project development objective by supporting the financing of investments within the PDPs framework which reflect the priority needs of local communities in the project target areas. 2. Component two: support to the development of treated wastewater use for agriculture - the objective of this component is to support the National Program for Wastewater Reuse through the transfer of treated wastewater from the Greater Tunis area towards the interior of the country (south of the Tunisian Dorsal) where demand for water is high. In these areas demand for water is high and treated wastewater will help to increase yields on agricultural land, reduce fluctuations in agricultural production, and enhance adaptation to climate variability and change. 3. Component three: institutional strengthening and awareness raising - the objective of this component is to support the mainstreaming of the Integrated Participatory Approach (IPA) in rural development in the three governorates of Jendouba, Kasserine, and Medenine through institutional strengthening and capacity building of target groups involved in project implementation. The component will also support the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for project activities and for safeguards, and communication and sensitization on sustainable land management, and environmental issues.
Expected Outputs:
Agricultural Development Groups have been formed and are managing income-generating activities. An increased number of farmers benefit from quality advisory services. Increased number of small irrigated areas created and rehabilitated. Increased number of small water supply systems. Viable income-generating activities implemented. Increased capacity of farmers to adopt SLM practices to increase productivity and enhance climate resilience. Water storage capacity improved (water tanks). Irrigation efficiency improved (water saving equipment used). Increased area of productive land is protected from erosion. Reduction in soil loss in areas protected from erosion.
Project Status:
Under Implementation
Lessons Learned in Promoting Resilient Coastal Development in Tunisia
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2011-02-07 22:07Project:
Summary:
Summary text
Adaptation Experience:
Results and Learning:
Participated in Project Inception Workshop and meetings with the Agence pour la Protection et l Amenagement du Littoral (APAL), and Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) delegation * The project can benefit by clearer and more cohesive restructuring of project results, activities, indicators, and budgets. Critical path issues need to be addressed to ensure timely delivery of outputs. * The project is making efforts to accelerate project delivery through more distributed and flexible project execution. This entails building strategic and operation partnerships with a number of catalytic organizations. APAL plans to develop a thorough Project Stakeholder Involvement Plan and Partnership Strategy, which will outline in more detail the overall division of roles and responsibilities within the consortium. * APAL will analyse the issue concering linkages between AAP Tunisia project and the UNDP Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) * Priority needs include (to be carried out by UNDP and ALAP): development of territorial climate adaptation and shoreline management plans in context of ICZM and possibly the TACC economic assessments and cost of climate change impacts on coastal zones soft techniques for coastal ecosystems restoration and sand dunes stabilization design of innovative financing mechanisms such as index-based weather insurance and adaptation-oriented Payment for Ecosystem Services
Sustainability:
- There is a high risk of duplication and redundancies with existing initiatives in a number of areas. APAL plans to monitors this aspect and invests time in stakeholder consultations to build partnerships. This will help to identify overlaps and synergies with other projects.
Replication:
- APAL plans to align the AAP project with their previous/on-going initiatives, particularly with an earlier UNDP-GEF project on conservation of coastal ecosystems (MedWetCoast). Findings from this project provides and extremely valuable guide for the AAP project. It is crucial that the MWC evaluation outcomes and recommendations are revisited by APAL.
Funding Source:
Lessons Learned in Promoting Resilient Coastal Development in Tunisia
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-05-28 13:52Project:
Adaptation Experience:
Results and Learning:
Participated in Project Inception Workshop and meetings with the Agence pour la Protection et l Amenagement du Littoral (APAL), and Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) delegation
- The project can benefit by clearer and more cohesive restructuring of project results, activities, indicators, and budgets. Critical path issues need to be addressed to ensure timely delivery of outputs.
- The project is making efforts to accelerate project delivery through more distributed and flexible project execution. This entails building strategic and operation partnerships with a number of catalytic organizations. APAL plans to develop a thorough Project Stakeholder Involvement Plan and Partnership Strategy, which will outline in more detail the overall division of roles and responsibilities within the consortium.
- APAL will analyse the issue concering linkages between AAP Tunisia project and the UNDP Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC)
- Priority needs include (to be carried out by UNDP and ALAP): development of territorial climate adaptation and shoreline management plans in context of ICZM and possibly the TACC economic assessments and cost of climate change impacts on coastal zones soft techniques for coastal ecosystems restoration and sand dunes stabilization design of innovative financing mechanisms such as index-based weather insurance and adaptation-oriented Payment for Ecosystem Services
Sustainability:
- There is a high risk of duplication and redundancies with existing initiatives in a number of areas. APAL plans to monitors this aspect and invests time in stakeholder consultations to build partnerships. This will help to identify overlaps and synergies with other projects.
Replication:
- APAL plans to align the AAP project with their previous/on-going initiatives, particularly with an earlier UNDP-GEF project on conservation of coastal ecosystems (MedWetCoast). Findings from this project provides and extremely valuable guide for the AAP project. It is crucial that the MWC evaluation outcomes and recommendations are revisited by APAL.
Sudan - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by robertaannan on Wed, 2010-03-10 20:30Summary:
The objective of the proposed NAPA project for Sudan is to develop a country-wide programme of immediate and urgent project-based adaptation activities that address the current and anticipated adverse effects of climate change, including extreme events.
This project fully reflects the priority measures identified by Sudan in its NAPA, i.e “implement an climate change adaptation”. Furthermore, the project will 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 Government has been involved in a number of programs, which are related to the LDCF project.
Adaptation Experience:
Setting of evaluation criteria for the NAPA identified projects involves a mix of a nationally/locally driven criteria such as: Participative process, Multi-disciplinary approach, Sustainable development, Gender equality, Country-driveness, Cost-effectiveness, Simplicity, and country context.
Results and Learning:
In understanding the principles of the MCA methodology the Ministry of Environment and the NAPA Task Team found that the local cultural context of the faa-Sudan consensus approach methodology builds on the same principles. The added-value of the Sudan consensus approach is that it went in line with the cultural settings, and thus was more conducive to the local environment. The process therefore became more effective in acquiring information from the community people. There was ease with which the issues were addressed in a gender-sensitive manner and it allowed for gender-based concerns on the environment and climate change to be capture.
Sustainability:
Once the NAPA document was endorsed by Cabinet, we found out from experience that the fundamental criteria that the Government – in collaboration with stakeholders and development partners - used to weigh the proposed adaptation options for immediate implementation was realistically that of ‘existing and ongoing development initiatives – that posed as potential adaptation initiatives and measures’. For example, since Sudan identified ‘water’ as its highest, most immediate and urgent adaptation action under NAPA – to be implemented, it weighed this decision (made by the communities) against those water programs that were already on ground. It found out that Sudan in early 2000 already took the initiative to address water in the rural areas, under a European Commission funded National Rural Water Sector project stemming 5 years, with more than $13 million Euros, addressing community resilience and rural accessibility to quantity supply of quality potable water. The process simply moved on to the second priority on the list. Sudan then decided to use an ‘integrated approach’ (2009) to combine its priorities identified under the NAPA to strategically plan implementation of these priorities in line with its national development strategy and policies.
Replication:
The wide range consultation process provided an adequate awareness platform for adaption to climate change issues. Furthermore, consultation with local governments and grass root institutions created adequate ownership and support to the NAPA and hence for NAPA follow up projects and programmes. For example, based on the Mali experience, it is planned to use radio as one key dissemination mechanism for the forecasting and EW information. Community radio, transmitting information in local vernacular would potentially form a very effective information dissemination mechanism.
It is appreciated that forecast information must be delivered site/area specific and should include recommendation on adaptive measures. For example, if a later onset of the rainy season is predicts, farmers should get information on which short cycle or fast growing crops, cultivars or varieties to plant, whilst the commune level service delivery institutions should be able to source the required seeding material, to make it available to the farmers.
Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa – Tunisia
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Developoment (Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (MEDD) – Agence de Protection et d’Aménagement du Littoral (APAL)Summary:
Under its programme "Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa", supported by the Government of Japan, UNDP aims to assist 21 countries across the African continent in incorporating climate change risks and opportunities into national development processes to secure development gains under a changing climate.
Project Components:
To strengthen the resilience of development efforts in the face of climate change, particularly in coastal zone.
Expected Outputs:
The following plan of action will be undertaken by the Tunisian government to address these changes:
Output 1: Dynamic, long-term planning mechanisms to manage the inherent uncertainties of climate change introduced.
- The climate change forecasting and monitoring function at national level is strengthened.
- Adaptation decision-making support tools are developed, with a particular focus on coastal zone management. This activity result is based on the expressed need for relevant guidance for the integration of climate information and risk assessment results into decision-making. The specific focus on coastal zone challenges (sea level rise and water stress) will determine the scope of climate change risk assessment methods and tools for adaptation decision-making.
- Scientific and technical capacity is reinforced to support adaptation decision-making in the context of coastal regions.
Output 2: Leadership capacities and institutional frameworks to manage climate change risks and opportunities in an integrated manner at the local and national levels strengthened.
Coordination and collaboration between decision-making bodies relevant to adaptation is enhanced.
Output 3: Climate-resilient policies and measures in priority sectors implemented.
- Adaptation issues are integrated into National Development and land use Planning.
- On-the ground adaptation responses are tested in coastal zones.
Output 4: Financing options to meet national adaptation costs at the local, national, sub-regional and regional levels expanded.
- Sustainable national financing mechanisms and sources are explored and introduced.
- Innovative financial sources and mechanisms are explored and introduced on a pilot basis.
Output 5: Knowledge on adjusting national development processes to fully incorporate climate change risks and opportunities generated and shared across all levels.
- Project results, lessons and good practices are documented and shared.
Develop and test national adaptation indicators for establishing a comprehensive M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) framework for adaptation to monitor the progress in the framework of the project and beyond. The project in Tunisia has the following expected outcomes:
1. Dynamic, long-term planning mechanisms to cope with the inherent uncertainties of climate change introduced
2. Leadership and institutional frameworks to manage CC risks and opportunities in an integrated manner at the local and national levels strengthened
3. Climate-resilient policies and measures in priority sectors implemented
4. Financing options to meet national adaptation costs expanded at the local, national sub-regional and regional levels
5. Knowledge on the implications of climate change generated and shared among stakeholders at all levels
Contacts:
Ms. Keti Chachibaia Regional Technical Advisor Climate Change Adaptation Email: keti.chachibaia@undp.org
Project Status:
Under implementation
Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa - Morocco
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
PNUD - POS POT (Programme Oasis du Sud & Programme Oasis du Tafilale) et le Ministère de l’Énergie, des Mines, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (Secrétariat d’État chargé de l’eau et de l’environnement)Summary:
Selon le rapport sur le développement humain de 2009, le Maroc se trouve sur le numéro 130. Le Maroc a signé et ratifié la CCNUCC. Le Maroc fait parti des pays maghrébins qui subissent la fréquence et l’intensité des sécheresses, inondations dévastatrices inhabituelles, réduction de la durée d’enneigement des sommets du Rif et de l’Atlas, la modification de la répartition spatiotemporelle des pluies, une décroissance globale nette des quantités de pluie recueillies et les fortes températures estivales.
Project Components:
Gérer et réduire les risques posés par le changement climatique dans les systèmes productifs oasiens du Maroc à travers l’introduction d’approches innovantes d’adaptation et le renforcement des capacités locales, selon une approche territoriale.
Expected Outputs:
Pour les raisons nommées ci-dessus, le gouvernement Marocain a mis les mesures suivantes en place pour ralentir les impacts des changements climatiques;
L’établissement de mécanismes dynamiques de planification à long terme pour gérer les risques inhérents aux changements climatiques.
- Les informations sur le climat régional et ses impacts sont disponibles
- Les institutions nationales et régionales disposent d'outils de gestion des ressources en eau pour faire face aux changements climatiques.
- Les mécanismes de veille, de suivi et d'alerte face aux changements climatiques et leurs impacts sont renforcés dans la zone oasienne.
Le renforcement du leadership et des cadres institutionnels régissant la gestion intégrée des risques climatiques.
- Les changements climatiques sont intégrés à la planification régionale décentralisée.
- Les acteurs locaux développent des capacités à composer avec les changements climatiques.
La mise en place de politiques et mesures adaptées.
- Des modèles de développement local adapté sont développés.
L’exploration d’options de financement permettant de couvrir les coûts de l’adaptation.
- Des mécanismes de financement pour l'adaptation au niveau local, régional et national sont identifiés et mis en place.
La genèse et dissémination des connaissances pertinentes à l’ajustement des processus de développement nationaux.
- Un plan de plaidoyer, de communication et de mobilisation sociale est mis en œuvre.
Contacts:
Keti Chachibaia
Regional Technical Advisor
Climate Change Adaptation
Email: Keti.chachibaia@undp.orgProject Status:
Under implementation
Vulnerability assessment and risk level of ecosystem services for climate change impacts and adaptation in Moroccan oases
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Summary:
A methodology will be developed that combines strong ground- and remote sensing based data layers including climate data and socio-economic attributes to assess risk-levels of climate change (CC) potential vulnerabilities and their consequences at local and sub-regional scales for time horizons extending the next 10-15 years. Results will provide detailed adapted analysis into local to regional CC and important metrics required as input for mapping vulnerability and risk based on changes in surface energy, carbon and water balances in large regions of Southern Morocco.
Expected Outputs:
Analyze ecosystem vulnerabilities using remote sensing observations, climate data and socio-economic attributes to develop results of clear value for integrated assessments of global change impacts in the subtropical ranges of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Derive realistic site-to-region-specific climate change outcome scenarios based on projections from the IPCC Fourth Assessment (IPCC, 2007). These climate changes outcome scenarios will include guidelines derived from current understanding of uncertainties in the climate projections and will be adapted to observed historical regional climate indicators. This will allow vulnerability assessments based on probability and guidelines following international standards. Derive region-specific vulnerability assessment with risk level maps to climate change for selected major ecosystem services such as land use and cover change, water resources and surface fresh water availability, agricultural production, forest cover and carbon sequestration, nature-based tourism.
Contacts:
Name: Mohammed Messouli
Email: messouli@gmail.comProject Status:
unknown
Morocco - Country-level Climate Data Summary
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-11-24 08:14Summary:
These country-level climate data summaries were prepared with funding from the UNDP National Communication Suport Programme (NSCP) and the UK government Department for International Development (DfiD) in order to address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections made available through the WCRP CMIP3. A consistent approach has been applied for 52 developing countries in order to produce an 'off the shelf' analysis of climate data, and also make available the underlying data for each country for use in further research.
For more information: UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles
For each of the 52 countries, a report contains a set of maps and diagrams demonstrating the observed and projected climates of that country as country average timeseries as well as maps depicting changes on a 2.5° grid and summary tables of the data. A narrative summarises the data in the figures, and placing it in the context of the country's general climate.
A dataset containing the underlying observed and model data for that country, is made available for use in further research projects. The files are smaller and more manageable than the global fields made available by the PCMDI, and in text format which can be easily downloaded, read and manipulated.
Source: University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment. Accessed on 23 November 2009 at: http://country-profiles.geog.ox.ac.uk/.
