ALM UNDP

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The Pangani Basin is one of the most productive areas of Tanzania with nationally important agricultural outputs, (almost 90% of the surface flow in the Pangani river basin is used for irrigation) and hydropower generation. In addition, the basin has forest and biodiversity resources of global importance. Despite available water resources, Pangani Basin is water stressed having less than 1,200 cubic meters of water per person per year and already inadequate supplies threaten the basin’s natural resources, livelihoods,

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Read the briefing note for details on specific adaptation activities, climate change impacts, vulnerability assessment and community consultations.

Project: Mainstreaming Climate Change in Integrated Water Resources Management in Pangani River Basin

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UNDP mandates gender mainstreaming in all its programming through a gender marker that rates the projects for gender relevance. Projects are required to assess how they are addressing differences in roles and needs of women and men. Quantitative data on number of women in project staff, on project boards, and in jobs generated by the project are also to be reported.

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Reducing vulnerabilities to adverse impacts of climate change and increasing adaptive capacities to prepare for and manage climate change uncertainties and impacts is necessary to promote climate resilient development. Integrating climate change risk management principles into national development strategies, policies, and plans is crucial to safeguard efforts and achievements towards MDG 1.

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About this In Brief

This In Brief draws from a fuller report that forms the foundation for a process that seeks answers to these questions. It intends to help mobilise action through advice from those who engage with DRR and CCA on a daily basis through the realities on the ground.

Based on the premise that promoting and harnessing links between CCA and DRR requires constructive, actionable guidance, a conceptual tool known as the Zebra was developed by Katie Harris and Aditya Bahadur and is introduced in this brief.

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 The third UNU-EHS Policy Brief is the continuation of "Vulnerable Countries and People" where people explained what they need in terms of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Now, the focus lies on how to implement DRR measures and insurance for adaptation.

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"Vulnerable Countries and People. How Disaster Risk Reduction & Insurance Can Help Manage the Risks of Climate Change" focuses on linking disaster risk reduction and insurance approaches. A central concern is how to make such measures accessible and affordable to vulnerable people in developing countries. This Policy Brief helps delegates and policy-makers understand more clearly the links between climate risk insurance and "real people" by sharing interviews with people around the world affected by weather-related natural hazards.

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 “The Megacity Resilience Framework” by Carsten Butsch, Benjamin Etzold and Patrick Sakdapolrak, provides policy recommendations on how to increase the resilience and sustainability of megacities where more than half of the world’s population is living today. Megacities are an extreme product of the urbanization process that is shaping the planet. Rather than merely concentrating on the negative effects - like poverty and slums - the three scientists draw attention to the new opportunities that megacities equally provide.

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The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program, funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, has supported a number of projects that have investigated how seasonal climate forecasts developed by national meteorological services (SCFs) might be better integrated into agricultural and pastoral decision-making to strengthen livelihoods and food security.

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UNDP, in partnership with the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), is producing a series of briefs on gender and climate change finance mechanisms: "Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms." Each brief focuses on the role of a climate change finance mechanism in supporting poor women's and men's livelihoods, the status of gender and the specific finance mechanism, as well as steps forward for ensuring the the mechanism is more gender-responsive in the future.