Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health

Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, World Health Organization, and Ministries of Health in the pilot countries
Summary:

Description

To increase adaptive capacity of national health system institutions, including field practitioners, to respond to climate change-sensitive health risks.

Summary

Project Components:
  1. Climate change and health early warning and planning systems
  2. Institutional and technical capacity to manage climate change health risks
  3. Demonstration Measures to reduce vulnerability
  4. Regional Cooperation to address climate change health risks
Expected Outputs:
  • Outcome 1: Early warning systems will be adjusted to include climate change induced health risks.
  • Outcome 2: Capacity of health sector institutions to respond to climate-sensitive health risks will be improved.
  • Outcome 3: Prevention measures piloted in emerging and epidemic risk area.
  • Outcome 4: Cooperation among participating countries promotes innovation in adaptation to climate change including variability.
Project Status:
CEO Endorsed (November 30, 2009)
Funding Source:
GEF-SCCF
Financing Amount:
USD 4,500,000
Cofinancing Total:
USD 15,963,559
Total Amounts:
USD 20,933,244
Contacts:
  • Contact: Pradeep Kurukulasuriya,
  • (212) 906-6843
  • Email: pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.org
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Thimphu, Bhutan: Governments of four Eastern Himalayan states announced plans today that will lead to the development of a unified climate change adaptation plan for the mountainous region. 

Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal met in Thimphu on January 27 and 28 to start planning 10-year national and regional adaptation frameworks that will be tabled later this year. 

Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, World Health Organization and Ministries of Health in the pilot countries
    Summary:

    Description

    To increase adaptive capacity of national health system institutions, including field practitioners, to respond to climate change-sensitive health risks.

    Summary

    Project Components:
    1. Climate change and health early warning and planning  systems
    2. Institutional and technical capacity to manage  climate change health risks
    3. Demonstration Measures to reduce vulnerability
    4. Regional Cooperation to address climate change health risks
    Expected Outputs:
    • Outcome 1: Early warning systems will be adjusted to include climate change induced health risks.
    • Outcome 2: Capacity of health sector institutions to respond to climate-sensitive health risks will be improved.
    • Outcome 3: Prevention measures piloted in emerging and epidemic risk area.
    • Outcome 4: Cooperation among participating countries promotes innovation in adaptation to climate change including variability.
    Contacts:

    Contact: Pradeep Kurukulasuriya (UNDP)

    (212) 906-6843

    Email: pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.org

     

    Contact: Joy Guillemot (WHO)

    Email: guillemotj@who.int 

    Project Status:
    CEO Endorsed (November 30, 2009).
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SCCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    USD 15,963,559
    Total Amounts:
    USD 20,933,244

Climate Change Screening Matrix

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The Climate Change Screening Matrix provides guidance and a check-list for use by field-mission representatives and Danish development partners. As part of the Climate Change Screening Matrix, climate change is integrated as part of wider “environment” as a crosscutting issue. Testing on sector programmes in 17 countries. There are results available for Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger.

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