A Climate Change Action Plan for the Florida Reef Tract (2010-2015)

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Author(s):
Alex Score
Year:
2010
Publisher:
Published on CAKE: Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (http://www.cakex.org)
Pages:
10
Summary:

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Coral reefs are extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, especially when combined with existing stresses such as land-based sources of pollution, habitat degradation, and overfishing. EcoAdapt has been working on a climate change action plan for Florida's reefs as result of the Reef Resilience conference recommendations in 2008.

Community-Based Adaptation in the Protection and Conservation of Mangroves, Eco-Systems, and Coral Reefs - Fasitootai

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  • Program:
    Community-Based Adaptation
    Implementing Agency:
    UNDP-CBA
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP-GEF, SGP, AusAID, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa Tourism Agency
    Summary:

    Samoa is an archipelago situated in the South Pacific, consisting of two large mountainous islands. Upolu and Savai’i, and seven other small ones. The economy is dependent on remittences, tourism, development aid and agricultural exports. The site of the project is Faitootai village situated on the leeward north coast of Upolu. The climate is typical of Samoa, marked by a distinct wet and warm season from November to April, and a less wet and cooler season from May to October. The project area encompasses two threatened ecosystems of global significance.

    Project Components:

    Grassroots actions on climate change adaptation supporting marginalized communities in ten countries; Global environmental benefits; Community ownership and sustainability; Policy influence

    Expected Outputs:

    Replication of projects through policy influence and dissemination of publication on best practices and lessons learned; Global environmental benefits; Community ownership and sustainability; Policy influence at the local, national, and global level

    Contacts:

    CBA Project Management Unit
    United Nations Development Programme
    Energy and Environment Group
    304 East 45th St, 9th Fl,
    New York, NY 10017
    off: 212-906-5006

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Samoan village of Fasitootai
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAid
    GEF-SGP
    GEF-SPA
    Cofinancing Total:
    $50000 AusAID and $40000 Community Contribution
    Total Amounts:
    $140000

Enhancing the Capacity of Turkey to Adapt to Climate Change

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP
    Summary:

    ###### Background

    Water stress is already apparent in many parts of Turkey, and is exacerbated by sharply rising demand in many sectors, particularly agriculture. Central Turkey, in particular, is
    at present facing a catastrophic drought following the hottest summer (2007) in living memory.

    The capital Ankara is presently experiencing water shortages, and water restrictions have been put in place. The vast Konya Plain, which covers an area twice the size of Wales and stretches from below Ankara to the Mediterranean, was once known as Turkey’s bread basket.

    Project Components:

    This Joint Programme (JP) addresses the priority area of “Enhancing Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change”. As part of the southern belt of Mediterranean Europe, Turkey is highly
    vulnerable to anticipated climate change impacts. Turkey’s First National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 reports that present climate change effects include rising summer temperatures, reduced winter precipitation in the western provinces, loss of surface waters, greater frequency of
    droughts, land degradation, coastal erosion, and flooding.

    Expected Outputs:

    * Climate change adaptation mainstreamed in Turkey’s national plans.
    * Institutional capacity developed for managing disasters induced by climate change.
    * Capacity for community-based adaptation in the Seyhan River Basin developed.
    * Climate change adaptation mainstreamed into the UN programming framework in Turkey.

    Contacts:

    Regina Gallego Piñero

    Programme Analyst

    MDG Achievement Fund

    Email:regina.gallego@undp.org

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Spain MDG Achievment Fund
    Financing Amount:
    4,882,186
    Cofinancing Total:
    2,117,814
    Total Amounts:
    7,000,000

Community-led response to climate change through communication, awareness creation and education

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  • Summary:

    \Ghanaian slum dwellers have been heavily affected by climate change through growing risks of flooding, erosion, malnutrition, the declining availability of water. This project will educate slum residents on issues around climate change impacts, its mitigation, adaptation and management. It will also promote effective environmental management practices within slum communities.

    Project Status:
    unknown
    Project Details
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

Sustaining Agricultural Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, National Biodiversity and Biosafety Center
    Summary:

    Background

    Tajikistan, a landlocked country located in Central Asia, is the poorest of the CIS countries with a gross national income per person of US$280 and over two thirds of the population living on less than $2.15 a day. Tajikistan is a storehouse of globally important agro-biodiversity and according to Vavilov, represents one of the basic centers of origin for cultivated plants worldwide. The main ecosystems sheltering globally significant agro-biodiversity in Tajikistan are in the mountain areas (93% of the country is mountainous) and represented by:

    Project Components:
    • 1. Agro-biodiversity conservation and adaptation to CC through supportive policy and regulatory frameworks.
    • 2. Improved institutional and individual capacity for sustaining agro-biodiversity in the face of climate change
    • 3. Market conditions favour sustainable agro-biodiversity production
    • 4. Project Management
    Expected Outputs:

    The development of this project is coordinated and aligned with the CACILM initiative. The project will particularly coordinate its activities with two projects that are (or will be) implemented within CACILM initiative:

    • (i) "Demonstrating Local Responses to Combating Land Degradation and Improving Sustainable Land Management in SW Tajikistan" - funded by GEF and implemented by UNDP which started in April 2007. The project is currently implemented by UNDP through its Communities Programme;
    • (ii) "Rural Development in Tajikistan" funded by ADB and GEF - expected to start in 2008. Meetings and discussions have already been held (stakeholder workshop and meetings with Head of the Agency) with the representatives of the Agency on Sustainable Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography - which is a focal point on CACILM initiative in Tajikistan – and concrete mechanisms for cooperation and coordination will be developed during the project preparation stage
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Project Contact Person

     

     

     

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SPA
    Cofinancing Total:
    $2,100,000
    Total Amounts:
    $3,050,000