Pilot project on water and climate change adaptation in the Chu Talas River

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, UNECE, OSCE, National Water Committees in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: Water Resources Committee under the Ministry of Agriculture, Kyrgyzstan: Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Processing Industries (MAWR), Kazakhstan: Water Resources Committee
    Summary:

    Climate change may threaten livelihoods, economic development, human health, water resources, and thus security. Water resources will be directly affected by climate change through changes in the hydrological cycle. Moreover such impacts on water resources will have a cascading effect on other sectors such as agriculture (decreased availability of water for irrigation, coupled with increased demand), energy (reduced hydropower potential and cooling water availability), recreation (water-linked tourism), fisheries and navigation.

    Project Components:

    This project will increase the adaptive capacity of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and of the Chu-Talas Commission to ongoing and future climate change impacts, ensure coordination of adaptation actions in the Chu-Talas basin and thereby help to prevent possible negative effects on regional security.

    Expected Outputs:

    - Common scenarios and models agreed upon by the riparian countries assessing the expected climate change impacts on water resources; - Joint vulnerability assessment for the respective basin, including environmental, social and economic vulnerability and the security implications; - Proposal for the procedures to be employed by the Joint Commission to tackle uncertainty related to climate change and maintain needed level of cooperation and benefits sharing; - Proposal for coordinated measures to be taken in the specific basin enabling climate change adaptation, including cost-benefit assessment and environmental impact assessment.

    Contacts:

    Natalia Alexeeva UNDP. natalia.alexeeva@undp.org

    Sonja Koeppel UNECE, sonja.koeppel@unece.org

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Other
    Financing Amount:
    $250,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    Information not available
    Total Amounts:
    $250,000

Protecting Health from Climate Change in Southeast Europe, Central Asia and the Northern Russian Federation: Seven Country Initiative

Submitted by JulianneBG on Fri, 2010-06-25 06:05
Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
German Environment Ministry
Summary:
Project Components:

This project (implemented by WHO Regional Office for Europe and German Environment Ministry) focuses on the development of adaptation strategies to protect human health from climate change in Southeast Europe, Northern Russia and Central Asia (Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uzbekistan).

Expected Outputs:

The specific objectives of the project are:
**1.** To develop national (or sub-national) environment and health adaptation plans or integrating health into existing plans;
**2.** To strengthen health systems and build institutional capacity on climate change in relation to:
- extreme weather events preparedness and response
- infectious disease surveillance and response
- respiratory diseases early detection and response
- water management and malnutrition;
**3.** To foster innovation in energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy for health services;
**4.** To provide intelligence and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences on effective adaptation and mitigation measures.

Project Status:
On-going.
Cofinancing Total:
-
Total Amounts:
Under implementation.
Contacts:

Ms. Bettina Menne
Medical Officer
Global Change and Health
WHO European Centre for Environment and Health
bme@ecr.euro.who.int

Resources:
PROTECTING HEALTH FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE, CENTRAL ASIA AND THE NORTHERN RUSSIAN FEDERATION: SEVEN-COUNTRY INITIATIVE

Mapping of and policy orientation for adaptation to climate change in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia (CA) sub-regions

Submitted by JulianneBG on Wed, 2010-06-23 11:35
Summary:
Project Components:

This project aims to assess policy and practice as it relates to climate change adaptation in some countries within CEE and CA sub-regions.

Expected Outputs:

The project is implemented following the recommendations of the 26th Regional Conference for Europe (2008) for FAO activities in the region, has as its objectives to:

**1.** Compile an inventory of available studies, adaptation measures and policies related to the reduction of impacts of climate change in the field of agriculture, forestry and water management in 14 countries of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia (CA) subregions.
**2.** Review known climate change impact projections, national policy scenarios and outlook studies and their regional implications with focus on adaptation and mitigation measures in agriculture and, to the extent possible.
**3.** Develop recommendations on best practices for adaptation and policy measures at national and regional level (including international cooperation at trans-boundary and sub-regional level) as well as (iv) proposals for technical assistance to the member countries for future research and adaptation responses both at national as well as at regional level.

Project Status:
Project complete.
Cofinancing Total:
-
Total Amounts:
156,300
Contacts:

Sándor SZALAI
FAO Consultant
szalai@met.hu

Resources:
Mapping of and Policy Orientation for Adaptation to Climate Change Capacity Building and Methodological Workshop
FAO Technical Cooperation Department - Field Programme Activities
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Community-Based Adaptation

Submitted by Ajose on Wed, 2009-09-02 01:10
Implementing Agency:
UNDP
Summary:

 It is increasingly recognized that small communities are likely to be the most severely affected by climate change impacts and yet are least equipped to cope and adapt. This pilot project is designed to implement community-based projects that seek to enhance the resiliency of communities, and/or the ecosystems on which they rely, to climate change impacts. It will essentially create small-scale/policy laboratories and generate knowledge about how to achieve adaptation at the local level.

Project Components:

Projects will be implemented in areas that are particularly vulnerable to climate change including variability, and where there is high potential to secure global environmental benefits in the context of climate change. Lessons learned from community projects will then be leveraged to promote replication of successful community practices, and integration of lessons learned into policies that promote increased community adaptive capacity. This project will assist in responding to GEF internal needs for concrete experience with local-scale climate change adaptation, as well as the growing needs of countries for ground-level experience and clear policy lessons.

Expected Outputs:

Enhanced adaptive capacity which allows communities to reduce their vulnerability to adverse impacts of future climate hazards; National policies and programmes designed that include community adaptation priorities to promote replication, up-scaling and mainstreaming of best practices derived from CBA projects; and Cooperation among member countries promoted for innovation in the design and implementation of adaptation to climate change including variability projects and policies.

Project Status:
Under Implementation
Funding Source:
GEF-LDCF
Financing Amount:
4,525,140
Cofinancing Total:
2,692,665
Total Amounts:
7,217,805
Contacts:
Resources:
About the CBA Project