Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: The Role of Development Interventions

Submitted by josephinelofthouse on Tue, 2011-12-20 19:09
Author(s):
Simon Levine, Eva Ludi, Lindsey Jones
Year:
2011
Summary:

The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) is an alliance of five development partners: Oxfam GB, the Overseas Development Institute, Save the Children, World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and non-governmental development partners to support adaptive capacity for climate change and other development pressures.

Funding Source:
Department for International Development (DFID)

Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Southern and Eastern Africa

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (ACTS), INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IISD)
    Summary:

    The objective of this project is to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning in the participating countries that are facing increasing impacts from climate change to ensure that vulnerability is reduced and maladaptations avoided.

    The project is designed to respond to priorities that have been identified through National Communications and other relevant assessments, following the staged approach for adaptation.

    Project Components:

    Refer to attached Project Document for individual country components and outputs.

    Contacts:

    Liza Leclerc
    United Nations Environment Program
    P.O. Box 30552
    Nairobi 00100, Kenya
    Liza.Leclerc@unep.org

    Tel. And email: 254-20-62-3113
    E-mail: gefinfo@unep.org

    Project Status:
    CEO Approved
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    EF Trust Fund - Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA)
    Financing Amount:
    1,090,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    1,265,000
    Total Amounts:
    2,265,000

The CC DARE Programme in Sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-08-20 05:05
Summary:

The CC DARE programme provides demand-driven technical and financial assistance to sub-Saharan African countries that is targeted, flexible and rapid. The assistance is made available to improve the ability of sub-Saharan African countries to remove barriers and create opportunities for integrating climate change adaptation into national development planning and decision-making frameworks. The programme is designed to complement and strengthen ongoing and planned nationally based climate change adaptation and risk management.

Project Status:
As of 30th November 2009, a total of 27 national project proposals have been approved. Out of these, 5 have now completed implementation; two are in the preparation phase; while the remaining 20 projects are at various stages of implementation and are expected to be completed by June 2010.
Cofinancing Total:
Information not available
Contacts:

Principal Actors:
Policy Advisor Climate Change & Development Programme, UNDP United Nations Office in Nairobi: Johnson Nkem, johnson.nkem@undp.org
UNEP Focal Point: Bubu Jallow, Bubu.jallow@unep.org
UNDP Focal Point: Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.org
UNEP Risoe Centre Focal Point: Anne Olhoff, olho@risoe.dtu.dk

Resources:
CC DARE
UNEP Risø Centre on Energy
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The Cost to Developing Countries of Adaptation to Climate Change: New Methods and Estimates - The Global Report of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study

Submitted by naomi.sleeper on Wed, 2010-08-04 20:39
Summary:

Abstract: _This initial study report, which focuses on the first objective, finds that the cost between 2010 and 2050 of adapting to an approximately 2oC warmer world by 2050 is in the range of $75 billion to $100 billion a year. This range is of the same order of magnitude as the foreign aid that developed countries now give developing countries each year, but it is still a very low percentage of the wealth of countries as measured by their gross domestic product (GDP).

Cities in Climate Change (CCCI) - A component of Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net)

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UN-HABITAT, UNDESA
    Summary:

    Hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will be affected by climate change. The vulnerability of human settlements in this new urban era will increase through rising sea levels, inland floods, frequent and stronger tropical cyclones, periods of increased heat and the spread of diseases. Climate change may negatively impact on the infrastructure and worsen the access to basic urban services and the quality of life in cities. Most affected are the urban poor – the slum dwellers in developing countries.

    Project Components:

    ##### Approach
    The Cities in Climate Change Initiative targets cities in developing and least developed countries. It emphasises good governance, responsibility, leadership and practical initiatives for the communities and their citizens. It builds on the well-tested Environmental Planning and Management process which is suited to address climate change issues within the city by a wide host of actors. A set of tools will be developed to support city-leaders and practitioners in addressing the impact of climate change (adaptation) and to help reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions (mitigation). This will be supported with technological and financial options as they emerge from the needs of cities.

    Expected Outputs:

    * The setting up of global, regional, national and city to city networks of national and local government associations, non-governmental bodies, universities, the private sector, and UN organizations addressing climate change;
    * Localization and implementation of national adaptation and mitigation strategies;
    * The strengthening of capacities of local authorities to integrate climate change concerns in local and city wide planning and budgeting for cost-effective policy responses;
    * The strengthening of the capacities of local government training institutes to provide climate change training for local governments.

    Contacts:

    UN-HABITAT Global Division,
    Urban Environmental Planning Branch (UEPB)
    P.O. Box 30030, 00100
    Nairobi, KENYA
    Tel: +254 20 7625405,
    Fax: +254 20 7623715
    Email: ues@unhabitat.org
    www.sudnet.org

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Information not available
    Financing Amount:
    Information not available
    Cofinancing Total:
    Information not available
    Total Amounts:
    Information not available

The CC DARE Programme in Sub-Saharan Africa: National Project Portfolio and Progress Update

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-07 18:31
Author(s):
CC DARE
Year:
2009
Publisher:
UNEP, UNDP, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) and UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment (UDC)
Pages:
10
Summary:

This report seeks to provide an overview of the CC DARE proramme and update countries' project progress.

The CC DARE programme provides demand-driven technical and financial assistance to sub-Saharan African countries that is targeted, flexible and rapid. The assistance is made available to improve the ability of sub-Saharan African countries to remove barriers and create opportunities for integrating climate change adaptation into national development planning and decision-making frameworks.

Climate models, projections and uncertainties in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction for researchers and decision makers

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-07 18:26
Author(s):
Neil MacKellar, Jens H. Christensen and Philippe Lucas-Picher
Year:
March 2010
City:
Roskilde
Publisher:
UNEP, UNDP, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) and UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment (UDC)
Pages:
24
Summary:
Summary

In order to assess potential impacts of climate change and hence develop appropriate adaptation strategies, reliable estimates of likely changes in future climate are necessary.

Africa Adaptation Programme - Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-02-17 05:44
Author(s):
Africa Adaptation Programme
Year:
January 2010
Summary:

The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) has been designed to support the long-term efforts of targeted countries to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development priorities. In this regard AAP is not a traditional adaptation programme per se – but a strategic initiative, aimed at creating an environment for more informed and capable adaptation decisions and practice in each country.

The brochures below (in English, French and Japanese) provide a brief outline of the Programme, as well as a snapshot of the key priorities identified by each country under AAP

The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change

Submitted by MelOliveros on Thu, 2010-01-07 23:27
Summary:

The World Bank is working with seven pilot countries—Bangladesh, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Samoa and Vietnam on a new study—the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change. The study is funded by the Governments of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland and will help inform the international community’s efforts to provide new and additional resources to developing countries through a better understanding of the global costs of adapting to climate change. It will also help decision makers at the national level to better cost, prioritize, sequence and integrate robust adaptation strategies into their development plans and budgets in a context of high uncertainty, competing needs and limited financial resources.

While national governments have to protect their most vulnerable people and identify financing mechanisms to make their countries resilient to climate change, these costs of adapting to climate change are not known.

Pilot Program for Climate Resilience

Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-11-24 05:18
Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
A Pilot Program for Climate Resilience Sub-Committee (PPCR-SC) will be established to oversee the operations and activities of the Pilot Program. The PPCR-SC is comprised of the following Members: Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Maldives, Samoa, Senegal, UK, Yemen, and The Developing Country Chair or Vice-Chair of the Adaptation Fund Board.
Summary:

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is the first program under the Strategic Climate Fund. It aims to provide incentives for scaled up action and transformational change in integrating consideration of climate resilience in national development planning consistent with poverty reduction and sustainable development goals.

It will provide additional financial resources to help fund public and private sector investments identified in climate resilient development plans.

Pilot Country presentations from the October 26 and 27 PPCR Pilot Country Meetings are now available online.

Project Components:

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is designed to provide programmatic finance for national climate resilient national development plans. The PPCR aims to provide transformational and scaled-up support for both the development and implementation of such plans.

Furthermore, its purpose is to provide lessons over the next few years that might be taken up by countries, the development community, and the future climate change regime, including the Adaptation Fund.

This experience will be gained through scaled-up interventions covering the full range of sectors and sources of financing, and with sufficient resources to move quickly from planning to action.

The PPCR will build upon National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs), will be implemented in a manner consistent with the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness, and will complement existing adaptation funds which continue to serve essential roles in tackling climate change.

Expected Outputs:

Objectives:

(a) Pilot and demonstrate approaches for integration of climate risk and resilience into development policies and planning;
(b) Strengthen capacities at the national levels to integrate climate resilience into development planning;
(c) Scale-up and leverage climate resilient investment, building on other ongoing initiatives;
(d) Enable learning-by-doing and sharing of lessons at country, regional and global levels.

Project Status:
The PPCR will provide financing in the short-term. Recipient countries will be identified, and the first phase of funding to prepare climate resilient development plans will occur, primarily during 2008-2009. The Sub-Committee will not approve any new PPCR financing for activities after calendar year 2012.
Funding Source:
Strategic Climate Fund
Cofinancing Total:
PPCR is designed to deliver additional finance to countries for integrating climate resilience into development planning and investments, including the blending of grant and highly concessional loans with domestic public and private financing. Both grants and concessional loans will be available to finance the additional costs necessary to make a project climate resilient.
Total Amounts:
546,000,000
Resources:
Strategic Climate Fund document, June 3, 2008
Expert Group selection criteria, November 6, 2008
Summary of the First Meeting of the PPCR Sub-Committee, November 18, 2008