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Decision making in a changing climate: World Resources Report 2010-2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2011-10-20 04:07Year:
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The United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank and the World Resources Institute have released the World Resources Report 2010–2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate. The publication explores challenges and offers recommendations for national-level government officials to make informed and effective decisions to respond to the changing climate.
National Climate Risk Management Capacity Development Plan
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Ministry of Environment and Tourism Namibia, Intergrated Environmental Consultants Namibia (www.iecn-namibia.com)Summary:
The Africa Adaptation Programme Namibia Project (AAP-NAM) facilitated the development of a national Climate Risk Management (CRM) Capacity Development Plan (CDP) for Namibia. A practical and detailed 5 year strategy and a longer-term vision for addressing climate change adaptation needs in Namibia were developed based on the consultation of 60 individuals from public and private sector institutions, covering a wide range of economic and development sectors in Namibia.
Project Components:
The Africa Adaptation Programme Namibia Project (AAP-NAM) implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) facilitated the development of a national Climate Risk Management (CRM) Capacity Development Plan (CDP) for Namibia – targeting technical staff in the private and public sectors. A practical and detailed 5 year strategy and a longer-term vision for addressing climate change adaptation needs in Namibia was to be developed, as well as a costed CDP.
Expected Outputs:
The main outputs to be delivered under this package include:
- (i) capacity assessment report per sector;
- (ii) brief workshop report, per workshop;
- (iii) detailed capacity development plan; and a
- (iv) summary report that documents the activities carried out under this consultancy and summarizes the activities and outcomes of the workshops, and materials produced.
The finally produced deliverables were summarized into a CRM CDP (addressing outputs i and ii) and a process report (addressing outputs ii and iv).
Contacts:
- Dr. Juliane Zeidler
- Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia (IECN)
- Ugab Street 9
- Eros, Windhoek
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CompletedPrimary Beneficiaries:
Planners in Ministries and in private institutions, as well as technocrats
Cities in Climate Change (CCCI) - A component of Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net)
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UN-HABITAT, UNDESASummary:
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.
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##### 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.orgProject Status:
Under implementation
Africa Adaptation Programme - Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-02-17 05:44Year:
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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
Community-Based Adaptation
Submitted by Ajose on Wed, 2009-09-02 01:10Implementing Agency:
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.
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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.
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Contacts:
- Mr. Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
- Technical Advisor, BDP/EEG
- Email: pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.org
- Tel: +1 (212) 906 6843
