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Future floods of refugees: A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
Submitted by Yury Zhukov on Tue, 2011-11-22 13:20Year:
Summary:
Climate change will have several impacts on the environment which in turn can impact on forced migration and conflict. Gradual environmental degradation and slow-onset disasters such as drought are likely to increase due to climate change. Most vulnerable are developing countries where large sections of the population live directly from agriculture and many of these from subsistence farming. Importantly, adaptation, involving for example different land-use techniques and livelihood diversification, would lessen the need to migrate.
In search of shelter: Mapping the effects of climate change on human migration and displacement
Submitted by Yury Zhukov on Thu, 2011-10-27 07:32Year:
Summary:
The report explores how environmental shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push people to leave their homes in search of “greener pastures” or just to survive. In order to make informed decisions, policymakers and development actors need a better understanding of the linkages between environmental change, displacement and migration.
Monitoring disaster displacement in the context of climate change
Submitted by Yury Zhukov on Thu, 2011-10-27 07:10Year:
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The study looks at natural disasters and forced displacement in the context of climate change. It has two aims: firstly, to provide an estimate of forced displacement related to disasters in 2008, specifically climate-related disasters; and secondly, to propose a methodology that could be applied to monitor disaster-related displacement on an ongoing basis.
Community-Based Adaptation against Flooding and Sea Level rise - Fagamolo
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CBAImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP-GEF, SGP, AUSAID, LOCAL NGOS/CBOSSummary:
Samoa is an archipelago in the South Pacific, consisting of two large mountainous islands, Upolu and Savai’I, and seven other small islands. The majority of Samoan people live within one kilometer of the coast leaving them highly vulnerable to climate change hazards such flooding and sea level rise. This holds true for Fagamalo village located in the northern most point of the island of Savai’i. This site is home to threatened ecosystems including coral reefs, mangroves and mixed herbaceous coastal marsh.
Project Components:
Grassroots action on climate change adaptation for marginalized communities in ten countries; policy influence and up-scaling to national and global levels; community ownership and accountability
Expected Outputs:
Policy influence at local, national, and global level; global environmental benefits; replication of project through the dissemination of publications on best practices and lessons learned
Contacts:
CBA Project Management Unit
United Nations Development Programme
Energy and Environment Group
304 East 45th St, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
off: 212-906-5006Project Status:
Under ImplementationPrimary Beneficiaries:
Fagamalo village in the island of Sava'i, Samoa
Kiribati Adaptation Programme Phase II - Pilot Implementation Phase (KAP II)
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-01-28 08:41
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The global environmental objective of KAP-II is to assist the Government of Kiribati (GoK) in enhancing its capacity to plan and implement adaptation measures to the climate-related issues facing the country, which will also reduce the detrimental impacts of climate change on the fragile atoll ecosystems of Kiribati.
Project Components:
The project has five broad components:
* Component 1) Policy, planning and information. The first element is awareness raising and consultation. The second element is policy coordination and planning. The third element is to generate scientific climate risk information.
* Component 2) Land use, physical structures, and ecosystems. This component will contribute to reducing the vulnerability of the coastline including key public assets and ecosystems and shifting the coastal management practice from a reactive to a preventive and more technically varied risk mitigation strategy.
* Component 3) Freshwater resources. This component includes the development and management of freshwater resources to reduce their vulnerability to climate variability and climate change.
* Component 4) Capacity at island and community level. This component will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs (MISA) to include adaptation in the other Island Profiles, and training on climate risk management for local governments.
* Component 5) Project management. This component will provide overall support to the project, including project management, accounting, procurement, and running costs of the Project management unit.
Expected Outputs:
The main biodiversity outcome would be the mainstreaming of biodiversity concerns into the overall Government development efforts to reduce vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise. Given the detrimental impacts of many of the ad-hoc coastal protection efforts, such as mainstreaming provides major benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation. The environmental assessment process would prominently include attention for biodiversity, including in relation to the additional threats posed to these biodiversity resources by climate change. Key indicators include: the establishment of the Strategic National Policy and Risk Assessment Unit (SNPRA Unit) as the lead agency coordinating climate change adaptation and related strategic issues; the percentage of climate-affected programs in Ministry Operational Plans that reflect systematic climate risk management; and consistent use of best practice in the application of risk management, environmental assessment and options analysis to public infrastructure and vulnerability measures
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Contacts:
UNDP
Asenaca Ravuvu
Email: asenaca.ravuvu@undp.org
World Bank
Robin Broadfield
EAP GEF Regional Coordinator
Telephone: 202-473-4355.
Email: rbroadfield@worldbank.com
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Increasing wetland resilience to flooding
Submitted by robertaannan on Fri, 2009-12-11 02:33Summary:
The CBA project “Increasing wetland resilience to flooding and sea level rise” focuses on Satoalepai and its neighboring villages in the Gagaemauga district in Samoa. Samoa is an archipelago in the South Pacific composed of two large mountainous islands, Upolu and Savai’I, and seven other small islands.
Adaptation Experience:
The Satoalepai project emerged during community meetings to discuss the impacts of climate change and assess community vulnerability.
Results and Learning:
Approximately 28% of Samoa’s flowering plants and 83% of its land birds are native to Samoa. Protecting this biodiversity is essential to both the local and global environment. The project region, in particular, is characterized by unique ecosystems, such as coral reefs, mangrove forests, and coastal swamps that are threatened by both climate change and unsustainable use of resources. Biodiversity is a unique asset that provides resources, but also necessitates special care. Community-based adaptation initiatives aim to strengthen the links between communities and their environment and help residents protect local resources in the face of climate change.
Sustainability:
n/a
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n/a
Adaptation Program Phase II - Pilot Implementation Phase (KAP II)
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Implementing Agency:
Kiribati Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning; Office of the PresidentImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Asian Development Bank UNEP, Australian Bureau of Meteorology and New Zealand Meterological Office, UNDP-GEFSummary:
The Kiribati Adaptation (Phase 2 Implementation) Project aims to develop and demonstrate the systematic diagnosis of climate-related problems and the design of cost-effective adaptation measures, while continuing to integrate climate risk awareness and responsiveness into economic and operational planning. The project has 5 broad components:
Project Components:
The project has five broad components:
- Component 1) Policy, planning and information. The first element is awareness raising and consultation. The second element is policy coordination and planning. The third element is to generate scientific climate risk information. *
- Component 2) Land use, physical structures, and ecosystems. This component will contribute to reducing the vulnerability of the coastline including key public assets and ecosystems and shifting the coastal management practice from a reactive to a preventive and more technically varied risk mitigation strategy.
- Component 3) Freshwater resources. This component includes the development and management of freshwater resources to reduce their vulnerability to climate variability and climate change.
- Component 4) Capacity at island and community level. This component will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs (MISA) to include adaptation in the other Island Profiles, and training on climate risk management for local governments.
- Component 5) Project management. This component will provide overall support to the project, including project management, accounting, procurement, and running costs of the Project management unit.
Expected Outputs:
The main biodiversity outcome would be the mainstreaming of biodiversity concerns into the overall Government development efforts to reduce vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise. Given the detrimental impacts of many of the ad-hoc coastal protection efforts, such as mainstreaming provides major benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation.
The environmental assessment process would prominently include attention for biodiversity, including in relation to the additional threats posed to these biodiversity resources by climate change. Key indicators include: the establishment of the Strategic National Policy and Risk Assessment Unit (SNPRA Unit) as the lead agency coordinating climate change adaptation and related strategic issues; the percentage of climate-affected programs in Ministry Operational Plans that reflect systematic climate risk management; and consistent use of best practice in the application of risk management, environmental assessment and options analysis to public infrastructure and vulnerability measures
Contacts:
Robin Broadfield, EAP GEF Regional Coordinator. Telephone: 202-473-4355. Email: rbroadfield@worldbank.com
Project Status:
Project is Active
C-Learn - Climate Interactive
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-06-30 19:41Summary:
Background
C-Learn is an online freeware interactive climate simulator.
C-Learn is the 3-region version of the scientifically-reviewed policy-maker-oriented 15-20 region simulator "C-ROADS" built by Sustainability Institute, Ventana Systems, and MIT. You may have seen C-ROADS output in Jonathan Pershing's plenary presentation in April at
Bonn.
Vanuatu - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-06-23 00:37
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Vanuatu.
Project Components:
1. Preparatory Activities 2. Consultation and prioritisation 3. Drafting of NAPA and public review 4. Endorsement and Publication of NAPA
Expected Outputs:
1. Establish NAPA Project Team; 2. National Stakeholder consultations; and 3. Drafting of prioritised proposals; Public review and dissemination; and 4. Government review; Endorsement; and Publishing and Dissemination of NAPA
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Samoa - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-06-23 00:18Executing Agency:
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Samoa. The objective of the proposed NAPA project for Samoa is to develop a country-wide programme of immediate and urgent project-based adaptation activities that address the current and anticipated adverse effects of climate change, including extreme events.
Project Components:
Activity 1.1: Achieving High Level Stakeholder Support for the NAPA Process Activity 1.2: Awareness Raising and Consultation Amongst Stakeholders Activity 1.3: Establish Institutional and Management Arrangements Activity 1.4: Establishment and Participation of Multidisciplinary Working Groups Activity 1.5: Capacity Building Activity 1.6: LDC Cooperation and Coordination Activity 1.7: Monitoring, Review, Evaluation, and Reporting Activity 2.1: Review and Strengthening of Vulnerability and Adaptation Methodologies Activity 2.2: Development of Methods and Criteria to Identify and Prioritize Urgent and Immediate Adaptation Activities
Expected Outputs:
* Project Steering Committee. * Informal broad network across government agencies at Department Head level. * At least two ministerial level briefings * NAPA endorsed by Government * Awareness raising materials in Samoan and English languages * Media campaign * Documentation on key stakeholders and relevant initiatives that complement the NAPA process * Briefings for, and consultation with, key stakeholders * Guidance and feedback from key stakeholders * Information shared with related initiatives and ongoing linkages established
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Contacts:
GEF operational focal point: Mr. Mose Pouvi Sua Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Climate change focal point: Ms. Violet Wulf Department of Lands Surveys and Environment
