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PREPARED Enabling Change
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Focuses on preparing water utilities for climate change, the European Commission is funding the Collaborative project PREPARED Enabling Change. The PREPARED project originates from the Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform thematic working group Sustainable Water Management in Urban areas. The project consists of ten cities/utilities in Europe, Australia and the US.
For more information: PREPARED Enabling Change
Water, Climate and Development Programme for Africa (WACDEP)
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The Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) has been created to support the integration of water security and climate change adaptation into development planning processes and the design of financing and investment strategies. It is initiated in eight African countries.
The goal of the programme is to promote water as a key part of sustainable regional and national development and contribute to climate change adaptation for economic growth and human security.
Africa Adaptation Programme
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UNDP, with funding from the Government of Japan, recently launched a new programme that uses an innovative approach to climate change adaptation in Africa.
Under this programme, UNDP assists 21 African countries in implementing integrated and comprehensive adaptation actions and resilience plans. The projects will ensure that national development processes incorporate climate change risks and opportunities to secure development gains under a changing climate.
CC DARE: Climate Change and Development - Adapting by Reducing Vulnerability
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A joint UNDP-UNEP programme promoting adaptation and reducing vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa, CC DARE provides demand-driven, flexible and rapid financial and technical support to 15 Sub-Saharan countries. The support 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.
CLIMsystems
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CLIMsystems Ltd is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art climate change risk and adaptation assessment tools and services for a wide range of clients.
Climate change is increasingly recognised as a factor to be considered across sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, water resources, conservation, biodiversity and disaster risk management. CLIMsystems wishes to put the knowledge, capability and climate proofing capacity in your hands for conducting climate change risk and adaptation assessments.
Community Based Adaptation Programme (CBA)
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The UNDP-GEF Community-Based Adaptation Project pilots building the resilience of communities and the ecosystems they rely upon. It pilots the community component of the GEF Strategic Priority on Adaptation, building the resilience of communities and the ecosystems upon which they rely in the face of climate change impacts.
International Development Research Center Climate Change Adaptation in Africa- IDRC/CCA
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The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) research and capacity development program aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP)
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The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is a new programme launched by IFAD in 2012 to channel climate and environmental finance to smallholder farmers so that they can increase their resilience. ASAP is a multi-year and multi-donor programme that has received substantial financial support from the Governments of Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Other donor countries are appraising a contribution.
Meister Consultants Group, Inc.
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Meister Consultants Group, Inc. (MCG) is an international consulting firm founded on the principle that global best practices can inform even the most localized decisions. By leveraging their international network of more than 100 consultants, MCG is helping people anticipate and adapt to the shifting global landscape.
MCG specializes in alternative energy, environmental sustainability, international dialogue, and corporate responsibility.
Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
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The Gateway to the UN system's work on Climate Change is a useful resource that has information about work that is being carried out by the different UN systems on Climate Change. Climate Change Gateway
MDG Achievement Fund (MDGIF)
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In the disaster prone eastern seaboard of the Philippines municipal governments, academia and local citizens are working together to come up with strategies that reduce the risks associated with climate change, particularly as they affect poor and vulnerable communities. Over 40 local institutions in six pilot areas are involved in strengthening coping mechanisms and mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning.
National Capacity Self-Assessments (NCSAs)
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The National Capacity Self-Assessments (NCSAs) were a set of consultative and analytical activities undertaken by countries to determine the root causes underlying their challenges to conserve biological diversity, manage land resources sustainably, and to adapt to and mitigate against the impacts of climate change.
For more information: NCSAs
National Communications Support Programme (NCSP)
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The National Communications Support Programme (NCSP) is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is jointly managed by UNDP and UNEP. The primary objective of the NCSP is to provide technical and policy support to Parties not included in Annex I (NAI) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for preparing their Second (or Third) National Communications (SNCs or TNCs). The NCSP is hosted by UNDP-GEF in UNDP headquarters, New York.
Equator Initiative
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The Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses, and grassroots organizations to build the capacity and raise the profile of local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UNREDD)
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REDD - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries - is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. UN-REDD
UNDP Climate Community (UNDPCC)
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The UNDP Environment & Energy Group launched a $7 million global project, Capacity Development for Policy Makers to Address Climate Change, in May 2008 to run in parallel with the "Bali Road Map" - the UNFCCC 2008/9 negotiations on long-term co-operative action on climate change.
