Adaptation Joto Afrika - November's Issue highlights "Gender and Community-Based Adaptation in Africa" and features CARE's work - English / French Case Studies from the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) phase 1 evaluation Executive Summary: Independent Evaluation of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Phase 1 Strategies for influence:Capacity building and district planning Secondment to a Government Ministry Reaching out to government and civil society in Uganda Disaster Risk Profiling in Ethiopia Exchange visits: Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda ACCRA Synthesis Report: Understanding adaptive capacity at the local level in Mozambique Application of Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) Methodology in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: Global Water Initiative (GWI) East Africa - English Ghana, West Africa: Local Extension Services for Agricultural Development (LEAD) Project. Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) - Local Adaptive Capacity framework
IWA - Adapting urban water systems to climate change ICLEI, UNESCO-IHE and IWA have authored, as part of the ‘SWITCH – Managing Water for the City of the Future’ project, a handbook on adapting urban water systems to climate change. The handbook aims to fill a gap in the adaptation field: while a lot of information is available about various adaptation topics, there is a lack of guidance for decision makers at the local level working on urban water who wish to proactively prepare for and adapt to climate change. The handbook first examines some of the key areas of vulnerability to climate change within urban water systems. Urban water systems can be affected by most of the predicted climatic changes; for example, droughts can affect water supply directly and indirectly (when vegetation regrowth after wildfires reduces catchment yields), higher temperatures can lead to the deterioration of wastewater pipes and increased heavy rainfall can cause combined sewer overflows. Download the handbook here . Contents 1. 1.1 Climate change: a summary 2.
Book Launch: Field Guide To Community Based Adaptation - CSDi Blog - CSDi Go to bottom of this page to learn how to search electronically within the book. 'Tim Magee, and his colleagues at CSDi, are to be commended for producing a book which should change the way development is practiced, and so directly contribute to the improvement of millions of lives around the world.' – Howard White, Executive Director, 3ie, USA 'A fascinating and informative guide to a subject of growing international importance. Tim Magee skillfully explains ways to combine external expertise and local perspectives on adaptation to climate change. This useful book should be read by development practitioners as well as students of climate change policy and international development.' – Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'This is a most-awaited book for development practitioners who are increasingly confronted with the challenge of addressing climate risks in designing and implementing programmes and projects. Amazon.com Field Guide page. Routledge eBook.
06.09.2013: Väitös systeemi- ja operaatiotutkimuksen alalta, DI Tommi Ekholm - Aalto-yliopisto Sijainti: Sali M1, Otakaari 1, 02150, Espoo, FI 60° 11.160 N 24° 49.650 E Diplomi-insinööri Tommi Ekholm väittelee perjantaina 6.9.2013 klo 12 Aalto-yliopiston perustieteiden korkeakoulussa, salissa M1, Otakaari 1, Espoo. Väitöskirjassa ”Risks, costs and equity. Modelling efficient strategies for climate and energy policy” (suomeksi: Riskit, kustannukset ja tasapuolisuus. Ilmastonmuutoksen hillintä on monisyinen yhteiskunnallinen ongelma. Väitöskirjassa esitetään pitkän aikavälin skenaariotarkasteluita, jotka tukevat ilmasto- ja energiapolitiikan päätöksentekoa. Kun globaali päästötavoite jaetaan maakohtaisiksi tavoitteiksi, päästöjen vähentämisestä aiheutuvat kustannukset saattavat jakautua epätasaisesti maiden kesken. Vastaväittäjä: professori Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Yhdysvallat Valvoja: professori Ahti Salo, Aalto-yliopiston perustieteiden korkeakoulu, Matematiikan ja systeemianalyysin laitos Väitöstiedote (pdf) Map © OpenStreetMap.
WISE-UP to Climate: New project on water and climate adaptation 25 September 2013 | News story WISE-UP to Climate, a new project recently launched by the IUCN Global Water Programme, will demonstrate natural infrastructure as a 'nature-based solution' for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. The project's name stands for 'Water Infrastructure Solutions from Ecosystem Services Underpinning Climate Resilient Policies and Programmes'. WISE-UP will run over a four -year period and link ecosystem services more directly into water infrastructure development, starting with work in the Tana (Kenya) and Volta (Ghana-Burkina Faso) river basins. The project will be coordinated by a global partnership that brings together the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana (CSIR), the University of Nairobi, the University of Manchester, the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Europa | Klimawandel und Gesundheit: Ein Instrument zur Abschätzung der gesundheitlichen Kosten und der Anpassungskosten 2013, viii + 46 Seiten ISBN 978 92 890 0023 9 KostenlosDiese Publikation ist nur online erhältlich. Das WHO-Regionalbüro für Europa hat einen Algorithmus zur ökonomischen Analyse aufgestellt, um angesichts des Klimawandels die Planung des Gesundheitsschutzes in den Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Region zu erleichtern. Die Formel entspricht dem Stand der Wissenschaft und führt Schritt für Schritt zur Abschätzung: a) der durch den Klimawandel verursachten Kosten in Form gesundheitlicher Schäden, b) der in mehreren Sektoren verursachten Anpassungskosten des Gesundheitsschutzes vor diesen Schäden und c) der Wirtschaftlichkeit derartiger Anpassungsmaßnahmen: Kosten der Anpassung im Verhältnis zu ihrem Nutzen bzw. den abgewendeten Gesundheitskosten. Der Algorithmus soll in erster Linie die Ministerien der Mitgliedstaaten unterstützen, die für die Anpassung an den Klimawandel zuständig sind.
World Bank Launches City Climate Accreditation Program January 2014: The World Bank's Urban Development and Resilience Unit has launched a certification program for personnel working on city greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, low-carbon planning and climate risk assessment. The goal of the City Climate Planner Accreditation Program is to promote a global certification standard to facilitate climate planning and investment in cities worldwide. Currently, a range of methodologies is used among the 181 cities with emission inventories, 70 cities with climate risk studies, and 30 cities with comprehensive climate plans. The initiative held its first stakeholder meeting in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, from 13-15 January 2014, where some 25 senior officials, researchers, and consultants from UN agencies, think tanks, and companies gathered to discuss GHG inventory methodologies. Participants agreed to launch personnel certification for city GHG inventories by the end of 2014, and to begin climate plan certifications by the end of 2015.
weADAPT 4.0 10651IIED: Reconfiguring Urban Adaptation Finance There is an urgent need to review and improve the means for funding adaptation to climate change in urban areas. This paper examines international, national and municipal mechanisms for financing adaptation, and reveals the systemic barriers that prevent money being channelled into the hands of low-income and highly vulnerable urban residents in low- and middle-income countries, and hinder effective urban adaptation. At the same time, a number of highly organised, pro-poor, locally managed funds are being pioneered across a number of cities in low- and middle-income countries. More information here: complete text in PDF format (319k) from
Guest blog: Costs to bear - poverty reduction and climate change resilience | FIELD This blog reflects the authors' opinion. (The opinions of guest bloggers do not necessarily reflect FIELD’s views). In a recent World Bank blog article External Links icon , the Mauritanian response to the Sahel drought crisis of 2011 - Emel (“hope” in Arabic) - was applauded. The programme demonstrates that although such national responses can be costly (2.6% of GDP) they can also be very successful in getting the population through tough times brought on by climate change. Fighting poverty is an important step in dealing with the devastating impacts that climate change can bring, and approaches like those undertaken by Mauritanians are highly needed to address the immediate vagaries of poverty, which is exacerbated by the changing climate. Investing more in fighting poverty and climate change at the same time What if 9% or even just 3% of 2012, 2013 and the coming 2014 national expenditures were put towards activities that fought both poverty and climate change? now and in the future.
About Adaptation Learning | UNDP-ALM - UNDP's Adaptation Learning Mechanism The UNDP-Adaptation Learning Mechanism (undp-alm.org) is UNDP's knowledge-sharing platform on country led programmes and projects financed by the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), Adaptation Fund (AF), bi-lateral donors and through decentralized cooperation supported by UNDP’s Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) project. The UNDP-ALM is linked to the UNDP-GEF Global Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) Portal. While the original ALM portal was financed by the Global Environment Facility, the UNDP-ALM portal (a window into the UNDP supported adaptation projects) is financed with UNDP resources. UNDP-ALM is structured to be used as an interactive platform for sharing and learning about country led initiatives that advance green, low-emission and climate-resilient development. For further information on UNDP’s work in adaptation and related publications, please click here.
The Adaptation Knowledge Day V Presentations - Global Adaptation Network (GAN) "Climate Change Adaptation Gaps” Presentations 13:30 – 13.45 UNEP and the Adaptation Committee UNEP - Merlyn van Voore Adaptation Committee: Klaus Radunsky and Fred Kossam Presentations Klaus Radunsky and Fred KossamSaleemul Huq - Adaptation Committee Presentation 13:45 – 15.00 Session 1: Knowledge Gaps Facilitator: Facilitator: Anne Ollhof UNEP RISØ CENTRE The Climate Change Adaptation gap is real and it enhances the vulnerability of the environment and people to changes in the climate. Presentations Ali Raza IUCN Presentation Rojina Manandhar, UNFCCC Presentation Alexandre Meybeck FAO Presentation Saleemul Huq PROVIA Presentation 15:00 – 16:15 Session 2: Financial Gaps Facilitator: Felice van der Plaat, UNEP This session will deal with the finance gap regarding climate change adaptation and will assess and express the gap in adaptation action in monetary terms and options to bridge it. Presentations Roland Sundstrom The GEF Presentation Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, UNDP Presentation Presentations