| | 29421 | 02/07/2024 18:30 | Knowledge Resource | https://www.apsccglobal.org/2020/01/01/training-and-capacity-building-for-the-compliance-of-green-protocol/ | Students from Schools and HEIs | | Attitude change through climate education, training, and capacity building
Seeds of change for climate adaptation | This initiative aims to empower the next generation with practical knowledge and skills essential for sustainable development, fostering a proactive approach towards environmental stewardship and innovative solutions across various sectors.
Asset created for the campus by the students. Moving beyond the classroom. | Mandates:
Sustainability Integration in educational institutions, industries, residences, and other organizations must integrate sustainability principles into their operational and strategic frameworks.
Environmental and Climate Education for students and employees to foster a culture of sustainability.
Compliance with Environmental Standards
Water-Food-Energy-Biodiversity Nexus Framework
Resource Recovery Framework
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Framework
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Stakeholder Engagement Framework
| Civil society | | Training Programs Completed
Resource Efficiency Improvements
Pilot Projects Implemented
Green Startups and Business Ideas Launched
Educational Materials Produced
Partnerships and Collaborations Established
Recognition and Awards Improved Environmental Metrics
| Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities | Assessment, Design of approaches, Data collection and management, Development of strategies, Implementation, Stakeholder engagement, Communication and outreach | Asia | Local | | | Academics and scientists, Communities | 02/07/2024 18:30 |  crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support | Agriculture, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | ‘Training and Capacity Building for the Compliance of “Green Protocol” @ Puducherry’, was provided to the Post Graduate Students of Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France along with the students& researchers of Pondicherry University (Central University) & Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Central School). In this program activities, special preference was given to water-food-energy-biodiversity nexus, resource recovery, conservation, and entrepreneurship (startups & green business ideas) – encompassing ‘regenerative agriculture’. ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ is an integrated soil conservation approach primarily focusing on the topsoil regeneration by re-establishing the ecology of soil biodiversity, thereby increasing the readily available plant nutrients and water-holding capacity, and strengthening the water cycle, ecosystem services, complex food chain, and bio-sequestration, ultimately forming the base for resilience to climate change. The purpose of this training and capacity building was to provide a roadmap with background and a broad conceptual framework to plan and implement ‘green campus’ strategies for sustainability and/or to kick start similar strategies in Universities/Colleges/Schools across the globe, for the compliance of ‘Green Protocol’. | 2542 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Educational/training material | | | | | | 29420 | 02/07/2024 18:30 | Knowledge Resource | https://www.apsccglobal.org/2018/04/13/comprehensive-green-protocol/ | | | Increased resilience of communities and ecosystems to environmental challenges. | Use of data-driven approaches to adjust and refine protocols for continuous improvement.
| Promote Sustainable Development
| Civil society | By adopting and rigorously implementing the Comprehensive Green Protocol, significant strides can be made towards environmental sustainability, ensuring a healthier planet for future generations.
Implementation and Measurement includes: | Increased water reuse and recycling.
| Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities | Data collection and management, Development of strategies, Stakeholder engagement, Communication and outreach | Asia | Local | | India | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers | 02/07/2024 18:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | To overcome the ever-increasing shortage of natural resources and unsustainable waste management practices, a ‘comprehensive green protocol’ was required. In view of this, a consortium of experts and dignitaries from the partnering organizations (DSTE, PPCC, PU, and APSCC) had joined hands to conduct the “State-Level Awareness Program on Sustainable Waste Management – 2017-18”, a 30-day program conducted across all four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry. The collective knowledge gathered from the program has resulted in the creation of the ‘Comprehensive Green Protocol’ as a guide for Universities, Colleges, Schools, Industries, Tourism Sector, Hotels, Hospitals, and other organizations to carry forward the stated missions of the program. The protocol is expected to serve as a tool and guide to all stakeholders to commit to Environmental Responsibility and Sustainable Development. thereby creating a healthy environment for the campuses and communities at large. | 2541 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Educational/training material | | | | | | 29419 | 02/07/2024 18:00 | Case study | Primary Data of the pilot research | Pondicherry University, local community, Students and Staff. | | Green School Development | The Green Campus Initiative is a golden opportunity to develop and implement tailor-made programs with an integrated approach encompassing:
Reclamation and recycling of greywater
Student involvement and staff orientation are the heart of the Green Campus Initiative program. | Integrated Cyclical System Model
| Civil society | The modality approach involves engaging students and staff in hands-on activities like tree planting, recycling programs, and energy-saving campaigns. Mechanisms include forming eco-clubs, conducting workshops, and collaborating with environmental organizations to implement and sustain green practices on campus. | This study presents a case of a residential school in the developing part of the world that transforms itself into a model, self sufficient sustainable campus through constant motivation sustained by the result of their positive actions towards the sustainable development of the campus. While the green campus initiatives are more likely to focus solely on ecological issues (downplaying social and economic issues), this initiative revolves around the continually evolving and adaptive sustainability model that depends on the integrated knowledge from all the stakeholders in the school (lowest to the highest echelons) by bringing all of them to work as one single group with a vision on school sustainability. Emphasizing more on this, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) is successfully evolved and implemented within 100 working days. This pilot scale Green Campus Initiative was evolved, based on the research done at Pondicherry University, and implemented as the student centered outreach programme, encompassing water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, with an integrated systems approach. The various measures undertaken by the campus are discussed in brief and how they helped transform the campus into a Green Campus. The lessons learnt will be very useful for replication of similar experiments elsewhere in India or in any other developing country | Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities | Assessment, Design of approaches, Data collection and management, Development of strategies | Asia | Local | | India | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers | 02/07/2024 18:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Education and training | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Energy, Gender | | | | | crmmocservices | For several decades now, many institutions are doing their best to strive towards a sustainable future through education, research and out reach. According to UNESCO, the goal of education is to make people wiser, more knowledgeable, better informed, ethical, responsible, critical and capable of continuing to learn. Education is also the means to disseminate knowledge and develop skills, in order to not only bring about desired changes in behaviours, values, lifestyles but also to promote public support towards the continuing and fundamental changes that will be required if humanity is to alter its course towards sustainability. To meet ever growing global environmental challenges, every school, colleges and universities must prepare today’s students in all disciplines, and it cannot be implemented/achieved without students’ involvement. | 2539 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29418 | 02/07/2024 16:00 | Knowledge Resource | https://www.apsccglobal.org/2015/04/05/gcs2013book/ | · members of university administrations
·teaching staff
· research staff
· research scholars
· student groups
· project officers and consultants
· sustainability leaders from governments, industries
· NGO’s
· other stakeholders relevant to the field | | Data generation and dissemination | To successfully implement campus greening initiatives, adopt a holistic strategy that integrates leadership, curriculum, and community engagement. Utilize global case studies, adapt practices to local contexts, and focus on sustainable infrastructure like energy-efficient buildings and renewable energy. Incorporate sustainability into education, encouraging relevant research and projects. Ensure continuous improvement by regularly evaluating and updating practices, and share progress to inspire further action. These approaches foster a culture of sustainability and long-term environmental impact. | The book "Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives" discusses various mandates and frameworks essential for sustainability on campuses. Key mandates include institutional policies promoting green practices and regulatory requirements for energy efficiency and waste management. Frameworks such as the Environmental Management System (EMS), Green Building Standards, and Sustainability Assessment Tools guide universities in implementing and measuring their greening efforts. These structures ensure accountability, facilitate continuous improvement, and promote adherence to sustainability goals. | Civil society | The modality approach and mechanisms outlined in "Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives" involve a multi-faceted strategy to achieve sustainability goals. This includes utilizing diverse educational methods, such as integrating sustainability into curricula, and promoting experiential learning through projects and campus operations. Mechanisms include establishing dedicated sustainability offices, employing assessment tools like carbon footprints and green certifications, and fostering partnerships with external organizations. This integrated approach ensures comprehensive and effective implementation of greening initiatives on campuses. | · Contains a comprehensive list of initiatives on campus greening around the world
· Embeds various case studies from industrialized and developing countries
· Provides an account of issues, problems and opportunities | Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities | Assessment, Design of approaches, Data collection and management, Development of strategies, Development of national policies, Implementation, Stakeholder engagement, Communication and outreach | Asia | Global, National | | India | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 02/07/2024 16:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Education and training | Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Energy | | | | | crmmocservices | The book is part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE). It contains a comprehensive list of initiatives on campus greening around the world. Embeds various case studies from industrialized and developing countries and Provides an account of issues, problems and opportunities | 2536 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Scientific/peer reviewed publication;#Educational/training material | India | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-11961-8 | | | | 29417 | 02/07/2024 16:00 | Knowledge Resource | https://www.apsccglobal.org/2023/10/25/hesdg/ | Authorities, Faculties, Research Scholars, Professionals, Scientists, NGOs, and other stakeholders. | | Data generation and dissemination | The good practices are documentation and publishing for wider reach. Whereas the lessons learned are realization of gaps in data and knowledge platform which is much needed. | Research study based on primary or secondary data | Civil society | APSCC Partnered with the Emerald Publisher and with the Chief Editor Dr. Wendy M. Purcell, Professor, Rutgers University, USA. Circulated through our peer network, website, and social media platform | Research study on changing environmental conditions | Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities | Other | | Global | | India | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 02/07/2024 16:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Education and training, Knowledge management, Science and research | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.
The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 15, namely "Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allow a better understanding and foster knowledge. | 2535 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Scientific/peer reviewed publication;#Educational/training material | Global | https://www.apsccglobal.org/2023/10/25/hesdg/ | | | | 29416 | 01/07/2024 18:30 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Central University of Himachal Pradesh | | Asia | National, Regional | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/07/2024 18:30 | crmmocservices | In this study, we referred to the place attachment theory to develop an understanding of how the notion of state editions of Hindi language dailies has been central to the concept of local journalism. The theory suggests that people have an emotional relationship with specific landscapes (Schweizer et al. 2013). The decision-making processes in journalism practice, especially related to conflicts of interest and ethical pressures in terms of bonding of people to places helps to understand how the complexity and dynamics of emotions in a climate change engagement framework works in reporting of people, activities or processes in reference to climate change reporting (Altman & Low, 1992; Brown & Perkins, 1992; Bhaskaran et al., 2020). The bonds and different forms of attachment that people have for places, particularly landscapes impacted by climate change is a subject of concern while gathering, packaging, and distributing news at the regional level. This concept of local journalism emphasizes on the state news and information about the politics and sociology of communities living in a geography where the newspaper is published and circulated (Richards, 2012). The climate change mediated stories told locally not only explain the meanings people assign to places but also how these meanings are altered as environmental crises arise (Stedman, 2003). O’Neil and Nicholson-Cole’s (2009) study on media representations of climate change reinforces the importance of a physical, place-based connection in the communication of climate change. The study observed that the local stories of climate change make people empowered and thus make a difference. The study insisted that the local context of the climate change stories makes the seriousness of the issue resonant and helps people to prepare them to timely respond.
The place-based climate change engagement approach in environmental reporting provides a meaningful dialogue in a specific place, where people interact with each other and the landscape to develop a deeper understanding of the ecological and social inter-relationships and impacts on the ecosystem (Schweizer et al., 2013). The theoretical framework of place-based climate change engagement in climate change reporting provides an opportunity for local media outlets to create a public engagement forum to bring changes at the community level to curb anthropogenic climate change impacts. This also changes the public conversation by simplifying and connecting climate change impacts to people’s values, personal experiences, and daily lives (Hess, Malilay & Parkinson, 2008). This theory allows media scholars to integrate multiple dimensions of climate change communication and helps to understand the paradoxes of telling the stories of climate change (Zehr, 2000). Mocatta et al (2022) in her study observed that the local reporting of the issues of climate crisis can bring transformational changes as they are quite capable of reporting and covering the issues at the community level. | Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Knowledge management, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information | Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Human settlements | | | | | crmmocservices | The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage caused was reported extensively, there is little introspection by the newspapers as to the reasons for such catastrophic events. The study finds that there is little to no connection is made to the significance of anthropogenic factors in causing the disaster in all the observed news stories. The attribution to climate change appears mostly in the form of vague throwaway statements or brief quotes from experts. | 2589 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | India | | https://jdc.journals.unisel.edu.my/index.php/jdc/article/view/231;#The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage caused was reported extensively, there is little introspection by the newspapers as to the reasons for such catastrophic events. The study finds that there is little to no connection is made to the significance of anthropogenic factors in causing the disaster in all the observed news stories. The attribution to climate change appears mostly in the form of vague throwaway statements or brief quotes from experts. ;# https://jdc.journals.unisel.edu.my/index.php/jdc/article/view/231;#https://jdc.journals.unisel.edu.my/index.php/jdc/article/view/231 | | | 29415 | 01/07/2024 18:30 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 01/07/2024 18:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate scenarios | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Energy, Food security | | | | | crmmocservices | I believe the UN and/or large nations should develop websites that create a climate plan given a climate strategy. I am working on this website, yet have only completed 1% of what needs to be done. For details, see the following PDF. This document is open source which means anyone can use this document for free.
https://www.ma2life.org/g/Planet_Dashboard_Proposal.pdf
My name is Glenn Weinreb. If anyone wants to contact me, see the bottom of the following website: www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org | 2588 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Online portal | USA | | | | | 29414 | 01/07/2024 18:30 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 01/07/2024 18:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Food security, Heavy industry | | | | | crmmocservices | I believe the UN and/or large nations should develop websites that create a climate plan given a climate strategy. I am working on this website, yet have only completed 1% of what needs to be done. For details, see the following PDF. This document is open source which means anyone can use this document for free.
https://www.ma2life.org/g/Planet_Dashboard_Proposal.pdf
My name is Glenn Weinreb. If anyone wants to contact me, see the bottom of the following website: www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org | 2587 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Usa | | | | | 29413 | 01/07/2024 14:00 | Case study | | | | | There is consensus among the stakeholders on the persistence of the LAKI knowledge gaps on adaptation in the territory of the Paraná Delta at the different scales of management (national, provincial and local), as well as in the planning tools. These gaps aggravate vulnerabilities, risks, and threats and add complexities in designing adequate adaptation measures. The gaps also prevent the development of concrete solutions further impacting ecosystems, and social systems, as well as jeopardizing the economic development and resource use in the Paraná Delta. Additionally, in some cases, the political agendas oriented to the productive development of the territory and not centered on people, prevent a greater integration of knowledge and its use in the design of response mechanisms for adaptation to climate change.
There is a relationship between the knowledge gaps and the four vulnerability dimensions studied (social, environmental, physical, economic). According to the analysis, the prevalence of the knowledge gaps identified could be ranked as follows:
1) gaps in integrated research on the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and their relationship with the quality of life of populations,
2) lack of mechanisms to include adaptation in current planning tools,
3) lack of information and analysis related to the impact of climate change on agricultural production systems and tourism activity in the Delta and
4) lack of economic information and cost-benefit analysis of adaptation needs (with the least number of records or information from the stakeholders).
Focus on most prevalent knowledge gap:
Regarding gap 1, there was a broad consensus that the communities in the Paraná Delta, inhabiting the territory, should be involved so that they contribute to the processes of knowledge generation as knowledge-bearing stewards since they are the ones who better know the territory and its needs. The stakeholders highlighted the existence of a large amount of local research from communities, local stakeholders, grassroots civil society organizations, local governments, academia, and institutions engaged in generating/gathering and managing technical knowledge. However, this knowledge production is often carried out in isolation or is aligned to specific sectoral objectives or programs hence limiting the capacity for integration of the different stakeholders involved in the Delta. According to the stakeholders this is partly due to an existing limitation in management, communication, and funding from the central level of government, as well as a weakness in public policies and coordination at the subnational level.
New gaps and barriers in the territory were identified:
● Lack of information on funding opportunities and/or lack of access to financial sources (tourism)
● Gap between the model of consumption, production and extraction of natural resources compared to paradigm of the conservation of “the web of life” (food security)
● Lack of public information on judicial processes (food security) in particular, those related to burning activities in the wetlands.
● Lack of information on the impacts of climate change leading to maladaptation (land use)
● Inadequate capacity by local communities to influence policy and action due to limited involvement in key processes.
● Barriers due to the use of terminology or concepts which makes it difficult to disseminate knowledge about adaptation and risk management (land use).
Tools and mechanisms for strengthening adaptation planning:
Considering the data compiled from the two co-creation workshops which provided an analysis of the links between the studied knowledge gaps, dimensions of vulnerability, and the identified climate risks and threats, the following insights on enabling tools and mechanisms for strengthening adaptation planning were highlighted:
● Climate change adaptation planning is an essential tool to face the threats and risks posed by climate change in the Middle Paraná Delta.
● National and sub-national government institutions are recognized as essential stakeholders for closing knowledge gaps and the development of adaptation responses.
● Among the main tools/accelerators available to develop adaptation processes to climate change, the knowledge of local communities and local civil society organizations need to be more visible:
○ Local communities are the first to experience vulnerability and generate response and adaptation mechanisms.
○ Civil society organizations have an increasing interest in participatory processes for adaptation.
○ Civil society organizations are identified as “invisible stakeholders”. The inclusion of invisibilized stakeholders in adaptation planning processes would contribute to a useful social cohesion in the process of generating adaptation responses.
● Local stakeholders acknowledge their own capacities and will to strengthen climate change adaptation to reduce the dimensions of vulnerability in the territory through the tools that are available in the territory.
● Better communication of adaptation strategies and the broad climate change agenda planned by the municipal and provincial governments would allow for the meaningful influence of local knowledge as well as for a stronger use of available funding mechanisms by local initiatives.
● Different capacities and tools available to the community have been identified by the participants for each of the knowledge gaps on adaptation, predominantly in the areas of participation in planning and integrated research (knowledge gaps 2 and 1).
● Integrating climate change learning into the curriculum is seen as an essential way to involve the communities as a whole into the response to challenges posed by climate change.
● Economic information (knowledge gap 3), including cost-benefit analysis of adaptation measures, was the least mentioned by stakeholders as relevant to improving adaptation planning. This type of information was also identified as the least available in the territory. Greater capacity building and empowerment of local stakeholders on the use and relevance of this type of information would strengthen planning processes with the participation of the territory. | | Civil society | | During the co-creation workshops, the impacts and risks of climate change in the middle Delta of Paraná were addressed. Droughts and floods as well as their associated risks, including fires, loss of crops and livelihoods, severely affect the quality of life of the population in the Paraná Delta and are seen as priority issues for adaptation by communities. Additionally, urbanization related to unsustainable architectural designs as well as inadequate land use planning policies, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity negatively impact the quality of life of the populations.
There is a division of functions and tasks between different stakeholders that can play negatively in closing knowledge gaps. Governmental institutions assume the responsibility of elaborating and implementing policies, building frameworks for participation and coordination between different levels (local, subnational and national). Academic and technical institutions participate in the construction of knowledge. Locally-based civil society organizations in turn have sought to provide local knowledge and influence decision-making. This exhaustive division of functions leads to new gaps in communication and collaboration, limiting the ability to generate better responses to climate change.
Regarding the governance, the co-creation process has identified that the articulation between governmental and non-governmental institutions is insufficient, which weakens the response to the effects of climate change, including planning. Stakeholders also recognized that good governance should include an improvement in the generation, management and access to knowledge, strengthening the science-policy-regulatory interface.
The disconnection between scientific-academic knowledge, the knowledge of the communities and the information built at a technical level in the government spheres, results in a poor response to the impacts, risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate change in the Delta.
The political agenda of the different public institutions in Argentina face coordination problems, challenging the process and outcome of designing relevant measures for adaptation to climate change. In the case of the Delta, this lack of coordination is exacerbated as a result of jurisdictional problems and the judicialization of conflicts derived from property vs. land possession, changes in land use and unsustainable practices linked to the extensive cattle ranching process that the territory has suffered in recent decades.
In more contextual terms, the climate change agenda on mitigation and adaptation at the national level lacks clarity and continuity, as well as funding, which limits the potential of proposals at the local scale. However, the recent elaboration of the National Plan for Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change and other planning and monitoring instruments open up opportunities for the mainstreaming of adaptation in public policies as a development policy in the territories.
At the same time, the absence of a common vision among different stakeholders at the community and territorial level that can influence governments and private actors is identified. The co-creation process has shown misgivings and a lack of trust among some of these stakeholders. However, there are relevant experiences in the territory such the Deliot Legacy Commission, which has 10 years of horizontal work between NGOs, academic sector and the Municipality of Rosario, for the co-management of the Los Tres Cerros Reserve, located in the province of Entre Ríos, property of the city of Rosario by the legacy of Carlos Deliot. | National University of Rosario | | South America | Local | | Argentina | Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/07/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | 1. Adger, W. N. (1999) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change and Extremes in Coastal Vietnam, World Development, 27 (2), 249-269.
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74. World Tourism Organization., & United Nations Environment Programme. (2008). Climate change and tourism: Responding to global challenges. Madrid: World Tourism Organization. | Adaptation planning and practices, Knowledge management | Agriculture, Food security, Services, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | This research seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the knowledge gaps on adaptation to climate change planning in the Middle Paraná Delta. The knowledge gathering process was facilitated through comprehensive literature review, interviews, co-creation workshops and virtual meetings with stakeholders over a period of five months – January to May 2022. The research aimed to contextualize and assess the prevalence of gaps and needs identified through the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI).
The main results imply the persistence of adaptation knowledge gaps identified by LAKI workshops for the Andean subregion. The most prevalent gap is the lack of integrated research on the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and their relationship with the quality of life of populations. The local community is identified as a key stakeholder for adaptation planning processes while national and subnational government actions are perceived as essential for the generation of adaptation responses.
Climate change adaptation planning is recognized by the stakeholders as an essential tool to face the threats and risks posed by climate change in the Middle Paraná Delta. | 2550 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | https://rephip.unr.edu.ar/items/cc71d3e6-4952-4594-8c12-4b815913c3df;#This research seeks to contribute to the understanding of knowledge needs, as well as to close knowledge gaps in the Paraná Delta region regarding climate change and adaptation planning. Therefore, research was conducted through literature review and interviews, as well as co-creation workshops between January and May 2022. | | | 29412 | 01/07/2024 14:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development | | Africa, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Regional, Subregional | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/07/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | NOTE TO THE NWP SECRETARIAT :
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4Sd) has changed named in 2020 to Regions4, and we would like to update information on our page, and if possible, publish RegionsAdapt pas report (the last one on the portal is 2017, but we had annual reports since)
Due to change in our communication officer, we have lost contact : could you please contact me mcran@regions4.org to see how we can provide updated content?
We would like to update : https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/item.aspx?ListItemId=28495&ListUrl=/sites/NWPStaging/Lists/MainDB
Thank you for your support | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Institutional arrangements, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Water resources, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | RegionsAdapt is the climate flagship initiative of Regions4 that brings together leading regions on climate change adaptation, to foster collaboration, as well as learning and raising capacities. With more than 70 signatory members impacting over 300 million citizens, RegionsAdapt is mobilizing the ambition of regional governments on adaptation worldwide
This report covers two years of CDP States and Regions data (2021-2022) and includes qualitative additions from additional interviews conducted in partnership with the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) with 32 regional governments from all over the world.
Structured around the 4 commitments that regions take when joining the Regions Race to Resilience and RegionsAdapt, the report focuses on capturing the actions and progress that our member regions are making to address the most urgent climate risk hazards.
Reading the report is an opportunity to learn about other adaptation plans, strategies, and actions, and look at trends and evolutions, that can inform your own analysis of progress. | 2520 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Educational/training material | Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, USA | | | | | 29411 | 01/07/2024 14:00 | Case study | Sources: Data were collected through reconnaissance visits, surveys, stakeholder interviews, and hazard assessments. Collaborations were established with national and local agencies like the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Nat | National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Local community leaders and groups International partners like UNEP | Focus on air pollution and environmental degradation caused by industrial activities, particularly from KRPC, through stakeholder engagement and community sensitization. | Community vulnerability to fire outbreaks, air pollution, and waste management issues. Losses are primarily environmental and health-related due to industrial activities. | Following the study, various government agencies, learning institutions and community leaders from the Mararaban Rido community agreed to form countrywide community emergency awareness committees. The stakeholders involved are the National Emergency Management Agency; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; the National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency; the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency; and community leaders from youth, women, and religious groups, retired soldiers, and police officers.
The mandate of these committees is to coordinate risk identification and assessment, hazard mapping, prioritization and community resilience. They will initially focus on fires, epidemics, and floods. | Implementation of the APELL (Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level) framework to enhance community disaster preparedness and response capabilities. | Research institution, University/education/training organization | Community-based risk assessments, collaborative stakeholder engagement, and capacity-building exercises such as fire drills and emergency simulations. | Following the study, various government agencies, learning institutions and community leaders from the Mararaban Rido community agreed to form countrywide community emergency awareness committees. The stakeholders involved are the National Emergency Management Agency; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; the National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency; the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency; and community leaders from youth, women, and religious groups, retired soldiers, and police officers. | Institute for Land and Community Resilience, Federal University | Assessment, Design of approaches, Data collection and management, Development of strategies, Implementation, Stakeholder engagement | Africa | National | | Nigeria | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 01/07/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Between February and June 2018, UN Environment and Nigeria’s Minna-based Federal University of Technology/Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies carried out a study on how the communities around the refinery respond to natural and man-made hazards and emergencies. The assessment was conducted within the framework of the Awareness and Preparedness for Emergency at Local Level (APELL) initiative, designed by UN Environment. | 2515 | NWPSearchableItem | gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng | gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29410 | 01/07/2024 13:30 | Case study | | | | | 1.It is crucial to address issues of limited Internet Connectivity by providing alternative means of access, such as offline materials .
2. It is important to adopt a user-centric approach by understanding the need Conducting surveys, gathering feedback, and analyzing user data can help in designing and improving the Virtual Academy's features, content, and delivery methods.. 3.Collaborations and . Partnerships can help ensure the accuracy, relevance, and applicability of the content, as well as widen the reach and impact of the Virtual Academy.
4. Regular monitoring and evaluation, coupled with ongoing feedback collection from learners and stakeholders, are essential for identifying areas of improvement and implementing necessary changes. Continuous updates, expansion of course offerings, and staying abreast of emerging technologies and pedagogical approaches are vital for the Virtual Academy's long-term success.
5.Exploring diverse funding sources, such as partnerships, grants, sponsorships, or user fees, can help ensure the financial stability of the Virtual Academy platform. | | Civil society | | building the capacity of youth in the climate-smart agricultural
bridging the food insecurity gap
providing an avenue for all to have the opportunity for quality education irrespective of their
educational background, location or age | CLIMATE SMART AGRICULUTURE YOUTH NETWORK | | Africa | Global | | Kenya,Cameroon,Nigeria,South Africa,Somalia,Zambia | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 01/07/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | GCSAYN Virtual Academy, https://csayn.global.org | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | The purpose of the virtual academy is to provide an online or web-based platform to host various
flagships of GCSAYN.▪ AFCFTA training program
▪ Agribusiness Program
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▪ AYPI
▪ AYSDGT
▪ CEEP
▪ CHAP
▪ Climate Finance Program
▪ CYA
▪ GEEP
▪ ICT for Agriculture
▪ Internship Program
▪ Mentorship Program
▪ PASA
▪ WASA | 2510 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29409 | 25/06/2024 17:00 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through inputs of 24 experts from leading organizations on the topic and representatives of 7 cities who shared insights and provided review. Secondary data include a range of scientific papers, reports and grey literature. | Private banks, asset managers, pension funds, private equity firms, insurance and credit rating agencies; multilateral banks, international development aid; philanthropic and impact investment sectors, relevant blue economy/blue tech industries such as coastal tourism, real estate, shipping, ports, fisheries and aquaculture, offshore renewable energy, as well as innovators at a variety of scales; and coastal cities leaders, practitioners and related funding and financing institutions. | | | | The White Paper is the first pillar of a 3-pillar Investment Protocol. It provides a summary of funding gaps, as well as options, mechanisms, and stakeholders to unlock financial flows for coastal resilience. The White Paper’s frameworks include: (1) structuring cities’ demand to scale up the number and amount of projects (2) assessing risk and pricing to mobilise private investment (3) leverage the Blue Economy to attract private capitals. | Civil society | | Scaled up, improved access and sustainable approach to finance coastal cities’ adaptation. | | Assessment | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 25/06/2024 17:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Financial support | Coastal areas/zones, Adaptation finance, Human settlements, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Given the important role that coastal cities play in supporting global economies and safeguarding communities, actions must be scaled to ensure they have the resources necessary to set up a pipeline of bankable projects as well as for implementation. If mechanisms exist to support cities to adapt to climate change, coastal cities face unique challenges but also hold opportunities which require tailored efforts. This Blue-Tinted White Paper provides a summary of funding and financing options and mechanisms, as well as a mapping of the key stakeholders. This paper highlights main gaps and puts forward recommendations to unlock financial flows at the scale needed. | 2533 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Policy brief | | https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Investment-Protocol-for-Coastal-Cities-Adaptation-and-Resilience.pdf | | | | 29408 | 25/06/2024 17:00 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through interviews of 60 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” (October 2022) and secondary data from over 60 | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in West Africa, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) improved and shared knowledge to inform policies; (2) integrated and place-based coastal governance (3) increased and facilitated access to funding towards sustainable strategies for coastal cities. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment, Other | Africa | Regional | | NA - Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Gambia, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 25/06/2024 17:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Infrastructure, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | This report was produced by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) with the support of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) and draws on the outcomes of a workshop organised in October 2022 and individual interviews of 60+ scientists and practitioners of the West African region. It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed, in light of concrete examples to adapt coastal cities to rising sea levels. It focuses on issues of knowledge production and sharing, integrated governance and non-state actors engagement, and adaptation finance. | 2507 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo | https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa | https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa;#This report was produced by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) with the support of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) and draws on the outcomes of a workshop organised in October 2022 and individual interviews of 60+ scientists and practitioners of the West African region. It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed, in light of concrete examples to adapt coastal cities to rising sea levels. It focuses on issues of knowledge production and sharing, integrated governance and non-state actors engagement, and adaptation finance. | | | 29407 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through Inputs from experts and practitioners collected at the Ocean & Climate Conference (Ocean & Climate Platform) “Adapting coastal cities and territories to rising sea levels” (13 April 2021) and secondary data from 13 reference | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | The Policy Brief provides a brief overview of the key challenges and levers to adapt coastal cities and regions to sea level rise, addressing key topics such as knowledge production and uptake, governance, finance, geographic and temporal scales of planning. Frameworks include (1) integrated approach through local partnerships, participation and territorial cohesion (2) dynamic and hybrid strategies. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment | Europe | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | The policy brief delves into the challenges confronted by stakeholders responsible for adaptation, emphasizing the prerequisites for a sustainable transformation of coastal cities and territories. While a lack of scientific knowledge, political and financial resources, or cognitive biases can delay or hinder action, a consultative, dynamic, hybrid, and inclusive approach can facilitate the design of tailored and sustainable solutions, ultimately enhancing the resilience of coastal areas. | 2532 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Policy brief | | https://bit.ly/policy-brief_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR | https://bit.ly/policy-brief_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR;#The policy brief delves into the challenges confronted by stakeholders responsible for adaptation, emphasizing the prerequisites for a sustainable transformation of coastal cities and territories. While a lack of scientific knowledge, political and financial resources, or cognitive biases can delay or hinder action, a consultative, dynamic, hybrid, and inclusive approach can facilitate the design of tailored and sustainable solutions, ultimately enhancing the resilience of coastal areas. | | | 29406 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Tool | Primary data collected through the written contribution of project managers to an online form. | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | The Map of Solutions’ mandate includes supporting coastal resilience through the inventory and sharing of leading actions across the globe against the impacts of sea level rise, erosion, storm surges, subsidence, and soil salinisation. The framework is based on an analysis of risks and vulnerabilities addressed, the options used (protection responses, nature-based solutions, managed retreat, and capacity building), the modalities of governance and typology of stakeholders involved (governments, local authorities, research, citizens etc.) and the costs (under 100.000 EUR to above 1 million EUR). It is informed by the direct returns of experiences from the implementing organisation. | Civil society | | Capacity-building, peer to peer exchange of knowledge and experiences, improved data accessibility and sharing. | | Assessment | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | The Map of Solutions gathers 100+ initiatives across the world, listing the actions implemented to address erosion, limit the impacts of storm surges or fight against soil salinization. Against these risks, there is no one-size-fits-all response capable of tackling the multitude of issues specific to each city and territory. Hence, the Map of Solutions brings together a variety of ambitious initiatives that combine different approaches ranging from protection responses, nature-based solutions, managed-retreat policies, research projects to capacity building and knowledge sharing activities. The Map of Solutions provides project leaders with concrete feedback, highlighting the outcomes, the takeaways, as well as cautionary remarks. | 2531 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://seaties.ocean-climate.org/index-en.html | https://seaties.ocean-climate.org/index-en.html;#The Map of Solutions is an online interactive tool featuring coastal adaptation projects deployed across the globe and providing project leaders with concrete feedback, highlighting the outcomes, takeaways and cautionary remarks to inspire action. | | | 29405 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through interviews of 60 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” (October 2022) and secondary data from over 60 | | | | | Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in West Africa, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) improved and shared knowledge to inform policies; (2) integrated and place-based coastal governance (3) increased and facilitated access to funding towards sustainable strategies for coastal cities. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment, Other | Africa | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | NA - Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Gambia, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | World Bank. (2022). Compendium : Coastal Management Practices in West Africa - Existing and Potential Solutions to Control Coastal Erosion, Prevent Flooding and Mitigate Damage to Society. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-06/010085571.pdf | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | The report draws on discussions held during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” organised by the Ocean & Climate Platform, in partnership with the Centre de suivi écologique, and with the support of Climate Chance, on October 2022, in Dakar, Senegal, as well as a series of individual interviews of more than 60 participants. It addresses current practices, the obstacles encountered and the needs in terms of producing and sharing knowledge, how to mobilise financial and private stakeholders to fund solutions, and engage and include local actors in adaptation strategies. Intended for policymakers, city planners and all stakeholders involved in adaptation planning who pursue transformational changes, this report provides an overview of current challenges and highlights, through case studies and boxes, some examples of leading practices and possible responses in West African coastal cities. | 2530 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Togo, Benin, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone | https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa | https://bit.ly/adaptation_villes_elevation_mer_Afrique-Ouest;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 60+ experts across West Arica, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action. | | | 29404 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through interviews of 50 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America” (September 2022) and secondary data from ove | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in the West Coast of the United-States, the publication’s mandate include to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) actionable knowledge to address local adaptation need; (2) rooting adaptation strategies in communities’ visions (3) dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space to deliver transformative adaptation including planned relocation. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment, Other | North America | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | United States of America | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | This report draws on discussions held during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America: U.S. West Coast”, held on September 12, 2022, in Santa Cruz, California, and organized by the Ocean & Climate Platform in collaboration with the City of Santa Cruz, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee, with support from Ocean Visions, the Center for Sea Rise Solutions, Santa Cruz Works, the Central Coast Climate Collaborative, and the U.S. Embassy in France. It mobilized over 60 actors of coastal adaptation (elected officials, practitioners, scientists, NGOs, and consultants) from across California to discuss adaptation practices, challenges, and needs encountered in the region, through three thematic sessions: 1) Building on scientific knowledge and science-stakeholder networks to inform adaptation; 2) Equity and social justice: fundamental levers for adaptation and communities’ well-being; 3) Implementing hybrid and adaptive solutions for coastal infrastructure | 2529 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | United States of America | https://ocean-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Adapting-coastal-cities-and-territories-to-sea-level-rise-in-North-America-%E2%80%93-US-West-coast-Challenges-and-Leading-practices.pdf | https://bit.ly/adapting-us-west-coast-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 60+ experts across North America, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action. | | | 29403 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through interviews of 43 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the Mediterranean” (March 2022) and secondary data from 70 | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in the Mediterranean region, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) enlarged and strengthened regional and local cooperation (scientific, political); (2) implemented and adjusted current frameworks and conventions (ICZM, Barcelona Convention) to move towards (3) a dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space; (4) allowing transformational changes among key industries such as tourism. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment, Other | Africa, Europe | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | NA / Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain and Tunisia | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | MedECC. (2020). Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin – Current Situation and Risks for the Future.
First Mediterranean Assessment Report [Cramer, W., Guiot, J., Marini, K. (eds.)] Union for the Mediterranean, Plan Bleu, UNEP/MAP, Marseille, France, pp. 1-632 ISBN: 978-2-9577416-0-1, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7224821. | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | The report draws on elements discussed during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities to sea level rise in the Mediterranean region”, hosted virtually by the Ocean & Climate Platform with the support of Plan Bleu and the City of Marseille on April 26, 2022, as well as individual interviews with 40+ experts (mayors, local planners, scientists, representatives of environmental and maritime programmes, agencies, associations and networks) from Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain and Tunisia. The report provides an overview of the main obstacles that coastal managers from the Mediterranean region face in adapting their cities. Accordingly, it addresses the issues of how to design sustainable adaptation strategies through a coordinated approach at the regional and local levels; how to articulate measures over time, particularly in the context of the transformation of key sectors such as tourism. Intended for policymakers, city and territorial planners, and residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report highlights good practices through dedicated Boxes and Case-studies. | 2528 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt | https://bit.ly/adapt-mediterranean-cities-slr | https://bit.ly/adapt-mediterranean-cities-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 40+ experts across the Mediterranean region, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action. | | | 29402 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data collected through interviews of 20 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in Northern Europe” (November 2021) and secondary data from 60 | all stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in Northern Europe, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include a dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space; substantive stakeholder engagement and informed participation; systemic and localised assessment and evaluation of risks, vulnerabilities and solutions. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment, Other | Europe | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | NA / Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | This report draws on elements discussed during the Sea’ties Workshop “Adapting coastal cities to sea level rise in Northern Europe”, hosted virtually by the Ocean & Climate Platform on November 29, 2021, as well as individual interviews with 20+ experts (academics, practitioners, local planners, associations, martiime and environmental agencies etc.). It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed to implement adaptation strategies in Northern Europe, with a special focus on the availability of scientific knowledge, the implementation of hybrid and dynamic strategies and social engagement. Intended for policymakers, city and territorial planners, and residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report shares good practices and knowledge among peers by shedding light on concrete initiatives. | 2527 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium | https://bit.ly/adapt-northern-european-cities-slr | https://bit.ly/adapt-northern-european-cities-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 20+ experts across Northern Europe, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action. | | | 29401 | 25/06/2024 16:30 | Knowledge Resource | Secondary data from over 118 references, including scientific literature and policy reports. | All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors. | | | | Focusing on coastal adaptation to address sea level rise, the publication’s mandate include: the provision of a synthesis of scientific literature and an in-depth analysis of four archetypes of adaptation according to their governance modalities and degree of implementation complexity. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) hybrid approach and adaptation pathways (2) locally-based and driven strategies (3) social engagement (4) holistic and integrated science and governance. | Civil society | | Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials. | | Assessment | | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 25/06/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Faced with sea level rise and the intensification of extreme events, human populations living on the coasts are developing responses to address local situations. A synthesis of the literature on responses to coastal adaptation allows us to highlight different adaptation strategies. Here, we analyze these strategies according to the complexity of their implementation, both institutionally and technically. First, we distinguish two opposing paradigms – fighting against rising sea levels or adapting to new climatic conditions; and second, we observe the level of integrated management of the strategies. This typology allows a distinction between four archetypes with the most commonly associated governance modalities for each. We then underline the need for hybrid approaches and adaptation trajectories over time to take into account local socio-cultural, geographical, and climatic conditions as well as to integrate stakeholders in the design and implementation of responses. We show that dynamic and participatory policies can foster collective learning processes and enable the evolution of social values and behaviors. Finally, adaptation policies rely on knowledge and participatory engagement, multi-scalar governance, policy monitoring, and territorial solidarity. These conditions are especially relevant for densely populated areas that will be confronted with sea level rise, thus for coastal cities in particular. | 2526 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.740602/full | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.740602/full;#The publication ‘Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Address Sea Level Rise’ is a synthesis of scientific literature that presents four archetypes of adaptation strategies for addressing sea level rise. These strategies are analyzed based on their governance modalities and the complexity of their implementation. This synthesis was co-authored by scientists from the RTPi-Sea’ties network, jointly led by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) and CNRS, and it was published in the ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’ journal’s Ocean Solutions section in November 2021. | | | 29400 | 21/06/2024 15:00 | Knowledge Resource | Primary data from the inputs of 230 practitioners and scientists collected during 5 workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa and the Pacific from 2021 to 2023. The recommendations were reviewed by 40 contributo | Policy makers, scientists, multilateral donors and banks, international financial institutions, philanthropies and private investors, CSOs and NGOs, representatives of the blue economy and the private sector, and all stakeholders engaged in the resilience of coastal cities and territories. | | | | The Policy recommendations are intended for global policy-makers to address coastal cities’ adaptation to sea level rise, focusing on 4 priority areas (1) on solutions: planning long-term adaptation responses tailored to the local context, (2) on social justice: prioritising social imperatives in adaptation policies, (3) on knowledge: developing new ways to generate and share operational knowledge on adaptation and (4) on finance: building a sustainable finance approach for coastal cities. | Civil society | | Accelerate, enhance and inform decision-making and action in favour of coastal resilience. | | Other | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | NA | Policy makers, Practitioners | 21/06/2024 15:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Concluding four years of the Sea’ties initiative of the Ocean & Climate Platform, the “Policy Recommendations to Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise” draw upon the scientific expertise and on-the-ground experiences of over 230 practitioners convened in 5 regional workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa, and the Pacific. Now supported by 80 organisations worldwide, the policy recommendations are intended to local, national, regional and international decision-makers, and focus on four priorities:
1. Planning long-term adaptation responses tailored to local context
2. Prioritising social imperatives in adaptation policies
3. Developing new ways to generate and share operational knowledge on adaptation
4. Building a sustainable finance approach for coastal cities | 2525 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Policy brief | Global | https://bit.ly/recommendations_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR | https://bit.ly/recommendations_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR;#Concluding four years of the Sea’ties initiative, the “Policy Recommendations to Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise” draw upon the scientific expertise and on-the-ground experiences of over 230 practitioners convened in 5 regional workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa, and the Pacific. Now supported by 80 organisations worldwide, the policy recommendations are intended to local, national, regional and international decision-makers, and focus on four priorities: solutions, social justice, knowledge and finance. | | | 29399 | 31/05/2024 13:30 | Case study | | | | | | | | | The Official Voluntary Target Setting
On a voluntary basis, the Government of Lebanon has decided to adopt higher LDN Targets than
the minimum targets required to reach Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030. The Voluntary Targets were officially declared and adopted on July 10, 2017 in the Grand Serail. The event was chaired by MOA, representing the Prime Minister, in the presence of Mrs. Monique Barbut the Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, the Minister of Environment Mr. Tarek Khatib and the Minister of Energy and Water Mr. Cesar Abi-Khalil. The declaration of the Voluntary Targets was as follows:
Lebanon is committed to work on combating desertification and land degradation, through the implementation of sustainable land management practices and institutional and legislative measures in order to reach Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030, with national, regional and international partners. To that effect, Lebanon has set the following voluntary national LDN Targets:
1. Improve Land Productivity and Soil Organic Carbon stock, in forests, croplands and grasslands
2. Improve the mosaic of the landscape, Including forests, other wooded lands, grasslands and croplands and limit their conversion to other land covers
3. Enhance the role of forests and trees in urban and rural areas in providing sustainable products and services
Land Degradation Neutrality would only be achieved through its leveraging into political and
development processes, at the national level.
In line with the commitments of Lebanon in the framework of Climate Change and Conservation of Biological Diversity, and in line with 40 Million Trees Program, the Government of Lebanon is committed to combat desertification and land degradation and to reach a situation of Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030, through the following measures:
1. Restore forest landscapes through reforestation and afforestation on at least 10,000 hectares
2. Implement Sustainable Forest Management practices on all public forests, and promote the sustainable management of private forests, thus reducing the occurrence of forest fires and the conversion of forests into other land-uses
3. Restore and manage grasslands in high mountain areas on at least 1,000 hectares
4. Promote sustainable agricultural practices on at least 80,000 hectares
5. Enhance the sustainability of cities and towns through the development of urban and peri urban forestry and the implementation of agro-sylvo-pastoral practices
6. Leverage Land Degradation Neutrality into land-use planning
7. Leverage land Degradation Neutrality into sectorial policies and strategies
8. Develop financial incentives for the implementation of sustainable land management practices, in line with mitigation and adaptation strategles on climate change and conservation of biological diversity
9. Promote research on sustainable land management
10. Develop partnerships with local, national and international organizations for the promotion of sustainable land management practices and land degradation neutrality | Association for Forests, Development and Conservation | | Asia | National | | Lebanon | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers | 31/05/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | The Government of Lebanon ratified the UNCCD in 1994 and produced the first National Action Program in 2003 that was not updated ever since. The update to the National Action Program (NAP) to combat desertification became a necessity to reflect the changes that occurred in Lebanon since the last action plan. The NAP is a comprehensive and integrated framework for addressing the physical, biological and socio-economic aspects of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD). In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, and mainly the Goal 15.3, and the related approach on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), the NAP goes beyond the 10-Years Strategy (2008-2018) of the UNCCD. The NAP process was developed along with the setting of LDN national voluntary targets and integrates the LDN targets as the core part of the action programme.
The NAP presents pertinent background information that highlight the resources at stake, the drivers that are causing land degradation and that would significantly deteriorate the country's
natural resources if sustainable management practices are not put in place. The main stakeholders that affect the sustainable management of natural resources are presented and their roles are briefly described.
The NAP document provides an overview of the agriculture, rangeland and forest sectors as they
are most pertinent to land degradation and are a source of sustenance for some of the country's
most vulnerable social groups. The current knowledge of the state of these sectors is described and the opportunities to mitigate land degradation are provided. Given the impact disasters have on land degradation processes, the country's ability to withstand disasters and risks is briefly outlined. The importance of the land degradation neutrality (LDN) process is fully acknowledged in this NAP. The assessment of the extent of degradation, the exposure of lands to degradation and the formulation of national voluntary targets should form cornerstone elements of national land management strategies in the years to come.
The Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defined LDN as "a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems": In this
context, the specific objectives of this work were to:
1) Compile all relevant background information related to desertification and land degradation in Lebanon.
2) Assess baseline trends in landcover/land-use, land productivity, and soil organic carbon stocks using geo-processing tools.
3) Map exposure to land degradation.
4) Set national voluntary targets for land degradation neutrality and the national action program.
Using a tiered approach, the derivation of the indicator "trends in land degradation" was based on the synoptic utilization of trends in landcover/land-use Tier 1). trends in land productivity (Tier 2a),and trends in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks (Tier 2b). Data collection for the inventory years 2000-2010 was conducted using satellite remote sensing for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). In addition, the land productivity dynamics map and the soil map of Lebanon were extracted from global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks.
Losses in vegetative covers, namely in forests (i.e., 1,783 ha), grassland (i.e., 1,201 ha), and cropland (i.e., 2,257 ha) were assessed using a baseline year in 2000 and a target year 2010. More
specifically, the Kadaa of Sour experienced the highest loss in forest cover (i.e., 233 ha) followed
by Jbeil (i.e.,131 ha) and El Metn (i.e., 111 ha). Simultaneously, the Kadaa of Baalbek experienced
the highest loss in cropland (i.e., 632 ha) followed by west Bekaa (i.e., 296 ha) and Saida (i.e., 239
ha). The Kadaa of Baalbek experienced the highest loss in grassland (i.e., 192 ha) followed by Akkar (i.e., 129 ha) and Zahleh (i.e., 97 ha).
The total area of vegetation cover affected by declining productivity was 22,660 ha (i.e., 5,896 ha of forest, 13,855 ha of cropland, and 2,909 ha of grassland). Meanwhile, the total area of vegetation cover affected by increasing productivity was 105,311 ha (i.e., 40,986 ha of forest, 42,864 of cropland, and 21,461 of grassland).
The loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) between 2000 and 2010 was computed per landcover type.
Accordingly, a total of 117,464 tons were lost in cropland, 120,943 tons in forest, and 71,575 tons
in grassland. Five classes of exposure to land degradation, namely, very low, low, moderate, high, and very high were produced to represent the various ranges (in function of 20, 40%, 60%, and 80 percentiles) of values of total Net Primary Productivity (NPP) change between 2005 and 2014. Setting these fixed percentile thresholds for distinquishing among the different classes is expected to help in monitoring future geospatial changes and variations in exposure to land degradation. In this work, 39% of the Lebanese territory was classified as very high exposure to land degradation. The Kadaa of Baalbek comprised the largest area (i.e., 50,251 ha) with high exposure to land degradation followed by Sour (with an area of 28,552 ha) and Akkar (with an area of 25,717 ha), consecutively. Subsequently, by LDN assessment and measures comprised the reforestation/afforestation of 4,040 ha of public other lands (i.e., lands with little vegetation) using native tree species while working on forest law amendments and promoting economic incentives. Restoring a total area of 2,257 of abandoned agricultural land (currently classified as forest) and a total area of 1,201 ha of other land with little vegetation was also suggested.
Other targets included the need to 1) avoid further decline of forest through law amendments and provide economic incentives for improving a total area of 5,896 ha of forest showing declining productivity, 2) use a diverse set of less-intensive and environmentally taxing practices to improve a total area of 13,855 ha of cropland showing declining productivity, and 3) adopt land management practices to avoid overgrazing, frequent fires, and soil erosion over a minimum area of 2,909 ha showing declining productivity. Simultaneously, it was suggested to maintain current management practices on land showing increasing productivity while avoiding fire hazards especially on forest and grassland areas. At the same time, it is essential to introduce financial alternative options for the preventions of encroachment in the vegetation cover for maintaining increasing land productivity in forest, cropland, and grassland.
Finally, neutralizing the loss of soil organic carbon (i.e., 120,943 tons from forest, 117,464 tons from cropland, and 71,575 tons from grassland) requires the adoption of forest management practices (e.g., reduce fire frequency and severity, undertake forest management and harvesting plans, etc.), crop management (e.g. soil fertility enhancement, better rotation, erosion control, and irrigation), conservation tillage (e.g. reduced tillage, no-tillage), and pasture management (e.g. grazing management, introduction of legumes, sown pasture, etc.). | 2330 | NWPSearchableItem | | Sawsan@afdc.org.lb | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29398 | 27/05/2024 15:30 | Tool | | | | | The IFC methodology has served us as a powerful tool to launch projects with the primary objective of environmental protection and conservation, involving the indigenous communities residing in its area of influence. Our projects aimed to promote community development by addressing basic needs and preserving their quality of life and culture through building capacities and infrastructure.
During the years 2022 and 2023, we have worked directly with three communities in the Peruvian Amazon: Fray Pedro of the Matses Ethnicity located in the Department of Loreto on the border with Brazil, and the Native Communities of Sinchi Roca and Puerto Nuevo of the Kakataibo Ethnicity in the Ucayali region. These communities found themselves, after the pandemic, without financial resources and in a state of total neglect, lacking access to electricity, potable water, limited education, high malnutrition rates, and no direct access to the integrated health system. | | Private sector | | | | | South America | National | | Peru | Communities | 27/05/2024 15:30 | crmmocservices | The Infinite Forest Carbon (IFC) methodology is officially endorsed for scientific calculations (stored carbon) by the International Center for Leadership Training (CIFAL) Argentina of the United Nations Institute for Research and Training (UNITAR). The economic valuation is accredited for a fixed period of 30 years by the Embaixada do Clima, an observer member of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Education and training | Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Infrastructure, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Infinite Forest Carbon (IFC) methodology is a process that employs technical, statistical, and scientific assessments to quantify the carbon tonnage housed within primary forests. Following this evaluation, we issue financial instruments known as Patrimonial Titles. These titles, reflecting the assessed valuation, are subsequently introduced to the world's leading capital markets. Companies keen on contributing to the preservation of the Natural Capital and supporting the Indigenous Communities embedded within these ecosystems find opportunities for meaningful engagement through these instruments. | 2558 | NWPSearchableItem | ronald.soldevilla@getlifeperu.com | ronald.soldevilla@getlifeperu.com | Technical document/report | Peru | https://getlifeperu.com/proyectos/ | | | | 29397 | 27/05/2024 15:00 | Case study | | | | | • The case study will help the climate experts and policy makers to understand how community outreach situates itself in the large realm of public and civic communications at local level.
• It will deepen the understating of the local community about the relationship between communication and civic engagement in local governance.
• The case study will help the community people to explore their information needs about climate change and will help them to develop a clear perception about climate change by using their considerable public trust to build local acceptance of climate change through small narratives. | | University/education/training organization | | This communication and outreach case study will help the climate activists, policy makers, community workers, development practitioners to extend their boundaries of knowledge and expertise to local village communities for public dissemination and welfare. Through this communication and outreach activity, the stakeholders may be able to connect people, connect communities and connect rural society by involving people to strengthen local development agencies, councils and bodies and thus will help to keep the local democracy alive.
Since community outreach has the potential to reach to the nearby communities quickly and in a cost-effective manner, there is a possibility to facilitate people to take informed decisions on water and climate change issues and local governance. The case study will help us to build trust and understanding to bring change in the mindset of the local communities.
Due to their proximity, communication outreach activities can play a crucial role in creating awareness, advocacy and policy change about climate variations and environment at micro level. | Central University of Himachal Pradesh | | Asia | Local, National, Regional | | India | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 27/05/2024 15:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Stakeholder involvement | Ecosystems, Community-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | The proposed communication and outreach case study will explore the relationship between local media and climate change with a focus on the information needs of rural communities. The case study in the form of small sensitization workshops and community outreach campaigns will help the local community to understand the impact of climate change on local ecologies. The communication and outreach case study will help the state and private development agencies and the opinion leaders of the local communities to expand their understanding and awareness of macro and micro ecological interventions in terms of economic stability, climate resilience and maintaining the local biodiversity. The communication and outreach activities can plan a significant role by acting as a source of awareness, advocacy and policy change.
The communication and outreach case study will ensure an active and engaged citizenry at local level. The discourse will be on exploring the expanded role of communication outreach in increasing the ability of local people of nearby communities to connect with one another, and to engage directly on advocacy and policy issues.
The case study will be centered on local rural communities and awareness and sensitization messages will be used to encourage citizen action through outreach campaigns on local climate issues. | 2496 | NWPSearchableItem | pradeepnair@cuhimachal.ac.in | nairdevcom@hpcu.ac.in | Technical document/report | | https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in | | | | 29396 | 24/05/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | | 24/05/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research | Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | It was observed by the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media that there is a difference in the frequency and coverage of the issue especially climate change and health and these differences are prevalent in the context of different regions. The differences are mainly in terms of policies, research and communication and it was observed a western dominance. The global western coverage is also ahead in the context of content of the coverage and media attention especially climate change media reporting is concerned.
The important concerns here are the macro and micro-level interventions such the political and economic contexts of the region, the commitment of the governance for climate actions, policies and response strategies influencing the media attention and coverage of climate change both at national and regional level.
The journalistic culture and access to scientific data resources plays a role and it was observed the coverage is less in the countries of Asian continent. Although, the journalists from Asian sub-continent paid more attention to development journalism especially reporting climate change policies, agendas, activities and events in comparison to global west. But, this difference also depends on how the national and regional geo-political contexts influence the themes and dimensions in coverage of climate change
The association of the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will help us to focus on creating scientific literature focusing on regional information need and associated issues, especially in the Asian region. It is also a time to look into shifting the focus from denial and despair to action rather than on the solutions to social issues and ways to adapt to its effects in the way they were reported.
We believe that there is a need for a larger connection in peoples’ minds and to share the voices and concerns of the marginalized, most vulnerable people who have contributed least to the problem but are suffering most from its impact. The challenge of access to information is two-fold: first, presents information valid in scientific scrutiny and second, it has to understand how and in what ways vulnerable communities adapt to the impacts of changes.
I think that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Central University of Himachal Pradesh – School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media will play a role in empowering communities to make informed choices and to react timely to the ecological and social changes. I hope that in coming time the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is going to help the scientists, policy makers and civil society to have more insights on how information environment is shaped by the community power dynamics and its influence. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/, https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/ | | | | 29394 | 21/05/2024 15:00 | Case study | Partner | Marine environmental decision-makers/managers/regulators | Finding solutions to tackle climate change is a key priority for the UK and international community. The importance of improving the evidence base to inform climate smart decision-making is well documented in relevant UK and international policy. Therefore, this work focussed on building the evidence-base to support climate smart decision-making.’ | The results of this work found that between 85-95% of the priortised MPA features had some level of risk to climate pressures, with the majority of the receptors correlating to more than one MPA feature type. Addressing this might involve decision making and action through effective management as MPA features may provide nature-based solutions that can help build ecosystem resilience and mitigate associated impacts. A case could therefore be made to consider such factors in the wider context of MPA management.” | Although UK MPAs have been designated primarily for the protection of biodiversity and not climate change mitigation and adaptation, understanding the extent to which blue carbon habitats are already protected within the existing UK MPA network has helped understand existing protection and potential gaps.
The climate profiles tested an approach for presenting the developing evidence base on climate pressures, feature sensitivity and climate change mitigation and adaptation services at a MPA site level. This work highlighted the complexity of assimilating and presenting climate pressure and sensitivity information at a site level in a way that is accessible to a wide range of stakeholders.
Although the evidence developed through these projects is mainly focused on UK MPAs, information on ecosystem services related to climate change mitigation and adaptation is transferable to other countries, as is information on habitat sensitivity and sediment carbon stores, where similar habitats occur. Methodologies developed for the assessments are also transferable to other countries. | JNCC was commissioned by Defra to develop the evidence base around climate smart decision making in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The first phase of this work was a project analysing the role of MPAs and their protected features in mitigating the impacts of climate change. Working collaboratively with the Marine Biological Association (MBA), the project also assessed the sensitivity of MPA features themselves to the projected impacts associated with a changing climate. The project report is available on the JNCC Resource Hub: Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision making on MPAs | JNCC Resource Hub or through the Defra website: Developing the evidence-base to support ‘climate smart’ decision-making in the marine environment: a focus on MPAs - MB0149 (defra.gov.uk). This work is supported by climate profile report cards for two study MPAs which are available on the JNCC Resource Hub: Climate Profile Report Cards: The Canyons MCZ and Studland Bay MCZ | JNCC Resource Hub.” | Civil society | | The study found that of the MPA features investigated, nine habitat types played a role in carbon sequestration. These habitat types included coastal vegetated habitats, such as saltmarsh and seagrass beds, and sedimentary habitats, such as subtidal mud and deep-sea mud. The project found that 43% of MPAs protect habitats that play a key role in coastal protection, and 29% protect habitats that trap and store carbon long-term.
JNCC developed methodologies to examine existing data for protected features of MPAs across the UK and presented statistics on the area extent of blue carbon habitats protected and not protected within MPAs. The study found that four blue carbon habitats have most of their known extents protected within MPAs (coastal saltmarsh and saline reedbeds, seagrass, kelp beds and littoral mud), but the majority of the known extent of three other important habitats (sublittoral mud, deep-sea mud, and maerl beds) are not protected within existing MPAs.
Evidence developed through this project was used to create climate profiles for two case study MPAs: The Canyons and Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zones. The climate profiles provide summary information about the MPA, information on its provision of climate change related ecosystem services, and information on the potential response of these features to climate change as a result of sensitivity assessments.
Future work priorities include developing the evidence base on the impacts of human activities on blue carbon stores and improving our understanding of the role of deep-sea marine ecosystems in supporting climate change mitigation. Marine monitoring survey programmes are evolving to include the collection of direct evidence on blue carbon stocks and fluxes on the UK seabed, which will be used to improve the accuracy of computer modelling. Moreover, early detection systems around the impact of climate change on marine biodiversity are being trialled. | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | | Europe | National | | United Kingdom (UK) | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 23/05/2024 15:51 | Mayara De Souza Soares da Silva | | Adaptation planning and practices, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | In the UK a variety of evidence projects have been undertaken to improve our understanding of the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as Nature-based Solutions in the face of a changing climate. This has involved:
(i) Understanding the role of marine biodiversity in supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation ;
(ii) Quantifying the protection of blue carbon habitats within the existing MPA network ;
(iii) Understanding how MPA protected features may be impacted by climate change; and
(iv) Establishing the relative importance of areas of the English seabed for blue carbon .
Understanding the role of marine biodiversity in supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation can help support management decisions. For example, habitats with a role in coastal protection could be managed in a way that ensures they retain those qualities and the condition which allows it to deliver this ecosystem service at optimal levels. Knowledge of where blue carbon habitats are protected within the existing MPA network could help inform place-based management decisions to ensure carbon stays locked up within these habitats and damage and degradation of these habitats no longer contribute to carbon emissions. Understanding how MPA protected features may be impacted by climate change, such as sea-level rise or ocean warming, could help identify where elevated levels of management are needed to ensure there is resilience to these stressors within ecosystems. Finally, establishing the relative importance of areas of the English seabed for blue carbon will help better understand where these carbon stores are located and inform management of MPAs and appropriate implementation of wider management approaches across the wider marine system.
Our work focused on improving the understanding of the role of marine biodiversity in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The first step was to undertake a literature assessment to investigate the provision of two climate-related ecosystem services (carbon sequestration and coastal protection), by MPA protected features and developed statistics on the provision of these services by the MPA network within English inshore and offshore and Northern Irish offshore waters. The next step was to understand the extent to which blue carbon habitats are already protected within the existing UK MPA network.
An essential element in the planning of Climate Smart MPAs is to understand the extent to which MPA protected features may be impacted by the effects of climate change. The JNCC project considered how MPA features may respond to four pressures associated with climate change: ocean acidification, ocean warming, marine heatwaves and sea-level rise. | 2511 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29395 | 21/05/2024 15:30 | Case study | UNFCCC; IWMI (International Water Management Institute); World Bank; Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation, and Tourism, Botswana ; National Climate Change Adaptation Framework | - UNFCCC
- IWMI
- Local government (Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation, and Tourism)
- Smallholder farmers
- NGOs and academic institutions | - Enhanced monitoring and prediction of climate variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation).
- Development of long-term adaptation strategies. | Emphasis on understanding and mitigating losses in agricultural productivity due to climate change.
| Good practices specific to the research approach:
1. The continuous collaboration with a high-valued in-country partner, the IWMI, has been extremely valuable for redistributing the right resources and understanding the local context. Local stakeholder inclusion was indispensable for the research, analysis and outcome.
2. This project applied a transdisciplinary approach to assess vulnerability to climate change and identify measures from ecological and social dimensions. This methodology allowed synergistic collaboration and enabled transdisciplinary insights to be tailored to the needs of the specific stakeholders in question including smallholder farmers. This has been a unique approach to closing a LAKI knowledge gap.
3. The adopted research methodology allowed for consideration of vulnerable groups, that are increasingly marginalised, such as women who face further challenges as a result of climate change. The inclusion of considerations for women within agriculture in Botswana provided insights into the gendered differences experienced when it comes to accessing resources and information.
Good practices specific to research outcomes:
1. One thing the research team discovered early on, is that a knowledge gap can never truly be closed, but rather continuous work must be directed into enhancing it to understand how a subregion can enhance their adaptive capacity. Closing the knowledge gap is not a singular event, but rather an evolutionary process of researching, learning, collecting and implementing feedback, and reiterating. This work may be the first of its kind and has achieved its aim of enhancing knowledge on climate sensitivity in agroecological zones and in doing so has laid the groundwork for further research and engaged stakeholders to bring attention to major issues.
2. The concepts of sustainability and climate change are constructed and perceived differently across disciplines and extra-academic actors, and dimensions of society. Continuous engagement with diverse stakeholders, therefore, is key for future research projects and their implementation. | - UNFCCC
- Paris Agreement
- Botswana’s National Adaptation Framework
- Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) | University/education/training organization | Transdisciplinary research integrating ecological and social dimensions.
Mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative data. | Overall, the results indicated that rain-fed agriculture is highly exposed to climate change, with physical factors such as water flow and crop yield sensitive to changes in key climatic variables including temperature and rainfall. In light of this climate variability, the sensitivity of ecological systems translates into high exposure for smallholder farmers who rely on rain-fed agriculture. Financial capital, technology, and education were identified as key contributors to improving adaptive capacity and reducing vulnerability amongst farmers in general, especially amongst female farmers.
Recommendations
The research culminated in a technical report and an executive summary featuring key recommendations on strengthening localised climate awareness, investment in climate research and information services, promotion of open data and information sharing, and mandatory and enhanced inclusion of women and girls in decision-making through appropriate strategies as we have identified in our key recommendations:
1. Localised climate awareness. Relevant ministries and stakeholders should promote campaigns and workshops for farmers communicated in Setswana, English, and Kalanga (with more languages to be added) to inform the farming community about transitioning to more climate-resilient practices. Inclusivity should be ensured by involving all relevant stakeholders such as men, women, the elderly, and youth in the consultation and implementation processes.
2. Investment in climate research and information services. This includes expanding existing infrastructure (i.e., regional weather stations) and personnel training on monitoring monthly rainfall, temperature, climate resilient crops and consecutive wet and dry days at regional and national scales and subsequent translation to actionable knowledge accessible by farmers. Example: https://www.seacrifog.eu/seacrifog-tool
3. Open-source data portal for farmers. To be facilitated by the government ensuring that local weather stations gather reliable data to provide farmers with up-to-date information (in English and local languages) to inform adaptation practices better.
4. Establishment of Botswana National Strategy for Women and Girls with action points for each sector, for example, establishing a gender quota in environmental decision-making at all levels beginning with greater (improved) women’s representation in farming groups and local committees.
5. Microfinancing e-platform, such as the WoFarming described in the final project report, would provide farmers with support systems, relevant knowledge, and access to funding mechanisms to aid in transforming existing farming practices. The microfinance platform would be initially set up by a small team and would incorporate development partners, county government and civil society.
Prototyping
To improve farmers’ adaptive capacity, we developed a prototype for a microfinancing e-platform dubbed WoFarming with the intention to operationalise it should relevant resources be identified. We aim to build a digital infrastructure connecting smallholder farmers with resources and financing for sustainable agriculture. For smallholder farmers, the platform will offer microfinancing opportunities that allow them to make the investments they need to support transforming agroecological practices. Special focus and priority will be given to women farmers due to the lack of representation within the farming community.
We also provide private sector companies and microfinance institutions (MFIs) the opportunity to invest in farmers and receive progress reports for their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts. By bringing together different stakeholders within the agricultural value chain, we aim to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem that helps to promote the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices and increase adaptive capacity to climate change. Through our digital infrastructure, we can connect smallholder farmers with the resources and support they need to succeed. It also provides companies with a way to contribute to the sustainability of our food systems and has a positive impact as it relates to various SDGs. | Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based, and Mobile European University | Assessment, Design of approaches, Data collection and management, Development of strategies, Development of national policies, Implementation, Investment, Stakeholder engagement, Communication and outreach | Africa | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | Botswana | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 21/05/2024 15:30 | crmmocservices | To all individual reports and final report: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o3d-ZRXoMu7dlOhB0iEJUCj-5ZimR0kf?usp=sharing | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Infrastructure, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Agriculture remains the backbone of many economies in Africa. With most of the population dependent on rainfed agriculture, the impacts of climate change are ravaging many agricultural systems on the continent - manifesting through among other phenomena, droughts and floods. In Botswana, the agriculture sector is the second-largest employer of the labour force (after the diamond industry), yet the country is prone to droughts given its location in the Kalahari Desert. It was against this background that Botswana was spotlighted to address contextualise a knowledge gap (lack of knowledge on the sensitivity of agroecological zones across the sub-region to historic and future climate change) identified through the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) for the Southern Africa sub-region.
The project was undertaken by six graduate students from the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) Partner, the Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based, and Mobile European University (CHARM-EU), and guided by NWP partner – the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Southern Africa.
Through a transdisciplinary and challenge-based learning approach, the students strove to elaborate on how knowledge of the vulnerability in agroecological zones in Botswana can be enhanced and leveraged to increase the adaptive capacity of communities in the Limpopo River Basin. | 2522 | NWPSearchableItem | | brijithu@tcd.ie | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29393 | 15/05/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Private sector | | | | | | Global, Transboundary | | | | 15/05/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Heavy industry, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | At GSS THINK, we are unwaveringly committed to making a
tangible impact in the realm of sustainability. Our dedication to climate
action drives us to innovate and implement solutions that significantly reduce
environmental impact, acknowledging the urgent need to address global warming.
We stand firm in our commitment to developing Human Rights, ensuring that our operations
and collaborations honor and uplift the dignity and equality of every
individual. Our alignment with the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals steers our
strategies and actions, ensuring we contribute meaningfully to a more sustainable,
just and prosperous world.
We combine our powerful subject-matter expertise, unrivaled capabilities, tangible know-how, technology, and scale to support creating a better, more transformative sustainable finance and sustainability/climate risk strategy from day one. This is augmented by an ecosystem of best-of-breed partners that provide specialized expertise to organizations on initiatives relating to climate risk, regulatory standards, sustainable finance, and sustainable development. We have played a key role in the central banks and governments, as well as in the World Bank and financial institutions. We utilize our deep subject matter expertise in sustainable finance, ESG disclosures and compliance, climate law and diplomacy, green taxonomy, and climate risk to ensure the seamless integration of sustainable finance into the fabric of the global economy. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.gssthink.com/, https://www.gssthink.com/ | | | | 29392 | 09/05/2024 13:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global | | | | 09/05/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Biodiversity, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | 1.Official launch of Women in Africa For Sustainable Agriculture (WASA) in Egerton University
2.Official launch of the Virtual E-learning platform
3.Official Launch of the SDG month.
4.Harnessing the power of youth in SDG localization Online Dialogue
5.Global Environment Education Partnership (GEEP)East African Hub Consultation in Somalia both Hybrid and Online.
6.Communication tea
7. Global Frameworks related to Climate Change lesson for Interns and Facilitators.
8.Participation of Dean of Students Office Egerton and GSCAYN interns in a tree planting exercise by Hon. Musalia Mudavadi Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya at Egerton University;Tree planting in Njoro Precious Schools,Kabianga University,Rvist (Centres of Excellence GCSAYN)
9. Environmental Education As an Enabler to Transformation of the Agriculture food system towards contributing to the AcfCTA' Online Dialogue
10.Koronivia and joint Work on Agriculture related negotiation.Lesson for Interns and Facilitators
11.Africa day 2023 , building capacity and inner strength through challenging times.Online Dialogue.Participation of Executive Director
12.The role of communication in the achievement of sustainable development goals in Africa by 2030 Online Dilogue
13.Njoro Precious Event(Beat Plastic Pollution) Hybrid Event in Kenya with presence of Executive Director Mr Divine
14.Official launch Of GCSAYN office at Egerton University, Lautech university Nigeria ,Rift Valley Institute of Technology
15.Asareca Meeting .Online Dialogue on Transforming the Agri-food system
16.Domenico Session on Virtual Academy .Lessons for interns and Facilitators to learn more on use of Virtual Academy resources
17.How can young people take part in Climate Action through technology and innovation. Online Dialogue with FAO Chief Scientist as main Speaker | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.csayn.org, https://www.csayn.org | | | | 29391 | 24/04/2024 14:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Intergovernmental organization - IGO | | | | | | Global, National | | | | 24/04/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Education and training, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Energy | | | | | crmmocservices | 1. Mobilising youth from low income, government and elite schools of India to take joint action against climate change
2. The students are given climate related challenges to solve and mentored to scale up their projects
3. The participants have revived lakes, worked on water conservation, done advocacy around water, come up with documentary videos to fight climate change. Some are also working around projects of carbon sequestration
4. The teachers who have been doing incredible work around climate change are also awarded | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://activate1m1b.org/, https://activate1m1b.org/ | | | | 29390 | 24/04/2024 13:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Research institution, University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global | | | | 24/04/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Biodiversity, Adaptation finance, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Principally centring on eco-friendly livelihood growth enhancement alternatively leveraging upon the Comparative advantages across the catchment communities,with regards to Natural Ecosystem Restoration, Regeneratively, Environmental Remediation of the Lost and Damaged Areas, Carbon sequestration,Decarbonization or NetZero Atmospheric Carbon initiative using indigenous peoples knowledge base understanding,Cleantech appliances, Energy Transition as it pertains to Curbing the menaces of Gas Flaring across the Niger-Delta region, South -South Geopolitical Zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria hence the University of Calabar is within the Catchment arena.
Fostering Academics proponents for Accessibility, Affordability of Liquified Natural Gas LNG for Domestic consumption adequately and Export Development Economically.
Conservation and Protection of the already established threatened tropical rainforest in cross river state as a result of poverty infestation fantastically across.
A once upon a time renowned international center for Carbon sequestration or Carbon Credit scheme as previously declared by the UN apex organ,the United Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC Multilaterally as the regional pivot center for the Subsahara Africa.
With the amazing primatological endangered species of the Sliver back Coated Low Mountain Gorillas 🦍 only found therein Destination Cross River from across the transatlantic.
Also in the likes of Afzelia Africana, Yellow, Red Apa and Bobinga, Mahogany, teakwood amongst the Group of the Most Expensive wood in the World. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.unical.edu.ng/, https://www.unical.edu.ng/ | | | | 29389 | 24/04/2024 13:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global, National | | | | 24/04/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support | Energy, Infrastructure | | | | | crmmocservices | We are a non-profit that does research on how to resolve climate change at the lowest cost. For our free climate plan visit www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/pdf. For free our climate strategy development kit visit www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/strategykit | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/, https://www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/ | | | | 29388 | 23/04/2024 16:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | National | | | | 23/04/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E | Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Grassroots Climate Solutions: Community-Led Climate Adaptation in Targeted Libyan Municipalities
Background
Libya is a nation predominantly marked by arid and semi-arid terrains, experiencing exacerbated climate vulnerabilities due to ongoing challenges like political instability, economic downturns, and social inequalities. The intensifying climate crisis poses a multi-layered challenge to the country, including issues such as water scarcity, desertification, and increased frequency of extreme weather events.
SECCAR-Project Overview :
To address these challenges, the SECCAR (Sustainable Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience) project has been initiated. This project aims to strengthen community and institutional resilience against climate impacts and social conflicts. In collaboration with key governmental bodies like the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water, and Ministry of Agriculture, SECCAR will engage an international expert company to conduct climate risk assessments and formulate adaptation plans, focusing primarily on water and agriculture sectors. This international cooperation will facilitate the establishment of specialized climate change units within these ministries and build their capacities.
Moomken's Involvement :
Moomken Organization for Awareness and Media is proposing to contribute specifically to Module Objective Indicator 4 and the associated outputs. The organization will focus on:
Facilitating the development of integrated adaptation strategies in three partner communities, ensuring at least 30% participation of women, to improve the resilience of local basic services and livelihoods.
Laying the foundations for community conflict and climate resilience concerning basic service delivery and livelihood conservation.
Employing participatory approaches, with a minimum 30% women involvement, to assess the vulnerability of basic services and livelihoods in three partner municipalities to local conflict and climate change impacts.
Establishing an exchange format for peer-to-peer learning among municipalities, addressing local adaptation to climate change and improving the resilience of local livelihoods and basic services.
| | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://moomken.org, https://moomken.org | | | | 29387 | 23/04/2024 16:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | 23/04/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Health, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | We design and implement health initiatives that tangibly improve health outcomes and the quality of care across the globe. We turn research into tangible healthcare improvements through unique partnerships with policymakers, private sector leaders, academia, and entrepreneurs. We conduct practical research to improve health systems and healthcare delivery and share best practices that can be adopted and adapted worldwide. we work on digital health, elder And long term care healthcare delivery systems, healthcare technology, maternal And child, universal health coverage through fintech solutions, and most recently we have begun work on climate impacts to health access under our global learning collaborative for health systems resilience- an initiative supported by the Rockefeller foundation that looks across the health system components in improving resilience.
Initiatives:
1. Assessing current climate policies in 4 climate vulnerable countries in South and Southeast Asia to review gaps and urgent needs to advocate for. Our framework builds on existing ones with the inclusion of Inclusion as an essential pillar.
2. Project COAST: a research and policy engagement project in Indonesia and SriLanka with two local partners that aims to understand the effects of heat stress and water scarcity in poor coastal communities and fisher communities, engage and inform policymakers on urgent needs to protect the health of these communities. The project focuses on women, children and elderly as particularly vulnerable. A recent proposal was submitted to the Wellcome Trust, and we are looking for alternate funding sources to carry out this work.
3. Vernacular architecture for improved health: consolidating South and Southeast Asian traditional knowledge on vernacular architecture that could provide sustainable, low-cost solutions to heat resilience in homes and healthcare services, particularly rural and primary healthcare centres.
4. Expert discussions: we conduct webinars and in-person events that bring together academics and experts in climate, health, disaster risk planning, indigenous groups and local governments to share their knowledge, solutions, challenges and inform areas that need urgent action. Please see the following links for videos of some of these events:
Webinar: Assessing Vulnerabilities in Marginalized Communities
Weathering Climate Change: Navigating Mental Health Impacts in Communities
GLC4HSR's Annual Conclave 2024: Adapting to Climate Change Operationalizing Health System Resilience
Other engagements include:
1. Informing UNICEF's closed-door regional climate agenda (2023)
2. Informing Connecting Climate Mind's Southeast Asia agenda (2023)
3. CISDI PHC Forum: two sessions on climate and health, one on community involvement in climate resilience and financing for climate and health. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://accessh.org/, https://accessh.org/ | | | | 29386 | 19/04/2024 16:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Intergovernmental organization - IGO | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | 19/04/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Financial support, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Stakeholder involvement | Adaptation finance, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, humanitarian and development communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disasters by 2025.
Despite the mounting impacts of climate change, one in three people are still not adequately covered by early warning systems, and early and anticipatory approaches - enabling action in advance of hazards striking - are not implemented at the scale required. Yet we know early warning and early action can save lives and assets worth at least ten times their cost.
We create a space in which partners and aligned organizations use our ambitious targets to drive a systemic shift towards acting earlier to reduce the impacts of disasters, mobilize commitments and inspire action.
We do not create a new funding mechanism or directly implement ground-level projects; however, we seek to enable coherence, alignment and complementarity of existing initiatives, while learning together what new initiatives are needed to make 1 billion people safer from disasters.
Our partners agree that only by working together across sectoral silos and involving those at risk, can global ability to act ahead of climate extremes and disasters be strengthened. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.early-action-reap.org/, https://www.early-action-reap.org/ | | | | 29385 | 19/04/2024 16:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Private sector | | | | | | National | | | | 19/04/2024 16:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Education and training, Stakeholder involvement | Biodiversity, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Food security, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Our mission is collaborating with Indigenous Communities in protecting their communal territories, particularly primary forests. This collaborative effort seeks to preserve rich biodiversity and cultural heritage inherent in these territories through the establishment of contracts and partnerships with national institutions and private organizations willing to contribute to the preservation of Natural Capital in the Peruvian Amazon and ensure the sustainability of indigenous communities, through the issuance of financial instruments also known as Patrimonial Titles. To achieve the mission, we focus our work in three pillars:
1. Empowering Sustainable Futures in the Peruvian Amazon: Our commitment aligns with regional and international priorities and the overarching goal of leaving no one behind. In addressing the challenges of poverty and reducing inequalities trough the Infinite Forest Carbon (IFC) methodology which serves as a strategic initiative contributing to the realization of our mission. By implementing targeted initiatives, we strive to empower indigenous communities, to overcome socio-economic challenges and achieve sustainable livelihoods.
2. Environmental conservation: We undertake concerned efforts to address the urgent challenges posed to the Amazonian forests within the territories of the indigenous communities with whom we collaborate. Guided by a vision aligned with the SDGs we pledge to identify actions aimed to reverse the decline of biodiversity in this vital ecosystem by the year 2030.
3. Financial and Sustainable Development of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: Our commitment is rooted in a comprehensive approach that acknowledges the importance of economic empowerment, self-determination, and sustainable progress. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by these communities, we strive to implement initiatives aimed at fostering financial inclusion and resilience. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://getlifeperu.com/proyectos/, https://getlifeperu.com/proyectos/ | | | | 29384 | 19/04/2024 15:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO, Regional center/network/initiative, Research institution | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional | | | | 19/04/2024 15:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health, Heavy industry, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | The CPSA’s goals is to intervene in climate crisis and environmental degradation issues and its health impacts, advocate for reducing the sector’s environmental footprint, and empower the health system in facing the epidemiological challenges and unexpected events arising from climate change and environmental catastrophes.
The CPSA advocates and supports actions that can reduce the impact of environmental changes, – such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in general – water quality, food safety and loss of biodiversity. The Portuguese Council for Health and Environment subscribes to the One Health concept, understanding that human health is connected with environmental and animal health. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://cpsa.pt/, https://cpsa.pt/ | | | | 29383 | 18/04/2024 16:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Local, Subregional | | | | 18/04/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Disaster risk reduction, Health, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | . Studies and research concern climatology.
. Research related climate extreme events.
. Research related at local/urban and regional climate scale.
. Risks, vulnerabilities and resilience of population in face of climate change impacts.
. Climate Emergence - Coordenation of a Network with around 50 researchers in Paraná State, in liaison with public, private and thirth sector. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | http://www.terra.ufpr.br/portal/laboclima/pesquisadores/, http://www.terra.ufpr.br/portal/laboclima/pesquisadores/ | | | | 29382 | 18/04/2024 16:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional | | | | 18/04/2024 16:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Climate scenarios, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | We're a leading groups of multi-disciplinary team renowned for our research and policy engagement on climate risk analysis, natural capital accounting, ecosystem service assessment, valuation, and mainstreaming into decision contexts, using GIS-based approaches, remote sensing techniques, and community-based science. Here is a project we have built globally to enhance natural capital analysis using our globally know suits of model - InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) models. We have proven records of working with local, national, and international organizations. We apply our tools in important decision-making contexts with influential partners, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Norwegian Pension Fund, the Chilean Central Bank, the UK HMS Treasury, OECD, and IUCN, among others. With these partners, we have estimated the macroeconomic impacts of changes in natural capital and ecosystem services, created better indicators of nature’s contributions to the economy including Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP), calculated more fully inclusive cost-benefit analysis of projects and policies, and assessed business's impacts and dependencies on nature. website - https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/software | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://environment.umn.edu/, https://environment.umn.edu/ | | | | 29381 | 18/04/2024 15:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | National/public entity, Regional center/network/initiative, Research institution, University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, National, Regional | | | | 18/04/2024 15:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Infrastructure, Services, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | The Kenya School of Government (KSG) plays a crucial role in the national development agenda by focusing on capacity development programs for public servants. One of its initiatives is the establishment of the Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change, reflecting a commitment to addressing climate change adaptation challenges. Here's an overview of the climate change adaptation-related scope of work and activities of the KSG, including its involvement in the COP 28 Side Event on sustainable agriculture:
Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Scope of Work:
1. Training Programs:
The Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change aims to deliver training programs. These programs focus on enhancing knowledge, skills, competencies, and behavioral change in the field of environmental management.
2. Research:
The center is actively involved in research activities related to climate change adaptation. This involves generating new knowledge and staying informed about cutting-edge research in the field.
3. Outreach and Consultancy:
The center engages in outreach and consultancy services to contribute to the broader understanding and application of environmental governance and climate change adaptation measures.
4. Technical Support:
Providing technical support is a key aspect of the center's role. This involves offering expertise and guidance to stakeholders involved in environmental management and climate change adaptation.
COP 28 Side Event: "Cultivating Sustainability: Public Policy on Sustainable Agriculture – Smart Solutions and Innovations"
The KSG is actively participating in COP 28 through a side event. The event focuses on sustainable agriculture, emphasizing smart solutions and innovations in public policy.
The initiative integrates cutting-edge research, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development, showcasing the KSG's commitment to addressing environmental challenges through collaborative efforts.
Overall Mandate and Functions:
The KSG, as outlined in the KSG Act, has a mandate to drive the transformation of public service through capacity development programs. This includes training, consultancy, policy research, and advisory services.
The establishment of specialized institutes and centers, including the Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change, reflects the KSG's commitment to addressing specific challenges, such as those related to climate change.
The KSG fosters continuous learning, promotes a culture of excellence and integrity in the public service, and establishes linkages with national and international institutions to enhance its impact. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://ksg.ac.ke/, https://ksg.ac.ke/ | | | | 29380 | 18/04/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global | | | | 18/04/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Education and training, Science and research | Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity | | | | | crmmocservices | Our mission is to fight for socio-environmental preservation and awareness of its importance through the consolidation of non-profit associations. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://famazonia.org/, https://famazonia.org/ | | | | 29379 | 18/04/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Civil society, Non-governmental organization - NGO, UN and affiliated organization | | | | | | National, Subregional | | | | 18/04/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Energy, Food security, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | PATHWAY 1: EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
GGAF believes that Environmental Education in Schools is the best way to create a generation of influential youth who live and advocate a green lifestyle that protects the Earth through their daily decisions on Individual Climate Action. We are the national operator for Eco-Schools and Eco-Campus Programmes developed by Foundation of Environmental Education driven to achieve targets set by UN Greening Education Partnership's 4 pillars supporting Malaysia's strategy for low-carbon schools.
PATHWAY 2: GREEN & RESILIENT CITY DEVELOPMENT
Cities must be transformed to promote and support a sustainable and green lifestyle for its inhabitants, be resilient in adapting to and mitigating the adverse effects of extreme climate change with new cutting edge technological approaches to design, planning, implementation and management. GGAF is the education partner in Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle's Green City Action Plans for 14 Malaysian cities targeted to bring the Eco-Schools Programme to 1000 schools.
PATHWAY 3: GREEN LIVING FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES
GGAF is advocating for people to be part of the solution in managing climate change, not be the victims. Communities are the nucleus to supporting its members to embrace green living and contribute to enhance quality of life through individual and collective climate action. GGAF is partnering with schools' Parent-Teachers Associations to expand the ripple effect of Eco-Schools Programme into homes, neighbourhoods and communities.
PATHWAY 4: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
All members in the fabric of society are partners, working together for the collective good. GGAF believes in solidifying partnerships that contribute towards our collective goals. GGAF is partnering with universities, state education departments, local councils, corporations to band together towards raising the profile of Climate Change, Environmental Stewardship, Individual Climate Action, Science and Data based knowledge to the general public beginning at youth in schools. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.greengrowthasia.org, https://www.greengrowthasia.org | | | | 29378 | 18/04/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | | Local, National | | | | 18/04/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Food security, Gender | | | | | crmmocservices | Green Girls Platform is a female-led organization established to address challenges that women and girls are facing due to climate-induced disasters through capacity building, project implementation as well and policy advocacy. We empower women's engagement through involvement as climate negotiators and contribute positively to help achieve the country's needs and critical messages. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | http://www.greengirlsplatformmw.org, http://www.greengirlsplatformmw.org | | | | 29377 | 18/04/2024 14:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Intergovernmental organization - IGO, Research institution | | | | | | Local, Subregional | | | | 18/04/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Food security, Gender, Health, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | IMPACT INITIATIVES COMMITS TO INFORMING CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED RISKS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
Understanding the drivers of climate change and evaluating its impact in fragile contexts is critical to inform resilient sustainable development. Capitalizing on the increasing availability of information, IMPACT Initiatives supports both humanitarian and development agencies translate data to knowledge to : i) be better prepared before a crisis ii) respond in a climate and environmentally conscious manner iii) design long term solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation.
IMPACT Initiatives, notably via its REACH, AGORA, and PANDA initiatives, is increasingly committing research efforts to inform the aid community on how to tackle climate risk. The objective? To identify evidence-based solutions that can be applied in fragile contexts to strengthen the resilience of communities. How? By conducting scientifically robust risk assessments, working with local actors to develop a better understanding of risk, and building local analytical and communication capacities. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.impact-initiatives.org/, https://www.impact-initiatives.org/ | | | | 29376 | 18/04/2024 14:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Civil society, Private sector, Research institution | | | | | | Local | | | | 18/04/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Financial support, Science and research, Technology support | Community-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | USE OF MICROORGANIMS RELEVANT IN GOLD PROCESSING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MERCURY FOR LOCAL GOLD MINERS/TRAINING ON THE USE OF BORAX AS AN IMMEDIATE ALTERNATIVE | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://kecbo.org, https://kecbo.org | | | | 29375 | 18/04/2024 14:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | National/public entity, Research institution | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | 18/04/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support | Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Gender, Health, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | The Water Research Institute (WRI) is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). WRI has a mandate to conduct research into water and related resources. WRI generates and provides scientific information, strategies and services toward the rational development, utilization and management of the water resources of Ghana in support of the socio–economic advancement of the country, especially in the agriculture, health, industry, energy, transportation, education and tourism sectors given climate change.
The institute is also trying to develop a database to serve as the foundation for a two-way transmission of knowledge in which local communities play a pivotal role as stakeholders exchange knowledge and best practices to advance the understanding of water conservation practices around the globe. Where data collection is collected through individual interviews and focus groups (Harvard Analytical Gender Tool) and data collection would be complemented with participant observations. This approach would help to improve strategies that assure an inclusive, rights-based, gender equity, and integrated multiple-evidence approach to water management and governance for mitigation and adaptation.
Other activities include Research activities of the Institute include:
• Characterising low stream flows of rivers in Ghana
• Integrated assessment of sediment in the river basins
• Climate change and water resources management
• Technology for modern rainwater harvesting for households and small communities
• Protection works on coastal and shoreline erosion
• Design of urban drainage and flood control systems
• Exploitation of groundwater resources to meet domestic, agricultural and industrial water supply, among others. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | http://www.csir-water.com, http://www.csir-water.com | | | | 29374 | 18/04/2024 13:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global, National | | | | 18/04/2024 13:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Disaster risk reduction, Food security | | | | | crmmocservices | ARC provides ex-ante solutions to improve current responses to drought, food security emergencies and other natural catastrophes
across the continent while building capacity within African Union Member States to manage catastrophe risks by directly linking
funds to pre-defined contingency plans.
The African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.) is a financial affiliate of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, a specialized agency of the African Union (AU), an initiative designed to improve current responses to climate-related food security emergencies. ARC Ltd. is a mutual insurance facility comprised of its members, which have included Kenya, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Malawi, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Zimbabwe, Togo, Madagascar, and Zambia. The membership also includes its capital contributors who have provided premium subsidies, including USAID, FCDO, SDC, KFW/BMZ, IFAD, AFDB, WFP and STARTNETWORK.
Fitch Ratings has upgraded African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited’s outlook to stable with an Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of 'A-' and a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB+'. The upgrade is due to ARC Ltd.’s “strong progress in terms of meeting its development objectives, demonstrated by enhanced claim payouts to affected African sovereigns, product diversification and improving the reach of its development activities. Strong progress in product diversification initiatives and the improving franchise have also led to a higher company profile score of 'bbb'.” It is also ranked the top ESG insurance company in the world by Sustainalytics.
ARC Ltd.’s specialization as a parametric insurance provider and its strong track record in claims payouts have boosted its company profile. The introduction last year of an outbreaks and epidemics product followed by a flood risk product this year have strengthened and diversified its portfolio.
Because ARC's parametric insurance covers only part of the risk our Member States face, ARC extended its mandate in 2020 to support the development of micro and meso insurance schemes. It has expanded the customer base to include sub-national governments such as states, provinces and small and medium farmers through aggregators. Emphasis is placed on support for the formation of market solutions in partnership with local value chains.
ARC Limited is a signatory to the Nairobi Declaration for Sustainable Insurance programme a UN-PSI initiative. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://arc.int/, https://arc.int/ | | | | 29373 | 17/04/2024 16:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Research institution | | | | | | Regional | | | | 17/04/2024 16:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/, https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/ | | | | 29372 | 17/04/2024 15:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Research institution, University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | | 17/04/2024 15:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | Breakthrough science can be adapted into real-world solutions to address the climate challenge during our most critical decade. Fueled by the collaborative spirit of Cornell’s faculty, The 2030 Project at Cornell University is helping to remove silos, activate research, and leverage existing expertise across all disciplines to find solutions to the crisis of climate change. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://climate.cornell.edu/, https://climate.cornell.edu/ | | | | 29371 | 17/04/2024 14:30 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Research institution, University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Regional | | | | 17/04/2024 14:30 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Food security | | | | | crmmocservices | Over 300 million people around the world depend on the oceans for their livelihoods, and over three billion people rely on oceans for food security. But oceans are in an era of upheaval, propelled by climate change, overfishing, coastal development, pollution and other stresses. The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) is creating the innovations needed to sustain ocean health in the face of these threats – translating insights from research into solutions at scale for oceans and people. Our work in the area of climate change ranges from assessing the risk that climate change poses to fisheries and aquaculture systems and their benefits to coastal communities, evaluating the impacts of adaptation options on nutrition and livelihoods, and offering pathways to integrate sustainable blue foods into national climate strategies.
See for example:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00368-9
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/climate-change-impacts-on-the-coral-reefs-of-the-uk-overseas-territory-of-the-pitcairn-islands-resilience-and-adaptation-considerations/8DFDDF9890D091EC47139B9FEF0096BA
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05737-x | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://oceansolutions.stanford.edu/, https://oceansolutions.stanford.edu/ | | | | 29370 | 17/04/2024 14:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Civil society, Regional center/network/initiative | | | | | | Regional | | | | 17/04/2024 14:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Knowledge management, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Ramat Wildlife Society is a grassroots association of community and private wildlife conservancies in Kajiado Central and West that fosters a model of community-based conservation. This is a large area in Southern Kenya that has had the least wildlife conservation investment even though it lies in between the famous Amboseli, Nairobi and Maasai Mara National Parks and conservation areas. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.ramatwildlife.org/, https://www.ramatwildlife.org/ | | | | 29328 | 14/07/2022 11:16 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 16/10/2023 14:46 | Lilian Daphine Lunyolo | The link to the full report will be available shortly.
| Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Motivation and context:
Robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) frameworks can play an essential role in increasing one's
adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change, by allowing organizations, policymakers, and practitioners
to assess and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of their climate change adaptation actions
regardless of the context and scale.
This project and report's specific purpose was to identify
relevant MEL frameworks, tools, and approaches that could be applied to systematically measure the impact
of knowledge products on the implementation and scaling up of adaptation in the context of the work of the
NWP.
Methodology
The research and writing team of this report adopted a stepwise approach and methodology that consisted
of four sequential steps: - a review of the existing literature,
- soliciting inputs from experts through
interviews,
- a comparative assessment of relevant MEL approaches, frameworks, and tools, and
- formulating recommendations.
The insights from the literature review, expert interviews, and comparative
assessment were iteratively integrated in this report, initially discussed in different sections, to then be
combined to form the evidence base for the recommendations. The literature review consisted of both peer-reviewed
literature and gray literature – including, amongst others, reports and working papers from
governments, NGOs, and international organizations. Semi-structured interviews based off a standardized
questionnaire constructed by the research team were conducted with various experts engaging in the field of
MEL, who shared insights according to their knowledge and experience in applying specific MEL approaches
and tools to their work.
The comparative assessment, divided the approaches and applications found in the
literature review and expert interviews by shared features, resulting in three distinct overall approaches of
MEL to be compared. Relevant applications of each approach were then described and comparatively
assessed over a variety of criteria.
The three initial phases of the project culminated in a series of evidence-based
recommendations and MEL framework features that are highlighted and divided into 3 main subcategories.
Key findings
From the review of the literature, it emerged that there is no universally accepted definition of MEL in the
context of climate change adaptation. Key specific features such as indicators and criteria for assessment
differ according to the context, requirements, and objective of the different MEL frameworks, highlighting a
no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. However, some common features identified underscore the use, function and
importance of MEL frameworks, including integration of information across sectors, geographical scales, and
through time; community learning and capacity development; supporting governments in planning and
decision-making processes; and identifying investment priorities at different levels. Overall, across scales and
contexts, MEL systems are characterized by (1) the definition of the context of the MEL system; (2) the
identification of the content (i.e., adaptation intervention) to be monitored; (3) the design of the
operationalization process; and (4) the establishment of strategies to communicate the results, in line with
the purpose of the MEL system.
The comparative assessment of MEL approaches was articulated around three overall approaches
identified:
- Outcome Mapping which focuses on the changes - in behavior, relationships, activities or
actions of the ‘boundary partners’;
- Theory of Change/Theory of Action which helps to assess the
pathway through which action and change will be achieved; and
- Co-Productive Approaches with MEL
framework embedded in an inclusive, collaborative and flexible process to improve the use and uptake of
knowledge, leading to action.
Some key features highlighted in the assessment included the scope each
MEL frameworks was applied within (local, regional, national and global scales), the diversity of boundary
partners, the diversity in types of indicators used across different contexts and levels, and the types
adaptive, flexible and iterative approaches used in each framework. Several challenges identified across
approaches and applications included achieving sufficient engagement of key stakeholders across scales
with respect to inclusivity, capacity, and depth of engagement (amongst other factors) in the design and
operationalization of these MELs; the availability and accessibility of consistent, reliable and action-oriented
data to knowledge partners; and contextualization (or lack thereof) of adaptation outcomes and impacts
following an intervention action or project. Additional challenges found within all three initial phases of this
project address additional issues with effective and efficient stakeholder engagement, issues in navigating
limited resources (such as time, data, financial, technical, and/or institutional capacity), the impact of
climate change uncertainty factors, the impact of and difficulty in establishing baselines and targets for
future projects and projections, challenges in assessing attribution, and effectively applying an MEL
framework that can operate over long time horizons.
Recommendations:
The recommendations of this report are divided into three main categories:
- Methodological
Considerations,
- Indicators and Criteria, and
- Capacity Building and Institutional Context, all of which are
further supplemented by Appendix 05 which is comprised of a list of resources deemed to be relevant
references for the deployment and development of an operational MEL.
The Methodological
Considerations section is a series of recommendations on how to combine different approaches and
methodologies from the Theory of Change, Outcome Mapping, and Co-Productive MEL approaches for the
creation of an operational and specialized MEL framework for climate adaptation and knowledge uptake.
The primary recommendations of the Indicators and Criteria section revolve around the importance and
necessity of standardizing the operational definitions of key terms, concepts, and indicators across
programs and projects. This includes the importance of including relevant climate indicators (such as
hydro-meteorological indicators) in projects revolving around climate adaptation or mitigation projects as a
factor for assessing the outputs, outcomes, and impacts under shifting baselines due to climate change
uncertainties.
The final recommendation section, Capacity Building and Institutional Context, highlights the
importance of designing and implementing a parallel structure within an MEL so as to assess both the
internal and external capacities of a project or program and the context (i.e., region, community,
institution, government) it is applied within to determine both the framework and project’s ability to
sustainably function and achieve set objectives. If the design of a project or program cannot be sustainably
supported or realized in the region, then that has implications for how successful and effective that project
and intervention may be. Both this section and the first include recommendations for the inclusion of and
amplification of stakeholders’ concerns, voices, and input.
The report is then concluded with a section discussing its report’s Limitations in the context of the course
framework, time frame, and resources available, followed by the bibliography and appendices.
| 2371 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | All countries that are parties under the UNFCCC convention | It is currently being updated | Currently being updated | | | 29364 | 06/04/2023 07:00 | Case study | | | | | Key beneficial practices and lessons include:
1. Collective action and capacity building are the most effective ways to combat climate change.
2. Integration with partners on the national and international levels, academics and scientists from inter-disciplinary fields: economics, agriculture, climate change and GIS have collaborated and produced a comprehensive picture that would not have been possible from one field of study.
3. Capacity building including mentoring, workshops and training helped to learn advanced research methods, as well as designing policies that can touch local communities and civil society closely.
4. Updating data and informing government entities that data dissemination is an essential element for development. | | Civil society | | A memo (in Arabic) was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation highlighting the key project outcomes. The memo included an analysis of the ESI maps, a recommendation of crops to soil suitability, socio-economic policy action to improve communication between farmers and government entities as well as mapping ESI to socioeconomic characteristics of individuals on the district level.
The ESI maps indicated that most of the districts of Alexandria are unsuitable for farming owing to their proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, and the nature of the industrial activity located there. Recommended actions include modifying the region’s strategy, by converting it into fish farming (aquaculture) rather than agriculture. The results indicated that the highest degree of land degradation and desertification (>1.530: CAA3 (HSL)) is concentrated in the Beheira Governorate, specifically the Qattara Depression area and Wadi Al-Maghra (representing 46 percent) of the total area of the hinterland of the Beheira Governorate. Several suggested treatments are also proposed to reduce the impact of soil degradation and productivity in the long term.
On the other hand, a Vulnerability Assessment including a mapping of the socioeconomic status of individuals on the district level in both governorates to the environmental sensitivity index found that the areas most affected by land degradation have the lowest socioeconomic status. For instance, Dalangat is the most sensitive district to land degradation in Beheira, which is also characterized by relatively lower agricultural revenue, the lowest wealth index, as well as the lowest average years of schooling.
In Alexandria, the Mena El-Basal district is the most sensitive area to land degradation and is also characterized by the lowest wealth index, the lowest average years of schooling, a higher-than-average household size of approximately 6 people, and high population density, leading to high urban sprawl in that area.
Therefore, the proposed policy action would be designing customized interventions for the most affected areas and highly stressed on avoiding the “One Size fits all” approach.
A detailed elaboration of the project will be available as a journal paper to be updated here.
| The British University in Egypt | | Africa | Local | | Egypt | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 03/05/2023 17:10 | Lilian Daphine Lunyolo | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | The Nile Delta is a main source of agricultural production for Egypt yet it is amongst the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change. The region comprises 11 governorates including Beheira – one of Egypt’s largest Delta governorates, and Alexandria– Egypt’s largest coastal governorate and second-largest city. Beheira and Alexandria are facing risks including sea level rise, desertification and urban encroachment on agricultural lands all of which are impacting national agricultural production.
Hence, this research aimed at exploring the socioeconomic impacts of desertification/land degradation in Alexandria and Beheira and propose an actionable policy plan to support decision-making and subsequent implementation.
The research sought to address two knowledge gaps indentifed under the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) — gaps (10 and 11) identified for the North Africa sub-region; (10): Insufficient information and knowledge about interconnections between desertification and socio-economic development, (11): Limited information and knowledge sharing on interlinkages with other sectors.
The following methodology was followed to accomplish the aim of the research:
- Adopting the MEDALUS-GEE approach to calculate the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), a proxy for desertification/ land degradation.
- The Ricardian Approach using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) to examine the economic impacts of climate change on agricultural revenue (aggregated from the five main crops) on the governorate level.
- Assessing the interlinkages between the desertification/ land degradation and socioeconomic development on the individual level through employing Principal Components Analysis (PCA) on the ESI sub-indices, then running Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) to regress the wealth index of individuals on land degradation, along with other explanatory variables.
| 2493 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29365 | 06/04/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO, Regional center/network/initiative, Research institution, UN and affiliated organization, University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Regional, Transboundary | | | | 06/04/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Technology support | Agriculture, Food security, Energy, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Heavy industry | | | | | crmmocservices | Climate Smart Youth Agriculture Network is program that works with women, local communities and students to attain sustainable agriculture. The student-Farmer out reach program enables the bottom up type of approach where the farmers give their views on sustainable Agriculture which is taken up for innovations. The local communities are reached out through focal persons and farm demonstrations done at the locality.
The universities Sustainable Development Goals dialogue which being carried out among university in Kenya has brought sharing ideas among youths on ways to faster attainment of SDGs and combating climate change | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://csaynglobal.org, https://csaynglobal.org | | | | 29361 | 01/04/2023 07:00 | Case study | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | . | Academics and scientists, Communities | 01/04/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Financial support | Agriculture | | | | | crmmocservices | | 2475 | NWPSearchableItem | rivaw63416@haizail.com | rivaw63416@haizail.com | Technical document/report;#Online portal | USA | | | | | 29360 | 01/04/2023 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | | | Global | | | | 01/04/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | | Ecosystems, Biodiversity | | | | | crmmocservices | Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation. Forest-based adaptation can help address the gaps between current adaptation actions and the adaptation needed for reducing climate-related risks and impacts, while contributing to most of the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting strong synergies with mitigation.
This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners. It describes the policy implications of each principle and draws on examples from diverse forest ecosystems and management practices to illustrate their application in practice. | 2473 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Educational/training material | Italy | | | | | 29359 | 30/03/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO | | | | | | Global, Local, Regional | | | | 30/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Institutional arrangements, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement | Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | Oceanic Global reminds us of humanity’s essential relationship to the ocean and guides us in restoring equilibrium to our blue planet. Our work is designed to deepen humanity’s connection to the ocean, and provide tangible solutions for resilience and rewilding of our blue planet. Collectively, our core programs blueprint for coexisting in harmony with our natural world. #CareDeeply | www.oceanic.global | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://oceanic.global/, https://oceanic.global/ | | | | 29358 | 30/03/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | National | | | | 30/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Disaster risk reduction, Human settlements, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Teaching
Research
Community Awareness | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://futminna.edu.ng/, https://futminna.edu.ng/ | | | | 29357 | 30/03/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | National/public entity | | | | | | National | | | | 30/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Financial support, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support | Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Human settlements, Gender, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Water Sector Trust Fund (Water Fund) is the Kenyan State Corporation under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation mandated to assist in financing water, sanitation and water resources management projects in the underserved and marginalized rural and urban areas. In the Water Act, 2016, the mandate of the Water Fund is to provide conditional and unconditional grants to Counties and to assist in financing the development of and management of water services in the marginalized and underserved areas . The Water Fund has developed five main mechanisms of financing and executing its operations as follows:
a) Rural Investment; support towards implementation of water supply and sanitation projects in underserved rural communities. The programme is implemented through water utilities serving rural areas.
b) Urban Investment; support towards water supply and sanitation projects for low-income urban areas. This programme is implemented through the Water Services Providers (WSPs).
c) Water Resources Climate Change Investment; gives support to communities to effectively conserve their catchments, manage and protect the water resources within their sub-catchments. The programme is implemented through Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs); Community Forest Associations (CFAs) and Conservancies, International NGOs (INGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs). Technical support to the beneficiary communities is given by partner institutions eg Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Water Resources Authority (WRA) and Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT).
d) Results-Based Financing: support towards water and sanitation projects in urban low-income areas, financed through loans from Kenyan commercial banks, which are then subsidized by Water Fund on achievement of agreed targets. The programme is financed through Water Services Providers (WSPs)
e) Research and Innovation Financing: support towards financing of research and innovation initiatives within the sector. The outputs of these initiatives are geared towards generation of new knowledge in the sector, provision of innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions in the realization of sustainable provision of water, sanitation and sewerage services in addition to water resources management as well as addressing gaps through collaborations and adaption of innovative models for better service delivery. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | http://waterfund.go.ke/, http://waterfund.go.ke/ | | | | 29356 | 30/03/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Regional center/network/initiative | | | | | | Global | | | | 30/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Health, Heavy industry, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | The Regenerative Society Foundation is a participatory foundation made by and for companies, born to promote a new regenerative socio-economic model. RSF aims to accelerate the ecological transition by scaling up regenerative projects, creating and sharing knowledge about Regeneration, providing the private sector with impact evaluations, resources and problem solving.
RSF mission is to promote the Regenerative model for businesses to accomplish the ecological transition. Its macro-objective for 2030 is to develop and institutionalize a regenerative model across its founding companies to be generalized outside, through actions in 4 main areas of intervention:
1. Reducing GHG and rebuilding the carbon stock in the earth and water biospheres
2. Preserving biodiversity
3. Developing circular materials and supply chains
4. Nurturing and targeting well-being while pursuing the double benefit - health and happiness.
The focus is on European businesses. The goal is putting companies at the center: they are the main actors which, collectively, can reach the critical mass needed to trigger the change and, at the same time, improve the citizens' well-being. RSF provide companies with assistance, specifically through knowledge transfer (education, advisory & project mentorship), financing solutions and reporting, establishing strong public private partnerships. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://regenerativesocietyfoundation.com, https://regenerativesocietyfoundation.com | | | | 29355 | 10/03/2023 07:00 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | International Union for Conservation of Nature | | Africa, Asia, South America | Local, National, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 10/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment | Food security, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Mountains are at the frontline of climate change, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and socio-economic inequities for both mountain communities and those downstream. However, mountain communities have the capacity to adapt to these changes and mitigate the impacts of climate change. By utilizing the opportunities created by ecosystem services, mountain communities can build climate-resilience, resource security and consistent livelihoods. This publication presents and highlights the experiences using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to build climate resilience in three mountain ranges: the Andes in South America, the Himalayas in Asia, and Mt. Elgon in East Africa. Its main objective is to provide practical information on these experiences to inform NbS practitioners, decision-makers, project designers and managers, researchers and local communities. | 2472 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Uganda, Kenya | | | | | 29354 | 03/03/2023 07:00 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | UN and affiliated organization | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Transboundary | | | | 03/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Stakeholder involvement | Water resources, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Adaptation finance, Energy | | | | | crmmocservices | In the framework of Caring for Climate, a series of publications on adaptation and business were published between 2011 and 2015.
- Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change (2011) – Provides the business case for private sector adaptation.
- Business and Climate Change Adaptation: Toward Resilient Companies and Communities (2012) – Showcases 10 case examples.
- The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation: Strengthening Private Sector and Community Resilience (2015) - Outlines the benefits for businesses of implementing adaptation activities.
Water Resilience Coalition: The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda. 20 companies have joined the Coalition and signed a pledge towards three overarching 2050 commitments. The Coalition is a part of the Climate Champions’ Race to Resilience.
Ocean Work: The Ocean teams’ work also has many activities relating to adaptation notably through its Ocean Stewardship Coalition and its Safe Seaweed Coalition, but also its work on Marine Spatial planning, blue finance and nature-based solutions.
Adaptation and Resilience in Africa: Climate Adaptation and Resilience is one of the five thematic areas for new program development as a part of UN Global Compact’s new Africa Strategy. Adaptation is also one of the commitments included in the Africa Business Leaders Climate Statement of the UN Global Compact-convened Africa Business Leaders Coalition. In 2023, the coalition will be focusing on capacity building for the implementation of such commitments.
Adaptation partnerships: We are part of the SBTN Council, the TNFD Forum, and The WEF Adaptation community of purpose. We are aiming to follow the developments of their frameworks and amplify these efforts.
Just Transition and Adaptation Think Lab Brief: A Business Brief on Just Transition and Adaptation, written in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, was released at COP27 in the framework of our Think Lab on Just Transition. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/action/commit-to-responsible-corporate-adaptation, https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/action/commit-to-responsible-corporate-adaptation | | | | 29353 | 03/03/2023 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat | | | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 03/03/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building | Biodiversity | | | | | crmmocservices | This technical brief is a joint collaboration with the Nairobi work programme expert group on biodiversity and climate change adaptation and has been published as a supplement to the NAP technical guidelines. It targets country-level Convention on Biological Diversity and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change focal points and technical staff of ministries who are engaged in the planning and implementation of NAPs and NBSAPs. | 2474 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29352 | 16/02/2023 07:54 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | UN and affiliated organization | | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changw | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | Germany | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 16/02/2023 07:54 | Serkant Samurkas | | Adaptation planning and practices, Institutional arrangements | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation | | | | | Serkant Samurkas | The UNFCCC knowledge-to-action hub, the Nairobi work programme, has collaborated with its expert group on biodiversity and climate change change adaptation to close a knowledge gap on biodiversity and climate change adaptation, identified through the development of a scoping paper.
The technical brief reviews the interconnections between biodiversity and climate change adaptation and explores the potential to foster synergies between the processes to formulate and implement NAPs and NBSAPs. This is underpinned by highlighting practical entry points and lessons learned from case study examples on effective coordination and joint implementation of climate change adaptation and biodiversity actions at the national level. | 2481 | NWPSearchableItem | | sdierks@unfccc.int | Policy brief | | | | | | 29351 | 16/02/2023 07:53 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Local, National, Regional, Subregional | | | Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 16/02/2023 07:53 | Serkant Samurkas | | Monitoring and evaluation/M&E | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Infrastructure, Gender, Urban resilience, Services, Heavy industry | | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Resilience is the capacity to prepare for disruptions, recover from shocks, and grow from a disruptive experience. The World Bank Group has developed a Resilience Rating System that provides guidance and specific criteria to assess resilience along two complementary dimensions. 1. Resilience of the project rates the confidence that expected investment outcomes will be achieved, based on whether a project has considered climate and disaster risks in its design, incorporated adaptation measures, and demonstrated economic viability despite climate risks. 2. Resilience through the project rates a project’s contribution to adaptive development pathways based on whether investments are targeted at increasing climate resilience in the broader community or sector. The objectives of the Resilience Rating System are to: (a) Better inform decision makers, investors, and other stakeholders on the resilience of projects and investments; (b) Create incentives for more widespread and effective climate adaptation through enhanced transparency and simpler disclosure; (c) Identify best practices to allow proven lessons on resilience to be scaled up across sectors and countries; (d) Guide project developers on the best ways to manage risk and improve the quality of projects, while allowing flexibility for different sectoral and country contexts. The resilience rating methodology, from C through to A+ in each dimension, can serve as a guide for institutions, public and private sector participants. | 2478 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29350 | 01/02/2023 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | | | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/02/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Knowledge management | Ecosystems, Ecosystem-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation. Forest-based adaptation can help address the gaps between current adaptation actions and the adaptation needed for reducing climate-related risks and impacts, while contributing to most of the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting strong synergies with mitigation.
This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners. It describes the policy implications of each principle and draws on examples from diverse forest ecosystems and management practices to illustrate their application in practice.
One of the case studies (Case study 5) presents the use of the NWP Knowledge-to-action methodology to integrate forest and grasslands into adaptation strategies. This is being undertaken in collaboration with the NWP thematic expert group on biodiversity and climate change, representing 25 experts. | 2482 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Policy brief;#Educational/training material | | | | | | 29349 | 01/02/2023 07:00 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | International Union for Conservation of Nature | | Africa, Asia, South America | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/02/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Ecosystem-based adaptation | | | | | crmmocservices | This handbook system was created to guide the process of designing, setting up, implementing, monitoring, and up-scaling EbA interventions under the global Programme “Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: building evidence, replicating success, and informing policy”, supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany, and jointly implemented by IUCN from 2021 to 2022 and The Mountain Institute from 2017 to 2019. The contents of this handbook were applied by country teams of the Programme to take stock, generate learnings and replicate and consolidate what was implemented in the previous Flagship Programme (from 2012 to 2016), demonstrating its use is highly valuable at the outset of projects. The utilization of the handbook system for implementation has been adapted into this publication with the aim to share these materials and methodology with the larger EbA community. This document takes the EbA practitioner through the 7 stages of the EbA cycle, from selecting suitable sites for EbA interventions to supporting the process of mainstreaming EbA. Each stage is summarized and supported by resources and forms. The Forms
help with recording information in a systematic manner, helping with decision making processes and ensuring consistency and comparability for particular aspects of EbA across interventions in different project sites. | 2479 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29348 | 01/02/2023 07:00 | Case study | | | | | | | Civil society | | The assessment and recommendations are used to identify priority actions and integrate climate policy development, planning, budget allocation to support development and whole-of-society resilience. | | | Caribbean and Central America | National | | | Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/02/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Institutional arrangements, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Gender, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have a history of dealing with large shocks. The region is threatened by both economic and natural hazards. Nations have specialized in tourism and commodity exports, disproportionately exposing them to global economic cycles through changes in tourism demand and commodity prices. They are also located in a region that is highly exposed to a range of natural hazards, from volcanic eruptions to earthquakes and hurricanes, which damage their infrastructure stock, reduce tourism demand, and destroy agricultural production. Hazards have often caused severe damage to economies and livelihoods in the region. This report reviews existing assessments of past losses from natural and economic shocks in the Caribbean, looking at impacts on physical capital, private sector activity (especially tourism and agriculture), economic growth, poverty, and well-being. It concludes that, despite the damage to physical capital experienced by countries due to natural hazards (especially in housing and transport infrastructure), the impacts on growth are short-lived, possibly because many mechanisms are in place to help economies bounce back rapidly. However, natural hazards have a high impact on poverty and human capital and threaten the sustainability of economic growth. | 2477 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29347 | 01/02/2023 07:00 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | National | | | Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/02/2023 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Institutional arrangements, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Gender, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Effective action on resilience and climate change adaptation requires coordinated efforts from the highest levels of government to individual households and firms. The Adaptation Principles offer a guide to effective climate change adaptation, containing hands-on guidance to the design, implementation and monitoring of national adaptation strategies. It specifies six guiding principles, which correspond to common policy domains:
1) Ensuring resilient foundations through rapid and inclusive development;
2) Facilitating the adaptation of firms and people;
3) Adapting land use and protecting critical public assets and services;
4) Increasing people’s capacity to cope with and recover from shocks;
5) Anticipating and managing macroeconomic and fiscal risks;
6) Ensuring effective implementation through prioritization and continuous monitoring.
While outlining these universal Adaptation Principles, this guide shows that each country needs to tailor these actions to its specific needs and priorities. To guide this process, Adaptation Principles offers concrete and practical tools: Screening questions to identify the most urgent and effective actions, toolboxes illustrating common datasets and methodologies to support decisions, indicators to monitor and evaluate progress, and case studies on how the COVID-19 pandemic influences priorities in taking effective adaptation action. | 2476 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | any country | | | | | 29343 | 01/11/2022 07:00 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 24/01/2023 09:20 | Stefan Dierks | | Adaptation planning and practices, Communication and outreach/awareness, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Technology support | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction | | | | | crmmocservices | The GMW platform uses JAXA’s ALOS data, USGS LandSat data, and ESA’s Sentinel-2 data along with local expertise to track the relative gain and loss of mangroves across the planet. It is the only platform of its kind which accurately maps not only loss and gains in mangroves globally, but also which mangroves are protected, how much carbon they can store in both aboveground biomass and mangrove soil, and presents this information in a way that is relevant for policy. It is free for anyone to use.
The latest data is featured in the second edition of the State of the World’s Mangroves report which shows that:
- The trend from 1996 to 2020 is a net decline of 5,245 km2 in mangrove extent, globally. There has been a reduction of 3.4% of our planet’s mangroves since 1996, with the biggest loss occurring in Asia (2813 km2 or 4.6%), Africa (648 km2 or 2.2%) and the Pacific (524 km2 or 3.1%).
- The most common cause of mangrove loss is clearance and conversion to farmland, agriculture, and/ or urbanization
8,183 km2 of mangroves are considered restorable, of which 2,000km2 are in Indonesia.
- Full restoration of the entire 8,183km2 could result in an additional 50 billion commercial marine species and benefit the countless communities that rely on fishing for their livelihoods.
- Restoration of losses since 1996 could safeguard carbon in soil and aboveground biomass equivalent to 1.27gigatons of CO2.
The determination to safeguard mangroves is growing at all levels from international to local. With this new update, Global Mangrove Watch provides an accurate regional and national mangrove baseline for encouraging and supporting the development of policies and management plans for the sustainable use and restoration of mangroves.
The platform is being continually updated with new datasets and several tools will soon be launched to support policy development and tracking of restoration progress and success.
Lammert Hilarides, Senior Technical Officer at Wetlands International said:
“When we see the other mapping tools, for everything from tree cover to fishing, and we consider the incredible value mangroves have in building resilience to climate change, creating a platform that accurately tells the global story of mangroves is a no-brainer. The global mangrove watch platform is the combined effort of space agencies, scientific institutions, companies, NGO’s and their local partners which recognizes that while space may be the final frontier, our planet is still our only home and mangroves play a significant role in ensuring the longevity of life on Earth.” | 2420 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Global platform | | https://www.mangrovealliance.org/;#Global Mangrove Watch is an online global platform that provides access to a variety of datasets detailing mangrove values, threats and opportunities for conservation and restoration. | | | 29346 | 14/01/2023 07:01 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global | | | | 14/01/2023 07:01 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Food security, Gender | | | | | crmmocservices | The Department of Geography at Ohio University is a research-intensive graduate program (MS and MA) that provides an extensive curriculum and research opportunities related to climate change adaptation around the world. Students from around the world and the US undertake field-based research examining adaptation challenges related to institutional, agrarian, and cultural change. Recent students have pursued a range of adaptation related projects in the recent past:
- institutional mapping of adaptation actors in the Gambia
- assessment of social vulnerability and flood risk in Brazil
- innovation in adaptive agriculture in Northern Ghana
- changing fuelwood economies in rural Tanzania
- gendered access to resources for adaptation in Tanzania
- community mapping and assessment of water resource management through an adaptation lens
We believe that our current and future research could make a contribution filling gaps and needs related to NAPS in a variety of countries, particularly in Ghana, the Gambia, Tanzania and Kenya. We would welcome the opportunity to draw on feedback from this initiative to refine the focus and planned outcomes of research in ways that can contribute to the NAPS process.
Many of our students return to their home countries to provide important scientific, civil society and policy leadership related to climate change adaptation challenges. Their engagement with NAPS research needs from the outset of their graduate programs would better prepare them for making substantive contributions in research and practice. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.ohio.edu/cas/geography, https://www.ohio.edu/cas/geography | | | | 29345 | 08/12/2022 07:01 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | United States of America | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 08/12/2022 07:01 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Coastal areas/zones, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Coastal settlements, home to more than three billion people and growing rapidly, are highly vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly, there are calls for climate adaptation that goes beyond business-as-usual approaches, transforms socioeconomic systems, and addressformational adaptation, as well as practitioner frameworks and case studies of urban coastal adaptation. The article discusses specific challenges for transformational adaptation and its governance in coastal cities. In doing so, this review cones underlying drivers of
vulnerability. Although calls for transformational adaptation are
growing, greater clarity is needed on what transformation means in
context in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This
article reviews the theoretical literature on transtributes to the growing debate about operationalizing the concept of transformational adaptation in the context of coastal cities and offers insights to ensure that transformation processes are inclusive and equitable. | 2452 | NWPSearchableItem | | l.kuhl@northeastern.edu | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | United States | | | | | 29342 | 01/10/2022 07:00 | Tool | | | | | ECA has been applied in more than 30 countries world wide. The framework as it, as been extensively used and further developed in San Salvador, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam in close collaboration with local and international stakeholders.
Why should I use ECA?
LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PLANING
ECA allows extension of investment portfolios, e.g. in a given country or sector. Depending on the volume of the investment, a detailed study for CCA measures might be meaningful.
NAPs DEVELOPMENT
Numerous governments are looking into developing their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). ECA supports countries in formulating detailed NAPs and assists in decision-making processes for further implementation. The level of detail depends on the volume of the project and the prospect of an investment in CCA measures.
RISK TRANSFER
In some cases, governments or businesses might be interested in completing already existing CCA measures and looking into potential for risk transfer for low-frequency hazards.
STRATEGIC PLANING
ECA provides a prospective assessment of measures that are best adapted to certain conditions in a well-determined area. The level of detail can be high locally or moderate when going beyond the country level.
PRE_FEASIBILITY
ECA provides a prospective CCA assessment in order to identify efficient measures and areas most at risk. This approach is embedded in an iterative assessment prospect if deemed meaningful. | | Civil society | | | United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, South America | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 05/12/2022 14:12 | Stefan Dierks | General Information in ECA:
https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/economics-of-climate-adaptation-eca-the-tool-to-support-countries-and-communities-to-develop-more-ambitious-climate-adaptation-and-mitigation-plans.html
Press release about ECA in Honduras:
https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/eca-studies-pave-way-combating-flooding-honduras
https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/honduras-etiop-y-vietnam-hacen-frente-al-cambio-clim-tico-con-la-ayuda-de-la (in Spanish)
Infographics on ECA:
https://i.unu.edu/media/ehs.unu.edu/attachment/23351/ECA_infographic_LOGO.png | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Financial support, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Water resources, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | What is the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA)?
The approach taken under the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) framework provides decision makers with information about potential climate-related damage to their environment, economies and societies. It can foster comprehensive adaptation strategies by analysing and proposing a variety of specific adaptation measures in a systematic way. Well targeted, early investments to improve climate resilience are likely to be less cost intensive and more effective than complex post-disaster relief efforts, both locally and on an aggregated global scale.
ECA addresses the following key questions to develop an effective climate adaptation strategy:
1) What is the potential climate-related damage over the coming decades?
2) How much of that damage can be averted, using what type of adaptation measures?
3) What investments will be required to fund those measures – and will the benefits of these investments outweigh the costs?
What does ECA provide?
Powered by CLIMADA, an open-source modelling platform, the ECA framework helps promoting resilience through the assessment of weather and climate risks and the integration of appropriate climate change adaptation (CCA) measures. More particularly, it supports governments, businesses and individuals with the following:
1) CLIMATE RISK IDENTIFICATION
Conduct an identification of climate risk in a defined region (e.g. urban area), identify areas and people at risk, spanning all significant climate hazards and the full range of possible impacts for different sectors
2) CLIMATE RISK QUANTIFICATION
Calculate the expected damage across multiple climate and economic scenarios
3) IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF CCA MEASURES
Determine strategies, including a portfolio of specific measures with detailed cost-benefit assessment
4) ENABLING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION
Ensure local involvement in order to create a long-term and transparent adaptation strategy | 2409 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Switzerland, Germany | | | | | 29341 | 01/10/2022 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Research institution, University/education/training organization | | | Indian Institute for Human Settlements | | Asia | National, Regional, Transboundary | | India | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | 01/10/2022 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Disaster risk reduction, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | Loss and Damage studies have tended to focus on rapid-onset events with lesser attention to slow-onset events such as drought. Even when discussed, narratives around droughts emphasize implications on rural populations and there remain empirical and conceptual gaps on drought impacts in urban areas. We focus on losses and damages associated with urban drought and water insecurity through a review of interventions and policies in seven Asian countries. We find evidence of urban droughts leading to tangible losses (e.g. groundwater over-extraction, economic impacts) and intangible losses (e.g. conflict, increased drudgery). We highlight examples of Asian cities minimizing urban drought-related losses and damages through nature-based, institutional, technological, and behavioral adaptation interventions. We argue that water management policies that take into account current and projected L&D of urban droughts as well as beyond-urban
dynamics of water availability and sharing are essential for effective climate adaptation. | 2406 | NWPSearchableItem | csingh@iihs.ac.in | csingh@iihs.ac.in | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | India, China, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Bangladesh | | | | | 29340 | 01/10/2022 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Non-governmental organization - NGO, Research institution | | | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Ethiopia Office | | Africa | Local, National | | Ethiopia | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 01/10/2022 07:00 | crmmocservices | https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116590 | Adaptation planning and practices, Climate observations, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security | | | | | crmmocservices | The study examines the trends of climate parameters, assess farmers’ perception of climate change, and identify the strategies of adaptation measures in central Ethiopia. The results of the study indicate that, in most of the cases, farmers’ perceptions were in accordance with climate trend analyses. Farmers used crop diversification, adjustments of planting dates, destocking of livestock, seasonal migration, crop rotation, and climate information services to adapt to climate related shocks. Empirical results showed that the age and education of the household heads, family size, access to extension services, and farm and nonfarm incomes had a significant association with the adaptation practices farmers took. The existence of strong correlations between the demographic, socio-institutional variables, and the choice of adaptation strategies suggests the need to strengthen local institutions to enhance the adaptation of smallholder farmers to climate change. | 2397 | NWPSearchableItem | selamita2004@gmail.com | selamita2004@gmail.com | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | Ethiopia | | | | | 29339 | 01/10/2022 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | World Resources Institute | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 01/10/2022 07:00 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Financial support, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Human settlements, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | This paper provides a review of approaches to delivering locally led adaptation. Drawing on examples from Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Caribbean and Latin America, it provides practical recommendations for financing and implementing locally led adaptation. It helps demystify the steps funders and governments can take to ensure local partners have equitable access to climate finance and are at the center of decision-making processes. | 2396 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report;#Scientific/peer reviewed publication | South Africa; Antigua & Barbuda; Namibia; Zimbabwe; Bangladesh; India; Kenya; Nepal; Mali; Indonesia; Micronesia; Costa Rica; Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia | | | | | 29338 | 01/10/2022 07:00 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Mountain Research Initiative | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 01/10/2022 07:00 | crmmocservices | Thornton, J. M., Pepin, N., Shahgedanova, M., & Adler, C. (2022). Coverage of In Situ Climatological Observations in the World’s Mountains. Frontiers in Climate, 0, 41. https://doi.org/10.3389/FCLIM.2022.814181 | Climate observations, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Food security, Water resources, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Tourism, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | In a new research article from GEO Mountains, Thornton et al. analyse the coverage of in situ climatological observations across the world's mountains. In situ, climatological data from the world's mountains are crucial for many applications. As such, any limitations associated with such data (e.g., the limited spatial density of stations, short record lengths, relative lack of observations at higher elevations, etc.) can impinge upon several important activities, not least tracking changing mountain climates, better understanding the key processes and feedbacks involved, and making reliable projections of change impacts.
Despite this, patterns of in situ climatological data coverage with respect to space, time, and elevation have not yet been assessed in detail on a global basis. To begin to address this gap, in a new GEO Mountains-led research article published in Frontiers in Climate, Thornton et al. used perhaps the most comprehensive global inventory available – Global Historical Climatological Network daily (GHCNd) – to investigate and compare patterns of air temperature, precipitation, and snow depth observation record coverage across 292 named mountain regions.
For the first time, additional datasets were also introduced in order to assess data coverage in more relative terms, for example with respect to the hydrological importance and size of the downstream economy of each mountain range. An 'Open Science' approach, based on exclusively open data and software, was employed throughout. The article involved collaboration with the leads of the MRI's Elevation-Dependent Climate Change and Mountain Observatories Working Groups, and was a contribution to the Frontiers Research Topic 'Knowledge Gaps from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and Recent Advances (Volume II).'
The article’s main findings are that:
- Spatial patterns of mountain data coverage are highly uneven;
- Station densities in several 'Water Tower Units' that were previously identified as having great hydrological importance to society are especially low;
- A number of mountainous regions whose elevational distribution is severely under-sampled by GHCNd stations could be identified, and;
- Mountain station density is only weakly related to the human population or economic output of the corresponding downstream catchments.
Alongside the article, the authors provide a script that enables the temporal coverage (i.e., the proportion and periods of missing data vs. actual observations) and quality information (i.e., the frequency distribution of the quality flags assigned) to be efficiently presented for individual records. Since the script runs on any GHCNd station, it could provide useful applications beyond mountains.
Besides being of interest to academic research groups, the article's insights should also help regional, national, and international organisations to make more informed decisions around investing in and maintaining in situ climatological monitoring efforts, such that networks are as optimised as possible (e.g., provide the most representative and informative observations at the lowest cost). | 2375 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | Global | | | | | 29333 | 23/09/2022 13:38 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Private sector | | | | | | Global | | | | 23/09/2022 13:38 | Serkant Samurkas | | Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Science and research, Technology support | Agriculture, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | Serkant Samurkas | CarbonTerra was founded with farmers for farmers and is committed to encouraging climate-concious practices in agriculture. We believe that through generational changes to farm management, integration of technology and modern science protocols, agribusiness will lead to a balanced climate. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | http://www.carbonterra.com, http://www.carbonterra.com | | | | 29332 | 23/09/2022 13:37 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global | | | | 23/09/2022 13:37 | Serkant Samurkas | | Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | Serkant Samurkas | The ClimateWise Transition Risk Framework provides an open-source, step-by-step methodology on how to manage the risks and capture emerging opportunities from the low carbon transition. Transition risks include market and technological shifts, policy and legal changes and reputational damage. The framework is designed to help investors assess the breadth of asset types exposed to transition risk at portfolio level, define the potential financial impact of the low carbon transition down to asset level and incorporate transition impacts into asset financial models.
The ClimateWise Physical Risk Framework demonstrates how the expertise and tools of the insurance industry can support other parts of the financial system to understand their physical risk exposure. Physical risks include rising temperatures, flooding, drought, sea level rise and water scarcity, of which associated financial losses (both insured and uninsured) have significantly increased in recent years. The framework offers real estate investors and lenders a means of understanding the potential physical risks of climate change on their portfolios. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/climatewise/research/climate-risk, https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/climatewise/research/climate-risk | | | | 29331 | 19/07/2022 11:06 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | Private sector | | | | | | Global; Local; Regional | | | | 19/07/2022 11:06 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Solar Energy, Water management and smart agriculture | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://bothouniversity.com/, https://bothouniversity.com/ | | | | 29330 | 19/07/2022 11:06 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global, Local | | | | 19/07/2022 11:06 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement | Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Services, Tourism, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | Mountain Sentinels is an international community that fosters global mountain sustainability by serving as a catalyst for innovative solutions and actions, aiming to bring together local and Indigenous knowledge, policy, industry, and transformational science, and elevating diverse voices through authentic partnerships. The rate of global warming is amplified at higher elevations; therefore, mountains are disproportionately threatened by climate change compared to lowlands. Our work aims to address critical sustainability issues, including adaptation to climate change, using an approach we call transformative science with society. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://mountainsentinels.org/, https://mountainsentinels.org/ | | | | 29329 | 15/07/2022 14:56 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | | | | | | | National | | | | 15/07/2022 14:59 | Stefan Dierks | | | Adaptation finance, Gender | | | | | crmmocservices | The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network supports developing countries to advance their NAP processes to help accelerate climate change adaptation efforts around the world. The NAP Global Network connects over 1,500 participants from more than 150 countries working on national adaptation planning and action, and has delivered direct support to more than 50 countries. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 25308 | 22/04/2016 11:56 | NWP Partner profile | Partner portal | | | | | | | | | International Institute for Sustainable Development | | | Global | | | | 13/07/2022 17:20 | Stefan Dierks | | | | | | | | Roberto Felix | IISD’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Knowledge Program provides information and analysis in support of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 SDGs. Our work seeks to enhance SDG implementation by:
• increasing the accountability of decision-makers,
• transforming patterns, processes and relationships for implementation and engagement, and
• developing and applying methods to track progress in new ways.
We pursue these objectives through, inter alia, our information sharing and dissemination work on the SDG Knowledge Hub. One of the Hub's main focal areas is climate action, and we publish regular climate change adaptation and loss and damage updates here: http://sdg.iisd.org/tag/adaptation-and-loss-and-damage-update/
The IISD also hosts the Secretariat of the NAP Global Network (http://napglobalnetwork.org/), a forum in which bilateral donors can engage with one another to coordinate adaptation support. | | NWPSearchableItem | chunter@iisd.ca | cledwell@iisd.ca | | | | | | | 29327 | 07/07/2022 16:16 | Online portal | | | | | Actors implementing adaptation in mountain regions (and elsewhere) need detailed information on potential adaptation solutions to appraise which solutions are most suitable for their needs, budget, and capacities, and to replicate them while also tailoring them to their context. To support the scaling of successful solutions this information needs to be shared in a structured way that makes it easily discoverable and accessible to a diverse array of actors.
Providing such detailed information, some of which is tacit, can be challenging for those contributing the solutions.
It is important to offer support to contributors and provide different pathways (e.g. word documents as opposed to direct entry into a database system) for them to contribute their work
Knowledge fragmentation remains a major issue in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Now that the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal is up and running, emphasis is being put on using it to connect different databases sharing climate-related knowledge for mountains, to make it easier for those working in these regions to find all the knowledge they need. | | Civil society | | | Stockholm Environment Institute | | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 07/07/2022 16:16 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Mountains feature some of the clearest indications of climate change: rising temperatures, melting glaciers and changing precipitation patterns, which are disrupting water flows and affecting ecosystems, creating and worsening natural hazards and threatening livelihoods and communities both within the mountains and downstream.
The Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal has been designed to support the sharing and transfer of knowledge on interventions that are helping to reduce vulnerability and climate risk in the mountains. The Portal provides easy access to information on tried, tested, and replicable solutions, making these solutions easier to find, explore, and appraise for everyone working on this topic.
The Portal is also specifically designed to give visibility and recognition to solution contributors and enable potential adopters of solutions to connect with those who have implemented these solutions in the field.
The Portal is open to contributions from all actors working in mountains, and these are welcomed and encouraged to share their implemented solutions. Details of guidance and support to enable this are available here.
Prior to publishing, solutions are evaluated according to the evaluation criteria. This criteria is published here. The ‘ solutions’ in the Portal include technologies, approaches, and/or processes to adjust natural or human systems to actual or expected climate impacts, in order to reduce expected losses or harness benefits. The diverse array of solutions in the Portal ranges from community-based initiatives to early warning systems to education programmes to land restoration and many more.
The solutions can be filtered by scales of implementation, ecosystem types, solution types, and impacts addressed. They incorporate disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystem restoration approaches.
Solutions in the Portal contain key information to support its replication in and tailoring to other contexts, including:
- Who the solution benefits
- Its target and reported outcomes
- Which SDGs and Sendai Framework goals it addresses
- How it was planned, implemented, and funded
- What is innovative about it
- How its performance has been evaluated and what the results of this are
- Its long-term sustainability including actions taken to ensure its sustainability
- The capacities required for its successful implementation, including knowledge, technology, political, institutional and socio-cultural capacities
- Its outlook and potential for scaling and transformation
- What barriers and adverse effects have been observed and actions taken to mitigate these, and
- Links to supporting and relevant resources and documentation
The Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) Solutions Portal is being developed through the Adaptation at Altitude programme, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), which seeks to support mountain communities and those working with them by improving the knowledge of appropriate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies in the mountains, and transferring that knowledge through science–policy platforms to inform decision-making in national, regional and global policy processes. | 2303 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29326 | 07/07/2022 16:06 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Center for Climate Change Adaptation | | Asia, Pacific/Oceania | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 07/07/2022 16:06 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | Aiming to build capacity for better climate adaptation, the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform provides self-paced online learning videos and the most updated scientific tools to support various stakeholders in developing effective policies and planning relevant activities.
Adaptation Literacy provides self-paced e-learning videos for emerging adaptation issues. It includes past joint activities with key institutions to facilitate knowledge exchange and presents datasets and state-of-the-art applications for projecting future climate impacts under various scenarios.
| 2323 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Online portal;#Educational/training material | Japan | | | | | 29325 | 07/07/2022 15:56 | Online portal | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Stockholm Environment Institute | | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America | Global | | | Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 07/07/2022 15:56 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism | | | | | crmmocservices | The Climate Change Adaptation in Mountains theme on weADAPT.org ( https://www.weadapt.org/mountains) is an open online space where users can access and share knowledge and projects on climate change adaptation and climate-related disaster risk in mountains.
It hosts a diverse array of content including case studies, impact reports, good practice guides (including risk assessment and stakeholder engagement), research papers, policy briefs, project descriptions/outputs, webinars and learning resources.
All shared content is open access and syntheses are provided to aid readers to understand, appraise and quickly access key messages from each item shared.
This online theme space benefits from weADAPT's networking features, including the ability to contact people who have shared their work and those who have joined this thematic community (just click on their user profiles, and click on ‘Contact’), and a dedicated discussion forum for those working in mountain regions where users can ask the community questions and posts about relevant news and events.
Interested users can ‘join’ the theme to post in the discussion forum, share their work, and receive alerts of new content being added to the theme. To do this, go to the theme homepage (https://www.weadapt.org/mountains) and click on the ‘Join’ button. This will also give you an option to sign up to the fortnightly weADAPT newsletter.
It is easy to share your own work – find out more about the benefits of sharing your work and how you can do this here: https://www.weadapt.org/why-share-content-on-weadapt | 2332 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Online portal | United Kingdom | | | | | 29324 | 07/07/2022 15:46 | Multimedia material | | | | | | | Civil society | | This video features two countries—Fiji and Timor-Leste—that are effectively scaling up EbA actions through their NAP processes. | International Institute for Sustainable Development | | Asia, Pacific/Oceania | National | | Timor-Leste and Fiji | Policy makers, Practitioners | 07/07/2022 15:46 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a critical part of the global solution to climate change. As a type of nature-based solution (NbS) for adaptation, EbA includes restoring, protecting, and managing ecosystems to ensure their health and the long-term effectiveness of the services they provide. When implemented correctly, these approaches help reduce vulnerabilities to climate risks, enhance livelihoods, and promote biodiversity conservation.
Many countries are already using EbA to help build resilience to the impacts of climate change. In order to maximize its uptake and benefits, it is critical to integrate EbA actions into a country’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.
In this video, the NAP Global Network provides examples of key actions in Fiji and Timor-Leste's NAP processes that will scale up Ecosystem-based Adaptation in these countries.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/K8QJAFLfTF8 | 2343 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29315 | 22/06/2022 15:26 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | University/education/training organization | | | | | | Global | | | | 06/07/2022 15:54 | Lilian Daphine Lunyolo | | Adaptation planning and practices, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | NUI Galway has been inspiring minds since 1845 as a research-led university. NUI Galway is one of the oldest and largest universities in Ireland. The campus community includes over 21,000 students and staff and 110,000 alumni located in over 100 countries across the world. NUI Galway is counted among the Top 300 universities in the world according to the most prestigious rankings, positioned in the top 2% globally. NUI Galway is an international university with global ambition, but with deep roots in the region and nationally. Its location on the very edge of Europe gives NUI Galway a unique perspective.
NUI Galway is at the heart of a distinct and vibrant region, renowned for its unique culture, creative industries, medical technologies, marine ecology and economy, and innovation.
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics is one of three Schools within the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at NUI Galway. The school has 2,800 students, over 120 faculty, research and professional services staff, and over 30 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The School has successfully attained AACSB and AMBA accreditation as well as EFMD programme accreditation. The School comprises five disciplines: Accountancy & Finance, Business Information Systems, Economics, Management, and Marketing. The School is synergistically aligned with the internationally-recognised Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change and the Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS).
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics is for the public good. Energised by its regional edge on the west coast of Ireland, it is a globally-engaged School of Business and Economics for the public good that makes a transformative impact for students, society and business.
The School’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 is centred around four key strategic priority areas of research and impact, teaching and learning, external engagement and internationalisation. J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics champions core values of respect, excellence, openness and sustainability. Its vision for the next four years is to make a global impact for the public good by addressing grand challenges through its teaching, research and influence on public policy. The school is committed to delivering value to all its stakeholders and especially to students, external business, industry and policy partners, its community and society.
Within the School, the Discipline of Economics is recognised nationally and internationally for its record in teaching, research and scholarship. The Discipline seeks to provide a flourishing and diverse academic environment which integrates teaching and research, theory and empirical applications, in a policy-oriented and interdisciplinary way.
The primary teaching commitments of the Discipline include the economics components of the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, and Financial Mathematics and Economics degrees at undergraduate level. At postgraduate level, the Discipline offers Masters programmes in Global Environmental Economics, Health Economics, Ageing and Public Policy, and International Finance. The Discipline has a vibrant PhD programme with over 20 students currently registered and a number of post-doctoral researchers working on externally funded research projects. In terms of its research profile, the Discipline has recognized expertise in areas including: Environmental, Marine, Agricultural, and Climate Change Economics; Health Economics; Ageing; International Finance and Macroeconomics; Economic Theory; and, Irish Economic History. This research is generally aligned with the research agendas of both the Whitaker and Lifecourse and Society research institutes. Discipline staff also advise government departments in Ireland and internationally across a range of topics related to these research areas. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29321 | 22/06/2022 23:06 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | International Institute for Sustainable Development | | | Global, National | | | Policy makers, Practitioners | 22/06/2022 23:06 | crmmocservices | CORRECT CITATION
Dazé, A., & Hunter, C. (2022). Gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes: Progress and promising examples (NAP Global Network synthesis report 2021–2022). International Institute for Sustainable Development. www.napglobalnetwork.org | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training | Gender | | | | | crmmocservices | This document is the third in a series of synthesis reports that assess progress on gender-responsive approaches in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes at the global level. It coincides with the midpoint of the Gender Action Plan under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), making this a good moment to reflect on progress in integrating gender considerations in NAP processes.
We explore this through a systematic review of the NAP documents submitted to the UNFCCC, as well as through practical examples that illustrate how countries are taking a gender-responsive approach to their NAP processes.
The progress shown in this report demonstrates the potential of NAP processes as a mechanism for ensuring that climate action addresses gender and social inequalities. As countries increasingly move from planning to implementation of adaptation actions, more opportunities are created to work with diverse stakeholders to build resilience while also creating more equitable communities and societies.
| 2364 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Global | | | | | 29319 | 22/06/2022 21:46 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Center for Climate Change Adaptation | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 22/06/2022 22:00 | Lilian Daphine Lunyolo | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services, Heavy industry | | | | | crmmocservices | ClimoCast is a climate projection tool that shows climate projections up to the year 2100 in four representative greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (SSP126 - 585) and ten major climate simulation models. The tool covers all countries and allows users to compare different scenarios and models, as well as downscale the results to sub-national level. Climate data can be downloaded in CSV format. | 2321 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Japan | | | | | 29320 | 22/06/2022 21:56 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | Center for Climate Change Adaptation | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 22/06/2022 21:56 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Health | | | | | crmmocservices | The Climate Impact Viewer shows the results of climate change impact assessment in various sectors, including the existing climate, water resources, vegetation, agriculture, and health. Users can visually compare global projections across different sectors and time scales.
The Climate Impact Viewer shows the
results of a climate change impact assessment based on the Integrated
Climate Assessment - Risks, Uncertainties and Society (ICA-RUS) and
Comprehensive Research on the Development of Global Climate Change Risk
Management Strategies (S-10 Strategic Research Project) supported by the
Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Ministry of
the Environment of Japan. Process-based impact models for multiple
sectors were used for future influence projections.
| 2322 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Japan | | | | | 29316 | 22/06/2022 21:16 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Regional center/network/initiative, UN and affiliated organization | | | Global Center on Adaptation | | Africa | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | Netherlands | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 22/06/2022 21:16 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Financial support, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Food security, Water resources, Health, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Urban resilience, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | The State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous report combines in-depth analyses, case studies, and viewpoints from those on the frontlines of climate change impacts in Africa. It presents a detailed blueprint for action: offering innovative adaptation and resilience ideas, solutions, and policy recommendations.
The results are clear and compelling. Adaptation measures can be enormously cost effective and have the potential to start a positively reinforcing cycle of benefits. As these measures protect people and communities from floods, droughts, and others impacts, they also help lift people out of poverty, reduce hunger and undernourishment, raise incomes and living standards, fight diseases, create jobs, reduce inequality, mitigate the risk of conflicts, and give voice to the most vulnerable. These realizable results, in turn, further increase resilience to climate impacts. | 2297 | NWPSearchableItem | sumiran.rastogi@gca.org | julia.eichhorn@gca.org | Technical document/report | Africa | | | | | 29314 | 22/06/2022 12:36 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | | | Europe | Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 22/06/2022 12:36 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | The report "Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe: Challenges and Best Practices" draws on elements discussed during preliminary interviews and the Sea’ties Northern European Workshop hosted by the Ocean & Climate Platform on November 29, 2021. Intended for policymakers, city, and territorial planners, as well as residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report provides an overview of current practices and obstacles to defining and implementing adaptation strategies.
Accordingly, three key areas of concern emerged:
- Despite substantive access to scientific information, the lack of systemic and localised assessments, feasibility measures, and monitoring, reporting, and evaluation (MRE) constitute considerable knowledge gaps that impede the implementation of tailored and informed strategies;
- As planners are eager to adopt hybrid and dynamic strategies, the institutional, financial, scientific, and socio-cultural conditions need to be adjusted accordingly;
- Improving stakeholder engagement throughout the entire adaptation process is a prerequisite that necessitates additional efforts to ensure fair, effective, and long-term participation.
| 2344 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom | | | | | 29313 | 22/06/2022 12:16 | NWP Partner profile | | | | | | | National/public entity | | | | | | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | 22/06/2022 12:16 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems | | | | | crmmocservices | JNCC is a public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation.
Our work involves improving understanding of the impacts of climate change, both on biodiversity and the benefits and services it provides. We undertake analyses and evaluations to identify and test approaches to adapting to, and mitigating, climate change impacts, and the costs and benefits of such actions. JNCC’s work includes:
- Evaluating the benefits of biodiversity for mitigating climate change.
- Advising on Nature-based Solutions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change
- Applying earth observation expertise to inform decisions affecting the environment, including assessing habitat condition, and providing facilities to support the 'big data'’ analysis needed to detect change
- Assessing the economic and social value of the terrestrial and marine natural environment, and identifying priority natural capital assets and metrics
- Developing scientific knowledge to understand the impact of climate change on vulnerable ecosystems
- Informing policy development by understanding the consequences of climate change on biodiversity
- Collaborating and guide future research to address knowledge gaps and safeguard biodiversity.
More broadly, JNCC provides scientific and technical advice to the UK Government, its Devolved Administrations and the UK country nature conservation bodies on UK-wide and international nature conservation, including the interpretation, application and implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. | | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | https://jncc.gov.uk/evaluating/climate-change/, https://jncc.gov.uk/evaluating/climate-change/ | | | | 29312 | 17/06/2022 17:26 | Case study | | | | | The key lessons learned include:
- Local, on-the-ground partners are essential for scoping project aims and providing context for study areas;
- When possible, project participants should travel to study areas so as to maximize contextual understanding. However, travel was not possible during the course of this study due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Co-creation with local organizations is crucial. ICIMOD engages with a diverse number of partners and subject matter across sectors within the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) subregion, and thus is a leader in knowledge production and dissemination in the HKH region. This study greatly benefited from their expertise and input;
- Narrow scopes are useful and necessary to meet short timelines. However, additional work is needed to synthesize results to holistically address knowledge gaps. Thus, knowledge development should be ongoing and iterative.
| | Civil society | | Due to the lack of methodologies for connecting climate change trends to impacts on forest, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, a GIS-based environmental stratification model was developed and captured in Python code to both identify current ecoregions in the Kangchenjunga Landscape (KL) and project future ecoregion distributions in the KL under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenarios. The steps of the model are described in an ArcGIS Story Map and all code is accessible on GitHub.
The model found that by the year 2100, high-elevation ecoregions (3,000m - 8,586m) will either shrink or shift to higher elevations, mid-elevation ecoregions (500m - 3,000m) will expand, and low-elevation ecoregions (0m - 500m) will shrink substantially. The researchers assessed how these shifting ecoregions may impact the ability of protected areas to conserve umbrella species (i.e., snow leopard, red panda, Asian elephant, tiger) and ecosystem services as exemplified by the Rhododendron genus.
The analysis found that suitable ecoregion area for each of these species will generally increase within protected area boundaries under both SSP scenarios. However, the realized use of suitable ecoregion area by the respective species depends on habitat connectivity, migration ability, and lack of habitat degradation. Given that this research exists within complex socio-ecological systems, the study also generated a conceptual framework for considering additional drivers of change, data inputs, and impact assessment techniques for developing comprehensive management plans and policies that promote both ecosystem and human well-being and resilience. | | | Asia | Subregional, Transboundary | | India, Bhutan, Nepal | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | 20/06/2022 15:38 | Lilian Daphine Lunyolo | You may access the following resources for further learning:
| Adaptation planning and practices, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and research | Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Services | | | | | crmmocservices | Climate change is causing ecoregions to shift in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, threatening both ecosystem services and biodiversity in the region. As these ecoregions shift, important ecological processes may be disrupted and species ranges may begin to move outside the protected areas that were designed to conserve them. Although transboundary landscape initiatives and adaptive management strategies exist in the HKH to mitigate these negative impacts, researchers and practitioners need methods to project how ecoregions may shift in response to the evolving conditions of climate change.
Zomer et al. (2014) present one such method, whereby projected climate data is used to predict ecoregion distributions based on an environmental stratification method. This method was adapted to help address the priority knowledge gap identified by the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) on the lack of methodologies and tools to quantify the impact of climate change on ecosystem services, biodiversity, and forests in HKH subregion.
This aim was accomplished through the following steps:
- modeling ecoregion shifts in the transboundary Kangchenjunga Landscape of the HKH under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) projected climate scenarios;
- increasing the transparency, replicability, and accessibility of the modeling process by providing shareable code;
- examining how these projected ecoregion shifts may impact biodiversity and ecosystem services in HKH protected areas.
Researchers, academics, and practitioners can iterate, expand, and modify this method to inform management plans that protect species, people, and ecosystems from the threat of climate change. | 2353 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | | | | | | 29306 | 13/06/2022 12:06 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | International Union for Conservation of Nature | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | | Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | 14/06/2022 20:29 | Brian Mayanja | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Vulnerability assessment | Water resources, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | | crmmocservices | Innovative climate adaptation approaches that integrate both technology and nature-based solutions offer the potential to be more robust, comprehensive, and cost-effective than either solution alone.
This policy brief provides an overview of the value of integrated adaptation solutions and the challenges and opportunities to increasing their uptake and scaling, including through interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches based on:
- Partnerships;
- Supportive policy and regulatory frameworks;
- Sustained, innovative and accessible financing;
- Use of evidence-based targets.
| 2356 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Policy brief | Global | | | | | 29309 | 14/06/2022 15:46 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 14/06/2022 20:22 | Brian Mayanja | https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/Search.aspx | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Knowledge management, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Food security, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | | | | Increasing temperatures, Land and forest degradation, Loss of biodiversity | crmmocservices | This briefing paper summarizes knowledge gaps in integrating forest and grassland biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies. As part of thematic work under the Nairobi Work Programme, the secretariat collaborated with an expert group on biodiversity and adaptation to:
- Articulate the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in adaptation strategies, and identify challenges, including knowledge gaps, in relation to integrating biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies;
- Discuss approaches and strategies needed to address gaps and challenges, including examples of good practices in integrating biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies (focusing on forest and grassland ecosystems), through case studies;
- Identify a specific set of actions that the expert group can co-design and deliver to address the knowledge gaps.
| 2359 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Worldwide | | | | | 29310 | 14/06/2022 15:46 | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | Civil society | | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 14/06/2022 20:08 | Brian Mayanja | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Education and training, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement | Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Human settlements, Urban resilience | | | | | crmmocservices | This report aims to strengthen understanding of the adaptation knowledge needs of countries as they relate to the ocean; curate and share knowledge; and outline actions to address knowledge gaps. This report is part of work under the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) in collaboration with an expert group on oceans, aiming to assist Parties in building resilience of oceans, coastal areas and ecosystems.
The report also offers an overview of collaborative actions across the following thematic areas:
- Governance and participation: coordinate and strengthen approaches;
- Data and methods: ensure availability of data and facilitate access to robust data and methods;
- Protection and restoration: provide a collective, long-term and inclusive approach;
- Facilitate support for: capacity-building and education; technology and innovation; finance and funding.
| 2360 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Worldwide | | | | | 29311 | 14/06/2022 15:46 | Tool | | | | | | | Civil society | | | World Meteorological Organization | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global, Local, Regional, Subregional | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | 14/06/2022 15:46 | crmmocservices | | Adaptation planning and practices, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Coastal areas/zones, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Food security, Health, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Services, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources | | | | | crmmocservices | This service provides:
Instant summary reports of climate change for any site on the globe.
Easy access to many pre-calculated climate indicators, based on state-of-the-art in climate science, of the past, present and future.
Guidance on how to link global changes to local observations. | 2361 | NWPSearchableItem | | | Technical document/report | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and GCF | | |
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