| 534 | | 10/11/2022 07:07 | | 10/11/2022 | | 11/11/2022 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | |  crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women's Health Matters | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | Buy MTP Kit Online in USA | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 542 | | 17/11/2022 15:56 | | 17/11/2022 | | 23/01/2023 13:24 | Technical document/report | 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. | | | Serkant Samurkas | Tool | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Vulnerability assessment | Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems | Drought, Erratic rainfall, Floods, Increasing temperatures | | | Stage Forms 0-7 are embedded in the PDF. | Africa, Asia, South America | Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | | | | | International Union for Conservation of Nature | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | Handbook System for the Design and Implementation of EbA | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 544 | | 20/11/2022 12:39 | | 20/11/2022 | . | 23/01/2023 13:24 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | . | To obtain a driver's license to drive a car, you must undergo appropriate training at a driving school.
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The acquisition of rights and the exercise of driving a vehicle without appropriate training is punishable by law | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Financial support | Agriculture, Biodiversity | Desertification | . | https://ibis-art.com/chto-stoit-uchest-pri-pokupke-voditelskih-prav/ | | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional | | | . | . | | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | https://ibis-art.com/chto-stoit-uchest-pri-pokupke-voditelskih-prav/ | . | . | | | | Academics and scientists | Getting a driver's license quickly | https://ibis-art.com/chto-stoit-uchest-pri-pokupke-voditelskih-prav/ | | 1.0 | Processed | . |
| 556 | | 01/12/2022 15:14 | | 01/12/2022 | | 02/12/2022 07:00 | Scientific/peer reviewed publication | 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 addresses 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 transformational 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 contributes 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. | | | crmmocservices | Knowledge Resource | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Adaptation finance, Coastal areas/zones, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Urban resilience | Floods, Sea level rise, Storm surges, Tropical cyclones/typhoons | United States of America | | | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Global, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary | Laura Kuhl,1 M. Feisal Rahman,2 Samantha McCraine,3 Dunja Krause,4 Md Fahad Hossain,5 Aditya Vansh Bahadur,6 and Saleemul Huq5
1School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and International Affairs Program, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; email: l.kuhl@northeastern.edu
2Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom;
email: mohammad.f.rahman@durham.ac.uk
3WorldWildlife Fund for Nature,Washington, DC 20037, USA; email: smccraine@gmail.com
4United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland;
email: dunja.krause@un.org
5International Centre for Climate Change and Development, London TW2 6EJ,
United Kingdom; email: fahad.hossain@icccad.org, saleemul.huq@icccad.org
6International Institute for Environment and Development, London WC1X 8NH,
United Kingdom; email: aditya.bahadur@iied.org
Annu. Rev. | | Assistant Professor | United States | | Laura | | Northeastern University | | l.kuhl@northeastern.edu | | 1137 Tremont St | Kuhl | 16173737868 | | Ms. | 02155 | | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers | Transformational Adaptation in the Context of Coastal Cities | https://cssh.northeastern.edu/policyschool/ | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 602 | | 20/12/2022 14:02 | | 20/12/2022 | | 23/01/2023 13:24 | Policy brief | 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. | | | Serkant Samurkas | Knowledge Resource | UNFCCC | | Adaptation planning and practices, Institutional arrangements | Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems | | Germany | | This technical brief emphasizes the interconnections between biodiversity and climate change adaptation and explores the potential to foster synergies between the processes to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs). It provides an overview of the two processes’ common elements—(a) assessment of needs and priorities; (b) planning; (c) implementation and financing; and (d) monitoring, evaluation, and learning—along with specific opportunities for promoting synergies between the two processes. | Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America | Global | This joint technical brief was prepared, under the guidance of the UNFCCC Nairobi work programme and the Least Developed Countries Expert (LEG), by Anika Terton (IISD), Jeffrey Qi (IISD) and Gino Zúñiga (GIZ Peru). This technical brief also serves as a NAP technical supplement, endorsed and supported by the LEG. | | APO | | | Dierks | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changw | | sdierks@unfccc.int | | Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 | Stefan | 0 | | Mr. | 53113 Bonn | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | Promoting synergies between climate change adaptation and biodiversity through the NAP and NBSAP processes | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 603 | | 20/12/2022 14:14 | | 20/12/2022 | | 23/01/2023 13:24 | Educational/training material, Policy brief, Technical document/report | 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. | | | Serkant Samurkas | Knowledge Resource | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Knowledge management | Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems | | | | | | Global | Author: Libert-Amico, A.; Duchelle, A.E.; Cobb, A.; Peccoud, V.; Djoudi, H.; | | | | | | | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 632 | | 26/12/2022 13:29 | | 26/12/2001 | | 23/01/2023 13:24 | Technical document/report | Grass-Cast uses almost 40 years of historical data on weather and vegetation growth— combined with seasonal precipitation forecasts—to predict if rangelands in individual grid cells (whose size is 10 km x 10km, or ~ 6 miles x 6 miles) are likely to produce above-normal, near-normal, or below-normal amounts of vegetation. Grass-Cast also provides a view of rangeland productivity in the broader region, to assist in larger-scale decision making—such as where grazing resources might be more plentiful if a rancher’s own region is at risk of drought. Grass-Cast provides ranchers and land managers with an indication of productivity in the upcoming growing season relative to tuner online their area’s more nearly 40-year history. Ranchers and land managers should use this information in combination with their local knowledge of soils, plant communities, topography, and management to help with decision-making. Direct link to the tool: https://grasscast.unl.edu/ | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | Grassland Production Forecast | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 656 | | 04/01/2023 22:00 | | 04/01/2023 | | 23/01/2023 13:07 | Technical document/report | 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. | | | crmmocservices | Tool | | | Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment | Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Food security, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge | Drought, Erratic rainfall, Floods, Increasing temperatures, Land and forest degradation, Loss of biodiversity | | | | Africa, Asia, South America | Local, National, Subregional, Transboundary | | | | Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Uganda, Kenya | | | | International Union for Conservation of Nature | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/50695 | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 684 | | 10/01/2023 13:31 | | 10/01/2023 | | 23/01/2023 13:08 | Educational/training material, Technical document/report | 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. | | | crmmocservices | Knowledge Resource | | | | Biodiversity, Ecosystems | | | | | | Global | | | | Italy | | | | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 689 | | 12/01/2023 09:21 | | 12/01/2023 | | 23/01/2023 13:08 | Technical document/report | 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. | | | crmmocservices | Knowledge Resource | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building | Biodiversity | Loss of biodiversity | | | | | Global | Anika Terton (International Institute for Sustainable Development [IISD])
Jeffrey Qi (IISD)
Gino Zúñiga (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [GIZ] Peru) | | | | | | | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity - Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 722 | | 14/02/2023 12:05 | | 14/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | 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. | 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. | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems | Extreme heat, Increasing temperatures, Ocean acidification, Sea level rise | United Kingdom (UK) | | Due to their extensive area, seabed sediments represent a large and globally important carbon store and long-term sink. However, the amount of carbon stored in seabed sediments, and therefore the contribution to climate change mitigation, varies depending on habitat type and many other factors. On-going work by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is assessing the relative important of the seabed in English waters for carbon storage using a range of computational modelling techniques. The initial outputs of this study have been used to inform the process of identifying areas for stricter protection in English waters as part of the Highly Protected Marine Areas Project, which is including carbon storage as one of the selection criteria.
https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/highly-protected-marine-areas/ | Europe | National | Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | | | | 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. | | | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners | Climate-smart Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): a case study from UK waters | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 723 | | 15/02/2023 04:28 | | 15/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 724 | | 21/02/2023 17:39 | | 21/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Knowledge Resource | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Project Drawdown- Drawdown Lift | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Climate-Poverty connections report | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 725 | | 27/02/2023 09:01 | | 27/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | | | | | | | | | | | APO | | | Stefan | | We the people | | sdierks@unfccc.int | | Reuterstr | Dierks | 01572316206 | | Mr. | 53112 | | | | | Testing this | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 726 | | 28/02/2023 08:40 | | 28/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | 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. | 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. | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | ILCR, FUTMINNA | | Capacity building, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessment | Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystems, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience | Floods, Land and forest degradation, Loss of biodiversity | Nigeria | | | Africa | National | | | Research/Lecturing | | 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. | Gbenga | | Institute for Land and Community Resilience, Federal University | | gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng | gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng | Flat 2, N0 50 Garba Aliyu Street, FUT Professorial Quarters,Bosso Estate Minna, Nigeria | Morenikeji | +2347036411810 | | Mr. | 920001 | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector | Tackling environmental disasters in Nigeria | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 727 | | 28/02/2023 15:00 | | 28/02/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 728 | | 03/03/2023 23:11 | | 03/03/2023 | | 04/03/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 729 | | 07/03/2023 19:13 | | 07/03/2023 | | 08/03/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 730 | | 15/03/2023 05:50 | | 15/03/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 731 | | 15/03/2023 06:30 | | 15/03/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 732 | | 28/03/2023 08:42 | | 28/03/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Technical document/report | | | | Serkant Samurkas | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 733 | | 04/04/2023 23:50 | | 04/04/2023 | | 05/04/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | The Nile Delta is amongst the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change and is also a main source of agricultural production for Egypt. 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 which are impacting national agricultural production.
Hence, this research aimed to explore the socioeconomic impacts of desertification/land degradation in Alexandria and Beheira and propose an action policy plan to support decision-making and policy-making. The research was attempting to address two of 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:
1. Adopting the MEDALUS-GEE approach to calculate the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), a proxy for desertification/ land degradation.
2. 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.
3. Assessing the interlinkages between the desertification/ land degradation and socioeconomic development on the individual level through employing Principal Components Analysis 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. | 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. Actions could 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.
A Vulnerability Assessment by mapping 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 highest 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 highest area that is sensitive 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, and high population density, leading to high urban sprawl in that area.
Therefore, the proposed policy action recommended 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. | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessment | Agriculture, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Food security | Desertification, Increasing temperatures, Land and forest degradation, Salinization, Sea level rise | Egypt | | This case study is the outcome of a graduate student Research Project at The British University in Egypt (BUE). The graduate student team is the first group of students at BUE to partner with the UNFCCC Secretariat through the Nairobi Work Programme to address two of the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI).
Students:
Maha Balbaa
Maha155981@bue.edu.eg
Remah Ibrahim
Remah166026@bue.edu.eg
Sameh Mansour
Sameh188846@bue.edu.eg
Advisors:
Professor. Hoda Hassaballa,
Hoda.Hassaballa@bue.edu.eg
Associate Professor. Maha Elhini
Maha.Elhini@bue.edu.eg | Africa | Local | 1) Soil, Water, and Environment Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
-Dr. Mohamed El Sayed Abou Kota, Researcher in physicochemical Soil sciences.
aboukota.m@gmail.com
-Dr. Shimaa Kamal Ganzour, Assistant Professor of Soil Sciences and Spatial Techniques.
sh.ganzour82@gmail.com
2) Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics (CAPMAS). | | | | 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. | | | The British University in Egypt | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | An Analysis of the Desertification/Land Degradation-Socioeconomic Nexus in Egypt's Delta Region | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 734 | | 08/04/2023 23:08 | | 08/04/2023 | | 09/04/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 735 | | 01/05/2023 07:17 | | 01/05/2023 | | 02/05/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | 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. | 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. | | crmmocservices | Case study | CUHP | | Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Stakeholder involvement | Community-based adaptation, Ecosystems | Land and forest degradation, Loss of biodiversity, Shift of seasons, Wildfire | India | | The Participants:
• Village heads and panchayat members of nearby village panchayats.
• Journalists of local newspapers who cover day-to-day climate change stories of these village communities.
• Teachers of government primary/secondary schools of the selected village communities.
• Health workers working at Primary health centres of these villages.
• The operators of Lok-mitra khedras (the information kiosks available at local level).
• The operators of local public distribution system (the government ration depots). | Asia | Local, National, Regional | The Desired Key Capabilities of New Partners:
Outreach and Communication; Monitoring; Capacity development; Political Networks; Stakeholders engagement; Data and information sharing.
The case study will engage policy makers, climate activists, local leaders, development workers, government agencies and academic & research institutions. | | Professor in New Media and Director Research | | • 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. | Pradeep | | Central University of Himachal Pradesh | | nairdevcom@hpcu.ac.in | pradeepnair@cuhimachal.ac.in | Dhauladhar Campus Dharamshala | Nair | +911897237285 | | Mr. | 176215 | | | | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | Creating Resilience among Rural Communities: Communication Outreach and Climate Change | https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 736 | | 03/05/2023 18:05 | | 03/05/2023 | | 04/05/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 737 | | 06/05/2023 03:15 | | 06/05/2023 | | 06/05/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 738 | | 09/05/2023 06:13 | | 09/05/2023 | | 09/05/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 739 | | 09/05/2023 06:19 | | 09/05/2023 | | 09/05/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 740 | | 25/05/2023 18:07 | | 25/05/2023 | | 30/11/2023 09:55 | Educational/training material, Technical document/report | 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. | | | Serkant Samurkas | Knowledge Resource | | | 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 | Adaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Health, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Infrastructure, Services, Water resources | Drought, Erratic rainfall, Extreme heat, Floods, Increasing temperatures, Loss of biodiversity, Ocean acidification, Sea level rise, Storm surges, Tropical cyclones/typhoons, Wildfire | | | For more information regarding the publication, please contact regionsadapt@regions4.org | Africa, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America | Regional, Subregional | Regions4, CDP, BC3, Race to Resilience | | | Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, USA | | | | Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners | RegionsAdapt 2021-2022 Rerpot | | | 1.0 | Processed | |
| 741 | | 01/06/2023 06:58 | | 01/06/2023 | | 01/06/2023 07:00 | Technical document/report | | | | crmmocservices | Case study | | | Adaptation planning and practices | Agriculture | Desertification | | | | Africa | Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Academics and scientists | | | | 1.0 | Processed | |