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23220Case studyEbA
The outcomes achieved by the West Arnhem Fire project have potential application across fire-prone tropical Australia and other fire-prone savannas of the tropics. Fire management provides co-benefits, including climate change mitigation and economic benefits through employment. However, it requires repeated annual implementation in order to be successful.
Limiting wildfires in this way prevents the degradation of different plant communities and helps conserve environmental and cultural values in Arnhem Land. Greenhouse gas emissions are also reduced as studies have shown that early dry season fires emit less greenhouse gases per area affected than the more intense, late dry season fires. A partnership with the owners of a nearby Liquefied Natural Gas plant provides around US$1 million to the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Western Arnhem Land to implement the annual prescribed burning, to offset some an estimated 100,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent per year.
Pacific/Oceania
Australia
11/09/2024 10:33No presence informationKelsey Warren
ProAct Network 2008. The Role of Environmental Management and eco-engineering in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. Colls, A., Ash, N. and Ikkala, N (2009). Ecosystem-based Adaptation: a natural response to climate change. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity buildingAgriculture, Ecosystems, Biodiversity
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28686Partner portal
Active Remedy Ltd
Global
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector17/05/2022 15:58No presence informationStefan Dierks
https://www.activeremedy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Approaching_The_2030_Agenda_From_A_Hydrological_Cycle_Based_Perspective_Looking_Beyong_the-Goals1.pdf
Adaptation planning and practices
DocumentNo presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
24059Case studyPSI
McKinsey & Company
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South America
United States of America
10/05/2022 22:31No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Impact assessment, Science and researchDisaster risk reduction
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
23203Case studyEbA
Information on climate change threats to human communities was generated by the expert workshop, along with the identification of appropriate adaptation measures which incorporated both technical and policy recommendations. Examples of the recommendations include: Technical • Ecological protection and restoration, integrated coastal zone management, and management of use at the watershed scales as important actions to build ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change. • Ecologically sensitive agricultural intensification and diversification as options for safeguarding human livelihoods in the face of climate change, minimizing impacts on biodiversity. Policy • Integration into governmental policy frameworks, including at national development planning and regional action plan level, review of the Madagascar NAPA. • Development of a rural development policy, highlighting areas most vulnerable to climate change. The recommendations for adaptation emerging from the vulnerability assessment are now being tested for feasibility in a second phase of the project. These will inform a comprehensive adaptation program for building community and ecosystem resilience to climate change in Madagascar.
Madagascar; USAID; Conservation International; World Wide Fund for Nature
Africa
Madagascar
28/04/2022 23:07No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Andrade Pérez, A., Herrera Fernandez, B. and Cazzolla Gatti, R. (eds.) (2010). Building Resiliene to Climate Change: Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN A separate but complementary project is also looking at payments for ecosystem services (PES) as a mean to adapt to climate change in Madagascar - more information available at: ELAN (2011). Case studies on good practices in naturebased climate change adaptation, Ecosystems & Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN).
Capacity building, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Coastal areas/zones
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
25522Case studyLocal, indigenous and traditional knowledge
With regards to lessons learned, please also specify any specific success factors, challenges, and how these challenges were overcome. For enhancing the value of appropriate traditional practices, the implementation of the project included the creation of a manual in which they are compiled and validated. Seventeen adaptation practices, both traditional and non-traditional, have been developed in the Manual of Bribri and Cabécar Ancestral Practices, as mentioned below:
  1. Integrated farm conservation (traditional)
  2. Evaluation of our farms in the face of climate change risks and threats
  3. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
  4. Climate change records
  5. Protection and conservation of water sources
  6. Recovery of collective or communal work on the farms
  7. Interplanting of trees and crops (Chamugrö)
  8. Crop association and rotation (Teitö)
  9. Use of traditional native (local) seeds
  10. Reinforcement of patio gardening (Witö)
  11. Cultural and ancestral soil protection and crop management practices
  12. Rainwater capture
  13. Water resource conservation
  14. “Let’s not dump garbage”
  15. Establishment of family gardens and family and community mini-greenhouses
  16. Soil conservation
  17. Model farms Challenge: The biggest challenge to achieving the results has been getting the different institutions involved in the project’s implementation to work in a coordinated manner between themselves and with the indigenous peoples’ authorities. We feel the way this challenge has been overcome is through dialogue and coordination, exhausting all forms of negotiation between the parties and, specifically with respect to the indigenous peoples, permitting the participation of cultural spokespersons. 

Success Factors / Lessons Learned for Achieving the Expected Results:
  1. Indigenous community participatory construction and validation: Seventeen agricultural practices were compiled through participatory workshops and field days on model farms with Bribrí and Cabécar producers, identification and ownership being the main goal of this process, which will have repercussions on the use and implementation of these practices in traditional ancestral farming.
  2. Identification and participation of cultural spokespersons in the consulting and construction processes: The participation of cultural spokespersons was necessary to ensure understanding among the parties and facilitate processes between the indigenous peoples and the institutions. The use of these spokespersons was a suggestion by the local indigenous government that was put into practice by the project as a reciprocal learning process.
  3. Value enhancement of traditional production practices: The recovery of traditional production systems has facilitated the learning and implementation processes, since it goes from known to unknown, simple to complex, opening up the possibility that, over time, indigenous communities will adopt and take ownership of not only the production system of their forebears but also the exploration and use of other production practices that will enable them to reduce their vulnerabilities and strengthen production opportunities without disparaging ancestral knowledge.
  4. Joint work with the autonomous governance structures of indigenous territories: Respect for the autonomous authorities and their governance mechanisms was a determining factor for progress, since the success of participatory construction is based not only on consultation with and participation of the local population but also on the creation of forums for consensus so that the actions of this project can transcend local policy guidelines.
The project facilitates the creation of farm management plans, inputs, and technical assistance for at least 176 selected families, reaching 528 families all told over three years by means of a cascading system up to a second replication. The project contributes to maintaining the indigenous culture, which is characteristically respectful of the earth. In this respect, the beneficiary families and their surrounding communities are ensured of the maintenance of ecosystem social services. 

This project enhances the value of the integrated diversified farm model (based on the cosmogonic model) of the Bribrí and Cabécar cultures as a more appropriate technological adaptation option for indigenous families, developing and implementing traditional agricultural production activities that help establish it as a replicable, sustainable model. In the interest of recovering key adaptation measures that are also traditional measures implemented by the indigenous peoples, one of the project's main outcomes in traditional and local knowledge management is the Manual of Bribri and Cabécar Ancestral Practices, which helps compile the knowledge of the indigenous communities and promote climate change adaptation measures, without restricting the appropriation of other measures. 

The manual seeks to act as a guide to help strengthen the traditional indigenous farm, enhancing resource conservation, family economy, food security, environmental conservation, and other climate change adaptation measures, basing itself on the indigenous cosmovision and reassessing the strategies used by this population to deal with climate change. The manual’s target public is the producers, educators, youths, and children of the Bribrí and Cabécar indigenous territories since it seeks to disseminate the ancestral knowledge and practices used in the area, which are gradually being lost. 

The project’s participating institutions have recovered the fact that indigenous farms are the theoretical foundation of current agroecological farms since these use impact- or damage-minimization mechanisms stemming from pressures on natural resources. Furthermore, it should be noted that the manual was created by the two indigenous territories themselves; that is, they are the owners and creators of the document. 

Expected Outcomes:
  1. Recover Bribrí and Cabécar ancestral knowledge, identifying and enhancing the value of their agricultural and forestry practices as an adequate technological option for dealing with climate change.
  2. Raise the awareness of indigenous community inhabitants of the effects of climate change and the need for technical capacity building of the indigenous families involved in the project so that they can implement the adaptation measures.
  3. Implement the agricultural and forestry practices of traditional indigenous farming to establish integrated production systems on family farms.
  4. Manage knowledge through the systematization of lessons learned and best-recovered practices, and disseminate this knowledge through a manual. 

The most significant outcome of the manual is the incorporation of the best agricultural practices identified in the planning of the production activities developed by families on their farms. In this respect, to date, there are 76 farm management plans that show the implementation of the best-identified practices in the daily work of the families.
Rural Development Institute (INDER) - INDER- www.inder.go.cr/
Caribbean and Central AmericaLocal
Costa Rica
Communities, Policy makers28/04/2022 21:40No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Manual of Bribri and Cabécar Ancestral Practices (Manual de prácticas ancestrales Bribrí y Cabécar): http://www.calameo.com/read/0047140859c1a66ce6402
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Knowledge management, Stakeholder involvementAgriculture, Food security, Biodiversity, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
25523Case studyLocal, indigenous and traditional knowledge
This practices is fully owned and led by local people, it is gladly supported by institutions at various levels: district development committees, agrovets, village development committees, district agricultural development offices, the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, and insurance companies. This rich collaboration broadens ownership of the Climate Smart Village model, and helps to ensure the sustainability of the project’s impacts. 

Key lessons learned include, but not limited to:
  1. Ownership of local government is crucial for successful replication
  2. There is a need of streamlining traditional practices in district-based adaptation plans and programs
  3. Cross-sectoral planning is necessary to avoid duplications, and also to ensure ownership from various departments at the district/local level.
As a result of various interventions, Soil fertility improved thanks to the johlmol technology – produced by the farmers themselves – which lowers the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Other techniques such as crop rotation, mixed cropping, and nitrogen fixation by intercropping also play a part in improving soil fertility. Water stress diminished as harvesting methods, and wastewater use for kitchen gardens make water resources more reliable. In addition, the broad adoption of mulching, by improving soil moisture, lowers the need for watering. Due to greater water availability and soil fertility, agricultural production is increasing sustainably. Energy requirements are reduced by crop residue trials and family-sized biogas plans, providing the slurry as a biofertilizer. The replacement of chemical fertilizers and pesticides also has a beneficial impact on the health of both farmers and consumers.

Furthermore, thanks to the critical information made available to them, farmers can better manage their resources and assets. In short, households´ resilience was enhanced: many are now insured, reducing their future risks and securing vulnerable assets; and thanks to various technologies, households are relieved from the respective costs of commercial fertilizers and pesticides and extra energy needs. Finally, by raising the awareness and understanding of the community on climate change and its impacts on local agriculture and ecosystems, the project ensures the sustainability of the outreach and better environmental management in the future.
AsiaLocal
Nepal
Communities, Policy makers28/04/2022 18:14No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams

Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Financial support, Knowledge management, Socio-economic data and informationAgriculture, Gender
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
25535Case studyLocal, indigenous and traditional knowledge
Some lessons learned include the following steps for the implementation of the technology: Step 1: Harvest Guinea Grass before flowering (seeding), because when the seeding begins, the guinea grass stem becomes more liquefied and thus more difficult to break down as mulch. There are also a higher proportion of stems to leaves after seeding, and it is the leaves that account for the bulk of the matting that forms mulch. Timing is therefore critical when harvesting the guinea grass. Step 2: Secure sufficient amount of grass to adequately cover the area prepared for cultivation. To provide a mat that will not break down before the cropping season is over, it is recommended to use 46 cubic meters of dried grass per hectare of prepared land. Step 3: Apply fertilizers and any other soil treatment, especially if fertilizer will be broadcast and incorporated into the soil. Step 4: Prepare holes for sowing seeds or for transplant. Step 5: For ease of preparation the dried grass to be used should be piled in the vicinity of the land to be treated. Dried grass is to be removed from the heap, and the leaves arranged length-wise in a single direction over the prepared area, completely covering the soil. The process is to be repeated in the opposite direction, forming a matt. Step 6: Mulching operation is now complete and crop production activities may now proceed as usual. Additional lessons learned focus on the advantages of mulching: i. it allows crop production during dry periods in areas where this would not be possible without irrigation. The process reduces evapotranspiration and traps soil moisture within the mulch environment and makes it available for an extended period for the establishment of crops. In the early stages of seed germination, condensation on the mulch provides moisture for germinating seeds. Mulch also keeps the root environment cool, allowing better crop establishment and nutrient uptake; ii. it suppresses weed growth, reduces competition for soil nutrients and reduces cost of weed control; iii. it reduces soil loss from wind erosion, when soil structure is disturbed during harrowing or other traditional forms of land preparation. Mulching protects the soil from splash and rill erosion by reducing the impact of rainfall on the surface and prevents the development of rills; iv. the presence of mulch on the surface helps to deflect direct sunlight from the root zone of crops thus resulting in lower temperature in the root zone and more efficient utilization of soil nutrients; v. it facilitates improvement in soil structure by preventing deterioration of soil surface Incorporation of organic matter into the soil structure. This helps to bind soil particles together, thus improving structure and moisture-holding capacity; vi. it reduces the exposure to high temperature by the application of mulch, thus allowing greater availability of nutrients to plants. Many inorganic fertilizers, especially those with high nitrogen content and some organic manures (such as poultry manure), volatize if left exposed to high temperature; vii. it ensures a more even coloration between the parts of vine crops, such as melons and pumpkins that rest on the ground and the rest of the crop, and thus mulching improves their marketability. Mulching also prevent scarring of crops by providing a cushion for vine crops. viii. the improvement of soil properties achieved will benefit the resilience of farmers against climate variability and adverse climate events (droughts, floods, ect.). Also, it will improve the potential of the soil to increase the crop yield
The technology was tested in mixed coastal plantation farming systems in Jamaica. For further information, please see: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai147e/ai147e00.pdf
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO www.fao.org
Caribbean and Central AmericaLocal
Jamaica
Communities28/04/2022 16:37No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
TCP/RLA/3101 Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean Countries Highly Prone to Hydro-Meteorological Disasters, Jamaica, Final Report April 2007 ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai147e/ai147e00.pdf[13] Spence B. et al. (2005) Experiences and Behaviour of Jamaican Residents in Relation to Hurricane Ivan. Report submitted to the Japan International Corporation Agency, 2005. Thomas-Hope E. and B. Spence (2002) Promoting Agro-biodiversity under Difficulties: The Jamaica PLEC Experience. PLEC News and Views, #19, March 2002. Burton, Thomas, (2001) Dry farming Techniques: The Use of Grass Mulch, Rural Agricultural Development Agency, Jamaica. Sherman, Scott, Grass Mulch: An innovative Way of Gardening in the Dry Tropics. Morrison, B.J. M. Gold and D. Latange (1996) Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge of Fodder Trees into the Small-scale Silvopastoral Systems in Jamaica, Agroforestry Systems, 34 (1), 1996.http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/FEATURE/backyard/mulching.html [14] www.springerlink.com/index/N34521681460K234.pdf [15]
Adaptation planning and practicesDisaster risk reduction, Indigenous and traditional knowledge
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
24082Case studyPSI
Calvert Investments, Inc.
North America
United States of America
25/04/2022 16:59No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change (UN Global Compact): https://www.unglobalcompact.org/resources/116
Financial supportAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Biodiversity
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
24089Case studyPSI
PepsiCo South America, Caribbean and Central America Foods
Caribbean and Central America, South America
25/04/2022 14:22No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and researchAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Biodiversity, Health, Disaster risk reduction
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
24090Case studyPSI
Unilever
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, South America
All
25/04/2022 14:18No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
Technology supportWater resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28644Technical document/reportPartner portal
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development
AssessmentAfrica, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South America
06/04/2022 22:43No presence informationNicholas Hamp-Adams
2017 Regions' reporting process through CDP's platform
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessmentWater resources, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Urban resilience, Cities
Land and forest degradation, Loss of biodiversity, Sea level riseNo presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
25524Case studyLocal, indigenous and traditional knowledge

Our participatory approach has allowed us to officially establish the project, to co-sign funding proposals to our provincial government, and to show leadership in a new partnership between a Canadian First Nation and an outside Not for Profit organization. It has also enabled us to develop Tribal specific climate education tools are that needed now in order to build their knowledge capacity for deeper work to come in climate risk assessment and adaptation plan.
The Rockies Institute (TRI) www.rockiesinstitute.com
North AmericaLocal
Canada
Academics and scientists, Communities, Practitioners28/02/2022 12:55No presence informationLilian Daphine Lunyolo
Food security, Water resources, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28645Case studyPartner portal
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Acclimatise
Asia
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/collaborations/action-on-climate-today/#ui-id-7
Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28646Policy brief, Technical document/reportPartner portal

 It has been applied successfully in four countries in south Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and in six states in India.

Acclimatise
AsiaRegional
Afghanistan; India; Nepal; Pakistan
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Financial support, Institutional arrangements
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28647Policy brief, Technical document/reportPartner portal

 It has been applied successfully in four countries in south Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and in six states in India.

Acclimatise
AsiaRegional
Afghanistan; India; Nepal; Pakistan
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Financial support, Institutional arrangements
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28648Case studyPartner portal

A total of 97 acres of land were cleared, and planted. Now aftercare is being applied as per the contract. The list of beneficiaries and acreage planted is shown in table1.

Tree – planting beneficiaries and acreage planted:

Institution, Type of Institution, Sub-county Parish Village (GPS) - Leading Tree Species (acres planted)

[1] MASAKA ISLAMIC CENTER SECONDARY SCHOOLKatwe-Butego Butego Namasenene -  Mangoes (0.5 acres), Oranges (0.5 acres) 

[2] MASAKA ISLAMIC CENTER PRIMARY SCHOOL, Katwe-Butego Butego Namasenene (E 1100 N-00 18'19'' E31043'55'') - Mangoes (0.5 acres) Jackfruit (0.5 acres), Oranges (0.5 acres), Eucalyptus (0.25 acres), 

[3] KADUGALA SECONDARY SCHOOL, Mukungwe Matanga Kadugala (2330SW S-00 16'43'' E31047'47'') - Mangoes (0.5 acres), Oranges (0.5 acres), Avocadoes (0.5 acres), Sorrir Soap, Eucalyptus (1 acre)

[4] NABINENE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE PRIMARY SCHOOL, Kabonera Bisanje Nabinene - Eucalyptus, Mangoes

[5] KIKUNGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL, Kabonera Butale Takajjunge - Eucalyptus (3 acres)

[6] BUTALE ANGLICAN CHURCH, Kabonera Butale Butale A (280NE N-00 24'9'' E31038'31'') - Eucalyptus (1 acre), Musizi (1 acre) 

[7] BUTLE C/U PRIMARY SCHOOL, Kabonera Butale Butale A - Musizi

[8] ST MUGAGA SECONDARY SCHOOL, Kyanamukaka Kyantale Kitundu (1530SE N-00 30'16'' E31042'23'') - Mangoes (0.75 acres), Avocadoes, Oranges (0.25 acres), Jackfruit

[9] REGISTERED TRUST OF MASAKA DIOCESE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Kyanamukaka Buyaga Bbaale (950E N-00 32'39'' E31046'57'') - Eucalyptus

[10] NAROZARI PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH, Buwunga Kamwozi Narozali -Eucalyptus 19 

[13] ST KIZITO CATHOLIC CHURCH, Bukakatta katwade Luvule - Eucalyptus (3 acres)

[14] BUTENDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, Mukungwe Matanga Butende - Mangoes (0.25 acres), Oranges (0.25 acres), Avocadoes, Eucalyptus

[15] STELLA MARIS SECONDARY SCHOOL (1570SE S-00 17'56'' E31048'49'') - Eucalyptus (3 acres) 

KYAKUMPI LFR Masaka DLG, Katwe-Butego Katwe Kyakumpi - Eucalyptus (10 acres)

KIMANYA BLESSED SACREAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH, Kabonera Kyamuyimbwa Kagezi - Mangoes (5 acres) 

KAKO DIOCESE ANGLICAN CATEDRAL CHURCH, Mukungwe Kako Kako - Eucalyptus (7.25 acres), Mango (1 acre), Orange (1 acre)

ST. HENRY KITOVU SECONDARY, Nyendo-Senyange Senyange Kitovu - Eucalyptus (6 acres)

Total Acreage 97
agro enviro tech outreach initiatives limited
AfricaLocal
Uganda
Communities, Policy makers, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
ministry of water and environment PROC-REF MWE/SUPLS/16-17/00075-LOT3
Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Stakeholder involvementAgriculture, Community-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28649Educational/training material, Multimedia materialPartner portal
University of Edinburgh
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, South AmericaLocal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Socio-economic data and information, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Water resources, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Energy, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28650NWP Action pledgePartner portal
The Rockies Institute
North AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Stakeholder involvementCommunity-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Indigenous and traditional knowledge
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28651Case studyPartner portal
Good practices:
a. An incremental signature in primary productivity of cash crops through hydroponics that can assure food security and also availability of feed and fodder for small ruminants during disaster.
b. Augmented social assurance and increased community resilience, as can be evaluated through attitude scaling, amongst beneficiaries
c. Women empowerment through capacity building, financial inclusion and community entrepreneurship
d. Comparative reduction in economic stress and migration of inhabitants as casual laborers in post disaster phase along with retention of animal assets and feed stocks
e. Women empowerment through capacity building, financial inclusion and community entrepreneurship
f. Enhanced community resilience to combat environmental disaster, post ante hazards and economic breakdown.
 
Lessons Learned:
a. This is a simple and calculated technology that doesn’t need big investment.
b. Not just climate resilience but this undertaking also supports food security and agro-biodiversity conservation.
• Standardisation of a place-based hydroponic farming system ready to use in flood prone areas for adaptive farm production. Each float will be providing 2-3 harvest cycles at an average in a span of 6-7 months, during which the area remains flooded and water logged.
• Acceptance of the hydroponic model of farming in more than 50% of the target beneficiaries as an adaptive alternative during disaster period.
• Selection and in-situ conservation of at least 10 cash crops, suitable for hydroponic farming and covering food, feed and fodder
• Technology partnership with 250 marginal farmers inhabiting in island floodplains and skill building in at least 10% of the beneficiaries (or 25 heads) who can train others.
• Successful model-run of hydroponic farming in at least 0.25 hectare (50 Sq Mt X 6 units) in the target area for demonstration
• Community preparedness in 5 villages on flood hazards, disaster response teaming and preparation of community helpline for flood victims.
• A complete documentation on strategic impact assessment study on the intervention through a participatory vulnerability analysis
South Asian Forum for Environment
AsiaLocal
India
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Gender, Urban resilience, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28652Case studyPartner portal
Good practices:
a. An incremental signature in primary productivity of cash crops through hydroponics that can assure food security and also availability of feed and fodder for small ruminants during disaster.
b. Augmented social assurance and increased community resilience, as can be evaluated through attitude scaling, amongst beneficiaries
c. Women empowerment through capacity building, financial inclusion and community entrepreneurship
d. Comparative reduction in economic stress and migration of inhabitants as casual laborers in post disaster phase along with retention of animal assets and feed stocks
e. Women empowerment through capacity building, financial inclusion and community entrepreneurship
f. Enhanced community resilience to combat environmental disaster, post ante hazards and economic breakdown.
 
Lessons Learned:
a. This is a simple and calculated technology that doesn’t need big investment.
b. Not just climate resilience but this undertaking also supports food security and agro-biodiversity conservation.
• Standardisation of a place-based hydroponic farming system ready to use in flood prone areas for adaptive farm production. Each float will be providing 2-3 harvest cycles at an average in a span of 6-7 months, during which the area remains flooded and water logged.
• Acceptance of the hydroponic model of farming in more than 50% of the target beneficiaries as an adaptive alternative during disaster period.
• Selection and in-situ conservation of at least 10 cash crops, suitable for hydroponic farming and covering food, feed and fodder
• Technology partnership with 250 marginal farmers inhabiting in island floodplains and skill building in at least 10% of the beneficiaries (or 25 heads) who can train others.
• Successful model-run of hydroponic farming in at least 0.25 hectare (50 Sq Mt X 6 units) in the target area for demonstration
• Community preparedness in 5 villages on flood hazards, disaster response teaming and preparation of community helpline for flood victims.
• A complete documentation on strategic impact assessment study on the intervention through a participatory vulnerability analysis
South Asian Forum for Environment
AsiaLocal
India
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Gender, Urban resilience, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28653Case studyPartner portal
Good Practices: The active participation and ownership shown to the project by the beneficiary farmers reflected the atrocities endured by them every year due to increasing droughts as well as ensured sustainability of this undertaking.
 
Lessons Learned:
a. Marginal communities need to think water as a commodity and not as a free resource.
b. Community governance of natural resources and sharing of project risk and responsibility are always best practices.
c. Integrated approach and resource convergence is a climate solution for poverty alleviation
a. Water banking and budgeted use along with participatory crop planning has increased the crop production almost by 2-folds.
b. Entrepreneurial water partnership of 50 youth established as ‘joint liability groups’ for water-banking and watershed management in 10 water bank units.
c. Assured water and food security to 500 plus households (nearly 3000 marginal farmers) securing an average income of USD 80 per month. This is 57.14% growth over 5 years. d. Water foot-printing during the three years of intervention was done following FAO methodology (http://www.fao.org/docrep/u5835e/u5835e04.htm). The results show that there is a sharp decline in the gross irrigation need (SNgross) both in summer and winter cropping period reducing the water footprints by 43-47% on an average.
e. 5 rural indigenous villages brought within sustainable watershed conservation and management program towards inclusive growth.
f. sustainable intensification of ecosystem services
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Good Practices:
• Technology cooperation building on sustainable aqua-farming for fringe villages of Bhitarkanika in Odisha has augmented climate adaptive conservation and community resilience.
• Feedback review from the targeted villages helped SAFE to communicate and assist them in an improved manner.
• Plantation campaign for 500 mangrove saplings attracted affirmative attention from the stakeholders and community alike, it also furthered the collective aim towards a sustainable future of the area.
 
Lessons learned:
• Lack of awareness, deficit of marketing chain and desire for quick money to pay away previous debts is compelling the coastal villagers to opt for prawn culture in saline ponds, leading to the slow degradation of Bhitarkanika’s entire eco system. Therefore SAFE is proactively working to induce sustainable alternative livelihood opportunities for a better life and environment through various research & development oriented activities.
• Although Fish pen and cage culture did see instant success, crab fattening technology had to go through trial and error before it yielded positive results.
• More than 50% beneficiaries were concerned about the conflict of interest with the departments of forests and existing forest protection rules, since they inhabit in the adjacent villages. Community based sensitisation workshops on ecosystem protection & discussion with forest officials are helping to mitigate this matter.
• The community members showed eagerness to build capacities for augmenting alternative economic opportunities in aqua-farming. Informed consent for engagement in training program was received from nearly 90% of beneficiaries towards this venture.
• General consensus in collective aqua-farming from above 65% beneficiaries was a strong indication of social cohesion and convergence to a common cause. This seeded the concept of joint liability and inclusive growth.
• Acceptance of newer technology like ‘alga-culture’ & ‘crab fattening’ by 43% of the beneficiaries paved easier paths to ensure climate resilience.
• Grounding of the intervention was largely welcomed by the immediate stakeholders like the state departments of Fisheries & Agriculture, National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development, local block administration, Central Institutes for Brackish Water Aqua-farming & Fresh Water Aqua-farming of ICAR. This would have futuristic impact on policy implications.
• A new interesting gender perspective got highlighted during the sociometric survey & Focused Group Discussions ( FGDs) with the men and women of the community. This has initiated further probe to identify the intricacies of the findings to help understand its effect on their environment and livelihood.
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Please find attached herewith the link to a documentary featuring SAFE's Intervention in Coastal belt of Bhitarkanika, Odisha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwEpe9d4Pp8
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Good Practices:
1. Informal waste pickers who once foraged waste in the landfills for livelihood have been mainstreamed through skill development and capacity building programs into artisans, working under safe and hygienic conditions.
2. Formation of joint liability groups (JLGs) under this venture that are bank linked and oriented with the trade has socially and economically empowered the beneficiary women community into leaders.
3. E-sensitization on waste segregation and contribution to Resolve Trash 2 Cash for recycling is slowly creating an attitude change towards sustainable lifestyle for urban stakeholders and citizens. This is further helping to develop the market for eco friendly recycled micro utility products for daily usage.
4. The beneficiary women are now trained to manage the revenue return which is used as working capital, micro-insurance and for profit sharing.
 
Lessons learnt:
1. It has been a challenge for SAFE to build up trust with the beneficiary community and it took many workshops and sessions to convince the women for an alternative livelihood opportunity. This is owing to the decades of exploitation and succumbing to the harsh reality of their everyday existence.
2. The success and case study of this ongoing model has paved a way for creating ‘model’ near zero emission cities with an advanced waste management system based on recycling.
3. Production of a wide range of handcrafted items and creation of new designs every day by the skilled artisans of RT2C has proved immense potential for waste recycling.
4. With new recycled products introduce in market, the demand is also steadily rising with an elevating graph each passing year. This increases the sustainability quotient of the endeavour.
Social Responsibility & Outcome:-
I. Creating livelihood opportunity and capacity building: Resolve Trash 2 Cash is a full-fledged community enterprise that is creating livelihood for hundreds of waste workers but more so earning a dignity for them through inclusive growth & socioeconomic mainstreaming. Currently there are 14 direct employees under this venture with 80-85 more women linked to this enterprise for their livelihood.
II. Women empowerment: 
(a) The Rt2C initiatives under Match International Women’s Fund (MIWF) support directly addresses the rights of the poor women waste workers who have been bank linked, their first social accreditation.
(b) They now manage the financial returns as well their raw material stock, production line, quality control of goods, sale proceeds and the overall merchandizing of the products.
(c) Subsequently, this empowerment has made them more aware of their right to health, right to dignity, right to water and sanitation, right to identity and importantly right to freedom.
 
Cultural enrichment:- This venture creates first generation artisans through devoted guidance and capacity building. The disciplined training and creative lessons make sure that this section of the society gets enriched culturally and in turn this is reflected in the utility products created by them.
 
Climate impact:- The concept of RESOLVE T2C is in perfect alignment with India’s largest sanitation drive “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” and has brought the countries effort to a global impact. The endeavor RESOLVE T2C at present recycles nearly 2000 Kg of paper, plastics and 3500 Kg of wet waste every week reducing an estimated 8500 MT of carbon equivalent emission annually. At the moment this project is sustained by the waste generated by 23 corporate houses, US Consulate of Kolkata, City Schools, supported by local municipal bodies like Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Kolkata Municipal Corporation. This endeavour is not only promoting segregation of waste and practice of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse & Recycling) amongst the citizens but is simultaneously working to create a greener planet, condensing the impact of global warming and pollution.
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Please find attached herewith the link to Resolve: Trash 2 Cash website for your kind reference: http://resolvetrash2cash.org/
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Uncoordinated adaptation will result in lower performance and introduce additional costs so the process will involve some standardisation and regulatory actions to ensure co-ordination. Proactively engaging can promote synergistic government investment and support while a failure to engage with governments national adaptation plans will mean a lost opportunity and potentially result in a lower level of support for the rail sector.
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• Adaptation of Railway Infrastructure to Climate Change (ARISCC) http://www.ariscc.org/ • Climate-resilient infrastructure, getting the policies right http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/climate-resilient-infrastructure_02f74d61-en • ENHANCE http://www.enhanceproject.eu/ • Tomorrow's Railway and Climate Change Adaptation available through RSSB SPARK • International Centre for Infrastructure Futures http://www.icif.ac.uk/ • Infrastructure Business models, valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery (ibuild) https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/ • LivingRAIL http://livingrail.eu/ • Management of Weather Events in the Transport System http://www.mowe-it.eu/ • Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (archived here) • UK DfT Transport analysis guidance: WebTAG https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-analysis-guidance-webtag
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Good Practices:
1. Equity in accessibility has been ensured, the first criteria for water justice.
2. Time banking has been a boon for the community women. In a Focused Group Discussion (FGD) conducted with the women members of the JLGs, it has been noted that 57.2% women members are willing to plan for creating alternative livelihood opportunities since they have adequate time that can be used for capacity building exercises. However, a growing change in trend has been flagged in the FGD that the male members in the family are taking interest in water collection, measured usage and resource saving in the community. This is good practice saving time for the women folk.
3. The beneficiary community shows more attentiveness to their personal cleanliness, sanitation and inclination towards healthy habits.
4. The sense of security and safety for the women users have increased with the commencement of this project. 5. Community participation ensures ownership and project sustainability.
 
Lessons Learned:
1. Social stigma arising from poor socioeconomic condition and/or social transition is a big bottleneck for attitude change, especially in slum & rural community that leads to sustained use of unhygienic and substandard sanitation facilities and wastage of water resources in the name of hygiene. It has taken continuous capacity building programs and awareness workshops with the community to break through the prevalent social conditioning and stigma, deep rooted in their system. However, SAFE is still working to completely eradicate the social evils restricting a healthy living from the recipient populace.
2. Women from the peri-urban section are underprivileged and in some cases shy away from participating in the JLGs and decision making system, owing to the profoundly embedded gender roles and lack of confidence. A gradual development has been observed in this matter, achieved through a series of sensitization programs conducted in the area by SAFE and also by assuring water ATM card registration of each household in the name of the women members, ascertaining their active involvement.
3. Risk of political interest trapping commons as soft targets has been a common problem. Leadership and continuous counseling has been required to convince the people to come out from these entanglements towards a sustainable and healthy wellbeing.
The outcome post commencement of the facility can be widely divided into two sections:
I. Environmental impact: The WASH-US facility not only runs on renewable energy, it generates too. The Water Treatment Plant and most of the lights in community sanitation units are entirely on solar power. This has a carbon offset equivalence of 28 Metric Tons per year. The 4.5 Cu Mt biogas plant generates of gas from human waste and municipal solid wastes and deserves carbon equivalence too as it saves landfill emission and fossil fuel emission. These are adaptive mitigations in the urban sector to downscale climate impacts. Further, reducing nearly 60% water footprints in a conservative method by utilizing the refusal water from water treatment plant in the sanitation units and harvesting 13420 thousand gallons of rainwater annually in a 3.8 hectare water system is yet another climate adaptive impact in WASH-US. (The calculations are based on UNFCCC guidelines and US-EPA mathematical models).
II. Socio-economic outcome: The impact assessment was designed around key parameters such as Water Quality, Distance, Time, Energy, Accessibility, Community Participation and Equity. The perception of change and development among the community members has also been explored:
1. Community Responses to water quality grades: Water quality and taste has a major impact on health and consumption trends. In the survey conducted to identify the trend, the reference of better taste was received from 91.3% users. 7% referred ‘bitter tastes and light feeling’ compared to previously collected tap water, which is actually due to low amount of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) while a large section (77%) showed their preference of TDS grade, which could be identified with the batch of delivery water based on dates.
2. Equity in Accessibility: Equitable access to water energy and sanitation to above 14,000 beneficiaries at the bottom of the economic pyramid and 24X7 supply of drinking water to nearly 2500 slum households in a year.
3. Time banking: Easy access to safe and tasty waters and assured delivery in time has promoted the women folk for better time management in their daily life, saving time and space for more productive work. 98.5% agreed to the fact that the facility has saved an average of 4 hrs of queue time per day.
4. Positive impact on health, especially children and women, owing to better sanitation and safe drinking water supply. Reduction in infections and water borne diseases by 87% in the communities is rendering a cost cut of 35% on average in medical expenses.
5. Changing habits and attitudes: Ensuing changes in sanitation habits towards healthy practices is marked from the community responses wherein 100% convergence has been endorsed by the community.
6. Responsible usage of facility: It is unique to observe that community has developed the acquaintance for self-cleaning of the sanitation facility by default and has been responsible in using the facility as their own one.
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Given below are few hyperlinks of press coverage as reference to this Project: WASH-US media coverage 2014-15 hyperlinks attached:
1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Swipe-card-and-get-drinking-water/articleshow/42291597.cms - WASH-US coverage by Times of India-2014
2. http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/thehansindia-epaper-hans/india+smart+women+use+smart+cards+to+fetch+water-newsid-53848159 WASH-US coverage by Daily hunt-2015
3. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bIaIM3Y6xdOtwhDSTi6X9L/South-Asia-Forum-for-Environment-Two-in-one.html WASH-US coverage by Live mint-2014
 
WASH-US media coverage 2016-17 hyperlinks attached
1. Meghalaya’s First Water ATM Set To Be Installed At Pynthorbah, The Shillong Times,(April 19,2016)-http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/04/19/meghalayas-first-water-atm-set-to-be-installed-at-pynthorbah/
2. Water sanitation project launched, The Telegraph, Guwahati (April 21,2016)-https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160421/jsp/northeast/story_81281.jsp
3. New Water ATM to provide 10 litres of drinking water for Rs 5,Meghalaya Times,(April 21,2016)-http://meghalayatimes.info/index.php/front-page/34106-new-water-atm-to-provide-10-litres-of-drinking-water-for-rs-5
4. Pynthorbah Gets State’s Maiden ‘Water ATM’, The Shillong Times,(April 21,2016)-http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/04/21/pynthorbah-gets-states-maiden-water-atm/
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Good Practices:
1. Equity in accessibility has been ensured, the first criteria for water justice.
2. Time banking has been a boon for the community women. In a Focused Group Discussion (FGD) conducted with the women members of the JLGs, it has been noted that 57.2% women members are willing to plan for creating alternative livelihood opportunities since they have adequate time that can be used for capacity building exercises. However, a growing change in trend has been flagged in the FGD that the male members in the family are taking interest in water collection, measured usage and resource saving in the community. This is good practice saving time for the women folk.
3. The beneficiary community shows more attentiveness to their personal cleanliness, sanitation and inclination towards healthy habits.
4. The sense of security and safety for the women users have increased with the commencement of this project. 5. Community participation ensures ownership and project sustainability.
 
Lessons Learned:
1. Social stigma arising from poor socioeconomic condition and/or social transition is a big bottleneck for attitude change, especially in slum & rural community that leads to sustained use of unhygienic and substandard sanitation facilities and wastage of water resources in the name of hygiene. It has taken continuous capacity building programs and awareness workshops with the community to break through the prevalent social conditioning and stigma, deep rooted in their system. However, SAFE is still working to completely eradicate the social evils restricting a healthy living from the recipient populace.
2. Women from the peri-urban section are underprivileged and in some cases shy away from participating in the JLGs and decision making system, owing to the profoundly embedded gender roles and lack of confidence. A gradual development has been observed in this matter, achieved through a series of sensitization programs conducted in the area by SAFE and also by assuring water ATM card registration of each household in the name of the women members, ascertaining their active involvement.
3. Risk of political interest trapping commons as soft targets has been a common problem. Leadership and continuous counseling has been required to convince the people to come out from these entanglements towards a sustainable and healthy wellbeing.
The outcome post commencement of the facility can be widely divided into two sections:
I. Environmental impact: The WASH-US facility not only runs on renewable energy, it generates too. The Water Treatment Plant and most of the lights in community sanitation units are entirely on solar power. This has a carbon offset equivalence of 28 Metric Tons per year. The 4.5 Cu Mt biogas plant generates of gas from human waste and municipal solid wastes and deserves carbon equivalence too as it saves landfill emission and fossil fuel emission. These are adaptive mitigations in the urban sector to downscale climate impacts. Further, reducing nearly 60% water footprints in a conservative method by utilizing the refusal water from water treatment plant in the sanitation units and harvesting 13420 thousand gallons of rainwater annually in a 3.8 hectare water system is yet another climate adaptive impact in WASH-US. (The calculations are based on UNFCCC guidelines and US-EPA mathematical models).
II. Socio-economic outcome: The impact assessment was designed around key parameters such as Water Quality, Distance, Time, Energy, Accessibility, Community Participation and Equity. The perception of change and development among the community members has also been explored:
1. Community Responses to water quality grades: Water quality and taste has a major impact on health and consumption trends. In the survey conducted to identify the trend, the reference of better taste was received from 91.3% users. 7% referred ‘bitter tastes and light feeling’ compared to previously collected tap water, which is actually due to low amount of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) while a large section (77%) showed their preference of TDS grade, which could be identified with the batch of delivery water based on dates.
2. Equity in Accessibility: Equitable access to water energy and sanitation to above 14,000 beneficiaries at the bottom of the economic pyramid and 24X7 supply of drinking water to nearly 2500 slum households in a year.
3. Time banking: Easy access to safe and tasty waters and assured delivery in time has promoted the women folk for better time management in their daily life, saving time and space for more productive work. 98.5% agreed to the fact that the facility has saved an average of 4 hrs of queue time per day.
4. Positive impact on health, especially children and women, owing to better sanitation and safe drinking water supply. Reduction in infections and water borne diseases by 87% in the communities is rendering a cost cut of 35% on average in medical expenses.
5. Changing habits and attitudes: Ensuing changes in sanitation habits towards healthy practices is marked from the community responses wherein 100% convergence has been endorsed by the community.
6. Responsible usage of facility: It is unique to observe that community has developed the acquaintance for self-cleaning of the sanitation facility by default and has been responsible in using the facility as their own one.
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Given below are few hyperlinks of press coverage as reference to this Project: WASH-US media coverage 2014-15 hyperlinks attached:
1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Swipe-card-and-get-drinking-water/articleshow/42291597.cms - WASH-US coverage by Times of India-2014
2. http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/thehansindia-epaper-hans/india+smart+women+use+smart+cards+to+fetch+water-newsid-53848159 WASH-US coverage by Daily hunt-2015
3. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bIaIM3Y6xdOtwhDSTi6X9L/South-Asia-Forum-for-Environment-Two-in-one.html WASH-US coverage by Live mint-2014
 
WASH-US media coverage 2016-17 hyperlinks attached
1. Meghalaya’s First Water ATM Set To Be Installed At Pynthorbah, The Shillong Times,(April 19,2016)-http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/04/19/meghalayas-first-water-atm-set-to-be-installed-at-pynthorbah/
2. Water sanitation project launched, The Telegraph, Guwahati (April 21,2016)-https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160421/jsp/northeast/story_81281.jsp
3. New Water ATM to provide 10 litres of drinking water for Rs 5,Meghalaya Times,(April 21,2016)-http://meghalayatimes.info/index.php/front-page/34106-new-water-atm-to-provide-10-litres-of-drinking-water-for-rs-5
4. Pynthorbah Gets State’s Maiden ‘Water ATM’, The Shillong Times,(April 21,2016)-http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/04/21/pynthorbah-gets-states-maiden-water-atm/
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The 18 vulnerability indicators obtained by combining the previous ones (17 refer to the climatic impact, increase in temperature and 1 refers to drought), are accompanied by the calculation as well as the map resulting from the vulnerability analysis, in which shows the vulnerability of the different municipalities to the risk analyzed with a gradient of colors. The result is consultable through Instamaps (http://www.instamaps.cat/)
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Spain
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http://canviclimatic.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/campanyes_i_comunicacio/publicacions/publicacions_de_canvi_climatic/Estudis_i_docs_adaptacio/Estudi_LaVola_adaptacio_municipis/Vulnerabilitat_canvi_climatic_municipis_Vdef_set.pdf
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The Government's decision to improve public transport infrastructure such as light rail lines in Lagos-Calabar, Lagos-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, and Katsina-Daura, will help reduce vehicle emissions. The country's populace need to be educated on the need to pay (without subsidies) for construction of infrastructure. Communication needs to be improved between the Government and the citizens, to provide information on the nation's progress on its intended nationally determined contribution.
Nigeria is a crude oil producing nation, and as such flares a significant amount of gas; about 8 billion metric tonnes of gas is flared yearly according to the World Bank 2016 report on Global Gas Flaring. The countries legislation is working to pass the, 2016 Gas flaring prohibition and punishment bill, in to law.
The country's decayed public transport infrastructure has played a role in the number of vehicles plying Nigerian roads. The country had 11.5 million registered vehicles in 2016. These vehicles contribute a high amount of methane to the environment. The country needs to improve the rail, and water transportation system, however, this has been hindered by lack of finance for the works.
The country's target of generating 13 GW of solar PV by 2030 is also under threat due to lack of investments by the private sector and the Government cannot afford it at the moment. This lack of investments is likely due to a lack of trust in Government's ability to allow pricing to be decided by cost of production.
The practice of climate friendly agriculture is also a challenge. 90 percent of cattle farming is done through pastoral method. According to the country's ministry of Agriculture - Livestock census 2016, the country has, 12.5 million cattle. This implies the country's cattle produces about 1.8 million metric tons of CO2E in 2016.
The Government must overcome these challenges and find ways (some were suggested by the report) of achieving the 2030 vision.
Pan African Centre for Climate Policy (PACC Policy)
AfricaNational
Nigeria
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Federal Ministry of Environment. 2015. Approved Nigeria’s intended nationally determined contribution. p. 2-5. The National Population Commission. 2017. Nigeria’s population hits 182 million. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.population.gov.ng/index.php/80-publications/216-Nigeria-s-population-now-182-million-dg-npopc. [Accessed 27 July 2017].
National Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report. (Q4 2016). p. 3-7. World Bank-Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership. 2016. Gas flaring data 2013-2016. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/12/12/new-data-reveals-uptick-in-global-gas-flaring. [Accessed 01 August 2017].
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2008. Food and Agriculture policy decision initiative. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.fao.org/in-action-/fapda/publications/country-fact-sheets/en/. [Accessed July 23 2017].
Vanguard News Nigeria. 2017. Senate holds public hearing on gas flaring bill. [ONLINE] Available at : http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/senate-holds-public-hearing-gas-flaring-bill/amp/. [Accessed 26 July 2017].
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 2017. Nigeria education situation. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.unicef.org/Nigeria/education.html. [Accessed 26 July 2017]. Budget office of the federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria. 2017. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/2017-approved-budget. [Accessed 24 July 2017].
National Bureau of Statistics. 2017. CPI and inflation report July 2017. p. 1-2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2014. Tackling climate change through livestock-a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities. p. 8-14. National Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Employment and labour statistics report. p. 1-2. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 2017. Nigerian Crude Oil Production Hits 2.7 million Barrels. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleld/380/Niger ian-Crude-Oil-Production-Hits-27-Million-Barrels-As-NNPC-Benue-Plesge-to-Resuscitate-Makurdi-Depot.aspx. [Accessed 01 August 2017].
The Nigerian Senate of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. 2017. Final copy of the petroleum industry governance bill 2017 (SB 237). p. 10-63. Federal ministry of agriculture. 2016. Retreat on livestock diary development in Nigeria. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.fmard.gov.ng/retreat-on-livestock-and-diary-development-in-Nigeria-keynote-address-delivered- by-thehon-minister-of-agriculture-and-rural-development-chief-audu-Ogbeh/. [Accessed July 22 2017].
The Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. 1999. Section 20 (Environmental objective). Thisday Newspaper. 2016. Nigeria’s leap towards solar energy. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/19/nigerias-leap-towards-solar-energy/. [Accessed 26 July 2017].
Vanguard newspaper. 2017. Why foreign investors shun Nigeria’s electricity industry. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/foreign-investors-shun-nigerias-electricity-industry/. [Accessed 27 July 2017].
World Bank Group-Doing Business. 2017. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/Nigeria. [Accessed 29 July 2017].
National Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Motor vehicle registration and personal license statistics report. p. 1-3. Price Waterhouse Coopers. 2015. Africa’s next automotive hub. p. 2-4 Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom. 2011. New diets for cows could cut climate emissions. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-diets-for-cows-could-cut- climate-emissions. [Accessed 24 July 2017].
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2011. A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities. p-5-12. United State Environmental Protection Agency. 2017. Greenhouse gases equivalencies calculator-calculations and references. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator- calculations-and-references. [Accessed 22 July 2017]
Global fuel economy initiative. 2016. Auto fuel economy. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.globalfueleconomy.org/transport/gfei/autotool/understanding_the_problem/About_fuel_economy.as p. [Accessed 26 July 2017].
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The project will be finalized in June 2019
Action 1
Study of the effects of climate change on the territory: diagnosis, impact and vulnerabilities (A.1). Diagnosis of social and institutional capacity to increase the resilience of the territory (A.2) They will provide knowledge on the impact of climate change in the selected territories, as well as on the capacity of the society to face them. Related objectives: informing stakeholders, raising awareness, applying and comparing available methodologies and knowledge.
The resources used will be: existing studies (from the Spanish and Catalan Climate Change Offices (CCCO) and other European projects), external consultancies that will conduct the studies on the impacts and social diagnosis and technicians of the public authorities involved (mainly from the CCCO and DIBA), which will guide the work in coordination with the technicians from local authorities and with the stakeholders involved in the territorial and sectorial governance structures (MeTACC and MeSAAC).
Action 2
Creating multilevel governance structures for adaptation to climate change (C.1). Training and Education (C.4). Actions aimed at training, building capacity and organising all stakeholders from the territories and the economic activities so that they get ready to take action.
Related objectives: organizing a coordinated response, providing local authorities with the appropriate tools and including climate change adaptation in their action. The participation platforms will be organized with own resources and there will be external consultants and experts for capacity building and training.
Action 3
Development of the Strategy and Action Plans for adaptation to climate change. MeTACC activity. (C.2). Implementation of adaptation actions (C.3). MeTACC will draft climate change adaptation strategies and action plans and will implement 6 pilot measures.
Related objectives: adaptation planning, launching investment processes, establishing criteria to attract private investment, upgrading local economies and demonstrating socioeconomic feasibility of adaptation measures.
Own resources will be used, mainly: experts from the County Councils, which will guide the process, external consultancies to draft the planning and contractors to implement pilot adaptation measures.
Action 4
Replicability and transferability of LIFE Clinomics (C.5). This action will extend the results in the climate zone of southern Europe.
Related objectives: developing a European model on adaptation planning as well as strengthening Mayors Adapt.
Own resources will be used, as well as some external assistance.
Action 5
Strategy and instruments for dissemination (E.1). Design and editing of educational materials (E.2). Organization and participation in seminars and conferences (E.3). These actions will publicize CLINOMICS results and methodology.
Related objectives: training, capacity building, informing and raising awareness in the territories within the project and beyond, in order to help extending Mayors Adapt initiative.
Own resources will be used, mainly from social stakeholders, and there might be some external contracts.
Action 6
Calculation and monitoring of indicators (D.1). Project management and coordination (F.1). Evaluation and monitoring of the project (F.2). After-LIFE Plan (F.3). These are actions that guarantee the CLINOMICS aims and its continuity. Own resources will be used, mainly from the project coordinator (DIBA), external assistance on management and experts for the quality control and project assessment
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Two study hypotheses are presented from the results of the study:
 
a) The good connectivity in the areas of distribution of birds in Catalonia could offset the effects that climate change causes in populations.
 
b) The indicator does not reflect temporary changes because they are not giving (at the moment) to be masked by the effect of other factors of global change.
 
This work opts for the second interpretative hypothesis. Previous studies in Catalonia show that, as a whole, populations of open-source species show a negative global tendency due to the growing rural abandonment, while forest species increase their populations due to the natural growth of vegetation. Therefore, we must keep an eye on the changes in connectivity as possibly responsible for population changes in the future.
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http://www.medacc-life.eu/sites/medacc-life.eu/files/docuemnts/memoria_indicador_connectivitat_climatica_ocells.pdf
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To increase the scalability, the case study approach is utilizing scientific method and evidence, thus enabling a proper monitoring and evaluation.
As su-re.co is working on this approach locally, the case study creates better social impacts as communications with the farmers, government officials, businesses, and other relevant stakeholders happening directly. This constant approach is a key on building rapports and trust with stakeholders. How the case study is being developed around a clear sustainable business model and a local approach is an important consideration for out-scaling the case study approach.
Currently, the case study team is continuing on developing a more robust biodigester system. This development will lead into a better economic feasibility for the farmers, thus increases the number of farmers and commodity production. A more robust and reliable biogas digester will also create more opportunity on the utilization of biogas digester for more value-adding activities to further increase famers’ product value and quality.
The case study team is also working on constantly improving the market, increasing their awareness and knowledge to increase the potential penetration of sustainable products thus allow more farmers to be incorporated by the team and increase the overall impact.
  Apart from that, the case study team is also experimenting on other products as a sustainable chocolate filled with crushed coffee beans, with both main ingredients are sourced from the coffee andunder the CFS program. On the other hand, the case study team is also out-scaling the approach outside of Bali, reaching out East Nusa Tengara, another highly vulnerable province on the eastern parts of Indonesia.
Contributions to SDG As more coffee are sold throughout the duration of the project, more farmers started to be aware of climate’s impact and environmental sustainability as more of them decided to join the Climate Field School in Jembrana.
Increasing the quality and quantity of the products on the market is a key on showing real incentives for both the farmers and business partners.
Besides, showing how the case study works on the grassroot level create an evidence for the policymakers, thus capturing their attention. It is proven that in 2017, the case study team was invited to represent the “GREEN-WIN project in Indonesia” at ASEAN-EU Meeting in Science and Technology Innovation conference on Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The case study approach and activities are highly linked with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), thus it is easily translated to the government development plan.
Biogas digesters, a technology that produces biofertilizers and biogas by degrading manure or organic waste, is a potential solution to those previously mentioned health issue caused mainly by the utilisation of dirty energies (SDG12). Organic fertilizers will increase the productivity of farmers, which will allow them to switch to higher end crops translating into higher incomes (SDG8).
These case study also aims to provide farmers with renewable energy (SDG7), reduce firewood collection (SDG5), improve product quality (SDG15), reduce the impact of indoor house pollution (SDG3), and greenhouse gas emissions (SDG13).
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BPS, 2017. Statistik Nasional Indonesia. Friedrich, J., Ge, M., Damassa, T., 2015. Infographic: What Do Your Country’s Emissions Look Like? [WWW Document]. URL http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/06/infographic-what-do-your-countrys-emissions-look (accessed 7.17.17). Shaw, E.K., Howard, J., West, D.R., Crabtree, B.F., Nease, D.E., Tutt, B., Nutting, P.A., 2012. The role of the champion in primary care change efforts: from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP). J Am Board Fam Med 25, 676–685. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.110281 Takama, T., Setyani, P., Aldrian, E., 2014. Climate Change Vulnerability to Rice Paddy Production in Bali, Indonesia, in: Leal Filho, W. (Ed.), Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40455-9_84-1
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This case shows how the resilience of sugar cane out-growers can be improved through collaboration among relevant stakeholders. With the help of the trans-boundary tool in providing a sounder information of the smallholders, it facilitates in investing in adaptive capacity.
Lessons learnt from the Illovo sugar cane initiative could be transferred to the entire sugar industry in developing countries to improve the understanding of the risks and vulnerabilities faced by out-growers. Similarly, the experience in the sugar-growing sector could be used to see how to apply and adapt these models and tools to other sectors or crops.
As a result, by raising awareness of the importance of climate resilient development, the initiatives could inform and lead to changes in the policy and regulatory environment. Such efforts are counted as scaling up.
Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals Through a collaborative approach, smallholder farmers are equipped with a knowledge that enables them to build resilience. The transboundary tool helps to rise awareness about the risks and possible impacts of climate change on the farmers. The case study approach and activities are therefore also linked with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Increasing the productivity of the farmers translates into higher incomes that support decent jobs (SDG8) which subsequently strengthens the fight against poverty (SDG1) as it emphasizes on reducing the climate risks and vulnerabilities. It will also create social and environmental value, take action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG13) by strengthening the smallholders’ adaptive capacity. Through the initiative and collaboration, not only Illovo’s future supply of sugar cane is secured (SDG 2), but with the support, the farmers livelihoods are improved, which makes it a possible way to tackle social inequality in Africa (SDG10).
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Corporate Citizenship. (2017). The impact of Illovo in Africa: Socio-economic impact assessment (Group Summary Report). Corporate Citizenship. Retrieved from https://www.illovosugarafrica.com/UserContent/Documents/Illovo-Impact-Report-Group-Dec17.pdf RMI Profile. (n.d.) RMI Outgrower Development. http://www.rmioutgrowerdevelopment.com/uploads/2/6/1/0/26102706/rmi_profile.pdf
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This case shows how the resilience of sugar cane out-growers can be improved through collaboration among relevant stakeholders. With the help of the trans-boundary tool in providing a sounder information of the smallholders, it facilitates in investing in adaptive capacity.
Lessons learnt from the Illovo sugar cane initiative could be transferred to the entire sugar industry in developing countries to improve the understanding of the risks and vulnerabilities faced by out-growers. Similarly, the experience in the sugar-growing sector could be used to see how to apply and adapt these models and tools to other sectors or crops.
As a result, by raising awareness of the importance of climate resilient development, the initiatives could inform and lead to changes in the policy and regulatory environment. Such efforts are counted as scaling up.
Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals Through a collaborative approach, smallholder farmers are equipped with a knowledge that enables them to build resilience. The transboundary tool helps to rise awareness about the risks and possible impacts of climate change on the farmers. The case study approach and activities are therefore also linked with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Increasing the productivity of the farmers translates into higher incomes that support decent jobs (SDG8) which subsequently strengthens the fight against poverty (SDG1) as it emphasizes on reducing the climate risks and vulnerabilities. It will also create social and environmental value, take action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG13) by strengthening the smallholders’ adaptive capacity. Through the initiative and collaboration, not only Illovo’s future supply of sugar cane is secured (SDG 2), but with the support, the farmers livelihoods are improved, which makes it a possible way to tackle social inequality in Africa (SDG10).
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Corporate Citizenship. (2017). The impact of Illovo in Africa: Socio-economic impact assessment (Group Summary Report). Corporate Citizenship. Retrieved from https://www.illovosugarafrica.com/UserContent/Documents/Illovo-Impact-Report-Group-Dec17.pdf RMI Profile. (n.d.) RMI Outgrower Development. http://www.rmioutgrowerdevelopment.com/uploads/2/6/1/0/26102706/rmi_profile.pdf
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This GreenWin India case study is working with the local community to create a regional value chain and communal wealth by cycling waste, while also maintaining the relationship with all the stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, government officials, and private sectors. It is indicated that a good relationship between all the stakeholders is the key to the success of the project; since it would be hard for the fly ash brick makers to survive if the government or the policy makers do not support them by making regulations that will help them to sell the bricks.
For example, currently the government of Bihar has taken steps to accelerate the adoption of green brick production technologies in the state. Bihar will need over 7500 million bricks over the next five years just to meet the rural housing gap of 1.1 million dwellings per year. Potential savings of 2.8 million tonnes of CO2 emissions are possible while creating livelihoods for 0.35 million people by introducing cleaner production systems.
In order to capitalise on this potential, the Bihar government has formed an inter-departmental task force. The major areas that the Task Force will be looking at
1) increasing awareness among entrepreneurs through workshops and seminars, 2) facilitating policy support for large scale adoption by providing incentives to green technology enterprises,
3) facilitating increased and easy finance support for small entrepreneurs through banks and other financial institutions for uptake of green technologies, and
4) accelerating service delivery through capacity building of technology providers.
The case study approach and activities are highly linked with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). As fly ash brick enterprises have increased from 25 in 2014 to 129 in 2016, it indicates more entrepreneurs become aware of the impact of climate change and have chosen to contribute to build a low carbon economy. Shifting the brick material to from topsoil to fly ash waste from thermal plants to reduce the GHG emissions (SDG 13) and pollution can help to ensure healthy lives (SDG 3).
Besides, various social benefits are also associated with the commissioning of new fly ash units. The establishment of new units creates new employment opportunities that contribute to poverty eradication (SDG 1). The establishment of new fly ash units also promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization (SDG 9) that will significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product (SDG 8).
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References Mahey, K., Tripathi, S., 2016. Urbanization and Economic Growth in Punjab (India): An Empirical Analysis. [WWW Document]. URL https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/71325/ (accessed 8.9.18). Maity, S., Chandran, K. The Fly Ash Brick Industry in Bihar Development Alternatives, New Delhi. [WWW Document]. URL http://www.devalt.org/images/L2_ProjectPdfs/(4)FlyAshBrickIndustry.pdf?Tid=162 (accessed 8.9.18).
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The value of sharing is central to human cultural development, exchange and wellbeing (Ma et al., 2017). The emerging sharing economy provided Mobike a collaborative way to transform Shanghai residents from passive consumers to active value co-creators (Lan al., 2017). In aligning its business with the core of the sharing economy, Mobike involved a high level of contribution from its users. Moreover, a self-organized group, known as the Mobike Hunters, implemented mechanisms of social regulation of Mobike users’ behaviour. The system incentivised good sharing behaviour by allocating Mobike credits for activities such as reporting damaged bikes and deterred violation of user rules by deducting points for behaviours such as inappropriate parking. As collaboration increased and users contributed to the company’s commercialisation through the app, both Mobike and its users were able to form concerted values of nurturing green, affordable and flexible transport. Mobile apps and other Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platforms provided Mobike a very direct way to enable and mediate shared mobility with its users. Embedded GSP technology in the bikes and real-time data easily links the FFBS service straight to the user through their mobile app. No rental station, dispatcher is needed and the fare payment is automatic. The ability of ICT platforms to rapidly pool information and facilitate exchange of resources has fostered app-based sharing networks to expand at unpreceded levels. Experts predict the app-based economy will be worth more than 5 trillion euros by 2021. In Shanghai, more than 10 million shared mobility users and 1.5 million shared bikes are operating through ICT platforms hosted on apps (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Mobike aligned its low-carbon transportation vision with the two key enabling factors of app-based mobility – convenience and cost (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Mobike appeals to users through its flexibility through an inexpensive ICT platform-based app and easy-to-access alternative urban transport. According to Prof. Chen Xiaohong from Tongi University (2016), by combining features of innovative technologies and sharing, Mobike and other low-carbon shared mobility providers can break the locked-in transport structures in cities such as Shanghai and therefore drive sustainable solutions.
Mobike’s entry into the market as a strong and fast growing business coupled with government cooperation was understood as a misleading market signal for great business opportunities (GREEN-WIN, 2018). This led to over-investment, competition, and over-supply of bikes in a very short period. The success of Mobike in Shanghai triggered 13 new companies to launch similar FFBS schemes between January to August 2017. By the end of June 2017, Shanghai was flooded with more than 1.7 million shared bikes and over half of the city’s residents were registered users of a FFBS scheme (Ma et al., 2017). Consequently, these impacts on the market formed negative interactions with local Chinese governments and the city authorities of Shanghai, for instance, responded by removing 300,000 bikes from public areas and by placing obstacles to limit companies’ operation. The rapid upscale led to user misbehaviour such as vandalism, dumping and illegal parking of the bikes, which exacerbated the material stress on public spaces already caused by the flooding of bikes. These increasing pressures dramatically altered government and citizen attitudes towards FFBS schemes, breaking down initial support and concerted efforts to adapt Mobike to Shanghai’s infrastructure. BENEFITS AND KEY LEARNINGS Reducing environmental impacts and achieving socio-economic benefits through low-carbon shared mobility Mobike contributes to an alternative urban lifestyle through access-based mobility rather than private vehicle ownership, eliminating high costs of insurance, parking, maintenance and fuel consumption for users. This, in turn, can significantly reduce CO2 emissions and other material environmental impacts of car production, usage and infrastructure. A 2017 report by Tsinghua University (TUPDI, 2017) shows how 200 million Mobike users in 200 global cities riding across 18.2 billion kilometres reduce about 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. At the same time, reducing emissions by commuting with low-carbon shared mobility also benefits the user by nurturing positive sharing behaviour and encouraging an active lifestyle. Key Learnings Forming collaborative relationships with key stakeholders at an early stage was critical for Mobike (GREEN-WIN, 2018). Detachment between Mobike and local Chinese governments were not realised until rapid up-scale processes caused disruptions and stresses to governance. The transportation sector possesses a unique set of challenges and implementing FFBS or other low-carbon mobility schemes in the sharing economy is a cross-sectoral issue: multilateral engagement of citizens, governments, public and private actors was missing at an early stage (Ma et al., 2017). In addition to sharing bikes, Mobike also shares data and carries responsibilities that require a ‘virtuous sharing environment’ to support all present and future operational needs (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). It is necessary to consider governance strategies to mitigate the outlined negative effects and effectively adapt low-carbon mobility schemes such as FFBSs brought by the sharing economy to cities (Ma et al., 2017). Without local government support to provide road space, parking and other public resources, poorly executed operations of the FFBS schemes can frustrate both users and local municipalities (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Trust building is fundamental to sustain the shared motivations between Mobike and local governments, namely synergising FFBS schemes with a sustainable urban transportation system (Ma et al. 2017). Consistent dialogue and continued engagement between key actors can build trust to ensure all parties allocate relevant resources in a balanced manner to prevent adaptive lags or disruptive up-scaling. While inexpensive apps and simple ICT platforms can rapidly expand sharing networks, FFBS and other sharing mobility schemes must ensure governments have adequate time to integrate appropriate public resources into its infrastructure. This can also ensure Mobike and similar companies allocate an appropriate number of bikes that are optimally distributed to avoid over-supply while still meeting demand.
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China bike sharing and urban development report, Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI), 2017, Beiing. GREEN-WIN. (2018). Deliverable 6.1: Disruptive Innovation, Win-Win Sustainability and Adaptive Lags in the Sharing Mobility Economy (Policy Brief No. 642018). GREEN-WIN. https://www.green-win-project.eu/resource/disruptive-innovation-and-win-win-strategies-sharing-mobility-economy-0 GREEN-WIN. (2018). Mobike: dock-less and app-based flexible bike sharing scheme. GREEN-WIN. Lan, J., Ma, Y., Zhu, D., Mangalagiu, D., & Thornton, T. (2017). Enabling Value Co-Creation in the Sharing Economy: The Case of Mobike. Sustainability, 9(9),1504. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091504 Ma, Y., Lan, J., Thornton, T., Mangalagiu, D., & Zhu, D. (2018). Challenges of collaborative governance in the sharing economy: The case of free-floating bike sharing in Shanghai. Journal of Cleaner Production, 197, 356–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.213
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The value of sharing is central to human cultural development, exchange and wellbeing (Ma et al., 2017). The emerging sharing economy provided Mobike a collaborative way to transform Shanghai residents from passive consumers to active value co-creators (Lan al., 2017). In aligning its business with the core of the sharing economy, Mobike involved a high level of contribution from its users. Moreover, a self-organized group, known as the Mobike Hunters, implemented mechanisms of social regulation of Mobike users’ behaviour. The system incentivised good sharing behaviour by allocating Mobike credits for activities such as reporting damaged bikes and deterred violation of user rules by deducting points for behaviours such as inappropriate parking. As collaboration increased and users contributed to the company’s commercialisation through the app, both Mobike and its users were able to form concerted values of nurturing green, affordable and flexible transport. Mobile apps and other Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platforms provided Mobike a very direct way to enable and mediate shared mobility with its users. Embedded GSP technology in the bikes and real-time data easily links the FFBS service straight to the user through their mobile app. No rental station, dispatcher is needed and the fare payment is automatic. The ability of ICT platforms to rapidly pool information and facilitate exchange of resources has fostered app-based sharing networks to expand at unpreceded levels. Experts predict the app-based economy will be worth more than 5 trillion euros by 2021. In Shanghai, more than 10 million shared mobility users and 1.5 million shared bikes are operating through ICT platforms hosted on apps (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Mobike aligned its low-carbon transportation vision with the two key enabling factors of app-based mobility – convenience and cost (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Mobike appeals to users through its flexibility through an inexpensive ICT platform-based app and easy-to-access alternative urban transport. According to Prof. Chen Xiaohong from Tongi University (2016), by combining features of innovative technologies and sharing, Mobike and other low-carbon shared mobility providers can break the locked-in transport structures in cities such as Shanghai and therefore drive sustainable solutions.
Mobike’s entry into the market as a strong and fast growing business coupled with government cooperation was understood as a misleading market signal for great business opportunities (GREEN-WIN, 2018). This led to over-investment, competition, and over-supply of bikes in a very short period. The success of Mobike in Shanghai triggered 13 new companies to launch similar FFBS schemes between January to August 2017. By the end of June 2017, Shanghai was flooded with more than 1.7 million shared bikes and over half of the city’s residents were registered users of a FFBS scheme (Ma et al., 2017). Consequently, these impacts on the market formed negative interactions with local Chinese governments and the city authorities of Shanghai, for instance, responded by removing 300,000 bikes from public areas and by placing obstacles to limit companies’ operation. The rapid upscale led to user misbehaviour such as vandalism, dumping and illegal parking of the bikes, which exacerbated the material stress on public spaces already caused by the flooding of bikes. These increasing pressures dramatically altered government and citizen attitudes towards FFBS schemes, breaking down initial support and concerted efforts to adapt Mobike to Shanghai’s infrastructure. BENEFITS AND KEY LEARNINGS Reducing environmental impacts and achieving socio-economic benefits through low-carbon shared mobility Mobike contributes to an alternative urban lifestyle through access-based mobility rather than private vehicle ownership, eliminating high costs of insurance, parking, maintenance and fuel consumption for users. This, in turn, can significantly reduce CO2 emissions and other material environmental impacts of car production, usage and infrastructure. A 2017 report by Tsinghua University (TUPDI, 2017) shows how 200 million Mobike users in 200 global cities riding across 18.2 billion kilometres reduce about 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. At the same time, reducing emissions by commuting with low-carbon shared mobility also benefits the user by nurturing positive sharing behaviour and encouraging an active lifestyle. Key Learnings Forming collaborative relationships with key stakeholders at an early stage was critical for Mobike (GREEN-WIN, 2018). Detachment between Mobike and local Chinese governments were not realised until rapid up-scale processes caused disruptions and stresses to governance. The transportation sector possesses a unique set of challenges and implementing FFBS or other low-carbon mobility schemes in the sharing economy is a cross-sectoral issue: multilateral engagement of citizens, governments, public and private actors was missing at an early stage (Ma et al., 2017). In addition to sharing bikes, Mobike also shares data and carries responsibilities that require a ‘virtuous sharing environment’ to support all present and future operational needs (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). It is necessary to consider governance strategies to mitigate the outlined negative effects and effectively adapt low-carbon mobility schemes such as FFBSs brought by the sharing economy to cities (Ma et al., 2017). Without local government support to provide road space, parking and other public resources, poorly executed operations of the FFBS schemes can frustrate both users and local municipalities (Policy Brief No. 642018, GREEN-WIN, 2018). Trust building is fundamental to sustain the shared motivations between Mobike and local governments, namely synergising FFBS schemes with a sustainable urban transportation system (Ma et al. 2017). Consistent dialogue and continued engagement between key actors can build trust to ensure all parties allocate relevant resources in a balanced manner to prevent adaptive lags or disruptive up-scaling. While inexpensive apps and simple ICT platforms can rapidly expand sharing networks, FFBS and other sharing mobility schemes must ensure governments have adequate time to integrate appropriate public resources into its infrastructure. This can also ensure Mobike and similar companies allocate an appropriate number of bikes that are optimally distributed to avoid over-supply while still meeting demand.
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China bike sharing and urban development report, Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI), 2017, Beiing. GREEN-WIN. (2018). Deliverable 6.1: Disruptive Innovation, Win-Win Sustainability and Adaptive Lags in the Sharing Mobility Economy (Policy Brief No. 642018). GREEN-WIN. https://www.green-win-project.eu/resource/disruptive-innovation-and-win-win-strategies-sharing-mobility-economy-0 GREEN-WIN. (2018). Mobike: dock-less and app-based flexible bike sharing scheme. GREEN-WIN. Lan, J., Ma, Y., Zhu, D., Mangalagiu, D., & Thornton, T. (2017). Enabling Value Co-Creation in the Sharing Economy: The Case of Mobike. Sustainability, 9(9),1504. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091504 Ma, Y., Lan, J., Thornton, T., Mangalagiu, D., & Zhu, D. (2018). Challenges of collaborative governance in the sharing economy: The case of free-floating bike sharing in Shanghai. Journal of Cleaner Production, 197, 356–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.213
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The lesson learned from the experiment is that we should consider direct seeding instead of transplanted seedlings. There should be acclimitazation for drought. We should also think about others trees such Acacia nubica which is also successful and drought tolerant. Incorporation of organic waste in desertified sandy dune soils increased its nutrient content and hence sustained biological fixation of sand dunes.
Incorporation of organic waste in desertified sandy dune soils increased its nutrient content and hence sustained biological fixation of sand dunes. In addition the Salvadora persica plant grow well in the dune. the nutrients contents in the dune has improved. The programme is done as pilot study..in small dune. Seedlings of Salvadora persica L. were transplanted in the dune and grow well. The plants were irrigated with water from well in the area. After three years irrigation, we stopped irrigating the plant. The Salvadora persica tree died as a result of drought.
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Rezig FAM, Mubarak AR, Elhadi EA (2013) Impact of organic residues and mineral fertilizer application on soil-crop system: II soil attributes. Arch Agron Soil Sci 9:1245–1261 Rezig FAM, Elhadi EA, Mubarak AR (2014) Decomposition and nutrient release pattern of wheat (Triticum aestivum) residues under different treatments in desert field conditions of Sudan. Int J Recycl Org Waste Agric E. A. Elhadi • A. R. Mubarak • F. A. M. Rezig Effects of organic amendments on sand dune fixation. Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult DOI 10.1007/s40093-015-0111-5
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Sea shore can be stabilized and protected naturally simply by planting goatsfoot Ipomea pes caprae (a creeper naturally occur along tropical sea shore), and screwpine(Pandanus sp.).

​In just 6 months period the flat beach has been formed into dunes, overall and at the edge 3-4 ft high....and within 2nd year it extended sea ward and surge penetration ceased from the first monsoon as observed.

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Bangladesh
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Please contact ...marinelife.al@gmail.com
Adaptation planning and practices, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Science and researchEcosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28685ToolPartner portal
Sea shore can be stabilized and protected naturally simply by planting goatsfoot Ipomea pes caprae (a creeper naturally occur along tropical sea shore), and screwpine(Pandanus sp.).

​In just 6 months period the flat beach has been formed into dunes, overall and at the edge 3-4 ft high....and within 2nd year it extended sea ward and surge penetration ceased from the first monsoon as observed.

Marinelife Alliance
AsiaLocal, National
Bangladesh
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Please contact ...marinelife.al@gmail.com
Adaptation planning and practices, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Science and researchEcosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28687Partner portal
Active Remedy Ltd
Global
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
https://www.activeremedy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Approaching_The_2030_Agenda_From_A_Hydrological_Cycle_Based_Perspective_Looking_Beyong_the-Goals1.pdf
Adaptation planning and practices
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28688NWP Partner profile
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Impact assessment, Science and research, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Health, Community-based adaptation, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28606Technical document/reportPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Impact assessmentFood security, Health
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28607Educational/training materialPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaNational
Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Vulnerability assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28608Educational/training materialPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaNational
Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Vulnerability assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28609Educational/training materialPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal, National
Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Knowledge managementHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28610Technical document/reportPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Vulnerability assessmentHealth, Gender
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28611Scientific/peer reviewed publicationPartner portal
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Vulnerability assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28612Scientific/peer reviewed publicationPartner portal
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Vulnerability assessmentWater resources, Ecosystems, Ecosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28613Technical document/reportPartner portal
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Knowledge managementCoastal areas/zones, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Urban resilience, Cities
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28615NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvementAgriculture, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28616NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global, Local, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystems, Food security, Gender
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28617NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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 assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Gender, Urban resilience, Tourism
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28618NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and researchAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Gender, Health, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28619NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Infrastructure, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28620NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global, Local, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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 assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Health, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Services, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28621NWP Partner profilePartner portal
National, Transboundary
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Institutional arrangements, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Biodiversity, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28622NWP Partner profilePartner portal
National
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Vulnerability assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health, Human settlements, Infrastructure, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28623NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Local, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, 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 assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28624NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Food security, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28625NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Education and training, Impact assessment, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology supportAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Energy, Food security, Gender, Infrastructure, Urban resilience
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28626Educational/training materialPartner portal
World Health Organization
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Impact assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28627Case studyPartner portal
- As a result of applying the principal component analysis, a synthetic adaptation indicator was obtained. This will enable us to monitor the development of Catalonia's capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This synthetic adaptation indicator is determined by two factors that explain 100% of the variability of the original information contained in 29 indicators. Each of these factors corresponds to a different aspect: (1) use of resources and (2) environmental quality. The synthetic adaptation indicator, expressed as the result of both factors, shows a medium level in terms of the capacity to adapt to climate change impacts; just a pass. The evolution of this capacity has been decreasing slightly in recent years (2011 versus 2005). It is important to bear in mind that in order to monitor the synthetic indicators properly, rapid access to the information relating to the original indicators is required. These indicators should be reviewed every five or ten years based on new information available (in order to include more aspects in the synthetic indicator). - It should be noted that biodiversity is the primary source of environmental services, so its effective or poor adaptation to climate change impacts will directly affect the other natural systems and many, if not all, economic systems. Biodiversity has thus far not been included in this quantitative analysis of the adaptation, but its key importance means that a more qualitative evaluation is also needed. The fishing industry was also omitted from the analysis, but for a different reason. In this case, there were initially three indicators, but they were rejected during the first selection process because they were largely indirect, since the adaptation measures were highly general. It is necessary to wait until more basic knowledge of the impacts and the most effective measures for combating climate change in this sector is available.
In order to standardize the information, the values of all variables were converted to values of 0 to 1. Using the statistical program Stata, two factors that explained 100% of the variability of the original information were obtained. The first factor explained 61% of the variability and the second factor 39%. The significance of the two factors was interpreted as follows: the first factor evaluates the use of resources (primarily water and energy), while the second factor evaluates environmental quality (primarily atmospheric emissions). Values below -0.8 or above 0.8 were considered to be strong contributions. Finally, to avoid overweighting groups with a greater number of indicators, the influence of each of the 10 groups (systems and sectors) was evaluated. Thus, the weighting of natural systems and socio-economic sectors based on their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change (and in accordance with the ESCACC diagnosis) resulted in the indicators being divided into the following five groups, from most to least importance: 1. Water management (35%) 2. Agriculture and livestock; Forest management; Health (30%, i.e. 10% each) 3. Energy (8%) 4. Industry, services and trade; Tourism; Urban planning and housing; Mobility and transport infrastructure (24%, i.e. 6% each) 5. Research, development and innovation (3%) Lastly, within each factor, the weighted value of the indicator is multiplied by the indicator's contribution to the factor and by the value (between 0 and 1) of the indicator during the selected time period (years). By performing this calculation for both factors and for 2005 and 2011, the results are obtained: both factors have a medium value (around 5). In both cases, there was a slight decrease in the year 2011 compared with 2005.
Catalan Office for Climate Change
EuropeRegional
Spain
Academics and scientists, Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
http://canviclimatic.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/actualitat/docs/Doc-Index-complet_ENG.pdf A Global Indicator of Climate Change Adaptation in Catalonia. E. Agell et al. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities, Climate Change Management, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28591-7_10 (p.191-202)
Monitoring and evaluation/M&EAgriculture, Ecosystems, Energy, Health, Heavy industry, Infrastructure, Services, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28628Case studyEcosystems submission
IUCN, GIZ, UN Environment
Global
Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
OtherEcosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28629NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Capacity building, Climate observations, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security, Gender, Health, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28630NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Communication and outreach/awarenessServices
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28631ToolPartner portal
United Nations Development Programme
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Financial support, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Food security
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28632NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Knowledge management, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Energy, Human settlements, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28633NWP Action pledgePartner portal
Local Governments for Sustainability
EuropeGlobal, Local, National, Regional, Subregional, Transboundary
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, 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 assessmentAdaptation finance, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health, Human settlements, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Infrastructure, Services, Tourism, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28635NWP Partner profilePartner
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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, Vulnerability assessmentWater resources, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Tourism
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28636NWP Partner profilePartner
Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Central America, Europe, North America, Pacific/Oceania, Polar regions, South AmericaGlobal, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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, Vulnerability assessmentWater resources, Ecosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Health, Disaster risk reduction, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Tourism
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28637NWP Partner profilePartner portal
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28638NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Local, National, Regional, Subregional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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, Science and research, Socio-economic data and information, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Health, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Gender, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Urban resilience, Tourism, Services
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28639NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Local
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Health, Adaptation finance, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Gender, Urban resilience, Heavy industry
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28640NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Global
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Impact assessment, Science and researchAdaptation finance, Agriculture, Disaster risk reduction, Energy, Services, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28641NWP Partner profilePartner portal
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28642NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Local, National, Regional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Science and research, Stakeholder involvement, Technology support, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Biodiversity, Coastal areas/zones, Community-based adaptation, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystems, Energy, Food security, Gender, Health, Indigenous and traditional knowledge, Services, Urban resilience, Water resources
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28643NWP Partner profilePartner portal
Subregional
10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Capacity building, Climate observations, Climate scenarios, Communication and outreach/awareness, Education and training, Impact assessment, Institutional arrangements, Knowledge management, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentAgriculture, Food security, Water resources, Disaster risk reduction, Indigenous and traditional knowledge
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28548Tool
Philippines
AsiaNational
Philippines; Bangladesh
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Nelson, 2003
Monitoring and evaluation/M&EDisaster-risk reduction
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28549Tool
Ethiopia, Slovakia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Macedonia
Africa, EuropeNational
Ethiopia; Slovakia; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Technology supportHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28550Tool
Philippines
AsiaNational
Philippines
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Wei‐Chun et al, 2008
Monitoring and evaluation/M&EHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28551Tool
Philippines
AsiaNational
Philippines
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Monitoring and evaluation/M&EDisaster-risk reduction, Health
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28552Case study
Climate change, alongside landscape change and population dynamics is resulting in dramatic environmental changes in the HKH region. This drives a shift of disease vectors and disease transmission from tropical regions into temperate regions and highlands, as has been predicted for both observed and future climate change scenarios.
The systematic review of climate change and the spatiotemporal distributions of VBDs in Nepal and comparison of the results with those of other studies from the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) region show a consistent trend of VBD expansion in the HKH region . Over the last decade, the distribution of these diseases and their vectors, which were previously believed to be confined to tropical and sub-tropical regions, is now observed to extend to the hills and mountains of the HKH region
Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC)
AsiaNational
Nepal
Academics and scientists, Communities, Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
A total of 51 references are listed in the submission
Science and researchHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28553Case study
There is insufficient evidence to suggest that rainfall directly affects the frequency of diarrhoea in Chiredzi given that 28% of variation in diarrhoea is due to random variability for rainfall. Other factors could be contributing to spread of diarrhoea. Spatial distribution of diarrhoea could be a function of limited safe water which is a climate issue. Even though rainfall and temperature are inversely related to diarrheal diseases, erratic rainfall can compel people to make use of contaminated water.
Although, no significant relationship between rainfall and schistosomiasis was found (p
Government of Zimbabwe
AfricaNational
Zimbabwe
Communities, Academics and scientists, Policy makers, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Bosompen et al. 2004
Monitoring and evaluation/M&E, Vulnerability assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28554Case study
Such health vulnerability and adaptation assessment would need to be discussed with different stakeholders and done by team of multi discipline professionals. The health vulnerability and adaptation assessment would be better if it was supplemented with targeted field observation and community discussion. Regions have to conduct their own health vulnerability and adaptation assessment taking districts as unit of analysis.
This assessment is still in draft phase.
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa University and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute)
AfricaNational
Ethiopia
Academics and scientists, Communities, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Vulnerability assessmentHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28555Case study
Three hypotheses explain the spatial heterogeneity of malaria cases in the DRC: population poverty and health system inefficiency; the weakness of the provision of healthcare and systems of protection of the population; and the seasonal variation of the climate and the degradation of the environment. The study provides more targeted proposals for intervention in zones with the highest risks as well as in their surroundings.
The study highlighted the incidence of malaria per region in the DRC, and pointed out some of the reasons why such incidence is still very high in the country. These include: the inadequacy of diagnosis infrastructures and insuffient number and training of health workers, the poor management of waste, wastewater and stormwater; poverty that keeps populations away from modern health infrastructures; and the bioclimatic environment that generates ecosystems favorable to the endemisation of certain pathologies.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
AfricaNational
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Practitioners, Policy makers, Communities, Academics and scientists, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
A total of 49 references are listed in the submission
Vulnerability assessment, Science and researchHealth
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28556Technical document/reportEcosystems submission
UNEP
Africa, AsiaGlobal
Policy makers, Practitioners, Private sector10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practicesEcosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28558Technical document/reportEcosystems submission
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Africa, Asia, South AmericaGlobal
Nepal; Peru; Uganda
Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Ecosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28560ToolEcosystems submission
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
National
Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
knowledge management, Adaptation planning and practicesBiodiversity, Ecosystems
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28562ToolEcosystems submission
Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero (consortium host)
Financial institutions10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Financial supportAdaptation finance
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28564ToolEcosystems submission
Climate Bonds Initiative and Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
Global
Financial institutions10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Financial supportAdaptation finance
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28565Case studyEcosystems submission
United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
AfricaGlobal
Uganda
Communities, Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practices, Technology support, Stakeholder involvement, Vulnerability assessmentEcosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28566ToolEcosystems submission
ADA consortium
AfricaNational
Kenya
Communities10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Vulnerability assessment, Socio-economic data and informationCommunity-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28567Case studyEcosystems submission
IUCN, GIZ, UN Environment
Global
Practitioners10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
OtherEcosystems, Coastal areas/zones, Ecosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
  
28569Technical document/reportEcosystems submission
National Wildlife Federation
North AmericaNational
United States of America
Communities, Policy makers10/10/2018 14:30No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
Adaptation planning and practicesEcosystem-based adaptation
No presence informationSerkant Samurkas
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