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Adaptation Practice
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Type of organization
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Regional focus
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Sector
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Adaptation delivery activity
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Description
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AAP: Africa Adaptation Program | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Other
| Capacity building
Other
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
| Scientific, technical and financial knowledge and investment to enhance government capabilities to mainstream climate change adaptation into frameworks and policies.
Projects
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Adaptation for Smallholders to Climate Change (AdapCC) | Private
Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Business
| Capacity building
Other
| Facilitates the integration of adaptation strategies into small scale tea and coffee production. Provides practical training, knowledge sharing and partnership development with the goal of diversifying income, building resilience and promoting ecosystem sustainability.
Reports
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Adaptation Knowledge Platform (Asia Region) | Academic
Governmental
| Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
| Other
| Capacity building
Other
| Collaborative partnership that supports research and capacity building across Asia. Facilitates inter-disciplinary knowledge exchange to develop knowledge of climate change across scales and assist policy makers.
Publications
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Adaptation Learning Programme (CARE: PECCN) | Non-Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Other
| Capacity building
Other
| Provides context-based, community-owned adaptation strategies. Integrates local and scientific climate knowledge into adaptation strategies. Develops civil society partnerships to include marginalised groups.
Reports
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Adaptation of Land Use to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (ALUCSSA) | Academic
| Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Risk/vulnerability mapping
Other
| Develops projections of climate change scenarios for Sub-Saharan Africa and evaluates impact to land systems. Assesses sustainability of land-based livelihood practices and provides practical adaptation recommendations. |
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Central Asia | Academic
Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Other
| Identified adaptation needs through a feasibility study. Facilitates the development of cross-boundary cooperation with a view to assessing climate change impacts.
Project
Too Much-Too Little Water |
Adaptation to Climate Change of Wheat and Potatoes Productive Systems (IADB) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Capacity building
Other
| Facilitates selection and production of climate-resilient genotypes for local implementation with the aim of strengthening adaptive capacity in South America.
Project documents (Spanish) |
Adaptation to Climate Change: Responding to coastline change and its human dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal (GEF) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Small Island Developing States
Least Developed Countries
| Oceans and coastal areas
| Other
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Implements context-specific training and evaluation measures to increase adaptive capacity. Integrates monitoring and capacity considerations into planning processes and policies. Awareness raising activities to enhance knowledge and cooperation in climate change adaptation across scales. Develops sustainable practices to reduce ecosystem deterioration and promote livelihood resilience.
Project Document
Integrated Coastal Area Management in West Africa |
Adaptation to the Impact of Rapid Glacier Retreat in the Tropical Andes Project - (PRAA Project - GEF) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Water resources
| Capacity building
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Guides governmental and civil society groups on the integration of strategies to reduce water consumption in both the consumer and industrial sectors. Develops relationships between countries and institutions to ensure mainstreaming of adaptation in procedures involving the project. Monitoring, technical, and implementation services for projects and planning.
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Adaptation to the Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the Nile Delta Coastal Zone (IDRC) | Academic
| Africa and the Arab States
| Oceans and coastal areas
| Capacity building
Other
| Conducts research into adaptation strategies and their economic costs and produces policy guidance with the aim of reducing vulnerability.
Programs
Facing the tide: Weighing options to protect Egypt's Nile Delta coast |
Adapting Fishing Policy to Climate Change with the Aid of Scientific and Endogenous Knowledge (IDRC) | Non-Governmental
| Small Island Developing States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Capacity building
Other
| Platform to share scientific and indigenous knowledge across sectors, disciplines and regions with the aim of improving fishing practices and policy to reduce vulnerability to climate change.
Adaptating Fishing Policy to Climate Change |
Adapting the Framework of Forestry Policy to meet the needs of climate change in the MENA region (GIZ) | Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
| Terrestrial ecosystems
| Other
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
| Provides training for related sectors to enhance understanding of the connections between the environment, climate change and poverty. Provides policy advice for decision-makers and implementers that integrates academic findings. Invests in media to raise awareness of climate change impacts.
Reports
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Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) | Academic
Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
Asia-Pacific
| Other
| Capacity building
Other
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Raises awareness of climate change impacts amongst stakeholders. Providing sectoral training enhance knowledge and develop a risk communication process. Assesses vulnerability and develop suitable adaptation measures in a participatory manner.
Actions
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Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation
(ACCCA Project) | Academic
Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
| Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Education and training
| Financial support
| Drawing on lessons learned on communicating climate risk information to decision-makers. Informing effective decision-making on reducing vulnerability through a series of pilot projects funded through the project.
Outputs
Pilot Actions Database
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AFDB - Lake Chad Sustainable Development Support Program (PRODEBALT) | | Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Other
| Capacity building
Other
| Provides funding to develop sustainable technical actions for Lake Chad and increase its productivity. |
African Development Bank Activities
(AFDB) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
| Education and training
| Financial support
Training
| Designing climate risk and adaptation interventions, funding and co-funding adaptation projects, and conducting in-house training and awareness raising. Joint coordination (with AUC, GCOS and ECA) of the Action Plan for Africa on Climate Information for Development Needs.
Example Projects
Malawi Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture
Strategies
Climate Information for Development Needs: An Action Plan for Africa (ClimDev Africa)
See also GCOS ClimDev Africa webpage
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AIRD lágence - Interdisciplinary and Participative Research on Interactions between Ecosystems, Climate and Societies in West Africa | Academic
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Terrestrial ecosystems
| Other
| Builds scientific capacity of African researchers to explore an interdisciplinary approach to development research. Facilitates networking between stakeholders engaged in climate change.
Projects (French):
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Altering the Climate of Poverty under Climate Change: The forests of Congo Basin (IDRC and CIFOR) | Academic
Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Reviews adaptation priorities and policies and ensure engagement of stakeholders in forest management. Provides monitoring, evaluation and outreach services with the aim of ensuring sustainable forest use.
Report
Setting priorities and strategies for adaptation with the forests to climate change
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An Ecosystems Approach to Managing Water and Health in the Context of Climate Change: Adaptive strategies to drought and flooding in four West African countries (CSRS) | Academic
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Human health
Water resources
| Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
| Establishes a regional platform for cooperation on climate change impacts in West Africa. |
Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre | Governmental
| Europe
North America
| Education and training
Oceans and coastal areas
Water resources
| Education
Training
| Produces expertly-trained adaptation scientists and broadens the knowledge base on Antarctica and Southern Ocean variability.
Example publication
Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean: Report of Experts Workshop
Projects
Climate Futures |
Arctic Council Activities
| Governmental
| Europe
North America
| Education and training
| Education
| Assessing the impacts of climate change in the Arctic region.
Output
ACIA Scientific Report |
Asia-Pacific Community-based Adaptation Small Grants Program | Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
| Other
| Other
| Provides funding for community-based projects aimed at building resilience to climate change. Establishes a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. |
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Activities
(APN) | Academic
Governmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Education and training
| Knowledge management
Education
| Funding network for research and capacity-building to improve links between science and policy in Asia-Pacific Region.
Example projects
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Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (Rockefeller Foundation) | Non-Governmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Other
| Conducts learning and capacity exchange to address multi-sector impacts of climate change. Assesses and develops resilience planning and adaptation methods to reduce vulnerability.
Projects
Urban Climate Change Resilience
Documents
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Asian Development Bank - Poverty and Environment Program Activities
(ADB)
| Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Education and training
| Training
Knowledge management
| Helping the region’s economies enhance their resilience to climate change by assisting governments to : (i) incorporate vulnerability risks into national development strategies and actions; (ii) increase climate resilience of vulnerable sectors such as water and agriculture; (iii) ‘climate proof’ investment projects ; and (iv) address social dimensions of adaptation - in particular, poverty alleviation.
Example output
Poverty-Environment Net |
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