Adaptation

Adaptation Practices

The adaptation practices interface is a gateway to information on adaptation practices worldwide. It provides a summary of adaptation practices by a large range of organizations, agencies and businesses, along with descriptions and relevant links and publications. The interface was mandated by the SBSTA, see SBSTA 25 report FCCC/SBSTA/2006/11 (paragraph 59).
It was updated for the thirtieth session of the SBSTA (June 2009).

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Adaptation Practice	Type of organization	Regional focus	Sector	Adaptation delivery activity	Description
Siyanda on-line database on gender and development materials					Interactive on-line database of publications on gender issues in development.
Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes: Climate risk, vulnerability and decision making tools for the planning of conservation (IAI)	Academic Non-Governmental	South America	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Terrestrial ecosystems		Cross-country research into climate risk for local-scale biodiversity. Development of context-specific adaptation measures.
The Economics of Climate Change in Central America–Phase II (UN-CEPAL)	Intergovernmental	Caribbean and Central America	Oceans and coastal areas Other		Country-specific assessments of the economic and social costs resulting from projected physical damages if climate change adaptation measures are not adopted. Develops appropriate adaptation mechanisms and encourages a low-carbon economy. Project document The economics of climate change
Indian Ocean Commission - ACCLIMATE project	Intergovernmental	Small Island Developing States Least Developed Countries	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Other	Capacity building Other	Facilitates dialogue between policy makers and scientists on adaptation and climate issues. Add knowledge on these subjects by hosting seminars and producing studies and reports.
Government of South Africa Activities	Governmental	Africa and the Arab States	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Oceans and coastal areas Education and training	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Capacity building Education	Thematic programs on Water, Wetlands, Fire and increased agricultural productivity. Better assessment of drought and flood risk, climate adaptation R&D and improved weather reporting. Community-level projects. Adjusting national spatial planning to better protect coastlines. Thematic Programs Working for Water Working for Wetlands Working on Fire Landcare South Africa Climate Impacts Information Strategies Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for the Westerne Cape Research & Development Environmental Stress Tollerance Research (GMOs) Academic Assessments Adapting to climate, water and health stresses: insights from Sekhukhune, South Africa
World Food Programme Activities (WFP)	Intergovernmental	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Capacity building Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Enabling development, saving lives in refugee crises and other emergencies, improving nutrition and quality of life of world's most vulnerable people. Assisting governments in putting in place and in strengthening early-warning and emergency preparedness systems at the national and regional level.
Institute of Development Studies and Christian Aid - Climate and Disaster Governance	Academic Non-Governmental	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Capacity building Education Communication and awareness raising	Investigating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction governance at the national and sub-national levels, including citizen engagement and accountability in the policy process, the role of social protection instruments, institution building in fragile states and the implications for international policy frameworks. First publications on disaster insurance. Publications The potential role of disaster insurance for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation Micro-insurance & disaster risk reduction: challenges and opportunities in the context of climate change
World Health Organization Activities (WHO)	Intergovernmental	All regions	Human health	Capacity building Education Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Collaborating with countries and agencies inside and outside of the UN system, including governments and civil society to develop capacity to assess and respond to health risks from climate change. Providing close relationships to the health sector within Member States through regional and national offices. Providing a normative framework of action for national governments and for WHO to address linkages between health and climate change. Organized ten inter-regional workshops on Human Health Impacts from Climate Variability and Climate Change between 2000 and 2008, in collaboration with WMO and UNEP. Leading the health component of the MDG-Fund projects on climate change adaptation (Jordan and China). Developing, in partnership with UNDP, developing a project on Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health under a changing and more variable climate. Developing a global strategy that outlines the overarching framework for the international response to protect health from climate change. Example projects Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human health in Europe Health and Environment Linkages Initiative Publications Regional Framework for action to protect human health from effects of climate change in the South East Asia and Pacific Region List of publications on Health and Climate Change since 1990
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)	Academic	Africa and the Arab States	Education and training	Capacity building Knowledge management Education	Improving the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable and working to establish a self-sustained African body of expertise on adaptation that responds to needs defined by African communities, decision makers, and institutions.
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 Coffee growing in Nicaragua Mexico Mas Café Case Study Peru Case Study Kenya Case Study Uganda Case Study Tanzania Case Study Nicaraguan Case Study
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 Integration of climate adaptation into development and conservation planning in Bhutan The Role of Community Forestry in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Case Studies from Asia Institutional Responses to Local- Level Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal
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 Economics of Community-Based Adaptation Factsheet
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 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
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 Collaborative Climate Adaptation between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations in Responsive Water Management Policy Framework for Climate Adaptation Strategies for the Mongolian Rangelands Pilot project for building capacities to adapt to climate variability, extreme climatic events and climate change in urban and peri-urban Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Government of United States - ADAPT		Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Other	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management	Provides advice and support for decision-makers to enhance implementation of environmental laws and policies. Invests in climate-smart food security actions to build resilience. Supports community-based adaptation projects enhancing knowledge, natural resource management and addresses vulnerability reduction. Factsheet Accessing Climate Change and Resilience Funds for Asia-Pacific
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 Tale of two cities: Developing city resilience strategies under climate change scenarios for Indore and Surat, India Living with Floods: A Grassroots Alalysis of the causes and Impacts of Typhoon Mirinae
Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean countries highly prone to hurricane-related disasters (FAO)	Governmental Intergovernmental	Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Other	Capacity building Other	Provides participatory assessment and recommendations to facilitate the development of disaster preparedness measures. Conducts cross-scale cooperative evaluation highlighting best practices with a goal of building capacity and resilience. Reports Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Jamaica Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Grenada Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Haiti
At the Water’s Edge: Coastal resilience in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada (The Nature Conservancy)	Non-Governmental	Small Island Developing States	Oceans and coastal areas	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management Other Risk/vulnerability mapping	Assists SIDS in sustainably protecting and managing coastlines vulnerable to climate change.
Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change for Selected Southeast Asian Countries: Vulnerability assessment and economic analysis of adaptation (IDRC)	Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Other	Capacity building Other Risk/vulnerability mapping	Maps and analyses vulnerabilities and designs appropriate adaptation strategies allowing for climate change to be mainstreamed.
Government of United States - Building Climate Resilience of Mekong Hydropower Dams	Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Other	Capacity building	Joint initiative with the Lower Mekong Initiative to build capacity to integrate adaptation measures into planning and building processes. Development of modeling and analytical tools. Encourage cross sectoral partnerships and knowledge sharing. Additional Information Managing Sediment, Climate Change in Mekong Basin Dams
Capacity Building for Research and Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas: An Adaptive Mechanism for Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region (APN)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Oceans and coastal areas	Capacity building	Provides technical training in marine protection. Training also given in formulating monitoring and evaluation planning, data management and communications. Report Final Project Report
Capacity Development for Policy Makers: Addressing climate change in key sectors (UNDP)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries Caribbean and Central America South America	Other	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management	Raises awareness of climate change and its impacts at a national level. Facilitates understanding of need for adaptation. Identifies investment and financial capacities for implementing climate related measures.
CapaSIDS: Capacity Building and Knowledge on Sustainable Responses to Climate Change in Small Island States (IDRC)	Governmental	Small Island Developing States	Other Transport, infrastructure and human settlements	Capacity building Other	Creates socio-economic and climate change scenarios to inform long-term planning and decision-making in coastal zones with a view to incorporating and mainstreaming adaptation strategies. Training is provided to urban developers on incorporating chosen adapation measures into plans.
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