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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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Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Food Security and Livelihoods (WMI) | Academic
Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Water resources
| Other
| Design a groundwater strategy for sub-Saharan Africa considering availability, sustainability and constraints of developing the resource as well as use and adaptation considerations. Country Reports
Papers
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Implementation Plan for the Caribbean Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change (CCCCC) | | Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Other
| Other
| Long-term strategy considering funding, investment and strategies in the reduction of regional and national risk to climate change. Establishes responsibilities, governance and capacity objectives to this end.
Project Document
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Integrating Climate Change Risks and Opportunities into National Development Processes and United Nations Country Programming (UNDP) | Academic
Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Other
| Advises on the integration of climate risk, adaptation and considerations of maladaptation in development policies. |
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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Managing Uncertainty: Innovation systems for coping with climate variability and change (ICRISAT) | Academic
Non-Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Produces research on the direct and indirect impacts of climate change, develops a system for knowledge exchange to mainstream climate risk management research. |
Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change on Rice Disease Resistance in East Africa (AfricaRice) | Academic
| Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Conducts research to establish rice gene varieties that are more resistant to disease for use by breeders. Models to predict the behaviour of pathogens in various climate scenarios designed to inform on future measures required to protect rice. |
Modeling the Transformative Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean (Caribsave) | Non-Governmental
| Least Developed Countries
| Other
| Other
| Calculates economic impacts of climate change to be used in vulnerability reduction planning and investment.
Report:
Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change
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Natural Disaster Preparedness for Coastal Cities of North Africa (WB) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
| Other
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Oceans and coastal areas
| Other
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Produces action plan of measures to lower potential loss from extreme events.
Projects
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CIP project - Participatory Development and Testing Strategies to Reduce Climate Variability of Poor Farm Households in East Africa through Innovations in Potato and Sweet Potato Technologies and Enabling Policies | Academic
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Designs long-term technology and policy strategies to reduce the climate vulnerability of famers. Develops capacity to integrate research methods into analysis of farmer ability to adapt.
Project Proposal
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Climate Investment Funds - Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Other
| Provides short-term finance to climate-resilient national development programmes.
Reports
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Resilience and the African Smallholder: Enhancing the capacities of communities to adapt to climate change (IDRC) | Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Develops knowledge and technologies to improve capacity to adapt to climate change with a view to improving food security and environmental integrity. Creates context-specific local-national action plans for adaptation.
Documentation |
Re-thinking Water Storage for Climate Change Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (IWMI) | Academic
Non-Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Water resources
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Creates guidance documentation on the integration of climate change into planning and management of water in agriculture with a view to reducing risk and building resilience. |
Running Dry: Empowering poor people to manage water in arid and semi-arid lands (GWI) | Non-Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Water resources
| Other
| Implements community-based, gender-balanced integrated water resource management (IWRM) projects to provide safe water and improve overall wellbeing.
East Africa Accomplishments
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Biodiversity International project - Seeds for Needs | Non-Governmental
| Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Pre-selects crops and seed varieties that are likely to perform well in changing conditions to minimise the impacts of climate change and achieve food security.
Project
Helping women farmers in ethiopia adapt to climate change |
Utilization of Potato Genetic Diversity as Tool to Adaptation to Climate Change (IADB) | Intergovernmental
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Adapts potato production systems to increase resiliency under climate change. Contributes to mitigation plans for high Andes communities.
Document (Spanish)
Regional plan of operations
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Water and Sanitation Sector Responses to Climate Change Impact in Yunnan Province of China and Viet Nam (WB) | Intergovernmental
Private
| Asia-Pacific
| Water resources
| Other
| Conducts technical assessments on climate change potential, risk, vulnerabilities and impacts of two cities. Provides mitigation and adaptation recommendations and outreaches programmes to raise awareness of the need to, and benefits of, adaptation and associated costs.
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Construction of the Eastern Drainage Tunnel (CONAGUA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
| Other
| Allows the deficit in the rainwater evacuation capacity to be complemented during rainfall, as well as the alternate maintenance of the deep drainage during the dry season. |
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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Government of Austria Activities
| Governmental
| Europe
| Water resources
Human health
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Terrestrial ecosystems
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
| Knowledge management
Education
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Building further knowledge and undertaking concrete adaptation action in the water and agriculture sectors.
Example projects
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European Commission Activities
(EC) | Intergovernmental
Governmental
| Europe
Least Developed Countries
Africa and the Arab States
Small Island Developing States
| Terrestrial ecosystems
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Water resources
| Knowledge management
Financial support
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Education
| Integrating adaptation into existing community policies, funding instruments and research and expanding the knowledge base on adaptation, as well as integrating European society into future adaptation actions.
Strategy
Green Paper on Adaptation in Europe
Open Consultation
EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries
Example legislation
Example activities
Funding
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) |
Pew Center on Global Climate Change Activities
| Non-Governmental
| North America
| Education and training
| Knowledge management
Education
| Creating networks for mitigation and adaptation and providing policy-inputs in order to achieve solutions to climate whilst sustaining economic growth.
Example outputs
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Zambezi Valley Development Initiative | Non-Governmental
| Africa and the Arab States
| Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Water resources
| Knowledge management
Communication and awareness raising
| Develeping an indigeneous knowledge bank and consulting on sustainable development in the region for self-help projects. Identifying and assessing human (social) and ecological vulnerability impacted by increasing climate dynamics, identifying and planning strategic action to adapt to the threats posed by this vulnerability. Sectoral focus on food security, energy scarcity and sustainable development.
Projects
Climate vulnerability and adaptation in the Upper Zambezi
Valley – ‘Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation’ (LYVA) project
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Commonwealth Secretariat Activities
| Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Education and training
| Knowledge management
| Helping vulnerable commonwealth states to identify ways of adapting socially and economically to the impacts of climate change. Strengthening participation in the UNFCCC, using Commonwealth networks to better coordinate adaptation, and strengthening better land-use management.
Strategy
Lake Victoria Commonwealth Climate Change Action Plan |
LEAD International Activities
| Non-Governmental
| All regions
| Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Knowledge management
Training
| Training programs and international leadership networks for sustainable development.
Example Trainings
UNDP UNEP Leadership and Skills Training for PEI Champions
Example Projects
Bali Darwin Initiative |
Livelihoods connect | Non-Governmental
| All regions
| Education and training
| Knowledge management
Training
| Promoting knowledge sharing, collaboration and advocacy for promoting sustainable livelihoods, including in adaptatation to climate change.
Example project
Community drought mitigation project |
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