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
Iberoamerican Network of Climate Change Bureaus (RIOCC)	Intergovernmental	South America	Education and training	Knowledge management Education Training	Contributing a regional cooperative structure to the Nairobi Work Programme, as well as adressing needs in the following NWP areas of work: Methods and Tools; Data and Observations; Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling; Climate related risks and extreme events; Adaptation planning and practices. Contributions to the UNFCCC Action Pledges
Helio International - Climate Proofing Energy Systems: Vulnerability-Adaptation-Resilience	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries	Other	Risk/vulnerability mapping Other	Assesses and monitors the vulnerability of energy systems and identify adaptation potentials. Develops strategies to facilitate progression to low-carbon energy supply systems. Improves climate-smart evaluation capacity of countries for energy needs including consideration of ecosystem services associated with the energy sector. Global Report Climate Proofing Energy Systems: Global Report Energy Systems Country Reports Mali Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda
Health Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation Assessments (WHO)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Caribbean and Central America Least Developed Countries South America	Human health	Capacity building Risk/vulnerability mapping	Provides guidance material on conducting health vulnerability and climate change adaptation assessments. Documentation Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment: A How To Guide Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health adaptation to climate change Technical Paper Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU Member States
Hadley Centre for Climate Change Activities	Governmental	Europe	Education and training	Communication and awareness raising Education	Providing weather projections and early warning on extreme weather events, providing weather data sets. Outputs and Databases Google Earth Climate Projections DataPoint Climate Monitoring and Datasets
Guidelines to plan actions against droughts (DOF)	Governmental	Caribbean and Central America	Water resources	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Risk/vulnerability mapping	Guidelines developed to plan actions which may be developed before, during and after droughts. Actions are presented as illustrative examples and promote stakeholder participation. Guidelines Guidelines to plan actions against droughts
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 Ghana Tanzania Papers Groundwater Resources of Northern Ghana Mapping Irrigated Areas of Ghana
Great Green Wall (GEF)	Intergovernmental Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries South America	Business Terrestrial ecosystems Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Capacity building Other	Pan-African initiative to combat desertification in the Sahel-Saharan region. Documents Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the Green Wall Initiative Supporting the Great Green Wall Initiative and Lake Chad Basin
Government of United States - Climate Change in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States	Governmental	Small Island Developing States	Oceans and coastal areas	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Other	Focusing on vulnerabilities relating to climate and water, the project provides support for policy makers to improve national regulatory frameworks. Supports national adaptation strategies in addition to awareness raising and capacity building measures. Development of monitoring and forecasting systems will strengthen information and response capabilities in water management. OECS Newsletter 2012
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
Government of United States - Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure Program	Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Water resources	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Locates finance resources for infrastructure improvement and reform water and sanitation utilities to build efficiency, viability, security and service provision. Develops community health initiatives in line with water and sanitation programmes. Project Promoting Hygiene Improvement in Amhara, Ethiopia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Development Indonesia Environmental Services Program
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
Government of the United States - U.S. Support Program to the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI)	Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Other	Capacity building Risk/vulnerability mapping	Provides scientific advice, management support and facilitates access to cross-sectoral experts in order to design sustainability goals and integrate adaptation considerations. Assists in long-term planning and conducts training for conservation managers. Designed a Coral Triangle Atlas to assist in the management of marine protected areas. Factsheet
Government of the United States Activities	Governmental	Africa and the Arab States North America	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Education and training	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Financial support Education	Integrating climate information into disaster relief management, training developing countries in climate adaption in the farming sector, reducing pacific island vulnerability to climate change, increasing knowledge on climate impacts and adaptation at regional level (Alaska, California, the Carolinas and others). Providing NASA observations to development planning through SERVIR. Thematic and sectoral programs at national level. Example Projects National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) NIDIS Pilot Projects USAID Adaptation Work Famine Early Warning Systems Network Climate Variability and Change and New York City Research Publications Climate Science Program, Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options
Government of the United Kingdom Activities	Governmental	Europe	Education and training Water resources Oceans and coastal areas Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education Communication and awareness raising Training	Increasing evidence base about impacts and consequences, raising awareness in public and private sector, developing pilot projects and integrating adaptation into all levels of government. Strategies Adapting to Climate Change in England: a framework for action UK Climate Impacts Program Climate Adaptation Performance Indicators Local Climate Impacts Profile Projects Adaptation Actions Database Thames Estuary 2100 Project Research Database Base for Research, Adaptation, Impacts and News (BRAIN)
Government of the Netherlands Activities	Governmental	Europe	Education and training Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Oceans and coastal areas	Education Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Financial support	Strengthening coastal defences, increasing discharge capacity, subjecting planning to "water tests" and involving all climate-related sectors into adaptation work. Payments for ecosystem services. Academic Assessment Scientific Assessment and Policy Analysis for Climate Change National Spatial Development Strategy Water Innovation Program (WINN)
Government of Switzerland - Floods from the Roof of the World: Protection thanks to applied research	Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Other	Other	Creates an inventory of glaciers and glacier lakes and a monitoring system as a basis for an early warning system.
Government of Sweden Activities	Governmental	Europe	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Oceans and coastal areas	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education Communication and awareness raising	Creating multi-level inter-sectoral network to stimulate adaptation action at regional and municipal levels as well as better coordinating adaptation action with rescue services, national planning and meteorological information services. Some pilot actions at municipal level to better protect settlements against the sea, landslides and storms. Swedish Assessment Report Sweden facing climate change - threats and opportunities Example outputs Climatools Sectoral Action National Efforts
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
Government of Romania Activities	Governmental	Europe	Oceans and coastal areas Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Education and training	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Integrating adaptation into agriculture, transport, forests, the built environment and coastal zones through national policy, research and action plans. ACCRETE Project on Agriculture and Climate INTERREG 3B CADSES Component on Risk Management Green Investment
Government of Portugal Activities	Governmental	Europe	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Raising heat wave preparedness through the national health and emergency services, integrating adaptation into water and river basin mangement plans. Coastal zone management "priorities". National Plan for protection of forests against wild fires.
Government of New Zealand Activities	Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Financial support	Partnerships with key sectors for water and coastal issues, biodiversity, maintaining public infrastructure (such as transport, telecommunications and energy supply), and primary production (ie, agriculture, including fostering appropriate land-use development and planning). Supporting and encouraging industries and communities in vulnerable sectors and regions to engage in early planning. Integrating adaptation into Flood Risk Management and the Sustainable Water Programme. Climate Change Strategy New Zealand's Climate Change Solutions, including adaptation Sectoral Assessments and Strategies Agriculture Biodiversity Infrastructure Water Resources Regional Assessments by indicator Temperature Precipitation Example projects Changing attitudes and practice for farming dry land in Marlborough Sustainable production in Marlborough's variable climate Twin Streams: Stormwater Management Tools CLINZI - Climate's Long-Term Impact on New Zealand Infrastructure Financing
Government of Malta Activities	Governmental	Europe	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Adaptation in the water sector (coastal zones) and development of new water management technologies. Example projects PRODIM Water and Drought Management INWATERMAN Water Management in Agriculture
Government of Latvia Activities	Governmental	Europe	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Financial support Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education	Financing environmental protection investments, integrating adaptation into health, agriculture and national security conceptions, at all government levels including local. Hyrdological and metereological information and assessment. Funding Latvian Environmental Protection Fund Latvian Environmental Investment Fund Protection and Management of Coastal Habitats in Latvia Risk Management Conception in Agriculture
Government of Italy Activities	Governmental	Europe	Water resources Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Action on adaptation in combatting desertification, alpine protection, agriculture, coastal protection and human health. National and local action plans. Heat Health Watch Warning System (HHWWS). Heat-Health Action Plan Academic Assessment Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Italy: An Economic Assessment Action Plans National Action Plan to Combat Desertification and Drought Projects CLIMAGRI - Climate Change and Agriculture National Conference on Climate Change Meteo-Hyrodological Forecast and Observations for improved Water Resource Management in the Alps
Government of Ireland Activities	Governmental	Europe	Water resources	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Inter-basin water transfer from Lough Ree on the Shannon to Dublin City. Strategy Preparing For A Climate Change In Northern Ireland MarClim project on Biodiversity and Climate Change in cooperation with UK
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