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.
URAdapt - Managing Water in the Rural–Urban Interface: the key to climate change resilient cities	Academic Non-Governmental		Water resources Transport, infrastructure and human settlements	Knowledge management Other	Develops hydrological scenarios, including impacts on planning and under changing conditions to advise decision-making. Engages stakeholders to exchange knowledge on climate-resilient cities. Publication: Looking upstream and down: Addressing climate change impacts in Accra and Addis Ababa
United Nations Development Programme Activities (UNDP)	Intergovernmental	All regions	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Education and training	Training Communication and awareness raising Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education	Providing guidance on integrating adaptation into UN programming, national development planning and providing an adaptation learning mechanism. Focussing on climate risk “hot spots” to enable climate-resilient development built upon a goal of pro-poor and pro-growth adaptation that supports sustainable economic development and livelihoods. Reducing climate vulnerabilities and improving adaptive capacity. Outputs Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) Programming Climate Change Adaptation (PCCA) Community-Based Adaptation Program (CBA) National Communications Support Program (NCSP) National Capacity Self-Assessment Program (NCSA) UNDP and University of Oxford, Climate Change Country Profiles Example Publications UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008 - full report
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment Activities (CSERGE)	Academic	All regions	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Education	Interdisciplinary research in sustainable development and environment to inform UK and European decision-making and adaptation actions, with emerging focus on water issues. Publications An ecosystem services approach to assess managed realignment coastal policy in England CSERGE Research Projects
Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training Activities (START)	Non-Governmental	All regions	Education and training	Education Knowledge management	Creating and maintaining a network of scientists from developing countries providing regional impact and vulnerability assessments to policy-makers. Projects: Assessments of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change (AIACC) CLIMAG Regional Networks
Global Climate Observing System Secretariat Activities (GCOS)	Academic	All regions	Education and training	Education Knowledge management	Monitoring the climate system; detecting and attributing climate change; assessing impacts of, and supporting adaptation to, climate variability and change; Application to national economic development; Research to improve understanding, modelling and prediction of the climate system. Example project: Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev Africa) Action undertaken in support of the UNFCCC GCOS Implementation Plan
Frontier Research Centre for Global Change Activities	Academic	All regions	Education and training	Education	Developing projections and predictions about future climate change.
Google.org: Predict and Prevent	Private	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Education Financial support Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Identifying future disaster hot spots and enabling a rapid response in sub-Sahara Africa and Southeast Asia. Further documents Initiative Brief Financing Grants and Investments Outputs Google Earth: Climate Change in our World
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Activities (CBD)	Intergovernmental	All regions	Education and training Terrestrial ecosystems	Education	Web-based Guidance on the Integration of Biodiversity within Adaptation Planning. Gathering information and tools from a number of relevant partners. Databases Climate Change Database Publications CBD Technical Series No. 10: Interlinkages between biological diversity and climate change CBB Technical Series No. 25: Guidance for Promoting Synergy Among Activities Addressing Biological Diversity, Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change
International Commission of Large Dams Activities	Intergovernmental	All regions	Education and training Water resources	Education	Research on increasing resilience of dams to extreme events (flooding).
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Activities	Academic	All regions	Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising Training	Advances the conceptual and methodological development of risk and vulnerability research, carries out selected risk and vulnerability assessments, carries out integrative stakeholder-led case studies and develops interactive tools that can provide training on vulnerability and adaptation. Relevant ongoing work within the NWP Action Pledge
International Water Management Institute Activities	Non-Governmental	All regions	Education and training Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Education Communication and awareness raising	Part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), IWMI is a non-profit organization aiming to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and nature through the dissemination of knowledge for water, food and environment.
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
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Centre on Global Change and Health Activities	Academic	All regions	Education and training Human health	Education	WHO collaborating research centre to contribute to the national, regional and global valuation of health impacts of climate change and improve knowledge of public policy responses to extreme weather events. Example Projects Global Burden of Disease Project Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental Stresses in Europe
Mountain Research Initiative	Academic	All regions	Education and training Tourism	Education	Developing strategies for detecting impacts of climate change in mountainous regions, defining the consequences of climate change for these regions and lowlands dependent on mountainous resources, and define proposals towards sustainable land, water and ressource management. Example outputs Third Global Change Research Networking Meeting for European Mountains MRI Africa contribution to the Mountain Forum Bulletin
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative	Private Non-Governmental	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Education and training	Education Knowledge management	Develops insurance-related solutions to climate change impacts and pilot-projects to implement these solutions. Publications Climate Insurance Library Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP): Microinsurance in Focus Notes Submissions to the AWG-LCA Insurance Instruments for Adapting to Climate Risks - A proposal for the Bali Action Plan
Wetlands International Activities	Non-Governmental	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Water resources	Education	Integrating wetlands conservation and restoration into adaptation. Sample leaflet Understanding linkages between mangrove forests and livelihoods
World Agroforestry Centre Activities	Non-Governmental	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Knowledge management Training Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education Communication and awareness raising	Steering agroforestry from capacity-building and knowledge exchange through to implementation at national and community levels. Example projects Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services (RUPES) West Africa Dry Lands Management African Highlands Initiative
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Activities (OECD)	Intergovernmental	All regions Europe North America	Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising Training	OECD both assesses costs and benefits of various climate adaptation options and contributes to the integration of climate change considerations into national development planning. Example publications Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Costs, Benefits and Policy Instruments Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Linking Climate Change and Development Climate Change in the European Alps OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 Stocktaking of Progress on Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change into Development Co-operation Activities
Stockholm Environment Institute Activities (SEI)	Academic	All regions	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising	Contributing to the development of "sustainability science" assessing the connections between nature and society. "Risk Livelihoods & Vulnerability" program to understand the sources of vulnerability in the socio-economic domains and connect this to the impacts of climate change. Outputs Vulnerability Net CRistal - Community-Based Risk Screening Tool NAPAssess - Decision-Support Tool for NAPA-process Projects Sanitation and Agriculture Project Improving Water Productivity and Reducing Water-Related Conflict in the Andes State-Level adaptation programs in the US, for example Maryland Adaptation and Response Working Group Alaska Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Group Publications Vulnerability in the context of post 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami recovery: Lessons for building more resilient coastal communities Poverty Reduction at Risk: An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty Alleviation Activities Effective use of climate science to improve adaptation in Africa Climate change and adaptation in African agriculture
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Activities	Academic	All regions	Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising	Analysing the potential and limits of adapting society to the impacts of climate change, including risk analysis, and helping organisations adapt. Example Output Conference: Living with climate change: are there limits to adaptation? Example Publication Business and Climate Change: Measuring and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
UNEP Finance Initiative Activities (UNEP FI)	Intergovernmental Private	All regions	Education and training	Education Knowledge management Training Financial support	Providing research, capacity-building, action-oriented publications and international conferences for private partners whilst helping the financial sector to establish linkages between sustainability, performance and the environment and adopt best environmental practice at all levels. Example Output eLearning Course, Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Finance Sector Example Publications Insuring for Sustainability: Why and how the leaders are doing it Narrowing the gap: A survey of the barriers and drivers to commercial microfinance in Africa
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Activities (UNCCD)	Intergovernmental	All regions	Education and training Water resources	Knowledge management Education Communication and awareness raising	Combatting desertification through regional and national action programs. Example events CRIC7 on Climate and Land Presentation How Land can make a difference (to climate)
UNESCO - IHE Institute for Water Education Activities	Intergovernmental	All regions	Education and training Water resources Transport, infrastructure and human settlements	Training Education Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Research, education and capacity building activities in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure
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