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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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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.
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Science and Policy Interfaces for Disaster Reduction
(SPIDER Network) | Academic
| Europe
| Education and training
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Knowledge management
| Exploring the interface between physical and social science approaches to managing disaster risk and uncertainty by forging interdisciplinary collaborative partnerships.
Example publication
Making Maps to Reduce Vulnerability: does it really work? |
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 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
Projects
Research Database
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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. |
London Mayor Activities
| Governmental
| Europe
| Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
| Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Education
Training
| Identifying the main climate impacts likely to affect London, establishing the current risk baseline and analyzing the impact of climate change on the probability of key natural hazards, such as flooding and drought. Implementing risk-management actions to prevent, prepare, respond and recover. Adjusting London's water infrastructure to climate risk.
Strategies
London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (Draft)
Stakeholder Groups
London Climate Change Partnership |
Effective Adaptation Strategies and Risk Reduction towards Economic and Climatic Shocks: Lessons from the coffee crisis in Meso-America (IAI) | Academic
Non-Governmental
Private
| Europe
South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Other
| Identifies effective adaptation strategies to build resilience in livelihoods and social networks. Facilitates decision-makers-stakeholder discussions on policy.
Publications
Policy Brief
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Climate Change Adaptation and Integration into Integrated Water Resource Management (UNEP) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
| Capacity building
Other
| Conducts context-specific adaptation training sessions for stakeholders. Develops and demonstrate tools for designing climate scenarios. Strengthens networks between sectors to facilitate knowledge and resource sharing.
Final Report
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Climate Change Vulnerability Evaluation of Coastal and Marine Areas (RIOCC) | | Caribbean and Central America
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Oceans and coastal areas
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
Monitoring and evaluation
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Conducts economic analysis of the impacts of climate change in South American coastal areas. Aims to develop the PIACC framework for analysis and reduction of human and environmental vulnerability to climate change. |
Climate Policy 2012: extension of the global project “Capacity Development for Policy Makers to Address Climate Change" (UNDP) | Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Capacity building
Other
| Strengthens capacity in financing associate with climate change. Technical knowledge sharing in finance assessments and investments.
Factsheet
Capacity Development for Policy makers to Address Climate Change
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Coffee Under Pressure: Climate change and adaptation in Mesoamerica (CIAT) | Academic
| Caribbean and Central America
South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Builds livelihood resilience through assessing climate change impacts on socio-economic factors, identifying climate-smart crops, evaluating adaptation options and engaging stakeholders.
Final Reports
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UNU - Connecting Environmental Changes, Impacts and Responses in the Mekong Delta to Human Wellbeing and Ecosystem Integrity | Academic
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Human health
Terrestrial ecosystems
| Other
| Assesses the impacts of climate and environmental change on human wellbeing and ecosystem integrity.
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EUROCLIMA: Climate change regional cooperation programme (EUROPEAID) | Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
| A platform for Latin American-European cooperation in climate change.
Climate Change in Latin America
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Integrated Coastal Management with Special Emphasis on the Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua (SIAGUA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Oceans and coastal areas
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
| Capacity building
Other
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Develops sustainable local and national integrated coastal management plans and implements demonstration projects. Prepares and presents investment proposals. |
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. |
ECPAmericas project - Peace Corps Renewable Energy and Climate Change Initiative | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
Small Island Developing States
| Other
| Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Other
| Cooperative knowledge and technology transfer to facilitate implementation of climate-smart and energy efficiency actions by governments, private sector and civil society.
Outputs:
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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 |
National Program of Potential Water Reserves for the Environment in Mexico (CONAGUA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Terrestrial ecosystems
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Knowledge management
Financial support
| Collaborative partnership for determination and prioritization of water reserves to ensure ecosystems conservation. Provides the basis for declaration of basins as water reserves.
Publications
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Water Banks in Mexico (CONAGUA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Other
| Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Knowledge management
Financial support
| Provides access to information for appropriate decision making, integrated free consultancy regarding transmission of rights, guidance on technical and hydrological characteristics.
Reports
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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
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Protection of Population Centers Program (CONAGUA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Aims to prevent risk and respond to the effects caused by floods in population centers through feasibility studies and construction of infrastructure.
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Project to Strengthen Integrated Water Resources Management in Mexico (PREMIA) (CONAGUA; WMO) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Risk/vulnerability mapping
Knowledge management
| Collaborative implementation of activities in thematic areas for Integrated Water Resource Management and for climate change adaptation of the water sector through technical and financial support. Further continuation of actions aiming institutional strengthening, capacity development, development of products and services for water sector adaptation.
Documents
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Studies to characterize the regions of the country according to climate change | Governmental
Intergovernmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Risk/vulnerability mapping
Knowledge management
| Diagnoses each of the 13 river basin organizations in terms of climate trends, water management and expected changes in hydrological dynamics, vulnerabilities. Analyses general scenarios and expected impacts of climate change. |
Atlas of Water Vulnerability to Climate Change in Mexico (IMTA) | Governmental
| Caribbean and Central America
| Water resources
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
| Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Evaluates the impact of climate change in six main sectors based on the generation of climate scenarios allowing the effects of climate change on the national territory to be analysed and appreciated with great precision. Pinpointing where the availability of water resources would be reduced and to what extent.
Presentation
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Shared Water for Everyone (GEA) | Non-Governmental
Private
Academic
| Caribbean and Central America
| Education and training
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Water resources
| Capacity building
Knowledge management
Training
| Community-wide water management project to strengthen capacities of families, communities and organizations to better control their territories and natural resources and make informed decisions thereof, to promote sustainable water and food in micro-basins, to identify relevant resources and practices for resilience and adaptation.
Project presentation
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