Modernization Program of the National Meteorological Service (MoMet) (SMN)

The World Bank-funded programme has been based on an institutional diagnosis and proposed strategic plan for the national meteorological service carried out by the WMO aimed at modernization over a 6-year period.

• World Bank Project Data

Studies on funding for water-based climate change mitigation and adaptation

The two studies  provide technical assistance, capacity development and technology transfer to strengthen and consolidate actions implemented within the framework of the Mexican water sector’s planning and funding to favour the development of the water sector. Develop actions diagnosis and improvement of the Water Financing System and identify sources of funding.

National Implementing Entity of the Climate Change Adaptation Fund in Mexico (ENI Mexico)

A mechanism to finance concrete climate change adaptation projects and programs in vulnerable areas.

• National Implementing Entity of the Climate Change Adaptation Fund in Mexico

Water Funds (FEMSA Foundation; TNC; Inter-American Development Bank)

Innovative mechanism of large-scale conservation based on the payment for environmental services in which the investments of downstream users are used to preserve water source with the aim to create and capitalize at least 32 funds in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

• FEMSA Foundation 2011 Annual Report
• Investing in water funds

Rainfed Infrastructure Program K132, with Hydrological-Environmental Watershed Restoration and Water Management and Soil Preservation (CONAGUA)

Series of infrastructure measures as adaptation to high-intensity hydro-meteorological phenomena expected to occur with greater frequency in the basins of Mexico’s humid tropics. 

Construction of the Eastern Drainage Tunnel (CONAGUA)

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.

Statistical Regionalization of CMIP5 models for Mexico

Obtains projections for temperature and precipitation change through implementation of a method known as Reliability Ensemble Averaging and inclusion of the range of uncertainty in the new models of the IPCC.

Government of Australia Activities

Increasing scientific knowledge of climate change impacts at regional and national level, enhancing adaptation through national policies, disaster risk reduction work and partnerships with the private sector. Concrete adaptation action in the agricultural sector, human settlements, coastal zones, biodiversity and health.

Climate Knowledge at the Regional Level (Pacific)

• Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
• Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project
• Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Project
• Building Robust and Reliable Data Monitoring Infrastructure for Climate Change Monitoring Project
• Pacific Vulnerability and Adaptation Initiative

National and Sub-national Strategies

• Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability - Promoting an Efficient Adaptation Response in Australia
• National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
• Regional Assessments and Initiatives
• Climate Change in the Carins and Great Barrier Reef Region
• NSW Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Programme
• Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Programme
• A National Plan for Water Security
  

Public-Private Partnership
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management: A Guide for Business and Government

Sectoral Action

• The Framework for Future Natural Resource Management Programmes
• National Biodiveristy and Climate Change Action Plan
• Great Barrier Reef Climate Change Response Programme
• National Agriculture and Climate Change Action Plan
  

Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre Activities
(ADPC)

Reduces the impact of disasters on communities by training middle and senior management, clearing and managing information on disaster preparedness in Asia and disseminating this widely, and adaptation practice in cooperation with international and national development agencies.

Example outputs

• Training Resource Group

Asian Development Bank Project search
(ADB)

Technical advice, knowledge and funding for environmentally sustainable growth, in particular in building resilience to natural hazards amongst the region's poor.

Publications

• Environment
• Risk Management
  
  

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Activities
(APN)

Funding network for research and capacity-building to improve links between science and policy in Asia-Pacific Region.

Example projects

• Improving Policy Responses to Interactions between Global Environmental Change and Food Security across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP)
• Integrated Model Development for Water and Food Security Assessments and Analysis of the Potential of Mitigation Options and Sustainable Development Opportunities in Temperate Northeast Asia

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies Activities
(BCAS)

Advancing knowledge on sustainable development and adaptation and implementing concrete action.

Example projects

• Capacity Building of LDCs for Adaptation of Climate Change (CLACC)
• Building Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change for Selected Drought and Flood Prone Areas of Bangladesh
• Ongoing Projects

Pacific Regional Environment Programme Activities (SPREP)

Providing strengthened metereological services, contributing to a better understanding of impacts, developing adaptative measures and developing further policy on adaptation.

Frameworks and Guidance

• Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015
• CV&A : A guide to Community Vulnerability and Adaptation assessment and action

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Activities

Making adaptation one of Australia's national research priorities ("flagships"), establishing a network of scientists, coordinating research and feeding into policy-making.

Commonwealth Secretariat Activities

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

From Risk to Resilience Program

Identifying and evaluating (in terms of costs and benefits) disaster risk reduction actions in Pakistan, Nepal and India.

Example field studies

• The Tamil Nadu fieldsite and field studies
• Coastal sections of Gujarat, India

Global Change Impact Studies Centre Activities

Training researchers to participate in global climate science and providing impact assessments for Pakistan.

Asian Development Bank - Poverty and Environment Program Activities
(ADB)

Helping the region’s economies enhance their resilience to climate change by assisting governments to : (i) incorporate vulnerability risks into national development strategies and actions; (ii) increase climate resilience of vulnerable sectors such as water and agriculture; (iii) ‘climate proof’ investment projects ; and (iv) address social dimensions of adaptation - in particular, poverty alleviation.

Example output
Poverty-Environment Net

Government of New Zealand Activities

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

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Activities
(UN-ESCAP)

Promoting the environmentally sustainable economic growth “Green Growth” approach as a practical tool for achieving sustainable development as well as a strategy for responding to global efforts for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Taking proactive and concrete measures to serve as the regional platform for policy dialogue for forging regional perspectives on the post-2012 climate framework and to enhance common knowledge of the region on new policy options on climate action in the context of sustainable development.

Activities
Range of activities

United Nations University and Government of Japan, Global Environment Information Centre Funding Database for Asia-Pacific

Funding opportunities in Asia-Pacific region.

Rockefeller Foundation Activities

Creating robust action models of climate change resilience for poor and vulnerable people; Funding, promoting, and disseminating those models; Increasing pressure on funders, practitioners, and policy-makers to support increased funding and action for climate change resilience for poor and vulnerable people.

Projects

• Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
• Strengthening Food Security: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) 

Adaptation Knowledge Platform (Asia Region)

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 to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Central Asia

Identified adaptation needs through a feasibility study. Facilitates the development of cross-boundary cooperation with a view to assessing climate change impacts.

Project
Too Much-Too Little Water

Government of United States - ADAPT

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