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
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Activities (CAFOD)	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Community-based adaptation projects. Example projects Kenya: Surviving the drought
CARE International Activities	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Small Island Developing States	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Communication and awareness raising	Developing community-level methodologies and concrete action, developing and applying a Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment tool (CVCA) and adressing key priorities in making livelihoods sustainable, reducing disaster risk, strengthening local capacity and supporting social mobilization and advocacy. Making seperate assessments for female and male needs. Strategies CARE’s Approach to Adaptation: Prioritising People and Community-based Action Additional UNFCCC resources Local Coping Strategies Database
Adaptation Learning Programme (CARE: PECCN)	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Other	Capacity building Other	Provides context-based, community-owned adaptation strategies. Integrates local and scientific climate knowledge into adaptation strategies. Develops civil society partnerships to include marginalised groups. Reports Economics of Community-Based Adaptation Factsheet
Adapting Fishing Policy to Climate Change with the Aid of Scientific and Endogenous Knowledge (IDRC)	Non-Governmental	Small Island Developing States Least Developed Countries	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Capacity building Other	Platform to share scientific and indigenous knowledge across sectors, disciplines and regions with the aim of improving fishing practices and policy to reduce vulnerability to climate change. Adaptating Fishing Policy to Climate Change
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (Rockefeller Foundation)	Non-Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Transport, infrastructure and human settlements	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management Other	Conducts learning and capacity exchange to address multi-sector impacts of climate change. Assesses and develops resilience planning and adaptation methods to reduce vulnerability. Projects Urban Climate Change Resilience Documents Tale of two cities: Developing city resilience strategies under climate change scenarios for Indore and Surat, India Living with Floods: A Grassroots Alalysis of the causes and Impacts of Typhoon Mirinae
At the Water’s Edge: Coastal resilience in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada (The Nature Conservancy)	Non-Governmental	Small Island Developing States	Oceans and coastal areas	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management Other Risk/vulnerability mapping	Assists SIDS in sustainably protecting and managing coastlines vulnerable to climate change.
Climate Change in a Living Landscape: Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Eastern Cordillera Real of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (WWF)	Non-Governmental	South America	Terrestrial ecosystems	Other	Cross-country cooperative initiative to address ecosystem concerns and promote sustainable livelihoods. National and local objectives identified to address adaptation needs. Vulnerability Report
Linking African Researchers with Adaptation Policy Spaces (Africa Adapt)	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries	Other	Capacity building Other	Develops knowledge, research and tools to educate on adaptation policy processes at local and national levels. Project Summary: Linking African Researchers with Adaptation Policy Spaces
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
Pacific Mangroves Initiative (IUCN)	Non-Governmental	Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Oceans and coastal areas Other	Capacity building Other	Enhances national data and climate scenario information and develops mangrove and ecosystem management tools for the implementation of management actions. Conducts awareness raising and capacity development programmes with the goal of building resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
Partners for Resilience	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Caribbean and Central America Least Developed Countries	Other	Capacity building Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management	Nine country programme integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystem management and restoration. Conducts co-operative risk management actions with governments and other agencies to reduce vulnerability to disasters and climate change and build livelihood resilience. Leaflet: A new partnership for resilience Additional information 2012 Workshop Report Project Climate Proof Disaster Risk Reduction
Preparedness for Climate Change (RCCC)	Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Caribbean and Central America Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Other	Capacity building Other	Programme established to build climate knowledge of Red Cross societies and national governments. Integrate adaptation and disaster plans to improve preparedness and response thereby reducing vulnerability. Phase 2: Next Steps Regional Training Initiatives
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
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
Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience (ICRISAT)	Non-Governmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Capacity building Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Provides in-depth research on climate variability, adaptation-coping strategies and institutional capacity in SAT focusing on the rural poor. Project Documents Inception report Year 2 Review
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 Shared Water for Everyone 2005-2010 Executive Summary Videos: Shared Water for Everyone
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
African Development Bank Activities (AFDB)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States	Education and training	Financial support Training	Designing climate risk and adaptation interventions, funding and co-funding adaptation projects, and conducting in-house training and awareness raising. Joint coordination (with AUC, GCOS and ECA) of the Action Plan for Africa on Climate Information for Development Needs. Example Projects Malawi Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture Strategies Climate Information for Development Needs: An Action Plan for Africa (ClimDev Africa) See also GCOS ClimDev Africa webpage
Asian Development Bank Project search (ADB)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Financial support	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
Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Small Island Developing States Least Developed Countries South America	Education and training Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Water resources	Education Communication and awareness raising Training Financial support	Advances scientific capacity in developing countries to assess and effectively communicate knowledge of vulnerabilities for adaptation planning and action. To this end, vulnerbability assessments of regional and sectoral scope are developed. Example publication A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the AIACC Project Electronic Library Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Developing Country Regions
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 Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection EU Forest Action Plan Example activities ADAM Consortium European Climate Change Program Funding Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Activities (FAO)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States South America	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Education and training	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Education	Generating an information base for action (for example, data and statistics, analytical tools and models; crop forecasting and impact monitoring; information on risks related to climate variability and climate change) Building national and local capacities for disaster risk management, reduction, and transfer with regard to extreme climate events Working with sectoral ministries, communities and farmers to identify adaptation options which build on assessment and sustainable management of resources Supporting linkages among global policy decisions on climate change in the context of the UNFCCC, sectoral policies, strategies and programmes relating to agriculture, forestry, fisheries (for example including mainstreaming into National Programmes for Food Security) and local adaptation action at community level (e.g. combining climate risk management and resilience building of livelihoods and ecosystems, supported by sectoral line ministries through research, extension and communication for development). Action Pledges Six action pledges to the Nairobi Work Programme Strategies Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Food and Agriculture Sector Climate Change & Food Security: a Framework Document
Pacific Regional Environment Programme Activities (SPREP)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Education Training	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
Climate Change Capacity Development Project (C3D)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries South America Small Island Developing States	Education and training	Training Knowledge management	Training of trainers for vulnerability and adaptation, to disseminate expertise and build the capacity of governmental experts. Example output Trainer's Guide
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Activities	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Education Knowledge management Training	Making adaptation one of Australia's national research priorities ("flagships"), establishing a network of scientists, coordinating research and feeding into policy-making.
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