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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
Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA Project)	Academic Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Education and training	Financial support	Drawing on lessons learned on communicating climate risk information to decision-makers. Informing effective decision-making on reducing vulnerability through a series of pilot projects funded through the project. Outputs Pilot Actions Database
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
Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre	Governmental	Europe North America	Education and training Oceans and coastal areas Water resources	Education Training	Produces expertly-trained adaptation scientists and broadens the knowledge base on Antarctica and Southern Ocean variability. Example publication Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean: Report of Experts Workshop Projects Climate of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean (CASO) Voyage 2008
Arctic Council Activities	Governmental	Europe North America	Education and training	Education	Assessing the impacts of climate change in the Arctic region. Output ACIA Scientific Report
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Activities (APN)	Academic Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Knowledge management Education	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
Asian Development Bank - Poverty and Environment Program Activities (ADB)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Training Knowledge management	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
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
Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre Activities (ADPC)	Non-Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management Training	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 Centralized Database Training Ressource Group
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
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies Activities (BCAS)	Academic	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Education Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	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
BASIC project	Academic	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific South America	Education and training Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Education Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management	Strengthening the institutional capacity of key developing countries to undertake analytical work to determine what kind of national and international climate change policies best fit within their circumstance and priorities, strengthening the bottom-up approach to international climate negotiations. Final Report Strengthening the capacity of developing countries to prepare for and participate in negotiations on future actions under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol Publications Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacity on Climate Change Lessons Learnt for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment from India’s First National Communication Handbook of Current and Next Generation Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Tools Vulnerability to Drought, Cyclones and Floods in India Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Management, and Linkages with Climate Change Adaptation Final Report of the International Workshop on Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, From Practice to Policy
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 ressources Local Coping Strategies Database
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)	Intergovernmental	South America Small Island Developing States	Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising Training	Coordinating the Caribbean region's response to climate change, acting as a clearing house for regional climate change data, and providing climate change-related policy advice and guidelines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States through the CARICOM Secretariat. Implementing community-level projects, offering training and consultancy services for climate change programmes.
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 Cambodia: fighting extreme weather
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
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)	Academic	Africa and the Arab States	Education and training	Capacity building Knowledge management Education	Improving the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable and working to establish a self-sustained African body of expertise on adaptation that responds to needs defined by African communities, decision makers, and institutions.
Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa	Academic	Africa and the Arab States	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Education and training	Education Communication and awareness raising	Assesses economic impacts of climate change in Africa and determines costs and benefits of various adaptation options, to lead to databases, capacity building and knowledge exchange. Example output Country studies
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
Climate Change Information Resources - New York Metropolitan Region	Academic	North America	Education and training	Education Knowledge management Communication and awareness raising	The CCIR-NYC is a communication platform for urban policy- and decision-makers and NY residents in order to improve their capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change.
Climate Institute Activities	Non-Governmental	North America		Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	The Climate Institute mobilizes policy-makers and experts to adapt to the impacts of climate change through public policy. Projects Florida Adaptation & Protection Program
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.
Commonwealth Secretariat Activities	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Knowledge management	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
Eldis - Adaptation dossier	Academic	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States South America Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Education Knowledge management	Summarizing current thinking on climate adaptation issues with access to relevant and up to date resources and publications sorted according to theme or region. Example publications Climate resilient cities. A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk management in East Asian cities Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the development process in Uganda
Energy and Ressource Institute Activities (TERI)	Academic Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Education Communication and awareness raising	Conducting assessments of vulnerability and sharing these with local communities through an "Information Sharing System". Example publications Adaptation to Climate Change in the context of Sustainable Development
ESPACE project	Governmental	Europe	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Water resources	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Integrating adaptation into spatial planning with a focus on water management, faciliating the exchange of knowledge between the project partners through workshops. Online ressources ESPACE library
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