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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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Cities in Asia Develop Climate Change Adaptation Plans (ICLEI) | Academic
Governmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
| Develops awareness and knowledge on adaptation and the capacity to act. Facilitates long-term collaborative actions between academics and decision-makers to establish local impacts of climate change and project future scenarios. Develops decision-making aids for adaptation strategies. |
Climate Change Adaptation and Development Initiative (UNEP) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Other
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Facilitates cross-sector adaptation awareness raising. Participates in collaborative practical adaptation actions with governments and other organisations. Develops context-specific training and assessment manuals. Assists in integrating climate change issues into policy and planning with the goal of building capacity and reducing vulnerability.
Case Studies
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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 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 Adaptation Initiative (MRC) | Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
| Water resources
| Capacity building
Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Other
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Conducts vulnerability assessment, awareness raising and capacity-building campaigns at community level and conduct pilot projects. Assists governments to integrate findings into policy frameworks for adaptation. Facilitates the development of a transboundary, regional adaptation strategy.
Programme Document
Climate Change Adaptation Initiative 2011-2015 |
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 and Biodiversity Information in the Tropical Andes (IADB) | Academic
Non-Governmental
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Terrestrial ecosystems
| Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Other
| Develops regional information exchange mechanism on climate and biodiversity including training and education components. Advocates for mainstreaming of climate and biodiversity concerns into national policies.
Plan of Operations (Spanish) |
Climate Change and Irrigated Agriculture: Towards a better understanding of driving forces and feedbacks between decision makers and biophysical environments and their impacts on hydrological cycle and land use (IAI) | Academic
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Water resources
| Other
| Interdisciplinary research into climatic and land use impacts in agriculture, water rights, demands and usage, and adaptive capacity of stakeholders. Projected future scenarios and anticipated potential adaptation measures.
Findings
Climate change and irrigated agriculture |
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 Impacts on Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes: Climate risk, vulnerability and decision making tools for the planning of conservation (IAI) | Academic
Non-Governmental
| South America
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Terrestrial ecosystems
| | Cross-country research into climate risk for local-scale biodiversity. Development of context-specific adaptation measures. |
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 |
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 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 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 |
Climate Investment Funds - Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Asia-Pacific
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Other
| Provides short-term finance to climate-resilient national development programmes.
Reports
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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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Climate Risk Management Assessment for Agriculture in Thailand and Viet Nam (ADB) | Intergovernmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Other
| Other
| Assesses multi-disciplinary climate change data and its potential to inform adaptation and mitigation strategies. |
Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project: Phase II (IISD) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Asia-Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Other
| Other
| An additional 20 countries added to those included in Phase I. Develops climate knowledge and scenarios and identifies risks and impacts from climate change. Facilitates research and the integration of climate science into decision-making with the aim of developing capacity to meet the challenges of climate change.
Country Study
Dominican Republic
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Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific (under the Pacific Alliance for Sustainability Program and the Coral Triangle Initiative) | Academic
| Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
| Oceans and coastal areas
| Capacity building
Other
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
| Assesses the needs for, and designs, a plan for the implementation of integrated and ecosystem-based coastal and marine resources management. |
Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia (ADB) | Governmental
Intergovernmental
Non-Governmental
| Asia-Pacific
| Oceans and coastal areas
| Capacity building
Risk/vulnerability mapping
| Strengthens capacity to maintain long-term strategies in conservation and sustainable management of coastal and marine sources in the Coral Triangle. |
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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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 |
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa (ACTS) | Academic
Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Least Developed Countries
| Other
| Capacity building
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Other
| Engages stakeholders at all levels to facilitate adaptation and capacity building strategies for vulnerable communities in 8 African countries. Practical demonstrations and knowledge and technology sharing is provided to raise awareness and empower stakeholders.
Country Projects
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Community-based Adaptation (CBA) Programme (UNDP) | Intergovernmental
| Africa and the Arab States
Asia-Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
| Other
| Communication and awareness raising
Knowledge management
Climate-resilient planning
| Supports climate-resilient advocacy and action at the community level. Provides a monitoring and evaluation system to assess changes in community perceptions of adaptive capacity.
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