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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
Construction of the Eastern Drainage Tunnel (CONAGUA)	Governmental	Caribbean and Central America	Water resources	Other	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.
Dialogs for Water and Climate Change (D4WCC) (CONAGUA)	Intergovernmental Governmental Non-Governmental Academic Private	All regions	Water resources Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Communication and awareness raising Knowledge management	Multilateral partnership aiming to raise awareness of the importance of water resources management for climate change adaptation and provide platform for knowledge sharing and generating common understanding. Output Regional position paper on water-based adaptation to climate change Message of the Synthesis Team
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (WB)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States South America	Other	Other	Develops global cost-estimations for climate change adaptation. Assists developing countries to assess climate risks and design national adaptation strategies. Country Studies Bangladesh Bolivia Ethiopia Ghana Mozambique Samoa Vietnam
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: Successful Training of Trainers on Biodigester Technology Nicaraguan Microentrepreneur Benefits From Improved Cookstove
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
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 Resource 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
Enhancing Adaptation to Climate Change by Integrating Climate Risk into Long-Term Development Plans and Disaster Management (APN)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Other	Other	Assesses short and medium-term impacts and responses relating to flooding events to inform on the potential for long-term adaptive capacity. Creates a platform to discuss risk with the object of its integration into investment and development plans. Final Report Enhancing Adaptation to Climate Change
Enhancing the Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity in Agriculture and Rural Development (GFDRR)	Intergovernmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Capacity building	Contributes capacity-building knowledge on preparedness and post-disaster risk managements. Provides expertise on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in agriculture and rural 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
ETC Foundation Activities	Non-Governmental	Europe	Water resources Education and training	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Knowledge management Communication and awareness raising	Promoting sustainable water management and better resilience to natural events through demonstration projects, workshops and assessments.
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
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)
European Commission Joint Research Centre Activities (JRC)	Academic	Europe	Education and training	Education	The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides scientific support for the development and monitoring of European policies in the area of regional and global climate change, in particular through the assessment of climate change impacts and policy responses. Example Projects PESETA Project on Climate Change Impacts in Europe
European Environment Agency Activities (EEA)	Intergovernmental Governmental	Europe	Terrestrial ecosystems Oceans and coastal areas Tourism Transport, infrastructure and human settlements Water resources	Education Communication and awareness raising Training	Assessing regional impacts of climate change, including various sectors such as water and tourism, cost-benefit analysis and continous monitoring. Publications Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe Impacts of Europe's Changing Climate - 2008 Indicator-Based Report
Evolution of Protected Area Systems with Regard to Climatic, Institutional, Social, and Economic Conditions in the West Africa Region (UNEP)	Intergovernmental Non-Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries	Terrestrial ecosystems	Capacity building	Expands knowledge tools at national and regional levels to improve protected area management. Facilitates transboundary cooperation to ensure sustainability.
Fiji School of Medicine Activities	Academic	Small Island Developing States Least Developed Countries	Human health Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	Piloting projects to increase health sector capacity to deal with water-related adverse health impacts in Barbados, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Jordan, Kenya and Uzbekistan.
Five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Change Adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa (IDRC)	Governmental	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States	Transport, infrastructure and human settlements	Capacity building Other	Informs on community-based best practice in adaptation to facilitate urban adaptation strategies and planning.
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
Food and Water Security under Global Change: Developing adaptive capacity with a focus on rural Africa (IFPRI)	Academic	Africa and the Arab States Least Developed Countries	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Water resources	Risk/vulnerability mapping	Establishes vulnerability and capacity levels with stakeholders and partners to develop policy tools. Conducts context-specific and Africa-wide rural assessments to determine response options. South African Initiatives Climate Variability and Maize in South Africa Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River basin Ethiopian Initiatives Integrated Management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under Climate Variability and Climate Change Measuring Ethiopian Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States
Food Security and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region: Evaluating mismatch between crop development and water availability (APN)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Water resources	Capacity building Other	Evaluates data on plant life cycles, water and yields to determine best practice for climate scenarios. Knowledge enhancement will inform policy-makers and practitioners on methods in adaptation. Factsheet Research Directions Journal Article Food security and climate change
From Risk to Resilience Program	Academic Non-Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning	Pilot adaptation programmes/projects	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
Frontier Research Centre for Global Change Activities	Academic	All regions	Education and training	Education	Developing projections and predictions about future climate change.
Glacial Melt and Downstream Impacts on Indus-Dependent Water Resources and Energy (ADB)	Intergovernmental	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries	Other Water resources	Other	Develops knowledge on climatic trends, water supplies and risk scenarios for climate change and its impacts. Information supports policy-makers in designing integrated water resource management plans. Reports Technical Assistance Report for Pakistan
Global Change Impact Studies Centre Activities	Governmental	Asia-Pacific	Education and training	Education Training	Training researchers to participate in global climate science and providing impact assessments for Pakistan.
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