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Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate
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UNDP Adaptation Policy Framework (APF)
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Description
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The APF provides guidance on designing and implementing projects that reduce vulnerability to
climate change, by both reducing potential negative impacts and enhancing any beneficial
consequences of a changing climate. It seeks to integrate national policy making efforts with a
“bottom-up” movement.
The framework emphasizes five major principles: adaptation policy and measures are assessed in a
developmental context; adaptation to short-term climate variability and extreme events are
explicitly included as a step toward reducing vulnerability to long-term change; adaptation occurs
at different levels in society, including the local level; the adaptation strategy and the process
by which it is implemented are equally important; and building adaptive capacity to cope with
current climate is one way of preparing society to better cope with future climate.
The APF is a flexible approach in which the following five steps may be used in different
combinations according to the amount of available information and the point of entry to the
project:
- Defining project scope and design;
- Assessing vulnerability under current climate;
- Characterizing future climate related risks;
- Developing an adaptation strategy;
- Continuing the adaptation process.
The framework focuses on the involvement of stakeholders at all stages.
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Appropriate Use
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The APF is particularly applicable where the integration of adaptation measures into broader sector
specific policies, economic development, poverty reduction objectives, or other policy domains is
desirable.
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Scope
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All sectors, all regions, particularly developing countries.
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Key Output
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Increased adaptive capacity through prioritized adaptation strategies that can be incorporated into
development plans.
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Key Input
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Depends on the particular application and available information. Stakeholder derived information is
a key input at all stages.
Vulnerability mapping, dynamic simulation of sustainable livelihoods, multistakeholder analysis,
cost-effectiveness, decision trees, multicriteria analysis, among others.
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Ease of Use
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Depends on specific application
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Training Required
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Depends on nature of particular application
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Training Available
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A User’s Guidebook is available on the APF web page. Training will be developed.
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Computer Requirements
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In most cases personal computer is sufficient. Depends on tools employed, however.
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Documentation
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A User’s Guidebook for APF and the technical papers that elaborate the APF can be obtained
online at http://www.undp.org/climatechange/adapt/apf.html.
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Applications
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Kenya, Honduras, Central America.
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Contacts for Framework, Documentation, Technical Assistance
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Bo Lim
Chief Technical Advisor, Capacity Development and Adaptation Cluster, UNDP, New York; Fax:
1.212.906.6998; e-mail: bo.lim@undp.org. Technical assistance
on individual steps can be obtained from lead authors of the appropriate technical papers.
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Cost
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Depends on particular application
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References
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Burton, I., S. Huq, B. Lim, O. Pilifosova and E.L. Schipper 2002. From Impacts Assessment to
Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of Adaptation Policy. Climate Policy, Amsterdam, Vol.2, 145-159.
Lim, B and E. Spanger-Siegfried (eds.). 2004. Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change:
Developing Strategies, Policies and Measures. New York: United Nations Development Programme.
Also see individual technical papers available on website for references.
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