PDF, Fact Sheet, 702 KB, 2 pps
ID: 007
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Adaptation Partnership: USAID Supports
Climate Change Adaptation through Knowledge Exchange, Collaboration and
Implementation
November 2013
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation
Partnership, Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS), Climate Services,
High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP), Small Grants
Description: This fact sheet
presents information on USAID’s Adaptation Partnership, a global coalition
founded in 2010 to share information and lessons learned about climate change
adaptation. USAID supported 10 regional capacity-building Adaptation
Partnership workshops in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on climate change
vulnerability and adaptation issues related to food security, climate services,
urban climate resilience, coastal and marine protected areas, and high-mountain
glacial regions. Outcomes of the workshops included: (1) communities of
practice (CoP) to facilitate communication and collaboration on climate
services, glacial retreat, and climate resilient agriculture, (2) scientific
research and technical analyses to learn more about climate change issues,
including glacial lake formation and the economic value of climate services;
and (3) small-grant programs with $25,000 to $550,000 awards.
Related Topics: Glacial events, Afghanistan/Pakistan,
Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, coastal, water
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PDF, Workshop Report, 25.9 MB, 235pps
ID: 057, B2 | Andean-Asian Mountains Global Knowledge Exchange: On
Glaciers, Glacial Lakes, Water & Hazard Management: An Adaptation
Partnership Workshop
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP)
Description:
This report presents the findings from a series of Adaptation
Partnership workshops about glaciers, glacial lakes, and water and
hazard management in the Andes and in several Asian mountain regions.
The workshop series began with a field expedition to Nepal’s Imja
Glacial Lake; participants focused on knowledge exchange and
collaboration. A knowledge-sharing workshop was next, in which
participants discussed the physical and human dimensions of glacial
recession, glacial lakes, and water supply. The final workshop was a
writers workshop aimed at capturing the experiences, lessons learned,
and recommendations that emerged from the field expedition and
knowledge-sharing workshop. The primary goal of the field expedition and
follow-on workshops was to catalyze, facilitate, and accelerate
interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration among scientists,
practitioners, and policy makers from the Andes, the Hindu Kush-Himalaya
(HKH) region, and Central Asia. This report also contains many papers
from the workshops.
Related Topics: Adaptation research, disaster response, glacial events, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, water
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PDF, Technical
Report, 5.4 MB, 178 pps
ID: 025
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Assessing Mali's “Direction Nationale de
la Météorologie Agrometeorological” Advisory Program: Preliminary Report on the
Climate Science and Farmer Use of Advisories
May 2014
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation
Partnership, Climate Services
Description: This report, the first of two,
presents an assessment of Mali's “Direction Nationale de la Météorologie”
agrometeorological advisory program, called Meteo Mali. Mali initially
established Meteo Mali, which provides advisories for communities, households,
and individuals, as an emergency measure to address food insecurity; Mali
reported that its program led to yield increases of 20 to 60%, depending on the
part of the country in which the information was used. This report assesses the
advisories’ forecasts, science, and use at the community, household, and
individual level in southern Mali; provides recommendations to enhance Meteo
Mali's program; identifies future research needs; suggests that future climate
services build in post-hoc monitoring and evaluation documentation, from the
outset, to facilitate learning, evaluation, and evidence-based program adjustment;
and defines criteria that can inform the programming, design, and
implementation of climate services for farmers in the Global South.
Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response,
adaptation research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature
changes, Africa, agriculture
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PDF, Workshop Summary, 516 KB, 12 pps
ID: 021
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Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding: Developing conflict-sensitivity guidelines for adaptation policy in Africa
October 2013
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, Climate-resilient Development Framework, National Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Description: This workshop summary details the proceedings of an
October 2013 workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which convened international
experts for a community of practice to explore issues concerning climate adaptation,
conflict, and development. Workshop activities included a site visit to a rural
village, Sululta, Ethiopia, as well as a variety of presentations on: Africa’s climate vulnerability; relevant
projects, guidelines, and tools; assessing if and how national adaptation plans
address conflict; and factors influencing compound risks associated with
climate change and conflict, such as family planning, population age and
growth, and urbanization. The report finishes with a list of specific
conclusions and recommendations.
Related Topics: Innovative governance, adaptation research, Africa, agriculture,
infrastructure, water
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PDF, Fact Sheet, 440 KB, 2pps
ID: 060, B2 | Climate Change Resilient Development
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, Climate Services, National Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Description:
This fact sheet provides an overview of USAID's CCRD project, as
envisioned at the beginning of the project. CCRD activities increase the
resilience of people, assets, and livelihoods to climate change impacts
by integrating adaptation strategies into the broader development
agenda and inducing donors, governments, and the private sector to
invest in cost-effective adaptive strategies. The CCRD program focuses
on three areas, providing: 1) support to USAID Bureaus and Missions
through the development and dissemination of guidance, training, and
capacity-building to strengthen the agency’s portfolio of adaptation
projects, as well as the mainstreaming of climate concerns into other
programs and projects; 2) coordination and support for activities
related to U.S. Government climate change programs, including the
Adaptation Partnership and Partnership Workshops programs; and 3)
technical leadership in emerging areas of climate vulnerability and
adaptation that need further innovation, including glaciers and
mountains, climate services, and climate-resilient long-term planning.
Related Topics:
Extreme weather events, glacial events, precipitation changes, sea
level rise, temperature changes, agriculture, coastal, health,
infrastructure, water
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PDF, Fact
Sheet, 649 KB, 2 pps
ID: 011
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The Climate Change Resilient Development Project: Integrating Climate
into the Development Decision-making Process
May 2014
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, Climate-resilient Development
Framework, Climate Services, High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP),
Small Grants
Description: USAID stresses the importance of integrating climate into the
development decision-making process. This fact sheet summarizes the purpose and
key activities of the USAID CCRD project. It also presents a diagram explaining
the five stages of the CCRD framework (i.e., Scope, Assess, Design, Implement,
and Evaluate).
Related Topics: Extreme weather events, glacial events, Africa,
Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture
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PDF, Workshop Report, 8.9 MB, 53pps
ID: 054, B2
| Understanding and Communicating Climate Change: West Indian Ocean
November 2013
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership
Description:
This workshop report presents the findings from a workshop held in
Grahamstown, South Africa, in November 2013. This workshop was the first
of three focused on identifying climate change capacity-building needs
for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Western Indian
Ocean (WIO) region. As the report discusses, the purpose of the first
workshop was to: 1) provide a basic overview of the root causes of
climate change; the types of physical, chemical, and biological changes
that have occurred or will occur; and the anticipated effects on
habitats, species, natural systems, and human communities; 2)
familiarize participants with tools for communicating climate change
issues to key stakeholders, such as policymakers and communities; and 3)
assist participants in developing a stakeholder engagement plan for
preparing for climate change.
Related Topics: Sea level rise, temperature changes, Africa, coastal
| PDF, Workshop Report, 1.5 MB, 42pps
ID: 059, B2
| Western Indian Ocean Training on Vulnerability Assessment, Scenario Planning, and Adaptation – Summary Report May–June 2014
July 2014
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership
Description: This report presents the results of training sessions to help individuals from Western Indian Ocean (WIO) countries and non-governmental organizations increase the awareness and understanding of climate change and the use of vulnerability assessments, particularly for coastal communities and marine protected areas. The first set of training focused on climate change impacts, climate information, and communicating climate change to better understand how to assess vulnerability to climate change, develop adaptation strategies, and engage stakeholders and communities. The second set of trainings focused on: 1) the effects of non-climate and climate stressors on target resources; 2) community resilience and community data-gathering tools; 3) assessing vulnerability and scenario planning; and 4) adaptation and implementation considerations. Major goals of the trainings were knowledge-sharing; providing regional marine resource practitioners the knowledge, skills, and techniques to administer the training sessions, themselves, in three to five years; and building a network of practitioners to share knowledge with each other.
Related Topics: Sea level rise, Africa, coastal
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