CCRD Products Related to Adaptive Practice/Behavior

004
PDF, Technical Report, 4.9 MB, 52pps
ID: 004, B2
Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure: Preparing for Change
December 2013

CCRD Program(s): Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS), Climate Resilient Development Framework

Description: This technical report includes a series of fact sheets describing climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in the context of USAID's Climate Resilient Development (CRD) Framework. The fact sheets cover nine infrastructure categories: transportation, potable water, sanitation systems, solid waste management, energy systems, information and communications technology, flood-control structures, cultural heritage assets, and buildings. Four major themes emerge from the fact sheets: 1) the importance of infrastructure to developing countries, 2) the unique aspects of infrastructure in the context of climate change, 3) the potential impacts of climate change on infrastructure assets and services, and 4) the basic principles for understanding and implementing an adaptive management approach.

Related Topics: Adaptation research, adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, innovative governance, protection, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, infrastructure, transportation, water


025
PDF, Technical Report, 5.4 MB, 178 pps

ID: 025

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


Iloilo
PDF, Case Study, 5.3 MB, 72 pps

ID: 016


An Assessment of Water Security, Development, and Climate Change in Iloilo, Philippines, and the Tigum-Aganan Watershed
February 2013

CCRD Program(s): Climate-resilient Development Framework

Description
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This report details a water security and climate risk assessment that USAID performed in Iloilo, Philippines, and the surrounding Tigum-Aganan Watershed. In Iloilo, climate impacts such as floods, intense storms, droughts, and changes in temperatures and precipitation will interact with existing water security stressors to adversely affect the population. The report provides a case study demonstrating how to incorporate USAID’s Climate-resilient Development Framework into water sector planning for infrastructure projects, monitoring programs, and governance decisions. The report also covers assessment methods; ways to translate an assessment into adaptation options; and how to evaluate options according to criteria, such as effectiveness, feasibility, and cost.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, adaptive technology, disaster response, innovative governance, protection, adaptation research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Asia, agriculture, coastal, infrastructure, tourism, water


049
PDF, Technical Report, 2.3 MB, 43pps
ID: 049, B2
The Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI): An Evaluation of Climate Services
March 2014

CCRD Program(s)
: Climate Services

Description
: This report presents an evaluation of the Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI). For the last three years, CAMI has brought together the meteorological and agricultural agencies of 10 Caribbean nations to deliver climate services to farmers. Services have included developing new agro-meteorological information, creating an effective means to share this information with farmers, and convincing farmers across the 10 countries to change farming activities to enable increased agricultural productivity. Although the ultimate goal of CAMI is to raise agricultural productivity, this evaluation focuses on intermediate measures of success related predominantly to capacity building. However, the evaluation is limited because three years is too short a time for CAMI partner countries to have begun delivering climate services to farmers. This report concludes with recommendations for near-term actions to enhance the progress accomplished by CAMI to date.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture


035
PDF, Technical Report, 17.7 MB, 154 pps
ID: 035

Climate Change and Coastal Zones: An Annex to the USAID Climate-resilient Development Framework
December 2014

CCRD Program(s): Climate-resilient Development Framework

Description: This publication synthesizes relevant climate science to make the CCRD framework useful for coastal managers and development practitioners. It summarizes climate and non-climate stressors affecting the coastal zone and identifies key strategies that can help integrate climate concerns into planning, programs, and projects. The document discusses specific adaptation actions that can reduce coastal vulnerabilities, illustrates examples of coastal adaptation actions, and offers ways to effectively evaluate adaptation options. The publication also suggests resources for further reading and provides information briefs on various international adaptation projects, including: mangrove management (Ghana, Indonesia, and Dominican Republic); disaster preparation and recovery (Philippines, India, Caribbean); relocation (Honduras, Kiribati, and Alaska); sustainable fisheries management (Philippines and Madagascar); erosion control (Mozambique);  climate-smart development (Vietnam);  flood-proof infrastructure (Micronesia and Bangladesh); water adaptation (Tobago); addressing sea level rise (Costa Rica); and national adaptation planning (coastal West African countries).

Related Topics: Adaptive Practice/behavior, disaster response, innovative governance, protection, adaptation research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, coastal, infrastructure, natural resources management, tourism, water


Climate change and water
PDF, Technical Report, 7.9 MB, 163 pps

ID: 036


Climate Change and Water: An Annex to the USAID Climate-Resilient Development Framework January 2015

CCRD Program(s): Climate-Resilient Development Framework

Description: As an annex to the USAID climate-resilient development framework, this technical publication provides water managers and development practitioners with a comprehensive yet succinct summary of climate vulnerability and change and the challenges it poses for freshwater resources and development. It further provides key strategies for adapting to climate and non-climate stressors. Appendix A provides documentation on several adaptation actions within an integrated water resources management context. The publication also suggests resources for further reading and provides information briefs on various international adaptation projects, including: improving water distribution (Ethiopia), capturing airport runway runoff (Marshall Islands), canal improvement to ensure irrigation (Afghanistan), grey water (Jordan), reclaiming water (Namibia and Singapore), wastewater recycling and desalination (Middle East and North Africa), water supply and demand (India), limiting fertilizer use (Nicaragua and Guatemala), wetlands restoration (Iraq), rethinking leather production (Zimbabwe), protecting coastal zones and assessing freshwater resources (Tanzania), elevating homes (Bangladesh), disaster preparation and warning (Mozambique), preventing flooding (Honduras and India), microfinance and insurance (Haiti), restoring wetlands (China), institutional support and strengthening program (Jordan), training for local stakeholders (Kenya), enhancing transparency and accountability (Zambia), educating stakeholders (Mexico), trans-boundary diagnostic analysis (Angola, Namibia, Botswana), integrating water governance (Panama), coordinating water management (Uganda), and coordinating information sharing (Mekong River Basin).

Related Topics: Adaptive Practice/behavior, adaptive technology, disaster response, innovative governance, protection, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, Middle East, agriculture, health, infrastructure, natural resources management, water


060
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


CCRD Calling card
PDF, Fact Sheet, 109 KB, 2 pps
ID: 009

Climate Resilient Development: Building Climate Resilience to Safeguard Development Gains
2013

CCRD Program(s)
: Climate-resilient Development Framework, High Mountains Adaptation Partnership

Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of USAID's work to help developing countries build their resilience to climate change today and in the future, which will help protect current development gains and future development outcomes. The fact sheet discusses how USAID supports (1) access to science and analysis for decision-making by focusing on climate services, which produce, interpret, share, and use knowledge about climate and weather to support decision-making, policy, and planning; (2) effective governance systems, assisting partner countries to take leadership roles on adaptation as they plan for development; and (3) climate resilience, creating new tools to help developing countries implement adaptation measures quickly and effectively.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, extreme weather events, glacial events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, coastal, tourism, water


012
PDF, Fact Sheet, 793 KB, 2 pps

ID: 012

Climate-Resilient Farming: Improving Agricultural Decision Making in Central America and the Caribbean
August 2014

CCRD Program(s):  Climate services

Description: USAID supports agricultural resilience in Central America and the Caribbean by fostering collaborative relationships between climate services’ technical staff and the farmers who can use climate and weather information to select seeds, schedule planting and harvesting, manage pests, and make other decisions to reduce risks and enhance productivity. This factsheet describes climate-resilient farming programs in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Jamaica. It also displays a diagram explaining the process for providing climate services to farmers.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture


001
PDF, Fact Sheet, 1.1 MB, 2 pps

ID: 001

Climate Services: Better Information for Climate-resilient Decision Making
November 2013

CCRD Program(s): Climate Services, Small Grants

Description: This factsheet describes CCRD projects that foster development and promote effective use of climate services:  USAID participation in the Climate Services Partnership (CSP); support of SERVIR, a global satellite network for climate information; cooperation on drought forecasting in Jamaica; evaluations of climate services programs; and an evaluation of a model climate services program in Mali. Climate services deliver timely, tailored, decision-relevant information so that people in developing countries can manage current climate variability, build resilience to future climate change, and reduce impacts on agriculture, infrastructure, health, and other sectors.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, research, extreme weather events, temperature changes, precipitation changes, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture


055
PDF, Technical Report, 2.8 MB, 54 pps
ID: 055, B2
Climate Vulnerabilities and Development in Burkina Faso and Niger: Background Paper
November 2012

CCRD Program(s)
: Other Technical Assistance

Description: This report provides background information on the development context of Burkina Faso and Niger: economic, social, and ecological background; climate change impacts and variability; existing adaptation priorities, ongoing adaptation programs, and remaining adaptation gaps; and recommendations to increase climate resilience. The adaptation recommendations described in the report focus on agriculture, food security, natural resource management, water systems, urban populations, health, infrastructure, and disaster risk reduction. An overarching recommendation is for the national governments of Burkina Faso and Niger to continue to strengthen and implement their long-term climate policies, based on input from a broad range of constituencies, infusing these policies into existing legal and regulatory frameworks across all sectors.

Related Topics
: Adaptation research, adaptive practice/behavior, adaptive technology, capacity building, disaster response, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Africa, agriculture, health, infrastructure, natural resources management, water


PDF, Fact Sheet, 2.5 MB, 2 pps

ID: 002
Climber-Scientist Grants Promote Climate Resilience in the High Mountains
November 2013

CCRD Program(s): Climate-resilient Development Framework, High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP), Local Adaptation Planning and Implementation, Small grants

Description: The Climber-Scientist Small Grants program provides field-based, hands-on research opportunities to scientists and practitioners working in high mountains regions. This fact sheet summarizes eleven grants that USAID awarded in July 2012. The focus of the grants ranges from developing a framework for climate-resilient development and adaptation to address climate change risks to producing a feature-length film to document the complex relationships among local communities in three regions of Nepal.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, adaptation research, extreme weather events, glacial events, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, natural resources management, tourism, water


014
PDF, Fact Sheet, 804 KB, 2pps

ID: 014

Index Insurance: Building Agricultural Resilience to Climate Variability and Change
February 2014

CCRD Program(s):  Climate Services

Description: This fact sheet describes index insurance, an affordable alternative to conventional insurance that pays out benefits based on conditions exceeding pre-determined thresholds (e.g., rainfall amounts) instead of damage assessment to individuals’ property. USAID partners with the private sector, universities, and local organizations to test and evaluate crop and livestock insurance tailored for farmers and herders in developing countries. The fact sheet summarizes index-insurance programs in the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, and Senegal and describes how index insurance can complement proactive resource management efforts (such as water storage) that increase production.

Related Topics: Adaptive technology, adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, extreme weather events, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, natural resources management


013
PDF, Fact Sheet, 521 KB, 2 pps

ID: 013

Jamaica's Success Story: Becoming More Resilient and Less Vulnerable to Climate Change
September 2013

CCRD Program(s): National Adaptation Planning and Implementation, Climate-resilient Development Framework

Description: This factsheet highlights how USAID’s development-first approach is being used to help Jamaica build the country’s resilience to climate change and vulnerability. Jamaica has integrated climate change considerations into its development plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica, and is improving its weather and climate information services to farmers and other weather-dependent stakeholders. Lessons learned from Jamaica are being applied in Tanzania and 11 West African countries as they prepare their own adaptation plans.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, tourism


018
PDF, Technical Report, 7.7 MB, 72 pps

ID: 018

Kazakhstan Stakeholder Consultations--Workshop Report February-March 2013
April 2013

CCRD Program(s):  Kazakhstan

Description: This technical report details the findings of four stakeholder workshops that USAID helped conduct as part of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project called “Improving the Climate Resiliency of Kazakhstan Wheat and Central Asian Food Security.” Participants in one workshop were national-level policy makers and stakeholders; participants in the other three workshops were farmers and local authorities. Small group exercises included discussions of the top problems facing the wheat sector, decision-making at the farm level, perceptions of climate change and potential impacts on the wheat sector, assessing vulnerability to climate change and variability, and options for addressing vulnerability.

Related Topics: Adaptive technology, adaptive practice/behavior, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Asia, agriculture


065
PDF, Presentation, 2.4 MB, 13pps
ID: 065, B2
PowerPoint Presentation on the Climate-Resilient Development Framework  
April 8, 2014 

CCRD Program(s): Climate-Resilient Development Framework, Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS)

Description: This presentation describes USAID's Climate-Resilient Development Framework. The framework comprises five steps: 1) establish development context and focus; 2) enhance understanding about vulnerability; 3) identify, evaluate, and select adaptation options; 4) put adaptation into practice; and 5) track performance and impact. USAID has used the Climate-Resilient Development Framework at the national level in Jamaica and West Africa and at the local level in regions of Nepal and Peru. USAID has also initiated the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS) Program in Nacala, Mozambique; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and the Peruvian cities of Piura and Trujillo. This program helps cities implement adaptation actions.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior


052
PDF, Workshop Report, 903 KB, 47pps
ID: 052, B2
Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Proposal Writing and Planning, Cross-Regional Approaches
June 2013

CCRD Program(s)
: Climate Services

Description
: CCRD convened four proposal writing workshops in June and July 2013 in Kenya, Senegal, and Nepal to help participants apply for competitive grants to implement project ideas developed during a December 2012 workshop, "Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia." This workshop report presents the findings from the workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya. The report articulates participants’ vision for reducing climate vulnerabilities and improving the resilience of smallholder farmers. Participants envisioned providing climate and weather services by scaling up a set of integrated and sustainable approaches; this would enable 1.5 million farmers to increase their livelihood security. The report also describes participants’ vision for inter-regional capacity-building initiatives:  to enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by improving their understanding and application of climate information, services, and advisories. The report also describes workshop participants’ grant application for a project that would establish regional networks to link African and South Asian farmers to enhance their knowledge sharing concerning climate services and products.

Related Topics
: Adaptive practice/behavior, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, Africa, Asia, agriculture


053
PDF, Workshop Report, 1 MB, 39pps
ID: 053, B2
Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Proposal Writing and Planning Workshop, South Asia
July 2013

CCRD Program(s): Climate Services
Description: CCRD convened four proposal writing workshops in June and July 2013 in Kenya, Senegal, and Nepal to help participants apply for competitive grants to implement project ideas developed during a December 2012 workshop, "Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia." This workshop report presents the findings from the workshops held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The report discusses participants’ vision for generating and disseminating farmer-friendly climate services for smallholders in South Asia: to increase the livelihood security of 1.5 million farmers through their use of effective climate information and services. Participants also articulated a vision for inter-regional capacity-building initiatives for improved climate services for farmers: to encourage growth in national and regional food security and enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by supporting knowledge-based climate risk management. The report also describes the participants’  grant application for a project that would strengthen the generation and dissemination of climate-based agro-advisories for smallholder farmers in South Asia. 

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, Africa, Asia, agriculture


051
PDF, Workshop Report, 601 KB, 35pps
ID: 051, B2
Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Proposal Writing and Planning Workshops, West Africa
July 2013

CCRD Program(s)
: Climate Services

Description
: CCRD convened four proposal writing workshops in June and July 2013 in Kenya, Senegal, and Nepal to help participants apply for competitive grants to implement project ideas developed during a December 2012 workshop, "Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia." This workshop report presents the findings from the workshops held in Dakar, Senegal. Participants at the proposal writing and planning workshop articulated a vision for their efforts:  to ensure that by 2020, more than 50% of smallholder farmers in West Africa will have access to and make better use of climate information and products to enhance on-farm decision making. Participants filled out a grant application for a project that  would be a first step towards this vision.

Related Topics
: Adaptive practice/behavior, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, Africa, Asia, agriculture


033
PDF, Technical Report, 8.4 MB, 110 pps
ID: 033
Use Scenarios and User Narratives: Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool
August 2014

CCRD Program(s):  Climate-resilient Development Framework

Description: This technical report is one of a series of documents that guided the customization of the Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool (CIMPACT-DST), a tool that USAID helped develop to support urban planning in Vietnam. The document provides information about situations in which planners, engineers, and managers could apply the tool and the steps they could take to use the tool to identify and apply climate information and adaptation strategies for urban planning. Tool users follow four steps: (1) Enter project information, (2) Specify the project planning horizon, (3) Determine the project's climate-related hazard exposure, (4) Consider the tool’s output – anticipated climate impacts specific to the project, climate impact projections, secondary sector-specific impacts, and sector-specific guidelines and recommendations.

Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Asia, infrastructure, transportation, water






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