| | |
PDF, Fact Sheet, 702 KB, 2 pps
ID: 007
|
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
|
| PDF, Technical Report, 2.5 MB, 50 pps | Assessing Climate Service Needs in Kaffrine, Senegal: Livelihoods, Identity, and Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
September 2015
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, Climate Services
Description: For those whose livelihoods revolve around rain-fed agriculture, climate services have the potential to reduce precipitation- and temperature-related risks to agricultural production, boost agricultural yields by enabling appropriate crop and variety selections, and build resilience in rural populations by enhancing the food and income base of their livelihoods. To achieve these lofty potentials, climate services must deliver information that is salient, legitimate, and credible to those for whom these services are designed and to whom they are targeted.Further, we must understand if and how new information is of value to these users. Information that is not actionable, which does not speak to farmer needs, or which lacks credibility relative to other sources of weather and climate information does not add value to their decision-making, and may even result in confusion around decision-making that reduces the efficacy of existing livelihoods strategies. In short, it is becoming clear that weather and climate information is not inherently valuable to those in rural agrarian contexts, but must be tailored to the specific needs of the users if it is to have a productive impact on their lives and livelihoods.
Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, adaptation research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Africa, agriculture
|
PDF, Technical Report, 5.4 MB, 178pps
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
|
| PDF, Technical Report, 12.2 MB, 184 pps | Assessing Mali’s L’agence Nationale De La Météorologie’s (Mali Meteo) Agrometeorological Advisory Program: Final Report on the Farmer Use of Advisories and Implications for Climate Service Design
September 2015
CCRD Program(s): Adaptation Partnership, Climate Services
Description: This report marks the completion of the first detailed assessment of the function and impact of an operational climate services for development program, Mali’s L’Agence Nationale de la Météorologie’s (Mali Meteo) Agrometeorological Advisory Program. Viewed within both the climate services and development communities as highly successful, the Agrometeorological Advisory Program had never been independently assessed. In 2011, USAID’s Office of Global Climate Change commissioned this assessment to understand how the program functioned, and the degree to which the program impacted the lives and livelihoods of the farmers it was designed to benefit. A preliminary report compiled findings on the history and administrative structure of the program, assessed the scientific basis of the advisories, gauged the level of use of the advisories and, where they were being used, the impact of the advisories on livelihoods decisions and outcomes. Among the most important findings of this report were extremely low overall rates of advisory use, with women often lightly engaged with the advisories, if at all.
Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, disaster response, adaptation research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes, Africa, agriculture
|
PDF, Workshop Summary, 516 KB, 12 pps
ID: 021
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
PDF,
Fact Sheet, 649 KB, 2pps
ID: 011
|
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
|
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 (HiMAP)
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
|
PDF,
Fact Sheet, 1.1 MB, 2pps
ID: 015 |
Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services:
Increasing the Climate Resilience of Infrastructure in Developing Countries
August 2014
CCRD Program(s): Climate
Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS), Climate-resilient Development
Framework, Fast Track Implementation, Small Grants
Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of USAID’s CRIS
program and its work in five rapidly growing pilot cities that are vulnerable
to climate risks: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Piura, Perú; Trujillo,
Perú; Nacala-Porto, Mozambique; and Hue, Vietnam. CRIS enables municipal
decision-makers to identify, prioritize, and implement adaptation strategies
for infrastructure projects to save lives and protect long-term investments.
CRIS activities include assessing vulnerability, screening adaptation options,
writing proposals for external funding, using decision-support tools for
infrastructure planning, and supporting training and peer-learning events.
USAID also provides small grants for
developing and testing innovative approaches to improve resilience in cities.
Related Topics: Adaptation
research, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, coastal, infrastructure, water
|
|
PDF, Fact
Sheet, 1.1 MB, 2pps
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
|
Website, URL
ID: 045
|
Climate Services Partnership Website
CCRD Program(s): Climate
Services
Description:
The Climate Services Partnership (CSP) website offers a
platform for knowledge-sharing and collaboration that advances resilience and
climate-service capabilities worldwide. The CSP is an informal,
interdisciplinary network of climate information users, providers, donors, and
researchers who share an interest in climate services and are actively involved
in the climate services community. The CSP website presents information on how
to participate in the partnership and the activities of associated collaborations,
working groups, and communities of practice. The site also provides access to a
collection of relevant resources, including general information on climate
services; materials from events and conferences concerning climate services;
past newsletters; and an interactive map of global climate services projects.
Related Topics: Adaptation
research, extreme weather events, precipitation changes, temperature changes,
wildfires, Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, infrastructure,
water
|
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,
Technical Report, 2.7 MB, 74pps
ID: 020 |
Gender and Climate Change in Agrarian Settings
October 2013
CCRD Program(s): Support for Gender Development
Description: This report presents case studies from three rural, sub-Saharan villages
in the countries of Ghana, Mali, and Malawi. The case studies examine the role
of gender in climate change adaptation, offering extensive empirical evidence
that climate adaptation research needs to move beyond binary gender analysis.
To develop a complete understanding of the impacts of climate change, and to
explain why and how adaptation measures succeed or fail, researchers need to
apply methods that explore the intersection of gender, livelihoods, strategies,
and vulnerability. The report’s appendix contains a literature review of
feminist scholarship on agriculture and rural development in the Global South.
Related Topics: Precipitation changes, Africa, agriculture
|
PDF,
Technical report, 10.6 MB, 64 pps
ID: 037 |
|
Governing
for Resilience: An Annex to the USAID Climate-resilient Development Framework
2015
CCRD Program(s): Climate-resilient
Development Framework
Description: Development
initiatives that identify and foster policies, laws, and institutional
mechanisms that promote and facilitate adaptive governance can significantly
strengthen climate resilience. This report demonstrates how to incorporate
governance into climate-resilient development to avoid undermining goals
through insufficient enforcement of regulations, inadequate communication with
key stakeholders, or poor coordination across government agencies. This
publication draws on real-world examples from countries such as Ethiopia,
Uganda, Mozambique, Bhutan, Trinidad, Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Jordan,
Jamaica, Namibia, Pakistan, Panama, and the Philippines. Content includes a
list of suggested resources for further reading and information on how to
consider property rights and resource tenure systems within the context of
climate-resilient development. Appendices provide a set of practical tools for
development practitioners, including sets of sample questions that map to the stages
of USAID’s climate-resilient development framework, resources for governance
assessments, and approaches to improving governance.
Related Topics: Afghanistan/Pakistan,
Africa, Asia, disaster response, innovative governance, Latin
America/Caribbean, Middle East, water
|
Website
ID: 044, B2
|
High Mountains Adaptation
Partnership Website
CCRD Program(s): High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP),
Small Grants
Description: The High Mountains Adaptation
Partnership (HiMAP) website provides information on the range of research,
events, and workshops related to high-mountain glacial watersheds, including
links to the Climber-Scientist Small Grants Program. The mission of HiMAP is to
provide information to raise global awareness of the importance of
high-mountain glacial watersheds. HiMAP strives to share knowledge with and
create new opportunities between previously disconnected scientists and
practitioners. HiMAP supports a new generation of climber-scientists who
understand climate change, adaptation issues, research methods, and action
projects in high-mountain watersheds. HiMAP works to engage local community
knowledge, as well as international climate science expertise, to achieve this
goal. HiMAP also works to strengthen scientific, social, and institutional
capacity for the management of dangerous glacial lakes in Perú and Nepal.
Related Topics: Glacial events, precipitation changes, Africa,
Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, water
|
|
PDF, Fact
Sheet, 804 KB, 2pps
|
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
|
PDF, Technical
Report, 4.6 MB, 38pps
ID: 022 |
National Adaptation
Planning: A Report on Three Workshops
August 2014
CCRD Program(s): National Adaptation Planning and
Implementation, Climate-resilient Development Framework
Description: This report presents the findings from
USAID workshops held in support of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) development
for Jamaica, Tanzania, and Ghana in 2012 and 2013. The workshops employed a
development-first process based on USAID's climate-resilient development
framework. Participants identified and prioritized their development goals, the
ways that climate change and other risks can affect these goals, the actions
and institutional roles necessary to respond to these risks and achieve their
country's development vision, and the economic sectors critical to the
country's or region's development. Breakout sessions covered: (1) mapping
relationships across economic sectors, (2) identifying climate and non-climate
stressors for each sector, and (3) identifying ways to address the risks and
constraints with each sector.
Related Topics: Adaptation research, extreme weather
events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, Africa,
Latin America/Caribbean, agriculture, coastal, infrastructure, water
|
|
PDF, Fact Sheet, 1.2 MB, 2pps
ID: 006
PDF, Technical Report, 4.4 MB, 62 pps
|
National Adaptation Planning:
Developing Countries can Become More Resilient to Climate Change by Integrating
Adaptation and Development
November 2013
CCRD Program(s): National Adaptation Planning and
Implementation, Climate-resilient Development Framework
Description: This fact sheet presents the USAID
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, which uses a “development-first”
approach to address climate threats in the context of broader development
goals. The NAP process begins with a workshop that helps stakeholders develop
an approach, build ownership and momentum, and agree on priorities for next
steps and action.
The fact sheet introduces the
experiences of Jamaica and Tanzania, which have already organized NAP workshops
and are following USAID's approach. USAID is also supporting 11 countries in
West Africa by helping the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
facilitate regional coordination on coastal adaptation planning and work with
the countries on their NAP processes.
Related
Topics: Innovative governance, extreme weather events,
precipitation changes, temperature changes, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean,
agriculture, coastal, energy, infrastructure, water
Piloting Intersectional Gender Assessments in Malawi: Challenges and Lessons Learned
September 2015
CCRD Program(s): Gender, Climate-resilient Development Framework
Description: A broad literature on vulnerability and adaptation has made the case for gender analyses as a fundamental component of both designing programs and projects aimed at addressing the effects of climate change and assessing their impacts. These lessons are apparent in the guidance documents of various donors, including USAID.1 While the guidance of these and other documents compel both donors and implementing partners to consider the effect of gender considerations on program and project outcomes, there is less guidance on how such considerations are to be identified.
Related Topics: Adaptive practice/behavior, empirical evidence, gender
|
|
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
| 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
| 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
| 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, Technical Report, 4.1 MB, 48pps
ID: 058, B2
| West Africa Coastal Climate Change: National Adaptation Planning Workshop, June 18–20, 2013, in Accra, Ghana
June 2013
CCRD Program(s): National Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Description:
This report presents the findings from a workshop that took place in
Accra, Ghana, in June 2013; the workshop focused on climate change
impacts, specifically to the coastal and marine environments. The
purposes of the workshop were to demonstrate and refine methods for
national adaptation planning; facilitate the integration of climate
change adaptation into development plans, processes, and strategies in
individual West African States; and agree on a road map for a regional
plan of action that supports the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process
in each country. Participants heard presentations on the NAP process and
coastal development objectives and issues in West Africa. Experts led
the following breakout exercises: 1) building a map of relationships
among coastal economic sectors and the inputs and enabling conditions
they depend upon; 2) mapping climate and non-climate threats and
constraints to the key inputs and conditions; 3) determining the impacts
of the climate threats and constraints; and 4) identifying measures,
policies, and institutions to address climate impacts. Participants
focused on national, and regional, and transboundary issues. At the
conclusion of the workshop, participants consolidated the workshop
findings and developed lessons learned for sharing with national,
regional, and international forums.
Related Topics: Precipitation changes, temperature changes, Africa, Coastal, infrastructure, tourism
| 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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
