CCRD Products Related to Glacial Events

Adaptation partnership
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


057
PDF, Workshop Report, 25.9 MB, 235pps
ID: 057, B2
Andean-Asian Mountains Global Knowledge Exchange: On Glaciers, Glacial Lakes, Water and 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


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


011

PDF, Fact Sheet, 649 KB, 2 pps
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

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


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 mountain 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


050
PDF, Workshop Report, 533 KB, 7pps
ID: 050, B2
Glacial Flooding and Disaster Risk Management: Knowledge Exchange and Field Training Workshop
August 2013

CCRD Program(s): High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP)

Description: This report presents the findings of the third international workshop of the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP), "Glacial Flooding and Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Exchange and Field Training." The workshop took place in various locations in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Presenters offered key HiMAP research results and provided training modules on new field methods in the high-mountain sciences, including ground penetrating radar demonstrations at Pastoruri glacier, conflict-resolution methods at Parón Glacial Lake, and new systems for developing local adaptation management plans in the Quilcay watershed above Huaraz. During the workshop, participants voted to change the name to HiMAP; it was previously called the High Mountain Glacier Watershed Program (HMGWP). A film of the workshop is available as a series of short videos available on the HiMAP website.

Related Topics
: Glacial events, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, water


042

PDF, Technical Report, 20.1 MB, 80 pps
ID:042


The Glacial Lake Handbook: Reducing Risk from Dangerous Glacial Lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
February 2014

CCRD Program(s): High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP)

Description
: Climate change, population growth, and increased development increase the potential risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) on nearby high mountain communities in Peru and elsewhere. This report presents a series of case studies and lessons learned by Peruvian engineers who have more than 70 years of experience with glacial lake management methods, mostly in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca mountain range. The report also provides an overview of glaciers, glacial lakes, and management practices.

Related Topics: Disaster response, protection, glacial events, temperature changes, water


003
PDF, Fact Sheet, 369 KB, 2 pps
ID:003

The High Mountains Adaptation Partnership: Helping High-Mountain Communities Adapt to Climate Change
November 2013

CCRD Program(s): High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP), Small Grants

Description: This fact sheet describes USAID’s High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP). This partnership helps communities work together to strengthen adaptation planning capacity, knowledge-sharing, and research capabilities related to climate-resilient development and disaster risk management in the glaciated regions of Perú, Nepal, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, and other mountainous countries. HiMAP supports Local Adaptation Plans for Action (LAPAs) in Perú and Nepal, an international Community of Practice (CoP), the Climber-Scientist Small Grants program, and important scientific research on climate change threats such as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and glacial retreat.

Related Topics: Adaptation research, glacial events, temperature changes, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, water


High Mountains Website

Website
ID:044

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


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