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
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