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
| 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 | 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, Case Study, 5.3 MB, 72 pps
ID: 016
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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: 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
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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,
Technical Report, 17.7 MB, 154 pps
ID: 035
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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
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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, 1.1 MB, 2 pps
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
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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
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Website, URL
ID: 045
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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
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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
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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
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PDF,
Fact Sheet, 369 KB, 2 pps
ID: 003
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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
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PDF,
Technical report, 4.7 MB,
38 pps
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
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PDF,
Technical Report, 1.1 MB, 24 pps
ID: 030 |
Needs Assessment: Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support
Tool
February 2014
CCRD Program(s): Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS)
Description: This report is one of a series of documents that guided the
customization of the Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool
(CIMPACT-DST). The report describes the motivating factors underlying this
USAID-supported project to configure, test, and deploy a climate impacts
planning tool at the national level and to integrate climate change
considerations into the planning activities of cities and provinces in Vietnam.
The report summarizes Vietnam’s needs for a consistent methodology, usable
tools and resources, and incentives to mainstream climate considerations into
existing planning processes. Ultimately, this project produced a tool that
presents standardized process for identifying climate change impacts and
solutions.
Related Topics: Innovative governance, adaptation research,
extreme weather events, precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature
changes, Asia, infrastructure, water
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PDF,
Technical Report, 1.6 MB, 25 pps
ID: 031 |
Project Description: Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision
Support Tool
February 2014
CCRD Program(s): Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS)
Description: This report is one of a series of documents that guided the
customization of the Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool
(CIMPACT-DST). The tool provides access to a comprehensive repository of
Vietnamese climate impacts and guidance resources, and can be used to help
urban planners in Vietnam systematically integrate climate change
considerations into their decision-making. The report provides a general
overview of CIMPACT-DST, outlining key concepts, goals, objectives, milestones,
and target audiences for the tool, including details about project task
timelines and responsibilities.
Related Topics: Innovative governance, adaptation research,
extreme weather events, sea level rise, Asia, infrastructure
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PDF,
Technical Report, 2.2 MB, 46 pps
ID: 032
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Scope of Use: Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool
June 2014
CCRD Program(s): Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS)
Description: This 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 report describes the scope of use for CIMPACT-DST. It explores
relevant planning types, locations and jurisdictions, sectors, and target
audiences; it also includes a phased plan for disseminating the tool during the
project timeframe. An appendix details the categories, stages, and components
of the urban planning process in Vietnam and illustrates the process with
numerous diagrams.
Related Topics: Innovative governance, adaptation research,
Asia, infrastructure
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PDF,
Technical Report, 950 KB,
54 pps
ID: 028 |
The Value of Climate Services Across Economic and Public Sectors: A
Review of Relevant Literature
October 2013
CCRD Program(s): Climate Services
Description: This report summarizes a review of literature related to the use and
value of climate services – including information such as observational climate
data, climate system monitoring, and climate projections. The report lists the
practical applications and benefits metrics of climate services for various
economic and public sectors, including agriculture, energy, water, fisheries,
transportation, tourism, and disaster management. The report also covers the
key issues associated with the research conducted to date and describes the
factors affecting the value of climate services, the barriers, the next steps
for continued research, and the need to raise awareness of the value of climate
services.
Related Topics: Adaptation research, agriculture, coastal,
infrastructure, natural resources management, tourism, transportation, water
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