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, 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
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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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ID: 056, B2 | Climate Change: Towards the Development of a Policy Framework for Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica – July 26 and 27, 2012
November 2012
CCRD Program(s): National Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Description:
This report presents the findings from a workshop in Kingston, Jamaica,
in July 2012. The purpose of the workshop was to develop inputs for a
policy framework that would enable Jamaica to achieve its Vision 2030
national development goals in the context of climate change by
capitalizing on local knowledge and fostering discussion among
participants with experience in a wide range of sectors. During the
discussions, participants helped identify ways in which climate change
and other threats could hinder Jamaica’s long-term goals, and
brainstormed measures and institutions that could be used to respond.
Participants engaged in several exercises: 1) building a "map" of
relationships among economic sectors and the inputs and conditions they
depend upon; 2) adding threats and constraints to the map; 3) suggesting
actions, policies, and resources to address those threats and
constraints; 4) identifying ongoing activities and gaps; and 5)
producing a list of actions and actors. The results of the workshop were
used as key inputs to Jamaica’s Climate Change Policy Framework and
Action Plan.
Related Topics: Extreme weather events, temperature changes, Latin America/Caribbean, infrastructure, tourism, water
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PDF, Fact Sheet, 109 KB, 2 pps
ID: 009
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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
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PDF, Fact Sheet, 2.5 MB, 2 pps
ID: 002
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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, 555 KB, 2 pps
ID: 013
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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
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PDF, Technical Report, 992 KB, 54 pps
ID: 028
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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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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
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