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Integrated adaptation approach to climate change: Enhancing social and natural climate resilience in the Mekong Geoffrey Blate & Dang Thuy Trang WWF Greater Mekong Programme. 2 key messages. An integrated approach in climate change adaptation gives the best chance of success

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2 key messages

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  1. Integrated adaptation approach to climate change: Enhancing social and natural climate resilience in the Mekong Geoffrey Blate & Dang Thuy Trang WWF Greater Mekong Programme

  2. 2 key messages • An integrated approach in climate change adaptation gives the best chance of success • Transboundary landscapes (or a Mekong River basin) require regional cooperation: Climate Change Adaptation Agreement for the Mekong region

  3. Climate Change Vulnerability http://www.chowk.com/viewg/704 Source: Yusuf & Francisco 2009

  4. The world we live in infrastructure • mangroves for coastal protection • forests for flood protection • environmental impacts of dams • destruction of biological corridors • overexploitation of natural resources • environmental pollution livelihoods ecosystems ecosystem services ecosystem services impacts impacts • resilient fisheries and agriculture • preserved biodiversity values Adapted from Gretel Gambarelli, IUCN

  5. An Integrated approach Conservation Development Integrated Approach WIN WIN LOSE reduced climate impact reduced climate impact

  6. Why an integrated approach? • Integrated approaches to adaptation are necessary to avoid failure and maladaptation. • Adaptation strategies should integrate community needs and priorities with improved ecosystem management and protection of key ecosystem services. • CC adaptation and socio-economic development plans should be linked to increase the chances of success. • Better chance of success and can generate multiple benefits, environmental, social, and economic.

  7. Example: Linkages between CC adaptation and socio-economic planning in Quy Nhon

  8. Quy Nhon • VA Contents • CC impacts & vulnerability • Urban development • Demographics • Infrastructure • 6 key climate hazards • Resilience building options • Priorities

  9. Quy Nhon Vulnerabilities Saline Intrusion Erosion

  10. Quy Nhon Vulnerabilities Inundation Storm

  11. Quy Nhon Vulnerabilities Sand drifting Drought

  12. Quy Nhon Vulnerabilities

  13. A Climate Change Adaptation Agreement for the Mekong region Taking advantage of the ecosystems to increase social and natural resilience to climate change Not too late – region has high natural capital Millions depend on region’s ecosystems At the regional scale, climate change links development with the environment across all countries

  14. Why a regional CCAA? Climate change is a consequence of unsustainable development; a regional agreement would: • Strengthen regional collaboration and cooperation in the face of future climate uncertainty • Stimulate additional funding by strengthening investor confidence in regional commitment to adaptation planning & REDD • Provide a platform for national governments to negotiate joint solutions for displaced peoples • Provide a framework for regional standards and certification that promote environmental best practice • Provide a platform to promote integrated planning (including river basin planning) and coordinated investment

  15. for a living planet THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

  16. WWF Greater Mekong Programme (GMP) & CC • WWF GMP (Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia and Thailand) focuses on 6 key strategic landscapes representing a diverse range of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the region. • One of WWF’s goals is to promote integrated approaches to adaptation and to increase ecosystem resilience and building communities’ resilience to climate change impacts. • Key CC adaptation strategies include: • Conducting a comprehensive regional vulnerability assessment with modeling • Promoting regional cooperation on climate change • Promoting integrated spatial planning • Making SEDPs/development plans “climate smart” • Implementing climate change adaptation projects on integrated approaches to adaptation

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