Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Assessment in Inner Mongolia ACCC pilot province

1. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner MongoliaACCC pilot province ACCC Inner Mongolia Team July 2, 2013

2. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

3. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

4. Overview of Inner Mongolia • geographical location and • functional layout • People and ethnicity • Socio-economic • development

5. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

6. Climate change in Inner Mongolia and its impact Climate change and major disasters • warmer and drier climate • Continuous drought as the most frequent climate disaster with the widest influence • More extremes (snow storm, drought, extremely high and low temperatures • More sandstorms 沙尘暴天气

7. Climate change in Inner Mongolia and its impact Direct impact from climate change • Water resources Climate change has led to a reduction in surface runoff, lake shrinkage or dry-up and decrease in available water resources • Grassland eco-system High temperature and long drought have tipped the eco-system off balance. Grassland degradation, means a change in quantity and quality, with widespread locus, rats and desertification. Runoff reduction in Xilin Rive Water table drop in Dafen Lake Degraded grassland Rat disaster on dried wetland

8. Climate change in Inner Mongolia and its impact Indirect impact • For agriculture and husbandry • Conflict between fodder supply and demand, more domestic livestock diseases, longer crop growing period, greater impact of drought on agriculture, leading to widespread production decrease • For herdsmen’s livelihood • High temperature in summer and warming in winter cause cold, heatstroke, and stomach problem among the elderly; drought leads to difficulty in getting drinking water and higher workload for women. 草原"鼠害" 白灾死去的牲畜 休牧的羊群 加大基础设施建设投入 旱灾死去的羊 废弃干涸的水井 农作物遭遇旱灾 草原“蝗灾” 牧民疾病增加 “黑灾”冲塌的房屋 达赉湖水位变化

9. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

10. Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research • Vulnerable sectors • Grassland husbandry and water resources • Key research areas • Grassland husbandry and water resources, examined from the physical and social perspective, specifically including meteorology, ecology, husbandry, water resources, herdsmen’s livelihood, socio-economic policy. Impact of climate change on vulnerable sectors and population. • Research objective • Developing adaptation policy roadmap for grassland husbandry under B2, A1B, A2 达赉湖水位变化

11. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

12. ACCC research and policy making

13. Climate Change Adaptation Strategy AssessmentinInner Mongolia Overview of Inner Mongolia Climate change and its impact Key vulnerable sectors examined in the research Research findings in policy making Experiences and lessons learnt

14. 组织协调工作团队 内蒙古自治区发展研究中心 气象科学专题研究组 内蒙古生态与农业气象中心 自然科学 研究团队 草原生态专题研究组 内蒙古农大生态与环境学院 ACCC 内蒙古项目办 内蒙古自治区发展研究中心 内蒙古农大水建工程学院 水资源专题研究组 政策评估专题研究组 内蒙古大学经济管理学院 社会科学 研究团队 内蒙古社科院社会学研究所 牧民生计专题研究组 技术协调及总报告研究团队 内蒙古自治区发展研究中心 Major experience from ACCC research • A team fit for purpose set up for the project is the precondition for successful research and project implementation ACCC Inner Mongolia research team organisational chart 达赉湖水位变化

15. Major experience from ACCC research • The most appropriate methodology makes project implementation effective scenario construction, modelling, stakeholder participation, and field study are identified after many rounds of discussion and training among Chinese, international experts and the Inner Mongolia team. The CENTURY model is identified for grassland productivity assessment for policy assessment, cost benefit was replaced by participatory assessment and AHP, along with policy scenario simulation Stakeholder participatory assessment 达赉湖水位变化

16. Major experience from ACCC research • Wide discussion and research is the cornerstone for improving research quality 25 workshops have been held with project consultants, the national team, Ningxia and Guangdong team in Beijing, Hoh hot, Yinchuan, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Guilin, and Xilin hot. 达赉湖水位变化

17. Major experience from ACCC research • integration opinions from multiple parties lays the foundation for research representativeness. 锡林浩特参与式研讨会 Individual/group interviews and participatory research which have involved 150 administrators, 100 scholars, and 260 herdsmen. 省级专家座谈研讨 在牧民家调研访谈 与牧民代表座谈 达赉湖水位变化

18. Major experience from ACCC research A number of interviews, interactions, participatory research and field studies 内蒙古第二次省级利益相关 方参与式研讨会（呼和浩特2011.6.22） 草原退化情况调研 在锡林浩特市进行牧户 调研（2011.8.29） 田野调查

19. Major experience from ACCC research • Good coordination and organisation is the backbone for smooth project implementation. A coordination groups is set up in line with large number of researchers involved and multi-disciplinary nature of the research, to liaise among ACCC PMO, national teams, and Inner Mongolia team. More than 30 work meetings have been held among the Inner Mongolia team alone. 内蒙古自治区十二五规划 适应政策咨询会（呼和浩特） 与牧民代表座谈 省级专题研究工作协调会 达赉湖水位变化

20. Welcome to visit the Inner Mongolia grassland!