Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

1. Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Nele Bünner Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop Marriott Resort and Spa, Pattaya, Thailand, 17-20 February 2014

2. German Adaptation Strategy (DAS) • Adopted by in December 2008 • Adaptation Action Plan 2011  • Progress report to provide a broad overview on the advances • Indicator-based monitoring report: • How does CC affect natural and socio-economic systems? Which impacts of do we already recognize? → Impact indicators • How do we act? Which adaptation measures are being implemented? → Response indicators Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

3. Objectives of adaptation M&E • Support learning about what does and does not work and so help improve adaptation actions • Monitoring whether a strategy or action plan is being implemented (accountability) • Monitor whether vulnerability to climate change is being reduced (effectiveness) Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

4. Action fields of DAS • Construction industry • Biological diversity • Soils • Energy sector • Finance and insurance sector • Fishery • Forestry • Industry and commerce • Agriculture • Human health • Tourism • Traffic and transport infrastructure • Water balance, water management, coastal and marine protection • Cross-sectoral field: Spatial, regional and urban development planning • Cross-sectoral field: Civil protection and disaster control Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

5. Requirements on the monitoring report • Report will bestructuredalongthe 15 actionfields • Linkedtoobjectives • Useexistingdata & immediately implementable • Language shouldbe easy tounderstand • Diagram, photo • Links tootherindicators • Reference to objectives from DAS • In addition: Indicator factsheets Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

6. Requirements on the process • Target group: political decision-makers and those members of the public who are interested and/or affected • Transparency of the selection process necessary for scientific and political acceptance Involved actors: Federal Environmental Agency (lead), consultant, governmental agencies on national and federal level, non-governmental organizations, academia, private organizations. Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

7. Stakeholder involvement • System is based on existing data  collaboration with governmental and non-governmental data providers necessary • Broad acceptance needed (principle of ownership): • Science: small expert groups focussed on the action fields,intensive bilateral consultations, workshops elaborating joint products: indicator factsheets and contributions to the report almost 400 people involved • Political sphere: all the federal ministries and federal states are invited to comment on the detailed indicator proposals • Non governmental institutions also provide data Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

8. Results • Collecteddata • More than 100 indicators(partly including additional sub-indicators) based on existing data • Indicators ready for implementation, every indicator is agreed on the scientific level, political level under review • Most importantdatagaps • Industrial and banking sector:Only some singular enquiries carried out, but no regular data collecting activities, often specific measures not yet existing • Soil: large monitoring projects, but not fully harmonized data • Some indicators only available on the federal level Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

9. Indicatorsby Action Field • Text [Calibri (Body) 28] Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

10. Impact indicatorBAU-I-1 Thermal load in urban environments • Text [Calibri (Body) 28] Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

11. Response indicatorBAU-R-1 Recreationareas • Text [Calibri (Body) 28] Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

12. Main challenges • In contrast to clearly defined CO2-reduction targets there are no quantifiable adaptation targets in general • Monitoring approach on the federal level • At the recent state of the adaptation process a systematic evaluation of the DAS is not possible Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

13. Capacity needs for M&E system • Main target: avoiding additional operating expenses • Nonew programs for adaptation M&E system • Strengthening specific data interpretation activities (e.g. erosion risks, biodiversity)  Making additional benefit from already existing data • Aligning the adaptation reporting with other reporting requirements • E.g. making use of data from EU Habitats Directive, EU Water Framework Directive, • Common indicators with other nationwide indicator systems (on sustainability and biodiversity)  Difficult due to partly very specific adaptation issues • Task sharing • Indicator based report as a joint product of all sectors  all make contributions („a problem shared is a problem halved“) • Centralized coordination envisaged Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

14. Outlook First Monitoring Report foreseen for the end of 2014: • It is indicator-based, including • Impact indicators: How does CC affect natural and socio-economic systems? • Response indicators: How do we react and how does it develop? → Regular reporting on agreed indicators to measure progress of implementation of strategy → Evaluation of the DAS Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

15. Thank you for your interest! Contact: Nele Bünner, nele.buenner@giz.de or Dr Till Below, till.below@giz.de This presentation is based on material kindly provided by the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Germany. Contact: Dr Petra van Rüth petra.vanrueth@uba.de Session 6 Indicator-based Monitoring for the German Adaptation Strategy Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

16. Indicator-Factsheet Technical Documentation

17. Indicator-Factsheet • Author (Name and Institution) • Cooperation (Name and Institution) • Last update • Planned update

18. Indicator-Factsheet • Numberand Title • Short description • Unit • Calculationrules • Facilitatedatainterpretation

19. Indicator-Factsheet • Placement in themonitoringsystem • Sector • Subject

20. Indicator-Factsheet • Explanation andargumentation • Strengthandweaknesses • Legal basis • DAS targets • Reporting obligations

21. Indicator-Factsheet • Technical information • Spacialand temporal resolution • Geographicalcoverage

22. Indicator-Factsheet • Glossary • Literature

23. Indicator-Factsheet • Data sourcesandconverting • Data costs • assignresponsibilities

24. Indicator-Factsheet • Proposalforthediagram