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United Nations Development Programme Adaptation Policy Framework

United Nations Development Programme Adaptation Policy Framework. Bo Lim on behalf of APF Lead Author Team UNFCCC CGE Workshop 8-11 April 2003, Mauritius. Overview. Overview Guiding principles Available documents Next steps. Adaptation Policy Framework (APF). The Issues.

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United Nations Development Programme Adaptation Policy Framework

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  1. United Nations Development ProgrammeAdaptation Policy Framework Bo Lim on behalf of APF Lead Author Team UNFCCC CGE Workshop 8-11 April 2003, Mauritius

  2. Overview • Overview • Guiding principles • Available documents • Next steps Adaptation Policy Framework (APF)

  3. The Issues V&A in First National Communications: • Countries reported difficulty in prioritising adaptations • Few adaptations implemented • Many studies remained as reports How to Move from Studies to Policy Action?

  4. Rationale of the APF Builds on earlier work • National Communications, NCSP • Previous methodologies • IPCC Third Assessment Report, 2001 • UNFCCC/UNDP workshop, 2001

  5. Goal of the APF Aims at Strategic Policy Making: • develop national strategies to cope with climate change, • including variability • assess adaptation measures within the context of • sustainable development • strengthen adaptive capacity

  6. Framing the Policy Question • What kind of policy instruments will reduce vulnerability to climate change? • How might project results be introduced onto the local, or national policy agenda? • What kind of policy decisions might be influenced by a project?

  7. Output of the APF Strategies • Re-align national sustainable development goals • Re-align poverty reduction programmes Policies • Develop a portfolio of adaptations • Implement guidelines for adaptation in national and local planning Measures • Overcome barriers to adaptation • Enhance adaptive capacity • Alter investment plans

  8. Target audience Primary audience • Climate change teams in developing countries • GEF projects, including Central America, Mexico and Cuba Secondary audience • Experts, including developed countries • Multilateral and bilateral agencies • Others

  9. Guiding Principles Re-thinking project design: • Place adaptation in a development context • Recognize that adaptation is a process • Build on on current adaptive experience to cope with • future climate • Recognize that adaptation occurs at different levels, • including the local (Top-down vs Bottom-up)

  10. Operational Level • Assess adaptation baselines under current • climate • Establish a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework What does this actually mean? • Who will implement the adaptation process? • Stakeholders in communities, as well as • government • Provide incentives for stakeholders to continue the • process beyond the project lifetime

  11. Example of an Adaptation Policy Framework 1. Scope project 2. Assess current vulnerability 3. Characterize future climate-related risks Increase adaptive capacity Engagestakeholders 4. Develop adaptation strategy 5. Continue adaptation process

  12. Content of the APF Technical Papers • Project scope and design • Stakeholders • Vulnerability assessment • Current climate risks • Future climate risks • Socio-economic conditions • Adaptive capacity • Formulation of adaptation strategy • Evaluate, monitor, and review

  13. Authors of the APF (1) Co-ordinators • Burton, Huq and Lim Authors • 25 authors • 15 countries (9 south) Contributors and reviewers • 150 countries • 900 experts • 9 regional institutions

  14. Authors of the APF (2) TP1: Aguilar (El Salvador), Burton (Canada), Huq (Bangladesh), Lim (UNDP). Ebi (US) and de Boer (Canada) TP2: Conde (Mexico) and Lonsdale (UK) TP3: Downing (UK) and Patwardhan (India) TP4: Jones (Australia) and Boer (Indonesia) TP5: Jones (Australia), Mearns (US), and Magwezi (Uganda) TP6: Malone (US) and Rovere (Brazil) TP7: Adger (UK), Khan (Pakistan), and Brooks (UK) TP 8: Niang-Diop (Senegal) and Bosch (The Netherlands) TP 9: Perez (Philippines) and Gary Yohe (US)

  15. Structure of the APF • Users’ Manual (40 pp) • Nine Technical Papers (10 pp) • Supporting methods and resources (unlimited) Available in draft French and Spanish

  16. Next steps (1) • Four lead author meetings, 2002-03 • Zeroth draft, Jan 2002 • First draft, 15 July 2002 • Second draft, 7 October 2002 • Third draft, 28 March 2003 • Wide external review, 2002-2003 • October 2002 to January 2003 • April-June 2003

  17. Next steps (2) Phase I: Methodologies (2001-2003) • Users’ Guidebook • Technical Papers Phase II: Implementation Support (2004-2006) • Web-based dissemination through mirror sites • Document successes and failures • Promote region-specific methods • Translation • Training

  18. Contact details If you would like to contribute, please contact: • Bo LIM • bo.lim@undp.org • Website: www.undp.org/cc/apf_outline.htm • Acknowledgements: • Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands

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