Transcript Implementation of NAPA in Bhutan

Implementation of NAPA in Bhutan
Thinley Namgyel
National Environment Commission
Royal Government of Bhutan
Thimphu, BHUTAN
Criteria for Selection & Ranking
Selection Criteria
1.
convincing threats of climate and climate change; level or degree
of adverse effects of climate change
2.
demonstrates fiscal responsibility (or cost effectiveness)
3.
level of risk (doing nothing entails a certain amount of risk)
4.
complements country goals (such as overcoming poverty,
enhancing adaptive capacity, or other environmental agreements)
55 + project
ideas
20 project ideas
9 TOP PRIORITY
(USD 7.6 million)
Ranking Criteria
Category
Criteria
Benefit 1
Human life and health saved by the intervention
Benefit 2
Arable land associated with water supply and productive saved by the
intervention
Benefit 3
Essential infrastructure – existing and projected hydropower plants,
communication systems, industrial complexes, cultural and religious sites
Negative benefit
Estimated cost of the proposed adaptation intervention measure/project
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Immediate and Urgent Adaptation Interventions
(adapted from NAPA Document)
Proposed Projects
Main Objective
Main Outputs
1- Disaster
Management Strategy
– Planning for Food
Security and
Emergency Medicine
to Vulnerable
Communities
Implementation of
Emergency Food Security
and Medicine/First Aid
components of National
Disaster Management
Strategies in some pilot
districts (Eastern Bhutan)
Rapid communication, immediate
response & distribution networks
for emergency needs in place;
Lives saved; Awareness on
relationship between bad land
management and disasters
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2- Artificial Lowering
of Thorthormi Lake
Glacier Lake Outburst
Flood prevention: Lower
water level of Thorthormi
Lake by excavating
artificial channel –
widening of existing outlet
channel
Required civil works built; Water
level lowered and contained; Water
level monitored; Staff trained to
undertake similar projects
elsewhere
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3- Landslide
Management & Flood
Prevention (Pilot
Schemes in Critical
Area)
Effectively intervene in
major landslide and flood
affected areas before these
become dangerous for
human livelihood
Proper land management practices
developed, implemented and
shared by communities in a series
of pilot districts including Chaskhar,
Ramjar, Thimphu-Phuentsholing
Highway, and Thimphu-Trashigang
Highway
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Cost (USD)
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Immediate and Urgent Adaptation Interventions
(adapted from NAPA Document)
4- Weather
Forecasting System to
Serve Farmers and
Agriculture
Provide weather and
seasonal forecasts in
support of production
decisions of farmers; Agrometeorological early
warning system against
inclement weather, Special
advisories at different
production stages
Optimally distributed network of
synoptic stations; More accurate
weather forecasts for extended
period based on operational mesoscale LAM model optimized for
Bhutan; Associated extension
services
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5- Flood Protection of
Downstream Industrial
and Agricultural Area
Awareness raising for GLOF
risks and possible
preventive measures
High quality hazard zonation map
delineating areas with high risk
etc; areas; materials for public
information; tools for the decision
makers on spatial planning,
building permits, etc.
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6- Rainwater
Harvesting
Safeguard farmers from
water shortages during dry
periods and irregularities in
the monsoon rainfall,
thereby improving
household food security
and income of farmers
living in vulnerable areas
Higher crop and animal
productivity under rainfed
agriculture; Safe drinking water
and less health problems; Increase
in rural income; Synergy with
actions under the Convention on
Desertification; Environmental
benefits (reduced soil erosion,
recharge groundwater)
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Immediate and Urgent Adaptation Interventions
(adapted from NAPA Document)
7- GLOF Hazard
Zoning (Pilot Scheme Chamkhar Chu Basin)
Awareness raising for GLOF
risks and possible
preventative measures
High quality hazard zonation map
delineating areas with high risk
etc. areas; materials for public
information; tools for the decision
makers on spatial planning,
building permits, etc.
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8- Installation of Early
Warning System on
the Pho Chhu Basin
Warning of Punakha valley
settlement/ essential
infrastructure in case of
actual GLOF
Technical Early Warning System in
place & operated; Hazard
Zonation; Awareness across the
valley
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9- Promote
Community-based
Forest Fire
Management and
Prevention
Conserve land, water
resources and wood
production
Village level forest fire
management institutionalized and
implemented; Forest fire
equipment well established and
managed; Reduced incidence of
fires
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Strategy
 Mainstreaming adaptation process in the national
development plans and programs
 Synergizing with on-going activities
 Stakeholder involvement
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Planning Commission,
Department of Aid and Debt Management,
Donor Agencies
Sector Concerned
 Awareness and outreach programs
 Proactive implementing agencies in the country
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Status
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Disaster Reduction and Management
 Source of fund: UNDP
 Disaster Management Strategy including implementation plan
 Executing Agency: Dept of Local Governance (Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs)
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Landslide hazards
 Source of fund: SGP - Bhutan
 Adaptation intervention in two communities facing landslide problems
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Health
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Source of fund: SCCF
Emergency Medical Services
Water-borne and vector borne diseases
Implementing agency: UNDP
Executing agency: Ministry of Health & WHO
PDF-B Approved.
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Status- GLOF Threat
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF)
• 983 Glaciers
• 2794 glacial lakes
• 25 glacial lakes with high risk of GLOF
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Status- GLOF Threat
Rapstreng Tso/Lake
Lugge Tso/Lake
Thorthormi Glacier & Lake
Worst Case Scenario:
Combined GLOF of these lakes could result in a
flow of over 53 million cubic meters of water.
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Status- GLOF Threat
GLOF Threat Project
“Reducing Climate Change Induced risks and vulnerabilities from
glacial lake outburst floods in the Punakha-Wangdi and Chamkhar
Valley”
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Source of fund: LDCF
Implementing Agency: UNDP
About to complete the PBF-B Phase
FSP in advanced stage: expect to submit by December 2007
 Outcome 1: Capacities for Disaster Risk Management, for climate
change induced disasters in the Punakha- Wangdi and Chamkhar
Valleys Strengthened
 Outcome 2: Artificial Lowering system of the Thorthormi lake waters
implemented
 Outcome 3: An early warning system for the Punakha- Wangdi Valley
Operational and maintained.
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NEXT STEP - Implementation Status GLOF Threat
 Project costing (from draft FSP proposal)
 Total US$6,931,274
 LDCF contribution: US$ 3,445,050
 Co-financing: US$ 3,486,224
 Co-financing
Co-financer
Classification
Type
UN Agencies
(UNDP)
IGO
Cash & in-kind
526,224
Royal Govt of
Bhutan
Government
In kind
860,000
Austria
Bilateral
In kind
1,200,000
Japan
Bilateral
In kind
900,000
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Conclusion
 Mainstreaming during NAPA preparation helps with Implementation
 Involve national agencies responsible for planning, finance and/or aid
mobilisation for finding funds to implement projects.
 Ensure stakeholders actually feel they have a stake in adaptation and the
proposed projects
 Bundle activities and projects if possible into one larger project
 Reduce transaction costs!
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thank you
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