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Community Based Adaptation Project
Inception Workshop
Overview of the CBA Project
Presented by
Stephen Gitonga, GEF Small Grants Programme
CBA Preparatory Workshop
17-19 October, 2007
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Part 1: Climate Change and
Community-Based Adaptation
CBA Inception Workshop
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Climate change observations and projections (potential impacts)
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• TEMPERATURE
• PRECIPITATION
• SEA LEVEL
• EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
IMPACT ON:
HEALTH
Mortality,
Diseases,
Illness
AGRICULTURE
Crop yields,
Pests,
Irrigation demand
DISASTERS
Frequency,
Intensity,
New Threats
WATER
RESOURCES
COASTAL
SYSTEMS
Supply,
Quality,
Competition
Erosion,
Inundation,
Infrastructure
NATURAL
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Loss of
habitat & species
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Community-Based Adaptation
Climate change is global, but
impacts are regional and
local
•Impacts will affect different
communities differently based on
their specific circumstances
…so, solutions must be
locally specific
•CBA is community-driven
•CBA is the grass-roots component
of climate change adaptation
•CBA will respond to locally specific
needs, and develop lessons for
global and national stakeholders to
further adaptation practice
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Part II:
Overview of the CBA project
CBA Inception Workshop
Key Characteristics
•GEF SPA PROJECT
•Portfolio of 8-20 projects per country
•Same size as regular SGP projects (up to $50,000)
•Executed through similar structures as SGP focal area
projects
•CBA will a separate portfolio, nested within SGP country
programmes
•CBA programme period will be 5 years
• 2008 through 2012
• Projects will deliver adaptation benefits, as well as global
environmental benefits in a GEF focal area
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The CBA is a global programme, with pilot countries selected to represent
a variety of ecosystems and climate impacts
The CBA will be implemented in 10 countries:
•Bangladesh
•Bolivia
•Guatemala
•Jamaica
•Kazakhstan
•Morocco
•Niger
•Namibia
•Samoa
•Viet Nam
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Goal, Objective, and Outcomes
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The SPA is focused on ecosystem resilience
•The CBA is funded by the GEF Strategic Priority on
Adaptation
•SPA funding is intended to fund the subset of adaptation
activities that also generate global environmental benefits /
make global environmental benefits resilient to climate
change.
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CBA Projects and the SPA
Community-Driven
Development Priorities
CBA Projects will be
community-driven, addressing
local development priorities
Like normal SGP projects,
CBA projects will be selected in
regions where community
development priorities and
global environmental objectives
overlap…
…and where communities are
vulnerable to climate change
including variability…
Climate
Change
Adaptation
Priorities
The CBA will operate where
GEB and adaptation priorities
overlap
CBA
GEB
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GEB and Climate Resilience
•Projects may support adaptation interventions that generate
GEB in a GEF focal area as part of an adaptation intervention
–So long as those GEB are resilient to climate change
•Projects may support an adaptation intervention that will
increase the resilience of GEBs in a GEF focal area (BD, LD,
etc)
–Provided that the GEB in question is threatened by an impact stemming
from climate change
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CBA Project Goal and Objective
Objective: “To enhance the capacity of communities in the
pilot countries to adapt to climate change including variability in
the focal areas in which the GEF works”
Outcome 1: Adaptive capacity of communities is enhanced
through projects that allow communities to reduce their
vulnerability to impacts of future climate change hazards
Outcome 2: National policies and programmes are adopted to
promote replication of best practices derived from CBA projects
Outcome 3: Lessons learned from the CBA programme are
leveraged, leading to innovation in adapting to climate change
including variability
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Outcome 1 focuses on the development of CBA programmes in the ten
pilot countries
Outcome 1: Adaptive capacity of communities is enhanced
through projects that allow communities to reduce their
vulnerability to impacts of future climate change hazards
•Output 1.1: Development of a CBA Country Programme Strategy
•Output 1.2: NGOs/CBOs with capacity to design and support
implementation of CBA projects
•Output 1.3: Development of a portfolio of CBA projects
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Outcome 2 focuses on using lessons from CBA best practices to inform
national policy
Outcome 2: National policies and programmes are adopted to
promote replication of best practices derived from CBA projects
Output 2.1: Legislation, policies, or programmes altered based on lessons
learned from CBA projects in each country
Output 2.2: Lessons from community-based adaptation compiled and
disseminated to national stakeholders
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Outcome 3 focuses on promoting CBA best practice globally
Outcome 3: Lessons learned from the CBA programme are
leveraged, leading to innovation in adapting to climate change
including variability
Output 3.1: Best practices and lessons disseminated beyond
CBA countries
Output 3.2: Guidance documents for GEF and others on CBA
programming and project support produced
Output 3.3: Website & global database of CBA projects
completed
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CBA country programmes should be focused for maximum impact and
lesson learning
CBA projects will choose one or two regions to focus on, and
choose one or two sectors/adaptation thematic areas on which
to concentrate.
Projects will not be identical, but will be complimentary. This
will lead to coherent lessons and effective policy impact.
These choices will be made in consultation with a wide range of
stakeholders, as part of the development of the CBA Country
programme strategy
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CBA projects will be developed using mechanisms similar to SGP projects
CBA projects, like SGP projects, will have:
• Project concepts
• Planning grants (<$2,000)
• Planning grants will support detailed baseline and M&E
• Full proposals
• Similar scale (<$50,000)
• Projects will be screened & recommended through the NSC (NCC), with
oversight from UNDP HQ and the GEF
• Project progress reporting requirements, and final reporting requirements
• Be entered into the SGP database
Unlike regular SGP projects, CBA projects will:
• Measure adaptive capacity AND global environmental benefits
• Be guided by a CBA-specific country programme strategy
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