Transcript Caribbean: Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change

Mainstreaming Adaptation to
Climate Change
(MACC) PROJECT
Dr. Ulric Trotz, MACC Project Manager
AIACC ADAPTATION WORKSHOP
Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 24 –27, 2004
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GEF-Funded Project
12 Caribbean Countries
Implemented by the World Bank
Executed by the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) Secretariat
Project Implementation Unit (Belize)
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MACC follows
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to
Global Climate Change (CPACC) :: (GEF)
and
Adapting to Climate Change in the
Caribbean (ACCC) :: (CIDA)
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FIVE COMPONENTS
 Build capacity to assess vulnerability and risks
associated with climate change
 Build capacity to reduce vulnerability to climate
change
 Build capacity to effectively access and utilise
resources to reduce vulnerability to climate
change
 Public Education and Outreach
 Project Management
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BUILD CAPACITY TO ASSESS
VULNERABILITY AND RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Under CPACC 18 monitoring stations installed
>Water level
>Barometric pressure
>Air temperature
>Relative humidity
>sea-surface temperature
>wind direction
>wind gusts and speed
>rainfall
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MACC:
– Upgrade of existing monitoring stations to improve
performance and data reliability
– Installation and implementation of Continuously
Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
– Support RAC : archiving and quality assurance
– Strengthen capacity CIMH : maintenance and
operation
– Training to Meteorological offices to manage stations,
expand applications and use of data, installation and
use of CORS
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 Generating climate change scenarios:
– Statistical downscaling of regional climate models
• Develop regional climate change projections
(ACCC
– Dynamic downscaling
• Use of PRECIS regional model (50km and 25km)
• Staff from UWI; CIMH, PIU trained in operation
• eight experiments designed – four at Meteorology
Institute, Cuba; 2 at UWI Mona; 1 each at UWI St.
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Augustine and Cave Hill
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 (a) downscaling
 (b) regional climate change projections
 (c) regional climate change scenarios
 (d) (c) + impact models (crop, hydrology
models)
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(e) impacts of extreme events under
different climate scenarios
(f) Climate impact scenarios
(g) Adaptation options
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Component 2: Build capacity to reduce
vulnerability to climate change
 Build capacity to identify and analyse policy
options for adaptation to climate change in
selected sectors
 Aimed at reducing vulnerability in those sectors
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2.1 Country Level Sectoral Adaptation
Strategies
 Develop Adaptation Strategies for:
• Water Sector
• Agricultural Sector
• Tourism
 In process will look at IWSM as an Adaptation
Strategy
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Other Activities:
• Costing Impacts of CC (UKCIP
Methodology?)
• Optimising choice using Risk
Management Approach
• Introducing use of other tools e.g.
Guidelines for Integrating CC Impact
Assessment in EIAs
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Upgrading infrastructure norms
• · Incorporation of climate change
consideration into region’s CDM strategy
• · Improved collaboration between National
Disaster and Meteorological Offices
• · Upgrade building codes
• Identify financial incentives from Insurance
and Mortgage banking industries
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COMPONENT 3: Build capacity to
effectively access to utilize resources to
Minimise Costs of Climate Change
• Preparation of regional position for
negotiation on Climate Change at relevant
international fora
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3.1 Development of a Regional Agenda
Support for the development of a regional
position and negotiation strategy for
UNFCC and other international
organisations
Feed results from Components 1 and 2 into
National Communications
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3.2 Development of a Regional Strategy for
Adaptation to Climate Change
Development of regional climate change
adaptation strategy and action plan
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COMPONENT 4: Public Education and
Outreach
Begin implementation of the PEO Strategy
and in particular:
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 Website
 Clearing House
 Document Centre
 Curricula Development for schools
 Community Pilot Project
 National Training Workshops
 Development of National PEO Strategies
and Action Plans
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Develop public awareness materials
identified in PEO Strategy and disseminate
to key targets – policy-makers and decision
makers, general public, private sector and
school children
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Build capacity at national level to execute
National PEO Strategies
Develop mid-term and final monitoring
and evaluation strategy to evaluate
effectiveness of PEO strategies
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Thank you!
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