Transcript Regional Level Activities

Adaptation in Eastern and
Southern Africa
Supporting ground level and policy change
Jo-Ellen Parry, Program Manager
[email protected]
Project Background
Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into
Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Eastern
and Southern Africa
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Goal:
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To reduce the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of
climate change, thereby improving their well-being and
protecting their livelihoods
Objective:
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To promote the mainstreaming or integration of vulnerability
and adaptation to climate change into sustainable development
plans and planning processes through demonstration projects
in Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda
Conceptual Framework
Anticipated Outcomes
POLICY
DownScaling
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Generate capacity to
implement adaptation
measures in the field
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Increase capacity to generate
and use information about
climate change to affect
change in relevant
development policies
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Increase knowledge of the
links between development
planning and climate change
UpScaling
FIELD
TESTING
Project Partners
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Project Management Team
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Funders
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National Implementation Organizations
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Kenya: Centre for Science and Technology Innovations with the Arid Lands
Resource Management Program
Mozambique: AMBERO-IP with GTZ
Rwanda: Kigali Institute for Science and Technology
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Observer Countries: Tanzania and Madagascar
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Time Period: 2005 to 2009
Kenya Pilot Project
Responding to Drought in Makueni District
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Objectives
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Activities
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To increase household food security by enhancing the
resilience of local agricultural practices to drought
To reduce poverty through improved livelihoods
To facilitate integration of adaptation to climate change
into Kenya’s National Disaster Management Policy
Downscaling and communicating climate forecasts
Improving agronomic practices
Enhancing water conservation activities
Merry-go-round credit scheme
Outcomes to date
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Increased agricultural output
Replication in other districts expected
Draft National Disaster Management Policy
Mozambique Pilot Project
Community-base Fire Management in Sofala Province
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Objectives
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Activities
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To reduce vulnerability to forest fires exacerbated by climate change
To promote the inclusion of vulnerability to climate change considerations into
relevant policies and strategies in Mozambique
Introduce community-based preventive measures for wild land fire management
Establish a provincial round table for the coordination of wild land fire
management
Acceptance of community-based fire management strategy by district decision
makers, creating a model for national policies
Outcomes to date
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Training provided in fire suppression,
prevention, preparedness, fighting and
management
Provincial round table established to
coordinate the collection and sharing of
information
Rwanda Pilot Project
Reducing Vulnerability in the Hydroelectric Sector
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Objectives:
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Activities:
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To restore and protect the watersheds supporting Rwanda’s
hydroelectric sector while improving the livelihoods of local
communities
To integrate climate change considerations into the management and
operation of Rwanda’s hydroelectric power plants
To promote the integration of vulnerability and adaptation to climate
change into energy and sustainable development plans and processes
Watershed level: soil conservation measures; income diversification;
improved water access; sustainable energy access
Hydropower stations: maintenance training; climate scenario awareness
Policy engagement: workshops; advice; guidance documents
Outcomes to date:
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Established erosion control structures; tree nurseries; beekeeping
associations; rainwater catchment tanks; improved cookstoves
Regional Level Activities
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Regional team meetings
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Regional meeting with policy makers
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Technical assistance
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Networking and communications
Observations
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Lessons learned
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Need for enhanced access to climate data at the local level
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Importance of agriculture improvements for vulnerability
reduction
Challenges
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Climate change projections
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Capacity variances
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Regional coordination