Transcript IFAD CLIMTRAIN II Nov 2008

IFAD 2nd CLIMTRAIN Workshop, November 2008
Adaptation Planning and Practice
The NAPA Approach:
Vulnerability Analysis and
Prioritization
Paul V. Desanker
Team Leader, LDC Unit,
UNFCCC Secretariat
Bonn, Germany
Context for NAPA
• NAPAs in broader Adaptation
– Practical approach to adaptation, not study or
case study
– Original rationale for NAPAs was for a rapid
response, win-win actions that would reinforce
building capacity for coping with climate
change, address obvious obstacles to achieving
sustainable growth and development, etc
– Based on concept of addressing most limiting
factors
– End-to-end solution: funds for preparation and
then implementation, LEG to provide technical
support
What you see in a NAPA
• Synthesis of key vulnerabilities
• Adaptation needs, ranked based on
national criteria
• Priority adaptation actions that form a
programme of action to address urgent
needs
• A serious attempt at planning
adaptation, ready for implementation
How did a country get there?
• Set up a multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral team
to conduct rapid assessment
• Synthesized available knowledge on
vulnerabilities to climate change
• Developed framework for adaptation taking
into account national plans and policies
• Conducted consultations at multiple stages of
the assessment, including in establishing criteria
to guide ranking
• Identified key needs for adaptation
• Ranked priorities based on agreed criteria
• Identified adaptation actions to address the
key adaptation needs
V&A assessment
• Adaptation defined as actions to minimize,
remove vulnerability
• Vulnerability a function of 3 groups of factors:
– Exposure to climate change, changing variability
(interface between place and incoming climate
through weather)
– Potential impact of climate change on system
– Adaptive capacity/coping ability (social,
economic, human capital; the target system)
V&A assessment
• National development policies and
priorities underpin sectors and regions
targeted in NAPA
• Focus on vulnerable communities
• Communities addressed in context of
broader scales – regional, national etc
• National development priorities guide
selection of criteria for ranking
Survey of National plans for one country
– Malawi example
Malawi
Year
COP 7
97
98
99
00
01
02
MDG reports
03
05
06
07
08
09
2003
PRSP/MGDS
PRSP reports
2002-2004
2006-2011
2003
UNDAF
UNDAF reports
1998-2001
CAS
1998-2001
2005
2006
2002-2006
2004-2006
LDC NPA
2007-2010
2001-2010
NCSA
NC
TNA
NAPA
NAPA / PIFS
04
IR
2002
2003
2006
2007
10
11
12
13
14
15
Adaptation in Practice
• NAPA is a concrete approach to planning
adaptation
– Funding arrangements for prep and
implementation, plus support system
– Participatory; rapid integrated assessment of
vulnerability and adaptation (PRIVA)
– Ranking based on urgency; step in scaling up
adaptation over time, targets most vulnerable
communities
– Integration: programmatic approach but projectbased implementation
Adaptation in Practice
• NAPA is a concrete approach to
implementing adaptation
– Prioritize based on urgency
– Projects integrated into national
development plans and activities
– Support system through LEG
– Piloting of role of GEF – IAs – EAs in
implementing adaptation
Indicated costs of priority activities identified
in NAPAs by country as of 30 October 2008
Indicated cost of priority activies in NAPAs
Cross sectoral
Food Security
200000000
Coastal/M arine Ecosystems
180000000
Early Warning & Disaster
M anagement
160000000
Cost (US$)
140000000
Education & Capacity Building
120000000
Energy
100000000
80000000
Health
60000000
Infrastructure
40000000
Insurance
20000000
Terrestrial Ecosystems
0
1
Tourism
Sector
Water Resources
Sector
Cost (US$)
Cross sectoral
53,004,460
Food Security
157,659,227
Coastal/Marine Ecosystems
151,126,580
Early Warning & Disaster Management
54,642,483
Education & Capacity Building
35,893,810
Energy
26,357,520
Health
32,993,000
Infrastructure
72,531,631
Insurance
225,000
Terrestrial Ecosystems
103,037,736
Tourism
1,250,000
Water Resources
181,865,842
Total cost
870,587,289
What are implementing agencies
expected to do with a NAPA?
• Help implement NAPA activities, taking into
account need for expedited procedures
• Not repeat the assessment carried out by
countries, rather take next step of turning
concept into actionable projects
• Engage NAPA teams fully – not get too
attached to the written word: spirit of the
priority activity versus semantics used
• Agencies should recognize limitations of LDCs
in terms of capacity and investment climate
• GEF resources not adequate to fully
implement NAPAs – need for a lot more
Observations and Lessons from
NAPA on implementing Adaptation
• Concept of addressing urgent and immediate needs
has broad appeal beyond LDCs, adaptation
• Bottoms-up approach of NAPA has had multiple
benefits in countries
– Helped engage all stakeholders.
– Increased awareness and interest in climate change.
– Spawned important role for CBA, local coping and
indigenous/local knowledge.
– Provided concrete example of how adaptation can be
designed and implemented.
– Reinforced importance of need for adaptation to be
grounded at the local level.
– Important methodological advances: ranking, scaling,
integration, participatory approach.
Thank you
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