Transcript Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk

Integration of Climate Change
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction:
Intent and Practice
Jeremy Collymore
Executive Director, CDEMA
UNFCC WORKSHOP
Identification of Gaps and Challenges in the Implementation of Risk
Management Approaches to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change
10-12 October 2011: Lima, PERU
Introduction
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Climate-related disasters have
repeatedly set back development
With climate change
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The occurrence of hazards is likely to
increase
Impacts on ecosystems, reductions in
water and food availability and changes
to livelihoods will increase vulnerability
The poor, and poorer countries, are
hit hardest
CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS NORMING
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Floods and forest fires Australia 2009/10
Floods in Brazil 2009
Flood in United Kingdom 2009
Drought in Somalia 2011
Floods in Pakistan 2011/2010
Floods in Saint Lucia 2011
Tornados in the United States 2011
China Floods 2010/2011
REALITY OF CATASTROPHY
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South Asia economic
losses to GDP 15 times
higher in relation to
OECD
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ISDR 2009
High economic
vulnerability is
associated with low
national savings
59 % SIDS and 67%
LLDCS high /highly
vulnerable to
economic loss
Where do we begin?
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Strong correlation between climate change and
disasters
In terms of adaptation, “Disaster risk reduction
is the first line of defence against climate
change impacts”
Adaptation that is linked with DRR begins by
addressing existing vulnerabilities to current
climate events - a “no regrets” approach
Good progress has been made, but more is
needed to tackle vulnerability and its causes
Climate Change and
Disaster Risk Reduction
Linkages between Climate Change
and Disaster Agendas
Climate change: slowonset, hydrometeorological
hazards
Natural hazards: rapidonset, hydrometeorological &
geophysical hazards
Both share a
common risk
management agenda
After G. Cambers
Regional Framework for Achieving Development
Resilient to Climate Change (2009-2015)
VISION
Building Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate
SE 1:
SE 2:
Mainstream
CCA
Promote the
implementation
of specific
adaptation
measures to
address key
vulnerabilities
strategies
into the
sustainable
dev.
agendas
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SE 3:
SE4:
SE 5:
Promote actions
Promote actions
to derive social,
economic and
environmental
Promote
actions to
reduce the
vulnerability
of natural
and human
systems
to reduce
greenhouse
gas emissions
benefits from
the prudent
management
of standing
forests
Enhanced CDM Strategic Framework (20072012)
GOAL
Regional Sustainable Development enhanced through CDM
PURPOSE
To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation,
management, and coordinated response to natural and technological hazards, and
the effects of climate change.
OUTCOMES
Enhanced institutional
support for CDM
Program
implementation at
national and regional
levels
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An effective mechanism
& programme for
management of
comprehensive disaster
management knowledge
has been established
Disaster Risk
Management has been
mainstreamed at
national levels and
incorporated into key
sectors of national
economies (including
tourism, health agriculture and
nutrition)
OUTPUTS
Enhanced community
resilience in CDEMA
states/ territories to
mitigate & respond to
the adverse effects of
climate change &
disasters
Mainstreaming Climate Change into Disaster Risk
Management for the Caribbean Region (CCDM) Project
Project Objective:
To strengthen regional, national and
community level capacity for mitigation, management and
coordinated response to natural and technological
hazards and the effects of climate change
Development Partner:
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
Executing Agency:
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management
Agency (CDEMA)
Partners:
CCCCC, CPDC, UWI (DRRC, CERMES), UNDP,
IFRC, CANARI, UNIFEM,CIMH, OECS, DFID, CaFAN, CRFM
Beneficiaries:
CDEMA Participating States, SRFPs, Selected Communities
Project Value:
€689,425
Project Duration:
Two (2) years ending November 30th, 2010
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CCDM RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES
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The Model Programme and Plan of
Action for Integrating CCA and DDR
“Blue print for national level integration of climate
change adaptation and disaster risk reduction”
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ISDR 6 STEPS FOR MAINSTREAMING
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Mapping institutions, policies and
mechanisms already in place for
reducing disaster risk and dealing
with climate change;
Taking stock of the available
information on hazards,
exposure, vulnerabilities and risk
assessments;
Convening multi-stakeholder
discussions to review information
and identify opportunities to
harmonize policy and address
capacity gaps;
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ISDR 6 STEPS FOR MAINSTREAMING
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Initiating capacity development
activities to build or strengthen
coherent approaches to climate
change adaptation and disaster
risk reduction;
Designing joint project
initiatives that address both
climate change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction.
Conducting adaptation planning
with a multi-sectoral,
development based approach
and centralized oversight
responsibility
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ENHANCED COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
FRAMEWORK (OUTCOME 4)
Output 4.1
Preparedness, response
and mitigation capacity
(technical and
managerial) is enhanced
among public, private
and civil sector entities
for local level
management and
response
CLIMATE
Output 4.2
Improved coordination
and collaboration
between community
disaster organizations
and other research/data
partners including
climate change entities
for undertaking
comprehensive disaster
management
CHANGE AND THE
Output- 4.3
Communities more aware and
knowledgeable on disaster management
and related procedures including safer
building techniques
CARIBBEAN: A REGIONAL FRAMEWORK
TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Goal
1.2
Reduce Goal 1.3 Effectively
Vulnerability to Climate access
and
utilize
Change
resources to reduce
vulnerability
to
a
changing climate
FOR
Output 4.4
Standardized holistic and
gender-sensitive
community methodologies
for natural and
anthropogenic hazard
identification and mapping,
vulnerability and risk
assessments, and recovery
and rehabilitation
procedures developed and
applied in selected
communities.
ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT RESILIENT
Goal 1.4- Build a Society that is more Goal 1.1: assess the
informed about and resilient to a changing vulnerability
and
risks
climate
associated with a changing
climate
Goal 2.2- Promote the implementation of
measures to reduce climate impacts on
coastal and marine infrastructure
Goal 2.3measures
Promote the adoption
and
dissemination
of
of
PROGRESS ON MAINSTREAMING
Mapping institutions,
policies and mechanisms
already in place for reducing
disaster risk and dealing with
climate change;
• A review has been undertaken of all
work undertaken (mechanisms etc)
and institutions at the regional level
Taking stock of the
available information on
hazards, exposure,
vulnerabilities and risk
assessments;
• Being advanced by the CCCCC/
CDEMA and work to date
documented (incl. risk atlas)
• Informed the POA
• Working on getting country specific
data
Convening multistakeholder discussions to
review information and
identify opportunities to
harmonise policy and
address capacity gap
• Mapped to the 2 policy frameworks;
and gaps have been identified.
•The CCDM WG has been
established (Oct 2009) and
functions.
• Detailed POA which identifies key
actions; gaps identified
• Opportunities for harmonisation on
common areas initiated- POA
integrated into the Regional
Climate Change Implementation
Plan
PROGRESS ON MAINSTREAMING
Initiating capacity
development activities to
build or strengthen coherent
approaches to climate
change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction;
• CCDM WG supports understanding of
capacity needs
• Needs identified feed into the POA
• Guidance Tool developed to build
capacity in the development of CDM
climate smart national work programmes
Designing joint project
initiatives that address both
climate change adaptation
and disaster risk reduction.
• Initiatives designed as part of the POA to
address practical problems
• Strengthening of existing and
development of new projects
Conducting adaptation
planning with a multi-sectoral,
development based approach
and centralized oversight
responsibility
• Tools for community adaptation planning
(Climate Smart Community Disaster
Management Module and Handbooks)
developed and piloted in 2 communities
• .Piloted adaptation planing (includes
multi-sectoral participatory approaches)
through the development of climate
smart work programmes
Climate Smarting CDEMA PS
CDM Work Programmes
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“Business- as-usual” DRM must be up-scaled
and enhanced to cope with the impacts of
climate change.
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The Guidance Tool is a step-wise series of
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Selected Lessons Learnt:
– Participation of National Climate Change
Officer or UNFCCC Focal Point
invaluable;
– Reduce visioning horizon to be in
keeping with national visioning strategies
– General level of stakeholder
understanding of CCA and DRR issues
may be low to very-basic but the capacity
for stakeholders to grasp and apply CCA
and DRR concepts is high.
Virgin Islands Workshop on Mainstreaming CC
into the National CDM Work Programme: August
23-24, 2011
Summary Climate Smart National DM Work
Programme
PROGRAMME AREAS FOR
INTEGRATING CCA AND DRR
• CC integrated into the existing disaster management framework.
Institutional • Improved national climate change adaptation frameworks
structure &
governance
• Model DRR Legislation factoring in specific CCA considerations
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Legislation • Codes and Standards reviewed for DRR and CCA
Capacity
building
• Planning and national/local emergency organizations understand the
importance of link of DDR to sustainable development.
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PROGRAMME AREAS FOR
INTEGRATING CCA AND DRR
Data sets/
database
• Improved accessibility of consolidated data related to Disaster
Management and Climate Change
Information &
targeted
communication
Research
• Revised CCCCC Climate Change Public Education and Outreach
Strategy and CDEMA Model Education Strategy that includes
intersection of CC and DRR
• Implementation of the information and communications strategy.
• Good practices documentation for regional implementation of CCA & DRR
• Remote sensing in disaster risk management. (case studies and new
technology).Existing radars for real time flood forecasting (DRM).
• Improvement of existing climate models.
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CONSOLIDATING ENGAGEMENT
Deepen stakeholder dialogue about
language, scope of work and roles
 Invest more in NAPA and HFA reporting at
national, regional and international levels
 Advance climate smarting across all sector
programming
 Joint advocacy for resilient development
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STRATEGIC ESSENTIALS
Recognize that Climate Change is not
the purview of an organization
 Hook up to real life issues –
Community EWS for floods and
droughts;
 Agronomic practices; connect to Safe
Cities, Safe Hospitals and Schools
 Broaden the input in National Risk
Profiles
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STRATEGIC ESSENTIALS 2
 Review implications for
infrastructure and
drainage design
 Incorporate into urban,
response and
investment planning
INVEST MORE IN CAPACITY
ARTICULATION
 Is there clarity on the
competencies and
proficiency elements to
sustain?
 More attention to the
character and nature of
capacity development
Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction: Intent and Practice
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