Climate Adaptation Challenges: Enhancing Capacity for African Based Research

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Climate Adaptation Challenges Enhancing
Capacity for African Based Research

• Farhana Yamin
• Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
  University
• Climate Change Disasters Group
• LCA Nairobi Workshop 26-28 March 2006

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Lots of people want adaptation now

• Development at risk from CC
• Political impetus 2005 Gleneagles G8 Make
  Poverty History
• UNFCCC/Kyoto impetus
• Science AR4 2007
• Climate disasters high impact visibility

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How do we decide what, when, where and by whom?

• Scientists? Practitioners? Donors? Countries?
  Communities?
• Right answer would need pooling of experience
  knowledge about what works and doesnt
• Really useful answer would need all this plus
  continuous cycle of learning to take change into
  account

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So IDS

• Set up Linking Climate Adaptation (LCA) Network
• Mission to help communities, policy-makers,
  practitioners academics share experiences
  knowledge byorganizing workshops, on-line
  discussions supporting action research
• www.linkingclimateadaptation.org

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LCA Nairobi Workshop aims to

• Support African based researchers, policy makers
  and civil society groups deliberate adaptation
  next steps
• BEFORE adaptation priorities, methodologies and
  locational choices are fixed in stone

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Workshop aims to

• Create a friendly, balanced space for discussions
  
• Help you design projects/programmes of work that
  can
• deliver new knowledge
• link stakeholders to existing knowledge
• influence national policy and systems
• build sustainable links between research
  institutions
• enhance in country and institutional capacity

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Workshop Structure designed to

• Break out groups focus on new ideas (concept
  notes)
• Community based adaptation
• Integrating adaptation in key sectors
• Seasonal Forecasting
• Capacity strengthening, networking and education
• Plenary discussions focus on
• Framings
• Policy needs
• Research priorities
• Design elements that support scaling/up,
  programmatic approaches

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Workshop Outputs

• A Reportbut much more important
• Increased linkages among researchers and other
  participants
• Concrete suggestions for future work to
  expand/refine concept notes
• New concept notes to support regular learning and
  review of emerging findings