UNDPs climate mitigation and adaptation portfolio in Asia Pacific

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UNDPs climate mitigation and adaptation
portfolio in Asia/ Pacific Potential Climate
Change Impacts in Asia Pacific

• Media Workshop India October 2007
• Martin Krause
• Regional Centre Bangkok

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Mitigation PortfolioPotential CC Impacts in A/P
and Adaptation Portfolio Energy Access/
Advocacy Regional Energy Programme for Poverty
Reduction (RePPoR)MDG Carbon
Structure of Presentation
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UNDP Portfolio in Asia/ Pacific

• Designing, financing and implementing mitigation
  projects with GEF funds
• Designing, financing and implementing adaptation
  projects with funds from LDCF, SCCF, SPA and
  Spanish MDG fund
• Developing mitigation projects using private
  sector funds, the CDM mechanism and the MDG
  carbon facility
• Advocacy, Awareness and Policy dialogue HDR
  2007, Reg. Energy Progr., PSA on CC

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UNDP-GEF Mitigation Portfolio in A/P
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Climate Mitigation Projects

• Energy Efficient Appliances (Standards and
  Labels)
• Refrigerators, Lighting, Air Conditioning etc.
• Energy Efficient Buildings
• Building codes (new buildings), retro-fits, ESCO
  approach
• Industrial Energy Efficiency
• EE Motors, energy intensive industries (steel,
  cement)
• Renewable Energy
• Wind, Biomass, Hydro, Biomass
• Promoting sustainable urban mobility
• Modal shifts (BRT, etc.), Traffic demand
  management, Non-motorized transport (bicycle
  paths, etc.), Improved urban planning

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Advocacy, Awareness and Policy dialogue

• HDR 2007
• Reg. Energy Prog.
• Public Service Announcement on CC

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Regional Energy Program for Poverty Reduction

• Country Gap Analysis Access to energy for the
  poor ( 15 country reports)
• Three Policy Studies All starting with global,
  regional and national level analysis with country
  case studies
• --Impact of Oil Price Rise on poverty MDG
• -- Cross Border Energy Trade
• --Mapping of Private Financing

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• Potential Climate Change Impacts in
• Asia Pacific

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Glacier melting in the Himalayas

• Rock Avalanches
• Glacier Lake Outburst Flows
• Less water downstream
• in the dry season
• More flooding downstream
• in the wet season
• Long-term overall reduction
• of water supply

Receding of 7,3 m per year between 1842 and 1935
23 m per year between 1985 and 2001
Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier between 1780 and
2001 Source NASA EROS Data Centre, 2001
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Climate Change Adaptation Bhutan Glacier Lake
Outburst
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Increased vulnerability of coastal areas and
deltas
Delta regions in South, East and Southeast Asia
are at greatest risk to flooding from both sea
and rivers
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Climate Projection Scenarios 2040-2060

• Av. Surface temperature projected to increase
  by 2 - 4C
• Marginal changes in rainfall expected in
  monsoon months (JJAS)
• Large changes during non-monsoon months
• No. of rainy days set to decrease by more than
  15 days
• Intensity of rains projected to increase by
  1-4 mm/day
• Cyclonic storms likely to increase in
  frequency and intensity

Precipitation
Temperature
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More frequent and less predictable extreme
weather events
Overall decrease in number of rainy days and
increased risk of dry spells
Overall increase in rainfall
intensity and more intense tropical cyclones
BUT
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Projected Key Impacts
Forestry
Water Resources
Acute physical water scarce conditions Constant
water scarcities and shortage Seasonal / regular
water stressed conditions Rare water shortages
Human Health
Coastal Zones
Agriculture
Regions likely to be affected by malaria in 2050s
Endemic regions of malaria
Projection 5
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Threats to coastal systems and small islands

• Erosion
• Inundation and
• storm surges
• Stress on wet-
• lands, marshes
• and mangroves
• Coral bleaching
• Shrinking fresh-
• water lenses
• Invasion of non-
• native species
• Threats to critical
• infrastructure

Areas below 20m (coastline)
Vulnerability to sea level rise (Preston et.al.
2006)
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Potential regional impacts of climate change in
Asia
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Current adaptation portfolio 46 countries 20
regional and national projects Total value 169
million (GEF 58 million co-financing 111
million)
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Adaptation Funding and Projects by Region
Multi-country projects were counted as projects
for each country involved. Funding amounts in
multi-country projects were divided evenly among
countries.
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Adaptation portfolio by thematic area
Funding ( millions)
Projects
CZM coastal zone management NRM
natural resource management DRM disaster
risk management
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Projects by Sector and Country
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Adaptation pipeline in the region
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websites

• UNDP Energy and Environment www.undp.org/climatec
  hange
• UNDP-GEF portfolio www.undp.org/gef
• Climate Change Adaptation www.undp.org/gef/adapta
  tion
• MDG Carbon www.mdgcarbon.net

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Thank You

• Martin Krause
• Regional Technical Advisor Climate Change
• martin.krause_at_undp.org
• Regional Centre Bangkok