ADAPTATION TO ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CRITICAL FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

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ADAPTATION TO ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
CRITICAL FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

• Valentin Bartra
• Buenos Aires, Dec 2004

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Evidence of adverse effects of climate change

• (IPCC-TAR, ACIA...)
• Receding tropical glaciers schrinkage
• Forced migrations
• Increment in frequency and intensity of climate
  related extreme events / disasters
• Impacted habitats
• Loss of biodiversity

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Sustainable development

• Three dimensions
• Human /social
• Economic
• Environmental

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MDG

• 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
• 4 Reduce child mortality.
• 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
• 7Ensure environmental sustainability.
• 8 Develop a global partnership for development.
  

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Adaptation in development planning

• political commitment
• budget item
• institutionalization

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Public awareness and participation

• Climate Campaign
• Community based forest managment
• Community based disaster risk managment

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Costs of adaptation

• Cost of Adaptation. Most vulnerable communities,
  consistent indicators of vulnerability to
  climate change.
• Benefits. Present and future, identified and
  measured.

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Lessons on adaptation

• Need to increase rescilience of livelihoods and
  infrastructure.
• Integrated approach to development
• Building adaptive capacity and awareness of
  climate change.
• Mainstreaming.
• Country-driven prioritisation and vulnerability
  assessments.
• Funding sustainable livelihoods.
• Work at community level.
• Social networks are essential

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Adaptation strategy for agriculture

• Crops with less water requirements
• Traditional techniques (camellones)
• Replacing seeds that dont germinate
• Mulching
• Organic fertilizer
• Intercropping with nitrogenfixing crops
• Growing market crops
• Growing vegetables not widely available

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Mainstreaming and Integrating

• Priority of sustainable development projects,
  incorporating adaptation approaches, favorably
  viewed by development agencies.
• ODA explicitly for funding adaptation projects.
• Adaptation guidelines for sustainable
• development funding
• DEBT-FOR-ADAPTATION projects

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• Mainstreaming is where adaptation responses are
  considered into sustainable development processes
  (African Development Bank, 2003).
• Integrating is when specific adaptation measures
  are added to design and implementation
  strategies.
• Ensures consistency with adaptation and poverty
  eradication needs.
• More efficient means to avoid duplication of
  efforts.
• Larger share of funding potentially available.)
• Funding for ODA could be twice as much as
  funding for adaptation

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adaptation, mitigation and poverty in future CC
regime?

• Mitigation, adaptation and sustainable
  development
• Sustainable development is the link (Alleviates
  poverty)
• Adaptive capacity by promoting sustainable
  livelihoods
• Recognize that climate change impedes achieving
  sustainable development.
• Local action linked to international funding
• Beter understanding of developing countries needs
• Synergies between different conventions and
  international agreements on adaptation to climate
  change.

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• Larger developing countries are concerned about
  climate change's impact and agree that everyone
  should do his part.
• Informal discussions to negotiate a post-Kyoto
  regime should include recognition of value and
  advantages of certain technologies that
  contribute to GHG emission reductions, goals (or
  emissions quotas) to contribute to global GHG
  estabilzation.