Climate resilient transport: the NDF experience

Aage Jorgensen

Nordic Development Fund (NDF)

Photo: Klaus Holsting/Danida

• TABLE OF CONTENT• Findings from WB Africa

Roads Vulnerability Study

• Findings from NDF Transport Adaptation Portfolio

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Source: World Bank Africa Roads Vulnerability Report, 2015 Source: World Bank Africa Roads Vulnerability Report, 2015

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Source: World Bank Africa Roads Vulnerability Report, 2015 Source: World Bank Africa Roads Vulnerability Report, 2015

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Time to actReactive or proactive?

� NDF Projects designed to

quantify climate change

impacts to planned and

existing transport

infrastructure

� Identification of most

vulnerable areas

� Adaptation alternatives that

provides resilience to the

broadest possible range of

forecast climate changesConstruction of culvert. Photo: Jørgen Schytte/Danida

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1. Cambodia: Adaptation Approaches for the Transport Sector

Project

2. Cambodia: Rural Roads Improvement Project II

3. Vietnam: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation to Transport

4. Senegal: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation to Transport

5. Zambia: Developing Climate Resilient Infrastructure Standards

6. Mozambique: Developing Capacity for a Climate Resilient Road

Sector

7. Nicaragua: Road Sector Support Program - Developing Adaptive

Capacity for Climate Change

8. Rwanda: Developing Capacity for Climate-Resilient Road

Transport InfrastructurePhoto: Klaus Holsting/Danida

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• Climate modelling and vulnerability

mapping

• Training and capacity

• Tools development• Norms and design

standards

• Policy and plans• Asset management• Pilot projects

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Key messages:

• Integrated approaches work better than stand-alone

• Technical Assistance offers long-term capacity

• Designing more resilient infrastructure

• Improve maintenance of existing infrastructure

• Go beyond the individual project level

Drainage works on the Rama road in Nicaragua. Photo: Jørgen Schytte/Danida

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