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PROVIA’s support for improving effectiveness /efficiency of UN work on adaptation projects

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Responding to the Adaptation Challenge: Coordinating Research and Communicating Information for Adaptation through PROVIA

George Manful, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics UNEP

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Science and Assessments

Impact assessments based on the Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and

Responses framework

Ecosystem Based Adaptations

Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and climate change adaptation

(CCA)

Economics and Finance

Economics of climate change adaptation

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Three key areas:

Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Planning;Formulating, Financing and implementing

Climate-resilient Projects and Programmes;Knowledge Management and Methodology

Support for Adaptation

UNDP’s work on Adaptation

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GEF Funding for Adaptation

UNEP and UNDP have supported the implementation of over 230 adaptation projects with GEF grants of more than USD 500 million

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UNEP and UNDP support for Vulnerability, Impact Analysis and Adaptation Assessments within the framework of the

National Communication Support Programme

Over 140 countries have received financial and technical assistance for the preparation of national communications under the UNFCCC which includes VIA

•UNFCCC (2008) Resource guide for preparing the national communications of Non-annex I Parties – Modules 1-4 <http://unfccc.int/essential_background/background_publications_htmlpdf/items/2625.php>

Cont.…

•UNFCCC (2008) Compendium of methods and tools to evaluation impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change http://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/methodologies_for/vulnerability_and_adaptation/application/pdf/consolidated_version_updated_021204.pdf

•UNDP-NCSP(2006) National Communications Support Programme Resource Kit <http://ncsp.undp.org/sites/default/files/NatCom%20Process.pdf>

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Empirically based methods refer to gathering of observable data to formulate and test a hypothesis and come to a conclusion(s). They require often substantia resources to be committed

Theory driven approach, use existing theoretical insights into the nature and causes of vulnerability to select variables for inclusion occurring often within the limits placed by data availability. Subjectivity in the choice of indicators.

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The looped circles indicate that once a task has been identified and a method applied, the process should be repeated based on the new adaptation situation to identify the next task.

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Thank you

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