integrate adaptation into the project cycle

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Integrate adaptation

into the project cycle

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Authors

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Contributions by

Alfred Eberhardt, Mark Svendsen, Lea Herberg, Martin Baumgart,

Udo Höggel, Michael Scholze, Alexander Fröde, Nana Künkel,

members of the OECD Task Team on Climate Change and

Development Co-operation

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Rationale

Objective

Ensure that programmess and projects are climate-resilient

Ensure that ‘safeguards’ are in place in the project cycle

Importance

Thinking about climate change and adaptation measures

at appropriate stages of the project cycle can ...

ensure that the projects/programmes continue to address

priority development needs

maximise positive benefits of projects,

avoid lost investments and maladaptation

Application

Specific questions at specific stages of the project cycle

General

Strategic planning, progress review, operational planning

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Why think about adaptation at project level?

Two different links

Goals of a project could be threatened by climate change

(and therefore the project needs to be adapted)

Project activities have an impact on social or ecological systems

(i.e. influence the vulnerability of a system positively or negatively)

Most relevant projects are:

Long-lived investments

(roads, dams, coastal or irrigation infrastructure)

climate-sensitive sectors

(water, agriculture, disaster risk management, health, coastal

development,

area-based planning, etc.)

long-term planning

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Integrating adaptation in the project cycle

Monitor and evaluate

implementation of adaptation

measures within projects

Assess potential climate risks and effects on

vulnerability

Undertake in-depth climate risk

assessments

Identify adaptation options

Prioritise and select adaptation options

For new project:

implement selected

adaptation options

For ongoing projects:

carry out interventions of

previous stages, then

implement adaptation

options

Project

Identification

Project

Appraisal

Monitoring

and

evaluation

Project

Implementation

Detailed

design

Sector

investment

programme

Source: OECD Policy Guidance (2009) Page 121

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Exercise (1)

Context

Government of Zanadu wants to develop a systematic approach to

assess the development projects/programmes in the country in the view

of climate change

Government of Zanadu (GoZ) has asked an expert group for support

your working group

Exhibits

Exhibit ‘Guiding questions for integrating adaptation into development

projects’

Box ‘Questions to ask when dealing with climate change as a project

manager’

Project briefs

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Exercise (2a)

Your task, Part 1

Your expert group advises the GoZ on

integrating climate change adaptation

into the project cycle (in general)

Use Matrix 15

Consider at what stage

in the project cycle

the questions

in Exhibit 8

are relevant

M&E

Project

Identification

Project

appraisal

Detailed

Design

Project

implemen-

tation

Project

Identification

Project

Appraisal

Monitoring

and

evaluation

Project

Implementation

Detailed

design

Sector

investment

programme

Source: GIZ adapted from OECD

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Exercise (2b)

Your task, Part 2

Your expert group now advises ministries on their projects (project brief)

In Matrix 16

With the 1st question screen if there are likely impacts from climate

change on the project’s objectives and activities.

With the 2nd question check if the project’s activities might

(inadvertently) increase beneficiaries’ exposure and/or sensitivity.

With the 3rd question discuss opportunities for the project to enhance

to beneficiaries adaptive capacity and thus decrease vulnerabilities.

With the 4th question examine if and how the project’s objectives and

activities can benefit from climate change.

In Matrix 17 determine at what stage in the project cycle you are.

In Matrix 18 develop suggestions on how to integrate adaptation into the

project.

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Exercise (3)

Results

(please specify)

Logistics

Case work

Presentation of results (please specify how)

Reflection

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Example GIZ:

Climate Proofing

for Development

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Preparation

Collect and compile climate change information in a user-friendly way

Identification of

1. Climatic trends and the impact on the planning

2. Time horizon of the planning relevant to these climatic trends

3. Planning elements particularly affected by climate change

(exposure units)

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Climate stimulus

Increase in precipitation

variability

Increase in average temperature

…

Bio-physical (direct)

effect

Increase in the frequence and

intensity of fires at the forest

edges

Changes in forest composition

…

Options for action

Fire management

Biomonitoring (climate-sensitive

/ used species)

Control of invasive species

Integration of CC into forest

management plan

Exposure unit

Forests

…

Socio-economic

(indirect) effect

Loss of utilisation potential

(Timber & NTFP)

Loss of income

Food insecurity

Wildlife conflicts

Relevance for the

planning

Direct impact on the achievement

of objectives (Protection and

conservation of forests)

Low adaptive capacity due to

planning deficits

High probability of impacts

Source: GIZ

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Mali: Climate Proofing for Development in

projects in Sustainable Land Management (SLM)

Steps

Discussion with Malian stakeholders, Trainings

and workshops on various tools

Application of ‘Climate Proofing for Development’

in 2 SLM projects and evaluation

Development of a manual

Establishment of an expert pool

Trainings for government institutions and NGOs

Integration in the planning cycles of SLM projects

Monitoring of use and optimisation

(e.g. quality control)

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Example PADESO

PADESO: Programme d’Appui au

Développement Durable de l’Elevage

au Sahel Occidental (PADESO)

4-year programme

Target group: pastoralists

and small-scale famers

Regions: Kayes, Koulikoro and Ségou

Identified adaptation options (examples)

Pass meteorological information and forecasts on to farmers

Protection of infrastructure against extreme events

Restoration of degraded land and erosion prevention

Promotion of adapted livestock species and crop varieties

integrate adaptation into the project cycle

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