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Programming Climate Change Adaptation Projects

UNDP has developed a unique set of resources to assist developing countries in planning adaptation through development. Below is a comprehensive list of existing and forthcoming resources. Additional information on UNDP adaptation priorities and activities is accessible through the menu at right.

Services for integrating climate resilience into development planning

  • Identifying key climate change risks and opportunities to support adaptation in each UNDP practice area
  • Country portfolio analysis for climate change risks and adaptation opportunities [draft]

UNDP programming strategy

Programming guidelines

  • Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Adaptation describes goals and objectives for vulnerability reduction and building adaptive capacity in six thematic areas (water, agriculture, health, disaster risk reduction, natural resources, coastal zones), in support of the Millennium Development Goals. A suite of standard indicators are outlined, along with sample outcomes and indicators for each thematic area [draft] | 250KB PDF
  • Thematic Area Guidance provides the latest impact projections by region, drawing on the Fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report, and outlines development challenges and opportunities for adaptation in the six thematic areas for adaptation [draft]
  • Climate Risk Profiles provide country-level climate change projections (sub-national for large countries) derived from climate model outputs assessed in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

Methods for adaptation

  • UNDP-GEF Adaptation Policy Frameworks comprises technical papers that outline a structured approach to formulating and implementing adaptation strategies, policies and measures. Included are: a User's Guidebook; Scoping and Designing an Adaptation Project; Engaging Stakeholders; Assessing Vulnerability; Assessing Current Climate Risks; Assessing Future Climate Risks; Assessing Current and Changing Socio-Economic Conditions; Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity; Formulating an Adaptation Strategy; and Continuing the Adaptation Process

Awareness and capacity

Knowledge management

  • Adaptation Learning Mechanism, a $1 million project that captures and disseminates experiences and good practices in adaptation via an open knowledge platform where users can review and submit information
  • Country Adaptation Profiles Database, a UNDP-developed tool hosted by the Adaptation Learning Mechanism, provides information on climate change and the national initiatives for over 140 developing countries

Support programmes

  • The GEF-funded National Communications Support Programme (NCSP), jointly managed by UNDP and UNEP, provides support to more than 130 developing countries as they prepare Second (or Third) National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Together with the implementing agencies, the NCSP provides technical and policy guidance on vulnerability and adaptation assessment, and on linking climate risks with national development priorities

Adaptation Basics

Introduction: Climate change impacts and development

Climate change impacts by sector

Climate change impacts and the Millennium Development Goals

Adaptation definitions and levels

Adaptation Project Examples

Coping with Drought and Climate Change (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe)
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Responding to Shoreline Change and its Human Dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal Area Management
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Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health
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