UNDP Role in Adaptation
What does adaptation mean to UNDP?
For UNDP, adapting to climate change means that we must do development better. In coming decades, greater progress is needed to develop national capacity and to support cross-sectoral policy processes as the foundation for sustainable adaptation. However, better development is only part of the challenge — the complexity of climate change adaptation means we must also do development differently. Changes in planning and practices are crucial to reducing climate change risks.
Climate-risk management will be addressed at two levels: at national development planning, and at UN and UNDP country programming. To build sustainable capacity and create transformational change in reducing vulnerability to climate change, UNDP will work with UN Country Teams, UNDP Country Offices and governments to develop long-term programmes.
The UNDP niche is in: capacity building and strengthening of institutions; technical and policy advice; and collaborative solutions that integrate sectors and scales. Accordingly, UNDP actions build on these strengths in order to address climate change risks.
What actions will UNDP take?
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'Climate-proofing' development: Through its practice areas of poverty reduction, democratic governance, crisis prevention and recovery, and environment and energy, UNDP will use its development expertise to deliver adaptation solutions that go to the heart of the problem. UNDP will work with UN Country Teams to develop long-term programmes that build sustainable capacity and transform development planning, in order to reduce vulnerability to climate change.
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Delivering adaptation solutions: In the areas of water resources management, food security and agriculture, public health, coastal zones, disaster risk reduction, and community-based adaptation, UNDP takes a multifaceted and stakeholder-driven approach to national adaptation solutions. This unites national and sectoral policy processes, capacity building, and risk reduction measures.
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Financing adaptation: With a field presence in more than 160 countries and a UN coordinating mandate, UNDP is uniquely placed to assist developing countries in leveraging financing, in order to meet their national development objectives by drawing from national budgets, the UN system, overseas development assistance, private-sector investments, additional resources from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) or other sources.
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