How PROVIA can help improve effectiveness and efficiency of UN work on Climate Change Adaptation

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George Manful (UNEP/DTIE) gave a presentation on how PROVIA can help improve effectiveness and efficiency of UN work on adaptation during PROVIA side event at COP18 in Doha on 27th November 2012

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PROVIA’s support for improving effectiveness /efficiency of UN work on adaptation projects27 November 2012
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
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Impact assessments based on the Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Responses framework
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Ecosystem Based Adaptations
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Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and climate change adaptation (CCA)
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Economics and Finance
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Economics of climate change adaptation

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Three key areas:
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Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Planning;
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Formulating, Financing and implementing Climate-resilient Projects and Programmes;
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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
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Over 140 countries have received financial and technical assistance for the preparation of national communications under the UNFCCC which includes VIA
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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>

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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
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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
Theorydriven 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 adaptationsituation to identify the next task.

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