building an urban climate change resilience partnership
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Building an Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership
Ashvin Dayal, Managing Director (Asia), Rockefeller Foundation
ADB Urban Forum, Manila,
17th November 2011.
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
$59 mn initiative running till 2014 10 cities in four Asian countries Emphasis on 2nd tier cities
Impact
The resilience and capacity of a growing number of developing country/Asian cities in relation to current and future climate risks is enhanced, and through this work the lives of poor and vulnerable men and women are improved.
Outcomes
1. Capacity of Cities to plan, finance, coordinate and implement climate change resilience strategies
2. Network for Knowledge, Learning and Engagement
3. Expansion, deepening of experience, scaling up
Addressing Multiple & Intersecting Systems
Key Stakeholder Engagement
Urban Climate Change
Assessments
City Resilience Strategy
City Projects
Learning, Synthesis and
Documentation
Iterative, multi-stakeholder, cross
sector planning and implementation
Urban Climate Change Resilience Planning Approach
Urban Climate Change
Resilience
Climate sensitive land use & urban
planning
Drainage, flood & solid waste management
Water demand & conservation
systems
Emergency early warning
systems
Responsive health
systems
Resilient housing & transport systems
Large-scale ecosystems
service strengthening
Diversification of climate affected
livelihoods
Education & capacity building
of citizens
Low carbon and climate-
resilient investments
Key Dimensions of Urban Climate Change Resilience
Core
urban
area
Urban growth
Proposed mangrove restoration area
Quy Nhon (Vietnam) Ecosystem Strengthening: Mangroves
Lagoon
Responding to Changing Disease (Dengue) in Can Tho
Convene epidemiologists and climate scientists
Build capacity of city health professionals
Embed new approaches into city-wide health system
Link to emergent national / global climate change and health discourse
Need identified at urban climate change resilience meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010 5-year proposed partnership: DFID, Rockefeller, ADB and others Initially target 35-40, secondary cities in Asia Addressing demand and supply through a blend of grant, debt and private investment Four core objectives: Capacity building, policy change, increased investment, knowledge generation
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership (UCCRP)
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership Structure
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership
Improved Local
Capacity
Policy & Practice Change
Increased Investment
in Resilience
Knowledge Generation & Spread
ADB’s Urban Financing Partnership Facility
Donor -
DFID
Donor –
Rockefeller
Foundation
Donor –
X, Y, & Z
Participating
Institutions
Linkages to:
• Pipeline development organisations e.g. CDIA
• Parallel debt financing partnerships e.g. KfW, ADB
• Public-Private Partnerships
•Existing knowledge platforms, e.g. CDKN