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Climate Change Adaptation in IFAD
Presented by Sheila MwanunduEnvironment and Natural Resource Management,
Senior Technical AdviserIFAD
Structure
• Recent key developments
• Approach of the portfolio review
• Constraints
• Findings
• Direction for IFAD
Recent key developments
• Strategic FMW 2007-2010
• KSF 5 “Risk and sustainability”
• COSOPs• CEB involvement• PRG • IMI on Adaptation• Zero Carbon Group• President’s
statements
• Case studies• MDG-F Egypt proposal• Index based weather
insurance pilot• Update of ESA
Procedures• GECC Unit• VIII Repl.Paper: IFAD
and Climate Change
Approach of the review
• Background reading (IFAD documents & others)
• Development of summary sheet
• Review projects for NWP relevance -
181 loans and 718 grants between 2000-2006
• Report production (in progress)
Constraints
• Limited assessment and synthesis of vulnerability and adaptation options in project design documents.
• Complex and location-specific nature of climate change phenomena (beyond environment).
• Limitation of the key-word search function in the available databases.
• Documents for comprehensive analysis (i.e completion/evaluation reports, baseline studies) not available.
Findings1 - Factors driving vulnerability
• Climate risks: droughts, floods, storms, coastal/low lying regions.
• Vulnerability: (i) bio-physical: rainfall and seasonal distribution, growing seasons, water stress – significant pressure on natural resources;(ii) social/institutional: differences in roles and rights, information and market access, etc.;(iii) technological: access/transfer, extension.
• Undetermined risks: food security, health, conflict, demographic patterns, infrastructure.
Findings2 – IFAD’s activities related to CC
- 6 (out of 9) areas of NWP:• Technologies for adaptation • Economic diversification• Research (grant programme)• Adaptation planning practices • Socio-economic information• Climate related risks and extreme events
- Limited experience on mitigation
Findings3 - IFAD’s comparative advantage
• Community empowerment - focus on vulnerable groups;
• Promoting access to land and NR;• Supporting Community-Based approaches; • Addressing gender dimensions;• Building on traditional/Indigenous Peoples’
knowledge;• Pro-poor research – build scientific capacity and
influence policy and institutional reform.
Directions for IFAD
• Build in-house capacity (awareness and tools);
•Expand climate risk vulnerability and adaptation in IFAD projects;
• Step-up integrated adaptation/mitigation pro poor research (risk compensation products);
• Expand role of ecosystem markets/GEF adaptation grant/carbon credits;
• Policy dialogue (advocate for the rural poor);
•Partnership with UN and other Dev. Agencies – selective and focused.
THANK YOU!