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Climate ChangeGIZ’s approach for mitigation and adaptation in Laos
Left: Laos has one of the highest forest cover in South East Asia but forests are decreasing rapidly due to deforestation and forest degradation
Right: The Mekong River is the lifeline for millions of people but fl oods, related to climate change, theathen their livelihoods
Photos: © GIZ/CliPAD; © GIZ/Lucas Wahl
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The challenge
Laos is one of the countries most affected by climate change in Asia due to its low adaptation capacities. Dry seasons are getting longer, extreme weather incidents such as heavy rainfalls, fl ooding and droughts are occurring more often. Expanding agriculture, deforestation and forest degradation as well as concessions for hydropower, mining and agricultural plantations increase the pressure on natural resources and the effect of climate change. Most impacted are local communities, particularly women and ethnic groups, who are depending on intact forest-ecosystems, rain-fed rice cultivation and small scale farming systems. Landslides, soil erosion and fl ooding exacerbate the poor socio-economic conditions of local communities and impact on infrastructure.
Although the awareness for the effects of climate change is increasing among relevant stakeholders on national level, there is little understanding and capacity to apply international mechanisms and approaches to combat climate change on the ground.
Our objective
GIZ supports sustainable climate friendly management of the environment and of natural resources.
Our approach
Within the portfolio of GIZ Laos there are fi ve projects dealing with issues of climate change and pro-poor rural economic development.
Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)
Initiated in 2009, the programme supports the Lao Government in its REDD+ Readiness Process on national and sub-national level. It provides policy advice and capacity development, supporting the establishment of the national and provincial REDD+ framework and planning processes. At the local level, mitigation activities are piloted in the province of Houaphan and, previously, also in Sayaboury. GIZ works in close cooperation with the fi nancial component of the
programme, fi nanced by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank in developing sustainable fi nancing and benefi t sharing models.
Contact: Georg Buchholz; [email protected]
Promotion of Climate-related Environmental Education (ProCEEd)
According to a large-scale survey in Laos conducted by ProCEEd, environmental education and awareness levels across all layers of society are very low. The protection of natural resources is diffi cult when decision makers and citizens are not really convinced that biodiversity loss is a problem, which can be accelerated by climate change. Thus ProCEEd aims at improving knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding environmental and biodiversity protection as well as climate change adaptation in Laos. To this effect, a wide range of national mass media, community communication channels and non-formal education activities are combined. In addition, the project assists to review and update the National Strategy on Environmental Education and Awareness (NSEEA) and strengthens environmental awareness at two vocational training centres in Sayaboury and Houaphan. By working in those two target provinces and Khammouane, ProCEEd complements the activities of CliPAD, the TVET Teacher Education Programme and Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Resource Use in Hin Nam No.
Contact: Michael Trockenbrodt; [email protected]
Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Resource Management in the Hin Nam No Region
At present, there is insuffi cient information on the concrete effects of climate change in Laos. It can, however, be assumed that climate change will affect the project region’s karst area, which is vulnerable to climate change. The likely droughts and fl oods will lead to a decline in agricultural production in the area around the Hin Nam No park. Pressure on the natural resources of the protected area
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Left: Laos has one of the highest forest cover in South East Asia but forests are decreasing rapidly due to deforestation and forest degradation Right: The Mekong River is the lifeline for millions of people but floods, related to climate change, theathen their livelihoods.
Photos: © GIZ/CliPAD; © GIZ/Lucas Wahl
Published by:
Climate Change GIZ’s approach for mitigation and adaptation in Laos
The challenge
Laos is one of the countries most affected by climate change in Asia due to its low adaptation capacities. Dry seasons are getting longer, extreme weather incidents such as heavy rainfalls, flooding and droughts are occurring more often. Expanding agriculture, deforestation and forest degradation as well as concessions for hydropower, mining and agricultural plantations increase the pressure on natural resources and the effect of climate change. Most impacted are local communities, particularly women and ethnic groups, who are depending on intact forest-ecosystems, rain-fed rice cultivation and small scale farming systems. Landslides, soil erosion and flooding exacerbate the poor socio-economic conditions of local communities and impact on infrastructure.
Although the awareness for the effects of climate change is increasing among relevant stakeholders on national level, there is little understanding and capacity to apply international mechanisms and approaches to combat climate change on the ground.
Our objective
GIZ supports sustainable climate friendly management of the environment and of natural resources.
Our approach
Within the portfolio of GIZ Laos there are five projects dealing with issues of climate change and pro-poor rural economic development.
Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)
Initiated in 2009, the programme supports the Lao Government in its REDD+ Readiness Process on national and sub-national level. It provides policy advice and capacity development, supporting the establishment of the national and provincial REDD+ framework and planning processes. At the local level, mitigation activities are piloted in the province of Houaphan and,
previously, also in Sayaboury. GIZ works in close cooperation with the financial component of the programme, financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank in developing sustainable financing and benefit sharing models.
Contact: Georg Buchholz; [email protected]
Promotion of Climate-related Environmental Education (ProCEEd)
According to a large-scale survey in Laos conducted by ProCEEd, environmental education and awareness levels across all layers of society are very low. The protection of natural resources is difficult when decision makers and citizens are not really convinced that biodiversity loss is a problem, which can be accelerated by climate change. Thus ProCEEd aims at improving knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding environmental and biodiversity protection as well as climate change adaptation in Laos. To this effect, a wide range of national mass media, community communication channels and non-formal education activities are combined. In addition, the project assists to review and update the National Strategy on Environmental Education and Awareness (NSEEA) and strengthens environmental awareness at two vocational training centres in Sayaboury and Houaphan. By working in those two target provinces and Khammouane, ProCEEd complements the activities of CliPAD, the TVET Teacher Education Programme and Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Resource Use in Hin Nam No.
Contact: Michael Trockenbrodt; [email protected]
Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Resource Management in the Hin Nam No Region
At present, there is insufficient information on the concrete effects of climate change in Laos. It can, however, be assumed that climate change will affect the project region's karst area, which is vulnerable to climate change. The likely droughts and floods will lead to a decline in agricultural production in the area around the Hin Nam No park. Pressure on the natural resources of the protected area will increase. In addition, extended
About GIZ LaosGIZ, as part of the Lao-German Development Cooperation, has been
active in Laos since 1993 and is currently implementing projects in two
priority areas: rural development and economic cooperation. Moreover,
GIZ participates in regional programmes on behalf of the German
Government, for example with the Mekong River Commission.
Please visit our website www.giz.de/laos for further information on GIZ’s
work in Laos and worldwide.
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As at May 2014
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will increase. In addition, extended droughts could lead to increased danger of forest fires in the protected area. Therefore it is planned to develop a climate-sensitive co-management plan and conservation agreements for the protected area and the marginal zone. Climate change awareness activities will also be promoted in the project region, in close cooperation with the ProCEEd programme.
Contact: Mirjam de Koning; [email protected]
Providing support to measures for adaptation to climate change in the Mekong region
Climate sensitive flood management in the lower Mekongbasin
GIZ supports Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative (CCAI) to improve its services as a knowledge and information hub regarding adaption to climate change in the Mekong region. Initially the Commission will be supported in making data, information and reports on climate change available, such as regionalised climate projections for member states. Adaptation options will be developed; progress made in adaptation will be documented using a suitable monitoring system. GIZ supports the MRC’s Flood Management and Mitigation Programme (FMMP), which aims to improve flood forecasting and the management capacities of the relevant line agencies of the MRC’s member countries Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. The Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Centre (RFMMC) receives support in adjusting its current flood forecasting system and in accessing flood related climate change information. The project provides the national ministries with medium and long-term flood prognoses under climate change conditions. The line agencies are able to use the adjusted flood forecasting systems as well as a comprehensive and gender-sensitive climate change vulnerability analysis for their planning processes.
Contact: Philipp Magiera; [email protected]
Support to the Lao EU-FLEGT process (ProFLEGT)
Illegal logging is happening at a significant scale in Laos. It leads to serious social and environmental damages and causes a severe loss of revenues to the state. GIZ supports the negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between Laos and the EU under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) framework. FLEGT aims at preventing imports of illegal timber and wood-based products into the EU, thus contributing to preserving forests around the world.
Contact: Marc Gross; [email protected]
What we have achieved so far
y 86 trucks confiscated through law enforcement to combat illegal logging and forest degradation (CliPAD)
y 19 representatives from the lower Mekong basin debated strategies and methods for ‘transboundary adaptation to climate change’ on a study visit to Europe and got to see good practices for flood management (MRC)
y 1,5 years of forest law revision support to integrate climate change and REDD+ relevant aspects and create a legal basis for actions (CliPAD)
y 98 Indicators for 8 sectors developed to monitor climate change exposure, impacts and adaptation on a regional/basin-wide scale (MRC)
y 7,000 villagers informed about REDD+ and climate change (CliPAD)
y A first environmental awareness campaign conducted in 9 villages of Hin Nam No with an environment bus, equipped with multi-media and communication facilities (ProCEEd)
y 630 conservation education participants (361 females) (Hin Nam No)
y REDD+ feasibility study conducted for Khammuan Province (Hin Nam No)
y 52 environmental TV and Radio Shows supported (ProCEEd) y 6 technical studies and 3 regional technical workshop undertaken
to design and implement a methodology for climate-sensitive flood management (MRC)
y More than 35,000 students and members of the general public reached through different environmental education measures on the topics of waste and garbage management, climate change, biodiversity, wildlife conservation and collaborative management of National Protected Areas.