delivering climate compatible development by sam bickersteth

Delivering Climate Compatible Development - Sam Bickersteth,CDKN

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Climate compatible

development:

Development that minimises the

harm caused by climate impacts,

while maximising the many

human development

opportunities presented by a low

emissions, more resilient, future

Climate Compatible Development


http://www.climateactiontracker.org/

What’s the problem and why is it difficult to solve?

http://www.climateactiontracker.org/


Water and CCD

Opportunities…

and threats


IPCC SREX: implications for water sector

• A changing climate leads to changes in frequency, intensity, spatial extent

and duration of weather and climate events

• Extreme events such as floods and droughts will have a direct impact on

water resources now and in the future

•Frequency of heavy rainfall events likely to increase 4 fold and extreme hot

days 10 fold by end of century.

• Populations exposed to water-related hazards – e.g. flooding, coastal

inundation – are already significant and likely to increase

• Changes in the climate could seriously affect water management systems,

such as water storage and treatment plants, and supply systems

• Climate change adaptation and DRM likely to require transformational

changes in processes and institutions

• This will involve taking a more holistic approach – e.g. integrating water

management with urban planning and design, and into policies on land use


Slow onset economic transformation


Extreme events – global exposure to floods; av. physical exposure in 1000 capita/year


Storage deficit or harnessed hydrology

Country Reservoir storage (m3/cap)

Ethiopia 38

India 262

South Africa 687

China 2486

North America 5961

Grey and Sadoff, 2006


How to structure a responce

Changes in the

quality of life

for people most

challenged by

the effects of

climate change

Changes in the

ability of decision

makers to leverage

and channel CCD

resources

strategically

Changes in

quality relevance

and usability of

CCD evidence

base

Changes in co-

ordination,

collaboration and

mobilisation amongst

key CCD

stakeholders

Changes in the

understanding and

commitment of

decision makers

around CCD issues

Changes in institutions and institutional

capacity to respond to CCD needs and

demands


Integrating adaptation and DRM approaches for a changing climate


What is needed to deliver CCD?National International

Incentive and

Regulatory

Framework

• Climate Change Act

• Independent Climate Change Commission

• Low carbon transmission plan or roadmap

• National cap and trade

• Carbon tax

• Portfolio regulation of energy companies

• Targeted tax incentives for private sector R&D

• Regulate emissions from vehicles

• Regulate other emissions

• Strengthen forest law to reduce deforestation

• Strengthen planning laws on housing design and location

• Decoupling utility profits from gross sales

• New post-Kyoto international targets

• International cap and trade

• International carbon tax

• International standards for fuel efficiency

and emissions

• Extend emissions targets to aviation and

shipping

• Regulate trade (e.g. in forest products)

• New international treaties on water

sharing

Public

Expenditure

• Increase R&D budget

• AMCs for renewable technologies

• Subsidise retro-fitting of buildings

• Subsidise new technologies (e.g. CCS)

• Subsidise renewables at domestic level

• Provide subsidies to offset fuel poverty

• Extend social protection for vulnerable groups

• Invest in strengthening critical infrastructure

• Invest in new infrastructure

• Subsidise insurance mechanisms

• Cut traditional fuel subsidies

• Improved extension and entrepreneurial education

• Education and consumer benchmarking

• Fund N-S technology transfer

• Fund S-S cooperation

• Extend scope of CDM

• Regional risk facilities


Opportunities

• Re-double efforts to extend and

sustain water & sanitation

services

• Invest in multipurpose storage

and conveyance – the hydraulic

platform

• Invest in water resources

assessment and management –

the information and institutional

platform

Water and CCD

Threats

• The 1st line of defence against

climate variability and change, but

investment still lags

• Green hydropower and irrigation,

but for whom, and at what cost?

• Start now, or repeat the mistakes

of HICs and MICs


• CDKN is supporting a cross government effort to coordinate and deliver a National Climate

Change Action Plan. The plan is broken down into 8 components.

• The Action Plan is gaining traction with enhanced visibility at a national level, with the

National Social and Economic Research Council recognising its importance.

• The process has fostered closer working between the Ministry of Environment and the

Ministry of Planning.

Kenya’s Climate Change Action Plan

(1) Long term vision and direction of low carbon and climate-resilient growth pathway

(2) Regulatory and policy framework

(3) Adaptation planning and actions (4) Mitigation planning and actions

(5) Technology

transfer, research &

development

(7) Capacity

building & knowledge

management

(6)

Performance & benefit

measurements

(8) Finance

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Rwanda: Fonerwa

Funds will be distributed to Government, private sector, civil society and communities to implement a range of projects.

Building on the newly adopted Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy,

CDKN has supported the Government of Rwanda to develop a national climate

change and environment fund.

The purpose of the fund is to:

• ensure sustainable financing is accessible to

support environmental sustainability,

resilience to climate change and green

growth.

• be the primary mechanism through which

Rwanda accesses, programmes, disburses

and monitors international and national extra-

budgetary climate and environment finance.


The project aims to provide:

• estimates of the impacts and economic costs and

benefits of climate change for the agricultural and

water sectors followed by,

• a ranking of climate compatible development policy

options in these sectors, according to their

economic efficiency, to help the Government to

strategically consider options for climate

compatible development pathways.

Economic impact assessment of climate change in Nepal

CDKN is working with the government of Nepal to address one of the key objectives of

their National Climate Change Policy: assessment of losses and benefits from climate

change in various geographical areas and development sectors by 2013.

http://cdkn.org/project/economic-impact-assessment-of-climate-change-in-nepal/


Carbon and water footprinting in Andean cities

CDKN are in the process of planning a project aimed at reducing the vulnerability to

climate change of urban and peri-urban areas of three Andean capital cities (La Paz, Lima

and Quito).

Key objectives of the project will be to

• Promote local government action on climate

change mitigation and adaptation through the

assessment of the carbon footprint and water

footprint of local government operations.

• Develop participative methodologies

appropriate to local conditions and assess the

carbon footprint and water footprint of the

cities of La Paz, Quito and Lima.

These assessments will form part of an action

plan for adaptation and mitigation.


Developing ToolsFramework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development


Integrating Tools Water and Climate Development Programme


CCD: what have we learnt?

• Leaders putting CCD at the top of their agenda

• Building resilience and response to disasters is an entry point.

• Development benefits of “Low emissions” growth key to narrative

• Integrating CCD into existing multi-stakeholder national

development and poverty reduction planning processes critical

• Donor coordination and sharing of learning to address

knowledge gaps and build country ownership

• Countries prioritising allocation of finance to fund implementation

of CCD strategies

• National CCD action is occurring without global agreement – but

a global deal and Green Climate Fund will accelerate and scale

action


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