A typology of adaptation actions: A global look at climate adaptation actions financed through the Global Environment Facility

Biagini, Bonizella; Bierbaum, Rosina; Stults, Missy; Dobardzic, Saliha; McNeeley, Shannon M.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.003

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“…Given the inevitability of some degree of climate change and already observed impacts, adaptation has been prioritized for climate policy in SSA. To this end, significant advances in adaptation have been made over the last decade, including the establishment and disbursement of adaptation funds through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), completion of National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs), initiation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), mainstreaming of adaptation into development projects and the emergence of a large body of scholarship examining vulnerability to help direct adaptation efforts [8][9][10][11][12][13]. A variety of adaptations have been identified, evaluated and in some case implemented, ranging from those explicitly designed to reduce vulnerability to projected change, to interventions that address the underlying determinants of climate vulnerability [11,14].…”

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Increasing the Effectiveness of the “Great Green Wall” as an Adaptation to the Effects of Climate Change and Desertification in the Sahel

O’Connor

Ford

2014

Sustainability

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Abstract:The Great Green Wall (GGW) has been advocated as a means of reducing desertification in the Sahel through the planting of a broad continuous band of trees from Senegal to Djibouti. Initially proposed in the 1980s, the plan has received renewed impetus in light of the potential of climate change to accelerate desertification, although the implementation has been lacking in all but two of 11 countries in the region. In this paper, we argue that the GGW needs modifying if it is to be effective, obtain the support of local communities and leverage international support. Specifically, we propose a shift from planting trees in the GGW to utilizing shrubs (e.g., Leptospermum scoparium, Boscia senegalensis, Grewia flava, Euclea undulata or Diospyros lycioides), which would have multiple benefits, including having a faster growth rate and proving the basis for silvo-pastoral livelihoods based on bee-keeping and honey production.

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Increasing the Effectiveness of the “Great Green Wall” as an Adaptation to the Effects of Climate Change and Desertification in the Sahel

O’Connor

Ford

2014

Sustainability

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“…The approaches described in the PDDs considering both adaptation and mitigation are also highlighted in the literature for their multiple benefits and should be promoted by policies aiming at the integration of adaptation and mitigation. For example, the restoration and conservation of ''green'' infrastructure provide direct or indirect protection from climate hazards (Biagini et al 2014): climate projects in AFOLU should promote an ecosystem approach to both mitigation and adaptation and consider a diversity of ''adaptation services'' delivered by ecosystems (Pramova et al 2012). Projects should also address institutional issues, such as tenure and rights, which are indeed major challenges for REDD?…”

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Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Together: A Global Assessment of Agriculture and Forestry Projects

Kongsager¹,

Locatelli

Chazarin

2015

Environmental Management

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Adaptation and mitigation share the ultimate purpose of reducing climate change impacts. However, they tend to be considered separately in projects and policies because of their different objectives and scales. Agriculture and forestry are related to both adaptation and mitigation: they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and removals, are vulnerable to climate variations, and form part of adaptive strategies for rural livelihoods. We assessed how climate change project design documents (PDDs) considered a joint contribution to adaptation and mitigation in forestry and agriculture in the tropics, by analyzing 201 PDDs from adaptation funds, mitigation instruments, and project standards [e.g., climate community and biodiversity (CCB)]. We analyzed whether PDDs established for one goal reported an explicit contribution to the other (i.e., whether mitigation PDDs contributed to adaptation and vice versa). We also examined whether the proposed activities or expected outcomes allowed for potential contributions to the two goals. Despite the separation between the two goals in international and national institutions, 37 % of the PDDs explicitly mentioned a contribution to the other objective, although only half of those substantiated it. In addition, most adaptation (90 %) and all mitigation PDDs could potentially report a contribution to at least partially to the other goal. Some adaptation project developers were interested in mitigation for the prospect of carbon funding, whereas mitigation project developers integrated adaptation to achieve greater longterm sustainability or to attain CCB certification. International and national institutions can provide incentives for projects to harness synergies and avoid trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation.

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“…The formulation of adaptation strategies has been the best way to deal with such events [10], [23]- [25]. Nonetheless, so far, much of the adaptation literature has been theoretical reflecting the lack of empirical data on these adaptive efforts as state (Biagini et al [27]). …”

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Tourism and Climate: A Substantive Theory on Adaptation Strategies in the Accommodation Sector in “Águas Paulista” Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil

Brandão¹,

Barbieri²,

Araújo

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Recently, not only has the interest on climate change been increasing, but also many adaptations and mitigation efforts have been made by organisations and governments around the world to deal with this issue. The adaption to adverse effects of climate change, as well as the reduction of actions that can contribute to these changes, are vital to reducing uncertainties about the future of the humankind. Adaptation and mitigation actions have been necessary facing of the tourism potentialities to contribute to, and to be affected by, climate change. This research sought to analyse how the accommodation sector on the Águas Paulista Circuit (APC) has adapted to climate change based on the meaning the managers have attributed to specific experiences. In this research, we developed a "substantive theory" of adaptation to climate change. In this unique case study, mainly qualitative, and carried out in the APC region, it is worth noting that the primary driver of tourism in the region has been the quality of water from natural sources. Most of the municipalities belonging to the APC area have faced water rationing, therefore they have experienced economic losses in the tourism sector. In this research, the central category has been constituted of three major properties: the ability to cope with the climate change; the strategic adaptations; and the financial factors. It was noticed that the climate change and extreme weather events could interfere with travel decisions. At the same time, it was reported that news broadcast on the water crisis also negatively affected the tourism sector, causing uncertainty and damaging the image of the tourism destination. It is expected this work can contribute to the understanding of the need to adapt to the climate change and extreme climate events because of the risk of affecting business.

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A typology of adaptation actions: A global look at climate adaptation actions financed through the Global Environment Facility

Cited by 275 publications

References 34 publications

Increasing the Effectiveness of the “Great Green Wall” as an Adaptation to the Effects of Climate Change and Desertification in the Sahel

Increasing the Effectiveness of the “Great Green Wall” as an Adaptation to the Effects of Climate Change and Desertification in the Sahel

Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Together: A Global Assessment of Agriculture and Forestry Projects

Tourism and Climate: A Substantive Theory on Adaptation Strategies in the Accommodation Sector in “Águas Paulista” Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil

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