Prospects for mainstreaming climate change in development cooperation

Gupta, Joyeeta; Grijp, N.M. van der

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“…71 However, depending on the methodology utilized, 75 to 80 percent of the costs of climate change will be borne by those in developing countries, 72 73 varying according to their national economic structures, geographies, and resilience. 74 Indeed, looking at patterns of fatalities and economic damages from natural disasters, developing countries suffered 91 percent of fatalities and 51 percent of financial losses but accounted for only 12 percent of insured losses in 2007. 75 Over the period 1970 to 2008, the IPCC estimated that 95 percent of natural-disaster-related deaths occurred in developing countries.…”

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Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns

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Abstract:All too often, energy policy and technology discussions are limited to the domains of engineering and economics. Many energy consumers, and even analysts and policymakers, confront and frame energy and climate risks in a moral vacuum, rarely incorporating broader social justice concerns. Here, to remedy this gap, we investigate how concepts from justice and ethics can inform energy decision-making by reframing five energy problems-nuclear waste, involuntary resettlement, energy pollution, energy poverty, and climate change-as pressing justice concerns. We conclude by proposing an energy justice framework centred on availability, affordability, due process, transparency and accountability, sustainability, equity, and responsibility, which highlights the futurity, fairness, and equity dimensions of energy production and use.Energy justice 2

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“…However, the early lessons of mainstreaming climate change adaptation in developing countries show that although mainstreaming looks promising, it is theoretically vague, complicated in practice and challenging to promote and achieve (Gupta et al, 2010). There is also inadequate understanding among policy makers in LDCs of exactly what CBA mainstreaming means and how to incorporate climate change adaptation into development policies and strategies.…”

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“…Several authors have highlighted the need to carry out further research to better understand how mainstreaming could happen practically in the developing country context (Klein et al, 2007;Lasco et al, 2009) and address practical issues of how to promote the integration of climate change adaptation in development planning and policy processes (Ayers et al, 2013;Gupta et al, 2010). In addition, there is little understanding at the national level in Nepal and other LDCs of ways in which existing development and climate change policies could contribute to scaling up and mainstreaming CBA.…”

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Exploring the policy environment for mainstreaming community-based adaptation (CBA) in Nepal

Regmi

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2015

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

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. Cassandra has been engaged in research and study of global environmental issues for the last two decades. Her interests span government, business and community engagement with these issues from both cooperative and conflictual perspectives. AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank Prof. Susanne Schech and Emily Collins for providing valuable input to strengthen the paper. The article could not have been developed without the support of the respondents, particularly the policy makers, practitioners and communities interviewed in Nepal. 2 AbstractPurpose-Scaling up community-based adaptation (CBA) needs strong policy support. This paper aims to shed light onto the policy context of mainstreaming CBA in Nepal.Design/methodology/approach-The content and processes of Nepal's development policies and climate change policies and programmes were examined. The policy analysis was supported by a literature review, review of policy documents, and interviews and discussions undertaken with policy makers, practitioners and communities.Findings-The findings show that despite a lack of clear focus on climate change, the decentralization provisions and bottom-up practices within Nepal's development policies and plans could be entry points for mainstreaming CBA. However, experience shows that decentralization alone is insufficient because it benefits only a few institutions and individuals, while marginalizing the real beneficiaries. One of the policy conditions to mainstreaming CBA in development is to ensure that there are specific provisions for decentralization and inclusive devolution that can provide power and authority to local institutions and communities to make independent decisions and benefit the needy. There should also be mandatory legal provisions, endorsed by a country's government, for an inclusive, citizen-centric, participatory, and bottomup policy making process that involves the most vulnerable households and communities.Originality/value-This paper is of relevance to policy makers and practitioners in Nepal seeking to make informed policy decisions on effectively mainstreaming CBA into development. The analysis provided of the synergy and tradeoffs within existing policy provisions and processes can be used to guide the government and stakeholders in Nepal and other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in creating favorable national and local-level policies and action plans.Article Type: Research paper

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“…This relates directly to the use of existing channels to implement adaptation. Gupta et al (2009) provides a good review of the "mainstreaming" literature and challenges up to date. This stream of literature is interested in climate proof development, sometimes described as a "development first" 1 approach.…”

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Climate Change Adaptation, Development, and International Financial Support: Lessons from EU Pre-Accession and Solidarity Funds

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2010

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SummaryFunding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely adaptation-development, and its requirement in terms of financing architecture. To contribute to this research, it looks at similar problems that have been met in the past, namely the European funding programs for Eastern Europe countries that were candidates to adhesion, and European internal structural and cohesion funds. These funding examples provide a pertinent analogy for the adaptation problem, and most issues in adaptation finance have also been met in these funds (difficulty to define and measure additionality and incremental cost, concept fuzziness, need for leverage and mainstreaming, ownership and sovereignty issues). Publicly available documents from the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors are reviewed, providing interesting insights into possible implementation of adaptation finance. These insights can be summarized into seven main lessons: (1) "black-spot" programs are less flexible but more efficient than "concept-based" programs; (2) a multi-scale and multi-step approach can minimize sovereignty and ownership issue, and facilitate capacity building; (3) private funding leverage is a myth, and funding based on the "additional cost" is highly inefficient; (4) non substitutability among objectives and regions is necessary; (5) sub-national eligibility criteria are a viable solution; (6) institutional capacity matter: low-capacity countries should focus on capacity building and "black-spot" strategies; higher-capacity countries can follow a concept-based approach; and (7) the EU should use its own experience to promote its views of adaptation funds. Abstract Funding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely adaptation-development, and its requirement in terms of financing architecture. To contribute to this research, it looks at similar problems that have been met in the past, namely the European funding programs for Eastern Europe countries that were candidate to adhesion, and European internal structural and cohesion funds. These funding examples provide a pertinent analogy for the adaptation problem, and most issues in adaptation finance have also been met in these funds (difficulty to define and measure additionnality and incremental cost, concept fuzziness, need for leverage and mainstreaming, ownership and sovereignty issues). Publicly available documents from the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors are reviewed, providing interesting insights into possible implementation of adaptation finance. These insights can be summarized into seven main ...

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Prospects for mainstreaming climate change in development cooperation

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns

Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns

Exploring the policy environment for mainstreaming community-based adaptation (CBA) in Nepal

Climate Change Adaptation, Development, and International Financial Support: Lessons from EU Pre-Accession and Solidarity Funds

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