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The Adaptation Fund will bring together representatives from country-level National Implementing Entities (NIEs) to discuss their experiences with the Fund’s ‘Direct Access’ program, success stories and lessons learned. Read more
See more information about the event: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/groups_committees/adaptation_committee/items/9376.php
The global agreements adopted in 2015, notably the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction as well as the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, highlight the importance of and links between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, water management and transboundary cooperation. As the high number of signatures of the Paris Pact for Adaptation to Climate Change in the basins of rivers, lakes and groundwaters has shown, more and more basins worldwide are already or are planning to adapt their water management to climate change. To support them in their efforts, the global network of basins working on climate change adaptation was created already in 2013 by the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) and the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO). It aims to offer a platform for comparing methodologies and approaches, fostering exchange of experience and promoting a shared vision between the participating basins.
The third meeting on 6-7 April 2016 will have the following objectives:
- review the progress and the lessons learned by the basins since the last meeting of the global network in February 2014;
- discuss common challenges such as financing of adaptation measures;
- discuss how to further facilitate a regular exchange of experience between the participating basins and other similar initiatives;
- review how the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction can support basin-wide adaptation.
A high-level signing ceremony, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will take place as a first step in implementing the Paris Agreement, which was adopted in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. The Agreement will then be open for signature in New York, US, until 17 April 2017.
4th international climate change adaptation conference. See the full programme here.
Direct access to adaptation funding: five years of experience by pioneering organisations (PR 9.2)
Issue 9. Institutions and governance
May 10, 2016
13.30 – 15.15
Diamond Room I
Being first of three international funds to allow ‘direct access’ to its resources, the Adaptation Fund enables countries to have their agencies directly manage funds for adaptation projects, which helps them break free from reliance on international organisations. Twenty countries have successfully done so. In this panel session, the Fund and four national implementing entities will share their experiences in direct access, discuss the challenges they encountered in pioneering this ground-breaking modality, and chart out possibilities for the future. The speakers will also discuss what this experience can offer to the new scaled up adaptation resources expected to become available.
Presentations:
The Adaptation Fund experience: what we have learned
Daouda Ndiaye, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat, Senegal / USA
Getting ready for direct access: how experiences from the first National Implementing
Entity (NIE) and the first direct access project can help other developing countries
Dethie Soumare Ndiaye, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal
Direct access as a learning exercise: developing pilot initiatives in different states and Sectors
Sachin Kamble, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, India (tbc)
Experiences from a small island developing state: how to use small country organisations to access funds directly
Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust, Federated States of Micronesia
Experiences from the first ‘enhanced direct access‘ programme, small grants facility for climate change adaptation completely managed at the country level
Mandy Barnett, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
SP 8.6 Monitoring, evaluating, and scaling up adaptation: evidence-based learning
11.00 – 12.45
Mees Auditorium
Sufficient adaptation options have been implemented to assess lessons learned in monitoring, evaluating, learning, and scaling up. Case studies from two climate funds will be explored, covering 51 least developed countries (LDCs) and a wide range of Non-Annex 1 countries. Technical papers commissioned by UNEP’s Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA) and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) will be discussed to demonstrate progress in adaptation interventions. These presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion about how lessons learned might shape future adaptation monitoring, evaluation, learning, and scaling up.
Organised by Dennis Bours, Global Environment Facility’s Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO), USA
Presentations
Climate change adaptation monitoring, evaluation, and learning: lessons from climate vulnerable sectors
Anand Patwardhan, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (STAP GEF), USA
Linking monitoring, evaluation, and learning across scale: establishing the two-way linkages between institutional and national level actions and local impacts and benefits
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, USA and Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation (UNEP/PROVIA), Kenya
Learning to scale up: lessons from the GEF adaptation portfolio
Saliha Dobardzic, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat, USA
Lessons from Adaptation Fund (AF) South-South cooperation to advance adaptation
Mikko Ollikainen, Adaptation Fund, USA
The forty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 44) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 44) as well as the first session of the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1) will take place from 16 to 26 May 2016, in Bonn, Germany. Read more about the event