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- Summary:
- This report discusses freshwater management in the context of the continuing formulation and implementation of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) focused on climate adaptation planning. It defines NAPA, explains its implementation, addresses adaption within the water sector as part of the NAPA process, and provides some recommendations. In 2001 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the NAPA in order to assist member nations in their efforts to implement polices towards climate change adaptation (CCA). One of the critical areas of adaptation that will be addressed as part of the NAPA process is adaptation within the water sector, particularly considering climate change’s negative impacts on fresh water reserves. The water sector is particularly impacted due to climate change’s affects on mean temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather events. Despite the significant vulnerability of a critical resource such as water to climate change, few of the least developed countries (LDCs) have formal water resource management plans. The NAPA’s goal is to increase adaptive capacity in poor developing countries. It aims at becoming a channel of communication for the developing countries by allowing them to express their most pressing adaptation needs. The NAPA is assumed to be a bottom-up participatory process in which different stakeholders cooperate. The process involves an interdisciplinary group of specialists incorporated working within a sustainable development framework, which integrates socioeconomic and environmental factors. Countries that implement the NAPA approach are expected to create a database chronicling the adverse impacts of climate change, evaluate vulnerability to climate change, and inquire if climate change augments associated risks. During this process, flood and drought risks, water availability for household use, water and its connections to human health, all need to be taken into account. The NAPA approach is assumed to focus mainly on short-term objectives, and is thus viewed by the authors as an inefficient approach to addressing the issue of water adaptation, which requires long-term strategies. To overcome this bias and effectively address the issue of water adaptation to climate change, the report makes three main recommendations: (1) shift focus from short-term initiatives to long-term ones; (2) locate national initiatives within a larger regional context; and (3) make sure water policies address climate change adaptation. ( English )
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- Land Use Management ( English )
- Subject:
- Development ( English )
- Scope and Content:
- Contents p. 2; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS p. 3; 1. Introduction p. 5; 1.1 The development of NAPAs p. 6; 2. Water related vulnerability and potential adaptation needs identified during NAPA preparation process p. 8; 2.1 Overall approach p. 8; 2.2 Sectoral and environmental vulnerabilities are recognised, as are concrete impacts p. 9; 2.3 Framework for adaptation programmes p. 9; 2.4 Adaptation project profiles p. 10; Scope for NAPA improvements: p. 12; 3. Analysis of water linkages in the NAPAs and National Communications of from different categories of LDCs p. 13; 3.1 Analysing water as included in NAPA frameworks p. 15; 4. Adaptation to climate change as part of National Water Strategies p. 17; 5. Opportunities to address and integrate climate change considerations into water resources
management and decision making processes p. 19; 6. Conclusions and Recommendations p. 20;
6.1 Concluding remarks p. 22; 6.2 Policy recommendations p. 22; 8. References p. 23; Annex I: Status concerning NAPAs and IWRM-plans in LDCs p. 25; Annex II: Analysis of water linkages in the NAPAs and National Communications of Bhutan, Eritrea, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sudan and Zambia p. 26; Annex III: Adaptation to climate change in water resources planning and part of National Water Strategies of Bhutan, Eritrea, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sudan and Zambia p. 35 ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2009). Water adaptation in NAPAs: freshwater in climate adaptation planning and climate adaptation in freshwater planning. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Water Governance Facility (WGF).
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- Florida International University
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- FI13042560
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