CommunityBased Adaptation CBA in Perspective

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Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) in
Perspective
Delfin Ganapin GEF SGP, Global Manager
UNDP/GEF Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) CBA
Mid-Course Conference, Kingston, 29.03-03.07.2009
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Climate Change A Snapshot
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) projects for the next two decades a
warming of 0.2C per decade, triggering effects
such as

• Declining snow cover and sea ice
• More frequent extremes, such as heat-waves and
  heavy precipitation events
• Higher intensity of tropical cyclones (gt66),
  with greater peak wind speeds and heaver
  precipitation
• Precipitation increases in high latitudes and
  decreases in most subtropical regions
• Sea level rises could be in the range of 18 cm
  to 59 cm by 2100.

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Climate Change and Equity

• AFRICA
• 77 250 million people projected to be exposed
  to increased water stress by 2020.
• In some countries, yields from rain-fed
  agriculture reduced by 50.
• ASIA
• Freshwater availability is projected to decrease
  by 2050.
• Coastal areas, especially heavily population
  mega delta regions will be at greatest risk from
  sea flooding.
• SMALL ISLAND STATES
• Sea level rise is expected to exacerbate
  inundation, storm surge, erosion and other
  coastal hazards threatening vital infrastructure.
• By mid-century reduced water resources in many
  small island states.
• EUROPE
• Increased risk of inland flash floods and more
  frequent coastal flooding
• and increased erosion.

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CBA - Concept

• Climate change is global, but impacts are
  regional and local!
• Local communities depend upon the most
  climate-sensitive sectors of any economy, such as
  farming, fishing, and forestry.
• The worlds poorest and most vulnerable
  communities will bear the brunt of climate
  change.
• Poor communities are the least equipped to cope
  and adapt.

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CBA - Concept

• Enhancement of adaptive capacity is the key for
  reducing vulnerability, particularly for the most
  vulnerable regions, nations and socioeconomic
  groups.
• A vital approach is community-based adaptation
  (CBA), which can be viewed as an additional
  (though fairly new) layer to community-driven
  priorities, thereby addressing climate change
  risks.

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CBA - Concept

• Solutions must be locally specific!
• CBA is community-driven
• CBA is the grass-roots component of climate
  change adaptation
• CBA will respond to locally specific needs, and
  develop lessons for global and national
  stakeholders to further adaptation practice

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GEF SGP The ideal delivery mechanism

• GEF SGP is the mechanism by which the GEF
  supports the implementation of the UNFCCC at the
  community level since 1992.
• GEF SGP is operating in 119 countries.
• Local solutions to global environmental
  problems.
• Community-based initiatives and action.
• SGP grants direct to NGOs and CBOs.
• Highly decentralized, participatory and
  demand-driven.
• Maximum country and community-ownership.
• Process of implementation leads also to poverty
  reduction and local empowerment.

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GEF SGP

• This approach has proven to be very successful
  in getting resources to beneficiaries and thereby
  realizing the twin objectives of addressing the
  growing threat of climate change and enhancing
  the well-being of local communities.
• GEF SGP with its in-country presence has a
  strong understanding of local livelihood
  strategies and contexts, poor peoples daily
  challenges, efforts, values and aims and how
  those relate to local climate variability and
  change.

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What we do and have to do

• Through creative approaches and innovations prove
  that poor and vulnerable communities and their
  CSO partners can do CBA
• Through links and partnerships with government,
  the private sector, academe and donors starting
  with the NSC disseminate models and lessons
  learned for adaptive replication, scaling up and
  mainstreaming
• Develop and organize a critical mass of empowered
  supporters, a constituency for CBA and
  sustainable development
• Through links with regional and global networks,
  influence global environmental governance

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• Thank you!