ADAPTATION BASELINES

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ADAPTATION BASELINES

• Dr Isabelle NIANG-DIOP
• Prof. Mohamed EL RAEY
• Prof. Helmi EID

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ADAPTATION What is that ?

• First, a set of policies and measures
• To reduce vulnerability to climate
• To take opportunity of good aspects of climate
• To combat maladaptive options

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ADAPTATION Yes but

• To which sectors ? Agriculture, water resources.
• To what ? Climate variability, extremes and/or
  climate change

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• What kind of measures ?
• Technical measures sea dikes, changes in
  crops,
• Legal measures laws,
• Institutional arrangements Agencies, dpts,
  responsibilitiess distribution, emergency plans,
  warning systems,
• Financial measures funds, taxes, penalties,
  insurance,

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• What kind of measures ?
• Policy measures CZMP,
• Educational measures education, public
  awareness,
• Research special research in the field of
  adaptation,

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• Who is concerned/responsible by/for these
  measures ?
• Government, decentralized authorities,
• NGOs
• Communities
• Individuals

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• What is the cost of these measures ?
• In economical terms (think ..)
• In sociological terms
• Others ?

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• What is the efficiency of these measures ?
• From examples (drougths, floods, cyclones,)
  assess what hapenned
• In case of failure, why do the measures failed ?
• Take if possible different examples in different
  times to assess to what extent experience was
  gained

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ADAPTATION Which questions to answer ?

• What is the level of knowledge of adaptation
  options in the country ?
• What are the experiences ?
• Are the options donor driven ?
• What is the number of experts in this field ?
• Others ?