Climate Adaptation Knowledge Portal

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The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) was established in 1994 as a ‘cooperation, coordination and information-sharing platform’ to encourage an integrated response to the management of the Basin’s water resources and to mitigate, as far as possible, current and future activities and extraction practices that are determinantal to the basin as a whole.

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Most countries recognize the value of intergenerational and gender-responsive approaches to adapting to climate change. Several countries have made concerted efforts to promote inclusivity in the development and design of their NDCs, their National Adaptation Plans and national climate policies and legal frameworks. This includes Uganda, Zambia, Kenya and South Africa. Gender inclusivity is essential in adaptation efforts because women have unique knowledge and experiences related to climate impacts that can improve the resilience and sustainability of the country’s policies. Similarly, young people will be the most affected by climate change in the future, raising the importance in gathering their views and ideas when attempting to develop resilient policy options for adaptation. Young people are also often at the forefront of innovation and technology, both crucial elements for improving resilience.

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The Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Multi-Stakeholder Platform (CSA MSP) provides a coordination and networking mechanism for stakeholders within the agriculture and climate change sector of Kenya to share experiences and identify synergies in their activities. Chaired by the head of the Climate Change Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the CSA MSP aids in the implementation of the Ministry’s Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy and Implementation Framework.

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Improving the livelihoods and self-reliance of refugee and host communities through increasing energy access through solar mini-grids and cooking solutions.

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The project aims to create Climate Smart Villages (CSVs) and promote the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) approaches while encouraging national governments to participate. It also strives to set new standards for conflict-sensitive and peace-responsive climate action through innovative methods and toolkits, serving as a model for such initiatives. Climate-Smart Villages are examples of local actions that promote adaptation and resilience to climatic stresses.

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The project seeks to restore degraded landscapes in and around the Nduta and Nyarugusu refugee camps and refugee hosting districts (Kibondo and Kasulu), while enhancing community resilience and adaptive capacity through strengthened sustainable livelihoods and skills. This project is implemented by UNHCR in conjunction with World Food Programme (WFP).

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At the onset of climate disasters, disaster risk responses are often delayed due to a lack of available finance and poorly planned response measures. Forecast- based Financing (FbF) is a model that seeks to pre-emptively overcome these barriers by working with communities at- risk, meteorological services, agencies specialized in disaster risk reduction and other relevant national actors, to agree on a set of priority responses, and the necessary budget, that would be initiated prior to the onset of a disaster, when the disaster- forecast reaches a certain trigger ‘threshold’. In essence, FbF releases humanitarian funding for planned activities based on forecast information which reduces risks, enhances preparedness, and makes disaster risk management more effective.

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Takaful Insurance of Africa (TIA), through the partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), developed the first insurance policy that combines a financial risk mitigation instrument with innovative use of satellite imagery to compensate pastoralists before drought-induced losses occur, providing pastoralists with the needed reserves to cover supplemental feed to mitigate livestock losses.

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The NDC Delivery Lab is an approach being used to translate policy into actionable and bankable investments that achieve implementation of climate action. The NDC Delivery Lab approach brings together a range of stakeholders to jointly identify and prioritize problems and then co-create solutions with the aid of innovations and inventions from research and innovation centres. This is translated into high-impact bankable investment plans which are implemented as projects on the ground. The

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Kenya’s Climate Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP) is a strategically developed and stakeholder-engaged initiative that identifies and prioritizes climate-resilient agricultural investments. It aims to create a nationally supported portfolio, leveraging resources from various stakeholders, including the private sector, international donors, and public institutions, to transform the agricultural sector, aligning with Kenya’s existing programmes and international frameworks.

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As the risk of climate events continues to increase, community-led initiatives in South Sudan are leading action to address climate risks using community coordination mechanisms with dedicated focus on area-specific needs to identify, engage and coordinate arrangements for flood preparedness and anticipatory action. Five area-based task forces are taking the lead in the overall coordination of anticipatory actions to reinforce community preparedness and resilience to flooding events in collaboration with other humanitarian actors.

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De-risking investments in livestock value chains is possible through provision of index-based livestock insurance. Pastoralists can build resilience against droughts by insuring their livestock, and other services can be bundled together with the insurance to help improve herd health, offer additional financial services and provide climate information services. Index based Livestock Insurance (IBLI), for which standard premiums and payouts are determined within defined geographic insurance units, relies on Normalized Different Vegetation Index (NDVI) satellite imagery, a proxy for available biomass, to make payments to those policyholders living in regions that are affected by poor forage availability compared to the average conditions. Compensation is provided early in the season to minimize livestock losses by supporting drought coping strategies.

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Building on preceding regional research and collaboration between the countries bordering the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME), namely Angola, Namibia and South Africa, the project seeks to build resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change of the marine fisheries and marine aquaculture sectors within the BCLME through implementation of adaptation strategies to ensure food and livelihood security.

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A large part of Ethiopia’s landscape is characterised by mountainous, undulating terrain that is highly susceptible to soil degradation and erosion. Land degradation and deforestation are caused by natural factors, such as soil and wind erosion, as well as population pressure. Soil loss in Ethiopia due to water erosion is a serious economic and environmental challenge. These factors contribute to Ethiopia’s agricultural productivity and its food security is highly compromised. Soil and water conservation has been a priority for the government for the last two decades and it was given due consideration within the first phase of the Growth and Transformation Plan.