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Building Capacities for Increased Public Investment in Integrated Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

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Description
Description
Building capacities for increased public investment in integrated climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is an initiative of UNISDR, supported by a variety of partners including the European Commission, Japan, UNDP, World Bank, JICA, among others, working with a number of SIDS across the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific to systematically account for disaster loss and to develop probabilistic estimations of future risk, with an emphasis in weather and climate change related hazards. The initiative provides evidence to support the integration of climate change adaptation measures in development activities and improve preparedness for climate-related disaster and governance by informing public investment planning.The 3-year initiative aims to strengthen capacities for unified climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through increased public investment. The initiative supports countries to systematically account for disaster loss and to develop probabilistic estimations of future risk, with an emphasis in weather and climate change related hazards. There are four components: (1) development of national disaster loss databases; (2) development of hybrid loss exceedance curves that estimate the full spectrum of risk the country faces; (3) support to incorporate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into the country's national public investment and development planning system; and (4) feed the evidence generated to enhance global risk analysis.This is a global initiative covering 30 countries in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Implementation of the Project/Activity

The initiative has four complementary Components. The roll-out of these Components at the national level will take into account existing conditions and capacities in each country. The initiative will combine countries that have already developed and institutionalized national disaster databases, those that are well on the way to doing so with others that currently have not begun compiling disaster loss data.

Capacity

Each component works with repective national partners:Component 1: disaster loss data collectors (researchers, environment and IT specialists, disaster managment officials)Component 2: specialists with knowledge in engineering, GIS and possibly hazard/risk modelingComponent 3: specialists with knowledge in economics, public finance and public policy; and Ministry of Finance or Planning

Governed

The initiative is coordinated by UNISDR through its Risk Knowledge Section in Geneva and through its Regional Offices in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Arab states and Latin America and the Caribbean. The implementation of the proposed activities is carried out with identified partners in each region. Currently UNISDR works with a large number of scientific and technical partners to develop national disaster loss databases, hybrid loss exceedence curves and increase public investment in DRR and CCA. National capacity building activities will be supported through agreements, especially with UNDP and the World Bank, and when appropriste other in-country partners, enabling at the same time the leverage of national resources.

Partners
Caribbean: 7 East Caribbean Countries
Indian Ocean: 3 Countries
Pacific: Regional system (20 countries) plus Fiji, Solomon, and PNG
UNISDR
UNDP
World Bank
JICA
European Union
European Commission

Goal 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Goal 13

13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

13.1.1

Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

13.1.2

Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

13.1.3

Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

13.2

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

13.2.1

Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

13.2.2

Total greenhouse gas emissions per year

13.3

Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

13.3.1

Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment

13.a

Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

13.a.1

Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025

13.b

Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities


 

13.b.1

Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Institutionalization of national disaster loss accounting systems
Probabilistic risk assessment covering both extensive and intensive risks and a calculation of an optimal portfolio of disaster risk management investments
Incorporation of DRR into public investment planning and of tracking of investments in DRR and CCA
Enhanced global risk analysis presented in the 2013 and 2015 Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction
New deliverable will be elaborated pending the progress of ongoing activities in the Caribbean
Financing (in USD)
13000000
Title Progress Status Submitted
Partnership Progress 2016-07-08 On track
False
Action Network
Small Island Developing States
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Timeline
01 January 2015 (date of completion)
Entity
UN
SDGs
13
Region
  1. North America
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Switzerland
Contact Information

Steven Goldfinch, Programme Officer

goldfinch@un.org