1. Mainstreaming climate change
in International Waters
projects
1st Asia Pacific Regional Targeted Workshop for GEF IW Projects
Bangkok, Thailand
27 – 28 September 2012
Jerker Tamelander, UNEP

2. Why this session?
• Commitment to improve standardization and harmonization of GEF
methodological approaches
• Recognized need to mainstream climate impacts in GEF IW projects
• GEF IW projects have unique requirements; how can existing resources
and guidance as well as ongoing project activities and approaches be
leveraged?
• IW Learn output: Methodology/guidance to address climatic vulnerability
& change impacts in shared water bodies

3. Vulnerability

4. Social-ecological vulnerability

5. What is climate change mainstreaming?
Mainstreaming climate change is the iterative process of integrating
considerations of climate change (impacts, vulnerability, adaptation) into
existing processes and decision cycles. It requires a continuous effort and
entails working with a range of actors.

6. Sector
programming
Sector level development
plans and budgets
Project Level
Sectoral budget envelope
Additional resources for
adaptation (from fund)
National budget
Fund for adaptation
Sectoral plan
Multi-year development
plan
Sectoral strategies and policies
National long-term visions
National short- to
medium-term policies
Sectoral LevelAdaptation Actions and Mainstreaming ComponentsNational Level
Monitor and evaluate
implementation of adaptation
measures within projec ts
New projects: Implement selected
adaptation options
Ongoing projects: carry out
interventions of previous stages then
implement adaptation options
Programming
Implementation
Resource Allocation
Planning
Policy Formulation
Policy Cycle
Stage
1. Awareness raising
2. Pre-screening of climate
risks and vulnerabilities
3. Detailed climate risk
assessment
6. Implementation of
adaptation options,
incl. budget allocations
7. M&E
Relocate funding to mor e
vulnerable sectors/regions
Allocate funding f or adaptation-
speci c activities
Make room for cross- sectoral
activities
Claim resources from the
adaptation fund
Add climate considerations to criteria f or
assessing project proposals
Incorporate top-down adaptation activities
identi ed during the sectoral planning stage
Include recognition of climate risks
Apply a climate lens
Include recognition of climate risk s
Apply a climate lens
Apply a climate lens Apply a climate lens
4. Identi cation of adaptation
options
5. Prioritization and selection
Include adaptation-speci c
programmes/projec ts
Include cross- sectoral and sector
top-down adaptation activities
Undertake in-depth climate risk
assessments
Identify adaptation options
Prioritize and selec t adaptation options
Assess potential climate risk s
and e ects on vulnerability
4
5
6
3
7
1
2
Detailed
design
Implement-
ation
Monitoring
&
Evaluation
Project
appraisal
Project
identi cation
Figure1: Illustration of keymainstreaming entrypointsand componentsin thepolicyandproject cycles.
Note: The figure draws on information from figures 7.2, 8.2, and 9.2 in OECD (2009).

7. 1. Awareness raising
2. Pre-screening of climate
risks and vulnerabilities
3. Detailed climate risk
assessment
4. Identification of adaptation
options
5. Prioritization and selection
6. Implementation
of adaptation
options
7. Monitoring and
Evaluation

8. Requirements
• Climate information:
- existing and new monitoring and assessment data;
- modeling;
- attention to coverage, resolution, quality; understanding uncertainties
• Socio-economic analyses of linkages between climate change,
vulnerability, adaptation and development;
• Assessments of costs and benefits of climate change adaptation
activities;
• Engagement of a broad range of stakeholders at all levels;
• A combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches;
• Capacity building and institutional strengthening;
• Existence and provision of technical support;
• Availability of resources.

9. Existing guidance
• Stocktaking report 2010
• Climate change risk screening
tools, risk analysis and
assessment
• Guidance documents, manuals
climate proofing and climate
risk management, DRR
• Systematic portfolio screenings

10. Climate Proof
A Reference Tool to Coastal Climate Change in the
Context of Mangroves for the Future
A pre-publication version approved by the MFF Secretariat,October 2010

11. WB: Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Project
http://climatechange.worldbank.org/

12. IW CC Mainstreaming Workshop
• “... to come up with concrete ways
to incorporate CC considerations
into SAP and/or IWRM planning
processes…”
• “… to develop indicators that help
measuring the adaptation benefits to
be realised through project
implementation.”
⇒ A set of indicators agreed that track
progress of CC mainstreaming into
strategic planning at the
project/basin level and the
portfolio/regional level;
⇒ A compendium of useful resource
material.
MainstreamingClimate Change
in International Water Projects
Implementation Workshop
Workshop Proceedings
03 05 March 2009
Kievits Kroon Country Estate
Pretoria, South Africa

13. Topics for discussion
• Is there a common understanding of what climate change
mainstreaming is about; is there sufficient common terminology ?
• Is there common understanding of linked issues to consider, e.g.
DRR?
• What experiences are there among IW projects, what has been done,
at what stage, and using what methods (existing tool, ad hoc
approaches…)?
• What are the unique needs of IW projects? Is IW-specific guidance
needed; general principles and broad concepts or detailed guidelines?
• What issues requires particular attention in guidance to IW projects?
E.g. stages of project cycle, defining common indicators, quality
standards…
• What process is needed to develop and roll out CC mainstreaming
guidance in the IW portfolio? Challenges for new and existing projects.
• Piloting, building capacity, collaboration across projects, twinning.