A Partnership for the Future: INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE, FNI and TERI sign MoU to promote joint research on climate and development in India, China and around the world

A Partnership for the Future: INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE, FNI and TERI sign MoU to promote joint research on climate and development in India, China and around the world

The INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group is proud to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding with two leading international institutes to advance research on climate change and sustainable development.

The MoU -- between the INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) -- was signed in New Delhi on 16 April, 2015, and establishes a firm foundation for collaboration on research, development and policy analysis.

Researchers will work together on green growth, climate change, sustainable energy, natural resource management, capacity building, knowledge exchange and co-production. One of the first projects will be a study of low-carbon development and climate change policies in India and China to increase international understanding of the gains made and challenges faced by these two countries.

The partnership is particularly important given the growing need for innovation and knowledge-sharing to meet the United Nations’ post-2015 development and climate agendas.

INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE chief executive officer Dr Murray C. Simpson said INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE was delighted to formalise its collaboration with FNI and TERI.

“This robust partnership will lead to greater resilience and reduce vulnerability for thousands of people, communities, economies and environments across the world,” he said.

Norwegian State Secretary (Deputy Minister) for Foreign Affairs Morten Høglund said: “This kind of research cooperation is a win-win situation. TERI is an institution we rely on in so many areas. It is a privilege to be associated with this agreement.”

FNI associate fellow Arne Walther said the MoU created an exciting new platform on which the three parties could to work together on a project-to-project basis.

The parties will work collaborate on nine areas of mutual interest: the co-benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation, green growth and resource efficiency, environment and development, low-carbon strategies, institutions and governance, international cooperation, South-South knowledge exchange, capacity building; and national, regional and global policy advocacy.

INTASAVE wins bid for UK Newton Fund climate information service project

INTASAVE Asia-Pacific has been chosen by the UK Met Office to play a major role in a new project to examine how key sectors in China interpret and apply climate information in making decisions.

INTASAVE will partner with China's State Information Centre, as well as other leading academic institutes and governmental organizations, as a part of the two-year Development of Translational Science for Climate Service project. The start date is to be confirmed.

The Met Office said the INTASAVE bid was ranked highly and recommended for a grant award.

This project is covered by the UK Newton Fund, of which the UK Met Office has been selected as a delivery partner.  Under the Newton Fund, the UK Met Office leads a five-year programme in partnership with the Chinese Meteorological Administration and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Science.

Climate Change in the Caribbean: Impacts and Opportunities for Enhancing China/South-South Cooperation

Guyana’s embassy in Beijing was the centre of environmental interest on March 25, 2015, when dozens of representatives from a wide cross-section of international governmental organisations, the diplomatic community and Chinese low-carbon technology companies came together to look at how changes in climate are affecting the Caribbean.

The workshop was organised by INTASAVE Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean Caucus of Ambassadors, with support from the China South Low Carbon Academy. It was attended by about 40 people and explored the impact climate change is having on the Caribbean, and its people, economies and infrastructure.

The event was also a chance for Chinese experts to share progress on China/South-South Cooperation policy and approaches to mitigating the effects of climate change. The forum explored the ways that public-private partnerships can be improved to tackle climate change in the Caribbean.

Professor David Dabydeen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Guyana, China gave the opening remarks.

Dr Murray Simpson, CEO of the INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group and visiting Research Fellow, Oxford University, was the key speaker, addressing issues in the Caribbean, climate change adaptation and low-carbon projects in the region and beyond. Dr Simpson also talked about the challenges and opportunities for south-south cooperation.

Ms Li Ting, Executive Director, China South Low Carbon Academy, shared her organisation’s perspective on developments in Chinese climate change south-south policy.

The event ended with a panel discussion and informal talks.

A Provincial Vision for China’s Adaptation - Workshop in Beijing

As the second phase of the Adapting to Climate Change in China project (ACCC) begins, a province-level seminar was held in Beijing, to communicate and discuss key adaptation action points with representatives from different provinces. The aim was to ensure that these adaptation action points are in line with the real situation of each province and lay the foundations for successful progress and implementation. The seminar was organized by its project management office (PMO), directed by INTASAVE Asia-Pacific, China office, with support by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the National Development and Reform Commission, China (NDRC).

Director General Su Wei from NDRC reviewed the cooperation between China and Switzerland in the field of climate change. He first reviewed the achievements the first phase of the ACCC project had made, and then expressed his expectations towards this next phase. Director General Su Wei hoped that experts, international organizations and local DRCs could use Phase 2 as an opportunity to carry out adaptation plans in specific prioritised areas.

Mr. Philippe Zahner, Development Counsellor, SDC shared Switzerland’s experience, remarking that Switzerland was the first country that passed the national climate change strategy. He briefly talked about their development model in the field of climate change and expressed his hope that they could lend support to China’s adaptation through their continued funding of the ACCC project, and learn more lessons from different provinces in China.

Dr. Rebecca Nadin, Project Director of ACCC and Regional Director of INTASAVE Asia-Pacific introduced the project with a welcome speech. As the project management team, INTASAVE Asia-Pacific will take charge of the ACCC implementation in the following 3 years. This is a continuation for INTASAVE on supporting climate change adaptation in China.

About ACCC

The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project brings together Chinese policy makers, research and policy institutions, as well as international organizations and experts, to develop practical approaches to climate change adaptation policy planning. The first phase of the ACCC project (2009-2013) was designed as a “research-into-use” project, and focused on developing evidence-based climate change adaptation policy in China, at both the national and provincial levels. It made notable contributions to the formulation of the National Adaptation Strategy through building on cross-sectorial partnerships, capacity building work and scientific and policy advances. However, significant support is still required in order to achieve more in-depth and ambitious mainstreaming process on adaptive planning.

ACCC II (2014-2017) builds on the work of Phase 1 and aims:

• To mainstream climate change adaptation into development policies at national and provincial levels
• To support the formulation and implementation of integrated Provincial Adaptation Plans (PAPs) across priority sectors and share these experiences and lessons with other developing countries.

INTASAVE Asia-Pacific are the project implementers for Phase 2. The project is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in partnership with China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

Read more about ACCC at www.ccadaptation.org.cn

Or contact ACCC Communications Officer, Kay Zhang, at kay.zhang@intasave.org.cn

Supporting China’s adaptation - ACCC Phase 2

China faces significant challenges and opportunities in the wake of climate change. The country is many worlds within one, ranging from the subtropics in the south to the snow-covered north, the arid west and the lush coastal east. China’s vast population knows well the brunt of the elements. But all this is changing faster and less predictably than before. The time to act is clear.

Significant progress has been made recently to mainstream climate change adaptation in China. The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project has been working on this, supporting decision makers with the information on who and what is at greatest risk from climate change, why they are vulnerable and what they can do. ACCC provides robust, locally relevant and up to date scientific, social and economic information to lay a solid foundation for adaptation responses.

The first phase of ACCC supported the development of the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS), which was announced by Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua (National Development Reform Commission) at COP19, Warsaw. The NAS sets out key themes and priority work areas and mandates for the drafting of Provincial Adaptation Plans (PAPs) and the selection of pilot provinces. This represents the most critical phase of mainstreaming climate change adaptation process in China.

The second phase, managed by INTASAVE Asia-Pacific, will now support the development of the Provincial Adaptation Plans, including through support tools, capacity building and trialling local adaptation options.

The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project brings together Chinese policy makers, research and policy institutions, as well as international organizations and experts, to develop practical approaches to climate change adaptation policy planning. The ACCC phase I (2009-2013) was designed as a “research-into-use” project, and focused on developing evidence-based climate change adaptation policy in China, at both the national and provincial levels. It made notable contributions to the formulation of the NAS through building on cross-sectorial partnerships, capacity building work and scientific and policy advances. However, significant support is still required in order to achieve more in-depth and ambitious mainstreaming process on adaptive planning.

ACCC phase II (2014-2017) builds on the work of phase I and aims:

• To mainstream climate change adaptation into development policies at national and provincial levels 
• To support the formulation and implementation of integrated Provincial Adaptation Plans (PAPs) across priority sectors and share these experiences and lessons with other developing countries.

The ACCC phase II is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation. The main institutional Chinese partner is the National Development and Reform Commission.  The project is undertaken in partnership with nearly 20 international, national and provincial bodies. The policy-research work spans climate impacts, vulnerability and risk across six provinces and municipalities (Ningxia, Inner-Mongolia, Jilin, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Qingdao) covering the following sectors:

• Water
• Agriculture 
• Grassland/Animal Husbandry 
• Disaster risk reduction 
• Integrated risk assessment for planning
• Coastal zone management

UN Climate Talks in Lima: INTASAVE’s upcoming events

This year’s UN Climate Talks are set to begin in Lima, Peru next week, where governments will meet to negotiate on key issues for climate change. COP20 will also see many others from the climate community converge on the Peruvian capital and is a key opportunity for sharing experiences, best practices and lesson learned from a whole range of academic and practitioner organisations.

The INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group will be running a series of events in at COP20.

DATE: 5th December, 15:00-16:30
ROOM: Caral (130)
Official Side Event:

How can we maximise synergies for mitigation, adaptation & sustainable development policy & practice? 

Opportunities to create co-benefits across mitigation, adaptation and development are notable but AR5 stressed the need to further understanding. To begin this, INTASAVE will present on their global support for win-win policy, the Gabon will showcase their integrated Sustainable Development Policy and NCCSD will share sectoral experience from climate smart agriculture.</p>

Panellists:

• Dr Rebecca Nadin, Asia-Pacific Director, The INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group
• Dr Tanguy Gahouma, Permanent Secretary, National Climate Council, Gabon
• Dr Kirit Shelat, Executive Chairman, National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD)

Boys, Girls and Climate Change in China

Rapid shifts in the socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions in Jinping and Guangnan counties, Yunnan Province, China, are creating different sets of hazard risks for women and children in both communities.

Today’s children are more vulnerable to harm during and after hazard events - impassable dirt roads after heavy rains make it difficult for them to get to school, a lack of water and food during drought leads to health issues and malnutrition, stress and mental health issues without adequate support often happen post-disaster. Many are held back by a lack of knowledge about disaster recovery or the inability to take part in disaster risk reduction decision-making either at school or at home. Many children are also ‘left behind’, raised by their grandparents as their parents migrate for work elsewhere. A few have no one at home to care for them and are more likely to suffer during drought, temperature fluctuations and heavy rain events, especially if they do not attend school. The economic pressure to migrate for work is high. Among the Hani and Miao ethnic groups in Jinping, many children drop out of school early to find jobs in neighboring provinces, often marrying before migrating. But among the Zhuang in Guangnan, the push for economic migration is actually encouraging girls to stay in school longer, with some expressing the wish for university or vocational training to get higher paying jobs in the future.

While today’s weather events are severe and increasing in frequency, the changes that tomorrow’s children (yet to be born) are likely to experience might be much worse. If today’s women and children struggle to deal with existing hazards or their direct impacts such as lost income or health, they are unlikely to have the skills to be resilient to future climate change.

Against this backdrop, INTASAVE conducted a participatory study for Plan China on the gendered impact of climate change on boys and girls in Guang’nan and Jinping counties in Yun’nan, China in order to analyse the gendered impact of climate change in China. The study provided recommendations to inform Plan International’s work on climate change in the country, specifically with regards to its child centered and gender sensitive disaster risk reduction projects in communities and schools and its efforts in empowering women and girls.

This study was a preliminary, rapid assessment of factors contributing to the gendered impacts of existing weather hazards on middle-school girls and boys, and adult women in two communities in Yunnan Province. We also extrapolated gendered climate risks over the next 10 years from trends in socioeconomic and cultural change and potential shifts in regional climate.

By working with both communities to address access to education for children and women, finding ways to keep children in school longer, fostering forums to give children a voice, and addressing the silent health and food security issues, PLAN can help women and children build skills to cope with today’s challenges and be agents of change. By addressing today’s vulnerability and climate risk contexts, women and children will be more resilient to future challenges, including climate change.

To facilitate this, the study aimed to assess the different needs of girls and boys and understand the gendered dimensions of their respective roles in climate change adaption efforts. It captured both positive and negative mechanisms that households are undertaking to cope with and adapt to the changing climate and the implication of these on girls and boys ‘rights to health, education, protection, economic development as well as children’s right to participation. The study assessed the level and quality of information about climate change adaption amongst girls and boys and to document their access to information on disaster risk management and climate change adaption.

The study also analysed the role of key stakeholders in building the capacity of the current generation of children to adapt to a changing climate and identify good practices of working with girls and boys on implementing child centred and gender sensitive climate change adaption that can be replicated.

The participatory assessment approach contributed to building boys and girls’ capacities to understand the impact of climate change and disaster on their lives and communities and increasing their resilience.

Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Impacts in the Caribbean & Pacific

The island communities of the Caribbean and Pacific contribute less than 1 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions but these countries are expected to be among the earliest and hardest-hit by climate change in the coming decades.

Their relative isolation, small land masses, concentrated coastal infrastructure and populations, small economies and dependency on natural resources makes them particularly exposed to extreme events and climate change impacts. These threats are compounded by a lack of technical expertise and finance.

But just how big are those threats and where are they likely to be felt the most? The United Nations Development Programme and funding bodies in Britain and Australia commissioned CARIBSAVE to catalogue those threats and impacts in a comprehensive study of the Caribbean, with added analysis for the Pacific islands.

The report was divided into two major phases. In the first, high-resolution climate models were overlaid on the Caribbean region to map likely sea level rises if average global temperatures were to increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius and 2 degrees Celsius. The results gave a clear overview of the potential effects on vital resources like coral reefs and water supplies.

In the second phase, CARIBSAVE researchers quantified the cost of those upheavals to key sectors of the economy, putting a price on replacing lost environmental benefits like fresh drinking water. It drove home the need to bind detailed climate modeling into the decision-making process and to refine the ways these islands calculate the damage bill.

The reports revealed that the type of impacts of each scenario would be largely the same for all of the island communities but the scale of the fallout would vary dramatically. For example, a larger share of the population and infrastructure of Antigua and Belize would be susceptible to flooding from storm surges than in other places because of their proximity to the coast.

Decision-makers and many members of the general public are well aware that climate change threatens to transform their lives but there is little effective they can do without this kind of granular analysis. These reports not only provide the data and projections, they contain a raft of recommendations that all can use as a springboard for adaptation.

There is no doubt that the impact of sea level rises will affect every aspect of island communities. Unless there is targeted protection for life along coasts and careful planning of future infrastructure, island communities in the Caribbean and the Pacific will struggle to adapt to the tide of environmental change.

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PHASE ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS IN THE CARIBBEAN WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PACIFIC REGION

This report, commissioned by the UNDP Sub-Regional Office for Barbados and the OCES and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) with support from Australia’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative; presented an overview for all CARICOM Member States of the risks from climate change, with a section on common threats of climate change for the Pacific island countries. It focused on climate change projections for the Caribbean region under +1.5°C and +2°C global warming scenarios, the implications of ice sheet melt for global sea level rise (SLR), the projections and implications of SLR for the Caribbean region, evaluation of the differential impacts of +1.5°C and +2°C on coral reefs, water resources and agriculture in the Caribbean, with additional analysis for the Pacific Islands.

Below are the outputs for Phase I:

An Overview of Modelling Climate Change: Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands: Full Document | DOWNLOAD

An Overview of Modelling Climate Change: Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands: Summary Document | DOWNLOAD

An Overview of Modelling Climate Change: Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands: Key Points Document | DOWNLOAD

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PHASE TWO: QUANTIFICATION AND MAGNITUDE OF LOSSES AND DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MODELLING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACTS AND COSTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE CARIBBEAN

This report, commissioned by the UNDP Sub-Regional Office for Barbados and the OCES, builds on the scientific foundations of Phase I and focuses on the recommendations, prioritised by the CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change and Development to be undertaken as soon as possible: (1) improving climate change modelling for making informed decisions, and (2) improving predictions of impacts on key sectors and assessing adaptation measures. Specifically, this report provides a detailed and vigorous assessment of the losses and damages associated with sea level rise impacts on the population, ecosystems and key economic sectors in CARICOM nations.

Below are the outputs for Phase II:

Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change: Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean: Full Document | DOWNLOAD

Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change: Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean: Summary Document | DOWNLOAD

Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change: Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean: Key Points and Summary for Policy Makers | DOWNLOAD

 

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Culture of Climate Change Index; Temperature Fluctuations for 27 Countries

The Culture of Climate Change Index accounts for a variety of factors and a wide range of data that set a benchmark for 27 countries to see how far each is along the road to sustainability.

Sponsored by the British Council (China), the index is a combination of soft and hard information that incorporates factors as diverse as public awareness and civil society to average surface temperatures and energy consumption.

INTASAVE provided the critical temperature data for each of the countries, spanning the globe from Australia to Sudan to Venezuela. These numbers are essential if the index is to have a solid foundation of climate science evidence on which to base later comparisons.

Using triangulated methodologies, INTASAVE’s researchers calculated and plotted mean average temperature fluctuations across each country over a five-decade period. It was a vast task that revealed significant variations in temperature in all but one of the countries over the study period.

Numbers are not solutions but they serve as important guides for measuring a country’s impact on the environment. The data provided and index, as a combined analysis, can also give impetus to action and point to models that other countries might follow to improve sustainability.

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China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Adaptation, Learning andDevelopment (CASSALD)

Developing countries and small islands face huge challenges from global warming and climate change and few countries face greater impacts than China. All countries, particularly those in the developing world, can learn from the Asian giant’s experience and share each other's knowledge to assist one another.

INTASAVE’s goal with the China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Adaptation, Learning and Development project, or CASSALD, is to identify where and how 10 developing countries in three regions can use China’s knowledge of adaptation in their own communities. It also sets out how resources in China can best be channeled to those countries to make a difference and how South-South countries can help each other with adaptation to climate change.

China’s history of lifting millions of people out of poverty gives it a high level of respect in development work. It has an important role to play in global development and has much to offer in terms of practical knowledge and technical expertise such as weather forecasting, disaster prediction, sustainable agriculture and water conservation. It is also a growing source of conservation technology and training.

INTASAVE’s partner and donor in the project is Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC), an innovative research initiative that links climate research with policy and development at the highest levels.

Partnerships of this kind are essential if developing countries and their people are to flourish in an ever-changing natural environment. No one country has the resources to stand alone and no one nation is an island from the others’ actions. International exchanges can also steer partners clear of strategies that haven’t worked, conserving scarce resources and saving valuable time.

Over the life of this initial project, INTASAVE identified priority countries for exchanges and the ties between development and adaptation. It mapped out ways each partner could plug gaps in knowledge and analysed their relationship with China, now and in the future. The research was undertaken in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, Grenada and Jamaica, spanning sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean.

The end result was a 12-point list of recommendations in which international development agencies could promote cooperation between China and the global South. Underpinning all recommendations is the need for every project to be driven by verifiable demand and with a long-term outlook and perspective.

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OVERVIEW

The overarching aim of Phase 1 of the China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development initiative is to identify key opportunities and avenues for South-South learning and climate compatible development and how to best channel resources to share China's and developing countries' experiences of integrating climate adaptation into the development process. This project is being implemented in ten (10) countries across three regions including Africa (Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda); Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia) and the Caribbean (Grenada, Jamaica). Final outputs from Phase 1, including the Full Report and Country Reports follow details on the project below.

BACKGROUND

The project Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) is an innovative policy research initiative focusing on linking climate change research with policy making and development. ACCC started in June 2009 as a collaboration between UK, China and Switzerland; it is funded by DFID China, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, DFID Research and the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ACCC is building on the results of a long standing collaboration between UK and China in the area of climate change adaptation. The main national institutional partner is the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) which is responsible for the formulation of Five Year National development plans and has also the mandate to coordinate climate change actions both in adaptation and mitigation.

CONTEXT

Climate change is a global problem with the need for collective action. Whilst the global element to action has traditionally been seen as emissions targets and mitigation ambition, how each country adapts to the impacts of climate change is also a trans-boundary issue. When done well, successfully replicating and learning from other’s adaptation experience can rapidly accelerate a country’s capacity to effectively adapt. Conversely, maladaptation poses the risk of aggravating tensions around resources and borders and can undermine a country’s mitigation efforts. For this reason, adaptation cannot remain a national issue and can be greatly enhanced by international sharing, particularly between developing countries who share similar challenges and contexts.

China has an important role to play in global development, climate resilience and South-South cooperation. Numerous Chinese ministries are working with developing countries on climate compatible development through adaptation strategies, science and technological advances across a range of sectors. During its 11th Five-Year Plan period, China established 121 assistance programmes for climate change implementation that provided capacity building to over 207,000 personnel. The 12th Five-Year Plan includes provisions to assist other developing countries even further to address climate change.

At COP 17, on 5 December 2011, Xie Zhenhua, NDRC Vice Minister and head of the Chinese delegation, announced 4 major areas of investment through South-South collaboration:

1. Adaptation: help developing countries that are most vulnerable to extreme weather to develop weather forecasting, disaster prediction capacity, and improved early-warning capacities;


2. Promotion of climate change adaptation technology, including sustainable agriculture assistance, and technology to help needy countries with drought resistance, water conservation, and biodiversity;


3. Dissemination and donation of technology in energy conservation, water conservation, and renewable energy to small island developing states and least developed countries;


4. Continuation of capacity building programs for developing countries that need it. In the next 3 years, China plans to continue to carry out a series of capacity building activities in climate change and train 1,000 officials in developing countries.

The project ‘China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development’ (CASSALD) focuses on addressing climate adaptation needs and potential for south-south learning in 10 developing countries.

AIM

To identify key opportunities and avenues for South-South learning and climate compatible development and how to best channel resources to share China's and developing countries' experiences of integrating climate adaptation into the development process.

OBJECTIVES

1. Identify priority countries and regional and national partners in the 'south' regions


2. Identify how development and adaptation are linked in the selected countries


3. Establish a framework for a learning-centred approach across regions and countries for south-south learning and collaboration with China on climate compatible development


4. Identify and evaluate the 'gaps' and 'needs' of each country and region in relationship to their existing needs, practice and experience


5. Examine, analyse and report the regions' and countries existing relationships with China and their potential to work with China on climate compatible development


6. Establish and recommend how international development agencies (ACCC-DFID-China) can engage with these countries to best channel resources most effectively

SCOPING ASSESSMENT

Framework for Assessment

• national adaptation strategies and capacity


• main actors and responsibilities


• adaptation mainstreaming into decision-making processes

Needs assessment

• climate impacts and priorities


• external input needs and benefit of Chinese engagement


• operationalising international sharing

Attitudinal assessment

• political will to act on climate change and political drivers


• Development priorities


• policy makers information sources


• perspectives on working with China

Existing links evaluation

• Chinese contacts and context


• South-South learning underway

OUTPUTS

Final outputs from Phase 1, which include the Final Report, Executive Summary and Country Reports (Appendices) are available for download from the INTASAVE Asia-Pacific website.