A Five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participatory Research and Local Action.

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1 A Five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participatory Research and Local Action. By Lucinda Fairhurst Program Co-ordinator Adaptation to Climate Change Walvis Bay, July 2010

2 ICLEI History ICLEI Charter adopted by 200 local governments at the United Nations in New York ICLEI established as the international local government association, movement and agency for sustainability Mission: To build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions

3 ICLEI Offices Canada Office Toronto, Canada World Secretariat Bonn, Germany International Training Centre Freiburg, Germany European Secretariat Freiburg, Germany Japan Office Tokyo, Japan USA Office Oakland, USA Mexico Office Mexico City Brazil Office Sao Paulo Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat Buenos Aires, Argentina Africa Secretariat Cape Town, South Africa Oceania Secretariat Melbourne, Australia Korea Office Jeju, Korea Southeast Asia Secretariat Manila, Philippines South Asia Secretariat Delhi, India

4 ICLEI Membership cities, towns, counties and municipal associations representing over 400 million people worldwide

5 Partnerships global inclusive approach UNEP, UN-HABITAT, UN-CSD, UNDP, UNDESA UN-SCBD, UN-SFCCC United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Metropolis Earth Charter Initiative Global Footprint Network World Water Forum Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Clinton Climate Initiative IUCN and Countdown 2010 International Center for Sustainable Cities (ICSC) Global Alliance for EcoMobility Global Energy Basel Many more...

6 ICLEI Africa Regional Office Currently hosted by Cities of Cape Town and Tshwane Membership: 40+ Local Authorities, 13+ in South Africa Partners: SALGA, UCLG-Africa, Academic Institutions, NGO s etc Key focus areas: (integrated, people-owned, local solutions) Energy and Climate Change (advocacy, mitigation and adaptation) Urban Biodiversity (LAB) Water and Sanitation Sustainable Procurement

7 Walvis Bay A Five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participatory Research and Local Action. - Adaptation Framework - Base-line data collection - Increased adaptive capacity

8 Project Profiling Adaptation Framework Base-line data collection Increased adaptive capacity

9 Specific Objectives 1. Establish and assess/evaluate the effectiveness of long-term, multi-discipline, multi-sectoral stakeholder platforms. 2. Identify and understand the current and projected risks associated with climate change impacts for African local governments and communities. 3. Facilitate communities to identify and test current and alternative adaptation methods and strategies to cope with risks associated to climate change. 4. To strengthen and increase the capacity and knowledge of local communities and governments through effective education and communication of climate change science and risks. 5. To develop and/or build on overarching Adaptation Frameworks for a city-wide consolidated and coordinated approach to reducing vulnerability to short- to medium-term climate impacts.

10 Project progress year 1 Item Year 1 Project Start up A S O N D J F M A M J J x x x Inception Meeting x Objective 1 Desktop study - climatic variables x x x Stakeholder analysis visit x x Indentify and appoint local facilitator x Stakeholder interaction, establishment and maintenance of multi-stakeholder platform x x x x x x x x x Establish criteria for participation x x Establish project steering committee x x Steering committee interaction x x x x x x x x x x

11 Project progress year 1 Walvis Bay, Stakeholder Analysis Visit

12 Project progress year 1 Maputo & Dar es Salaam, Stakeholder Analysis Visit

13 Project progress year 1 Item Year 1 Project Start up A S O N D J F M A M J J x x x Inception Meeting x Objective 1 Desktop study - climatic variables x x x Stakeholder analysis visit x x Indentify and appoint local facilitator x Stakeholder interaction, establishment and maintenance of multi-stakeholder platform x x x x x x x x x Establish criteria for participation x x Establish project steering committee x x Steering committee interaction x x x x x x x x x x

14 Project progress year 1 Item Year 1 A S O N D J F M A M J J Objective 2 Desktop study - nature of impacts x x x x x x x Risk analysis x x x x x x x Consultative participatory Workshops - series 1 x x Taylor made report - climate change risk assessment reports Establish criteria for the southern African adaptation competition 1st Southern African Climate Change and Adaptation Conference x x x x x x x x x x

15 Project progress year 1 Mamre, Cape Town Workshop Series 1

16 Project progress year 1 Item Year 1 A S O N D J F M A M J J Objective 2 Desktop study - nature of impacts x x x x x x x Risk analysis x x x x x x x Consultative participatory Workshops - series 1 x x Taylor made report - climate change risk assessment reports x x x x x x Establish criteria for the southern African adaptation competition x x 1st Southern African Climate Change and Adaptation x x Conference

17 Project Profiling Date of Event Title of Event Venue ICLEI Africa Staff member Local Government July Tswane, South Climate Roadmap 2009 Africa Summit Lucinda Fairhurst 1 6 November November December December December 2009 CCAA workshop on Integrated Climate Risk Assessment Advisory Board Round table discussions CCAA workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation UNFCCC COP 15 Africities 5/ Citexpo 2009 UN-HABITAT side event Adaptation to climate change in the developing world Nairobi, Kenya Cape Town, South Africa Dakar, Senegal Copenhagen, Denmark Marrakesch, Morocco Tarryn Quayle Tarryn Quayle Tarryn Quayle Lucinda Fairhurst & Lizanda Du Preez Lucinda Fairhurst Action and/title of presentation Networking and exploring partnership with UN-HABITAT Networking, presentation and capacity building Observer Networking, presentation and capacity building Networking and distribution of project overview brochure Networking, distribution of project overview and presentation during side event.

18 Project Profiling Date of Event Title of Event Venue February May May June 1, 7 July 2010 Community Based Adaptation South Africa s Green Economy summit Resilient Cities 1st Congress CCAA Consultative Participatory workshops. Cape Town, South Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sandton, South Africa Bonn, Germany Cape Town, South Africa ICLEI Africa Staff member Lucinda Fairhurst Lucinda Fairhurst & Lizanda Du Preez & Priscilla Rowswell Lucinda Fairhurst & Kobie Brand Lucinda Fairhurst & Priscilla Rowswell Action and/title of presentation Networking and presentation: Consultative, participatory adaptation, Southern Africa. Networking and distribution of project risk assessment brochure (Annexure 11) Risks identified at the community level in Southern Africa Interaction with community members and city officials around the impacts associated with changes in temperature and climate change within the cities jurisdiction

19 Risk Assessment & Cost Benefit Analysis Value (inventory) of public infrastructure in the coastal region: roads, electricity, bulk water. (This should appear in a registry that is updated annually) A property register for the region (private and public). The value of the regional tourism industry and (if available) a break down tourist activities so we can work out the extent to which the coast is central to this tourism. ID of known wetlands and estuaries and their extent and ecological importance.

20 Risk Assessment & Cost Benefit Analysis Extent of the local fishing and port economic activity such as containers, boat building and repair, meteorological surveying and fish processing. GDP (or gross geographic product, GGP). Contact of local person locally to whom project team can bounce questions and ideas off.

21 Publications Adaptation Network Brochure Project Overview Brochure Adaptation Network Brochure Risk Assessment Brochure Blue Diamonds GPA Newsletter March Oceans and Coasts: Coastal Areas: An overview of governance systems in southern Africa (Annex 8 of IR1) 5 City Baseline Study Reports Draft: Sea Level Rise due for review for Publication _ in the process Adaptation Network Brochure Adaptation Options _ in the process;

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23 Way forward and Dates to Remember WS1 & 2: Risk Assessments and Adaptation Options 20 March 2 April 2011: Mauritius and Community May 2011: Walvis Bay and Topnaar Community May 2011: Maputo & Community June 2011: Dar es Salaam & Community July 2011: City of Cape Town interviews & Mamre Community WS: 3 September 2011: Walvis Bay October 2011: Maputo and Dar es Salaam November 2011: Port Louis November 2011: Cape Town

24 Thank you.