Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Developmental Planning

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Climate change is real and adapting to it is an urgent issue for all—particularly for least developed countries and small island developing states. They have contributed least to the emission of green house gases, but they are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. They will suffer from possible increases in natural disasters such as floods and droughts due to climate change. They also have the least capacity to adapt to climate change, as they lack knowledge, institutions, and resources to deal with its negative impacts.

Adaptation requires immediate action in the key sectors of water resources, agriculture, and natural resources management. Adaptation measures can be structural and non-structural. Requirements for climate change adaptation include:

• mainstreaming climate change considerations in development plans and programs,
• better links between climate research and policy making,
• awareness creation in different levels of governments,
• designing better forecasting and early warning systems, and
• enabling financial systems.

Mainstreaming refers to incorporation of climate change initiatives, measures, strategies into other developmental policies, programs, resource management structures, so that adaptation to climate change become part of, or consistent with well established sectoral programs. This is seen as a more sustainable, a more effective and efficient use of resources than designing and managing separate climate policies

Contents:
- Vulnerability Assessment, Availability, and Applicability of Planning Tools
- Selected Structural Measures of Adaptation
- Selected Non-Structural Measures of Adaptation
- Practices of Adaptation Planning
- Partnering for Climate Change Adaptation
- Current Status and Policy Barriers in Adapting to Climate Change

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