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Climate change and adaptation;

the ADAPTS project

Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)

Lima,22 October 2010

Ralph Lasage

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Issues of climate change

Historic information is no longer representativefor the future

Are current projects still a good solution in2030?

Vulnerability to changes in water availability isnot evenly distributed.

Large scale projects are not suitable for

reducing vulnerability in regions with lowpopulation density.

Local scale adaptive actions might be a solutionfor this.

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To increase developing countries adaptivecapacities by achieving the inclusion of

climate change and adaptationconsiderations in water policies, localplanning and investment decisions

Main goal of ADAPTS

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Cases of ADAPTS

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Ghana

Sao Paulo

Peru

Botswana

Ethiopia

Vietnam

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impactsof

long

term

developments

Linkingscientific&

empiricalknowledge

Linkinglocalideas&initiatives

topolicyprocesses

policies&

policy

processeslocal

vulnerabilities,

strategies&priorities

Strengtheningknowledge & empowerment

Replication

Linking scienceto

policyprocess

Upscaling

Implementationof

measure

CCadaptationin

policies&

planning

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Ethiopia field

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Ethiopia

impactsof

long

term

developmentspolicies

&

policy

processeslocal

vulnerabilities

strategies&priorities

Local scale adaptation: sand dam

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Subsurface storage

Subsurf

acesto

rage

Abstraction well

Schematic of a sand dam

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Sustainability - field

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Sustainability basin scale

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Change in Precipitation for 2020 and 2050

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Sustainability basin scale

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Evaluation of the impacts of climate change andsand dams on water availability on basin scale andlong term;

Making local knowledge on vulnerability andadaptive possibilities available;

Bringing together NGO, government andknowledge institutes;

Implementation of a concrete adaptive action;

Show effectiveness sand dams in practice(hydrologic, social and economic);

Empowering AfD, bureau of water resources andseveral communities in Borana.

Main contributions of ADAPTS

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Peru field description

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Peru

impactsoflongterm

developments

policies&policy

processes

localvulnerabilities

strategies&priorities

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Local scale adaptive actions

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Main contribution of ADAPTS

Help understanding the hydrologic system;

Evaluation of the impacts of climate changeand adaptation actions on water availability onbasin scale and long term;

Making local knowledge on vulnerability andadaptive actions available;

Implementation and evaluation of concrete

actions; Empowering communities and AEDES,

strengthening the consensus tables (mesasde concertacion);

Feeding into RBMP development process.

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Vietnam

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Vietnam

impactsoflongterm

developments

policies&policy

processes

localvulnerabilities

strategies&priorities

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Local scale actions for climate change adaptation

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Main contribution of ADAPTS

Making local knowledge on vulnerability andadaptive actions available;

Implementation of concrete adaptive actions;

Empowering CRSD;

CRSD asked by the government to helpdesigning Adaptation Action Plan.

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Conclusions

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Key parts that make ADAPTS approach successful:

Connecting global to local;

Identification of local scale vulnerabilities andadaptive actions;

Linking local actors to scientists and policymakers;

Implementation and evaluation of concreteadaptive actions at the local scale;

Strengthening knowledge and empowerment oflocal stakeholders.

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impactsoflongterm

developments

Linkingscientific&

empiricalknowledge

Linkinglocalideas&initiatives

topolicyprocesses

ReplicationUpscaling

policies&policy

processes

localvulnerabilities

strategies&priorities

Implementationof

measure

CCadaptationin

policies&planning

Strengtheningknowledge & empowerment

Linking scienceto

policyprocess

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Ralph.lasage@ivm.vu.nl

www.adaptation.nl ~ADAPTS

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