Climate Change Adaptation - Linking Policies and Practice

In November the Climate Change Task Force (DDRN, DWF and ENRECA Health) in cooperation with the Technical Advisory Service of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a workshop on climate change challenges and options for Danish development assistance.

The workshop addressed the following questions:

• How will climate change affect economic growth and broader development issues in developing countries?
• What are key lessons and recommendations from existing climate change adaptation activities in developing countries?
• Which tools, methods and practices are relevant for Danish development assistance efforts to improve adaptation to climate change in developing countries?

Date: November 22-23, 2010
Venue: Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2, Copenhagen, Denmark

NEW Publication presenting the key messages from the workshop: Linking Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Practice. Danish Climate Change Task Force policy brief, February 2011

Below you can download the programme, presentations and recommendations from the workshop.

Radio item concerning the workshop [in Danish and English]

Programme

Presentation of speakers

Outline for working groups

Climate change and development presentations

Sergio Margulis, World Bank: Economics of adaptation to climate change - EACC

Youba Sokona, ACPC/UNECA: Climate change - The link between adaptation and development

Fatima Denton, IDRC: Institutional strengthening and building research capacity in adaptation to climate change - The CCAA experience

Adaptation strategies and lessons from the application of screening tools presentations

Tom Twining-Ward, UNDP: Climate change adaptation in developing countries - From policies to practice

Anne Hammill, IISD: Climate risk screening and assessment tools

Working group A: Water resources and coastal zones

Ben Ampomah, WRC: Experiences in climate change adaptation through IWRM for improved livelihoods - The three northern regions of Ghana

Henrik Larsen, DHI: Water and climate - Closely linked

Jan Dietrich, NIRAS: Meeting the challenges of sea level rise and coastal erosion - Experience from Egypt

John H. Matthews: Presentation will be uploaded soon

Recommendations

Working group B: Agriculture and food security

Nickey L. Gaseb, UNDP: Lessons from small holder farmers in Namibia 
Mwangu Stove project

Bruce Campbell, CGIAR: Towards low carbon agricultural development pathways

Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE: Climate change adaptation - Linking policy to practice

Recommendations

Working group C: Disaster risk reduction

Antonio Queface, Eduardo Mondlane University: Recent initiatives on DRR and CCA at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO: Role of groundwater in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Karsten Sten Pedersen, COWI: Making transport climate resilient - Findings and guidelines for roads in Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique

Recommendations