ADAPTATION KNOWLEDGE DAY IV
Session 3: Lessons Learned from Climate Change Adaptation Case
Studies
Directorate for Climate Change, Desertification and Water Resources
Ministry of the Environment - PERU
The Ministry of the Environment in Peru is overviewing and participating in a
number of projects that have an EbA aproach in Peru. Some initiatives:
1. Ecosystem based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems (EbA Mountain
Program, implemented by UNEP-UNDP-IUCN)
2. EbA Amazonia (UNDP)
3. Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on the Mangrove
Ecosystem in Tumbes
From all these projects we are gathering information and some valuable lessons
on the relevance of incluiding EbA measures to the national climate change
adaptation strategy, some of these are:
- For the VIA* design and
implementation it is imperative to
preselect the proper and most
adequate spatial scale for any of
the mapping to be prepared
VIA: Vulnerability and Impact Assessment
- There is no easy way to do VIA for EbA
(no recipe…yet!)
It is not easy to do VIA for EbA, there
really is no recipe for doing it, and no
specialized institutions devoted to it. So
most probably you will have to gather a
group of specialists in different fields,
that most probably work in their very
own way.
- Special focus in the VIA should be on ecosystem services. There is quite a
bit of experience on disaster risk reduction, on sustainable land management
and on the effects of climate change to peoples livelihoods; but there is not
much experience on ecosystem services and biodiversity.
Evaluate EbA options and potential sites for implementation all the time. It
will help in the entire process of the VIA study. The final selection of EbA
options has to rely on many factors; among those are the following:
• Status and trends of provision of ecosystem services (information
comes basically from VIA study)
• Current and traditional liveIihood practices
• What local people are willing to do (or not to do anymore)
• Sustainable land management practices
¡The combination of all these would be optimal!
• The development of an adaptation strategy should not be seen as a linear process.
• It is possible to shorten the time required for the study, working in parallel
from different entry points, using background information and feeding back
preliminary results.
• The pilot implementation measures may also provide relevant information to
guide the progress of the different steps in the analysis.
Entry Points used for the Project:
Robust Measures
Study
Climate
Change
Projections
Based on bibliography and
consultations with the
population about present
activities and preferences
Selection and
plannning of
measures
VIA Study
Includes projections and
modeling on climate,
hydrology, species
distribution
Vulnerability
Analysis
Academic Analysis
Based in consultation to
experts and literature on the
present socio-economic and
ecological situations, and
criteria for the selection of
EbA measures.
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Categorías de criterios de para la identificación de medidas
Criteria to define what is (or is not) EbA
There is a set of criteria used to define the type of interventions EbA against other
interventions to adapt to climate change, and are directly deducted from the
definition of the CBD EbA (2009)
Criteria to select and prioritize EbA measures
There is a set of criteria used to select and prioritize selected measures that are
derived from the definition of EbA of the CBD (2009), which seek to capture the
optimal conditions for the implementation of a measure.
Criteria to define what is (or is not) EbA
(deducted from the definition of the CBD EbA (2009)
There is a set of criteria used to select and prioritize measures. All criteria
must be met in order to be considered as EbA:
•
The measure reduces the vulnerability of populations to climate change.
• The measure increases the resilience of biodiversity and ecosystems
directly or indirectly.
• The measure uses biodiversity and ecosystem services in a sustainable
manner, without affecting them and, as far as possible, improving them.
“the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of a broader strategy to
adapt, to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change”
Criteria for the selection and prioritization of EbA measures
•
Interest of the population in participating in the construction of the measure of EbA
•
Support productive activities and local culture and habits
•
Compatibility of proposed measures with existing land use plans (ANPs Master Plans, Ecological
Economic Zoning, etc.)
•
Number of affected population.
•
Measument of the capacity to reduce vulnerability of the population (efficacy).
•
Importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services for the population (prioritize ecosystem
services that support the main productive activities, and biodiversity that is used by the
population).
•
Vulnerability of biodiversity and ecosystems to climate change (prioritize measures that support
biodiversity and ecosystems affected by climate change).
•
Durability of the measure (the time the measure produces the desired effect).
•
Immediacy of the Measure (how quickly takes the measure desired effects).
•
Repeatability of the measurement.
Thanks for your
kind attention!
Eduardo Durand
edurand@minam.gob.pe