CLIMATE RESILIENCE: CROSSING THE RIVER BY FEELING THE STONESMichael Mullan, Britta Labuhn, Eva Hübner

• This presentation provides the headline results from an OECD project analysing experience to date in integrating climate resilience into development planning.

• It was informed by an Expert Workshop held in April 2013 (http://oe.cd/s8) and 2 country case studies: Ethiopia and Colombia)

• Financial support from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office is gratefully acknowledged

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Background

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Development planning: key entry point for climate resilience

Ethiopia: visible correlation between climate variability and GDP variability

4Source: Conway and Shipper (2011)

• Sequencing of GTP and CRGE vision• High degree of overlap between climate

resilience and existing practice – 38 of 41 measures in the Ag CRS already underway

• Innovative micro-level regimes to increase resilience (HARITA & PSNP)

• Reductions in underlying risks are a major part of the fiscal risk management strategy

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Ethiopia – other messages

• Overlap between the key growth sectors and those relevant for adaptation (Ag, Transport, Energy and Housing);

• Responsibility for adaptation in National Planning Department;

• Separate institutional systems for adaptation and disaster risk management;

• Development of layered strategy for managing fiscal consequences of disasters.

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Colombia

1. Common vision: political will and development of institutional structures;

2. Evolutionary approach: focus on current problems, with initial thinking about longer-term vulnerabilities;

3. Evidence to guide “transformational” changes is very limited;

4. Finance & capacity remain major barriers.

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Common themes

• Making climate resilience central to development planning

• Encouraging private sector action to build resilience

• Linking disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

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Priorities for action

Michael.mullan@oecd.orghttp://oe.cd/adaptation

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Comments or questions?

1. Institutional structure that facilitates co-ordination

2. Building capacity3. Strong evidence base to make the

case for action4. Sufficient financing for delivery of

national resilience objectives5. Mechanisms to monitor and evaluate,

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Building blocks