Advancing Climate Resilient Development

International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation

Maria Chen (黄梅真 )Senior Climate Change Advisor, UNDP Asia Pacific

Maria.chen@undp.orgJuly 2, 2013

Transition to green, inclusive, low emission climate resilient development

Ecosystems and

Biodiversity

Energy , Infrastruct

ure and Transport

Oceans and Water

Community

ResilienceGovernance

Poverty Reduction Equity

Social inclusion

Economic Growth

Natural ResourceManagement

UNDP and Adaptation Finance

LEAST DEVELOPED

COURY FUNDSPECIAL CLIMATE

CHANGE FUNDADAPTATION

FUND

$0.5 billion project portfolio 60% of GEF LDCF/SCCF and

Adaptation Fund Reaching more than 1.8

million direct beneficiaries

1.National capacities are required2.Need to catalyze private finance3.Limited alignment between climate and development

Climate Finance Readiness Challenge

Supporting Highly Vulnerable Countries to Adapt to Climate Change

>100 Countries>100 Countries• Afghanistan • Albania • Angola • Armenia • Azerbaijian • Benin • Burundi • Cambodia • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Cook Islands • Comoros • Democratic Republic of Congo • Djibouti • Ecuador • Equatorial Guinea • Ethiopia • Federated States of Micronesia • Fiji • Gambia • Georgia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea- Bissau • Haiti • Honduras • Indonesia • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Madagascar • Malawi • Maldives • Mali • Marshall Islands • Mauritius • Mongolia • Mozambique • Myanmar • Namibia • Nauru • Niue • Nepal • Niger • Pakistan • Papua New Guinea • Palau • Rwanda • Samoa • Solomon Islands • Somalia • South Africa • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Swaziland • Tajikistan • Tanzania • Thailand • Tokelau • Tonga • Turkmenistan • Tuvalu • Uruguay • Uzbekistan • Vanuatu • Vietnam • Zambia • Zimbabwe ( Note: _____ represents LDCs)

UNDP Theory of Change on Adaptation

CLIMATE RESILIENT

DEVELOPMENT

Operationalizing UNDP’s Theory of Change on Adaptation

(II) identify barriers

(III) identify risks

(IV) Identify de-risking instruments

(V) Secure alternative finance

(I) Identify priorities

UNDP-GEFSignature

Programmes

CLIMATE RESILIENT

DEVEMENT

UNDP-GEF Objective and Signature Programmes

Achieving Results by Leveraging Partnerships- from global through to the local level-

Adaptation Knowledge Dissemination

www.adaptationlearning.net

http://www.undp-alm.org

(GEF, IFAD, WHO, UNEP, UNFCCC, FAO)

Maria Chen (黄梅真 )Senior Climate Change Advisor, UNDP Asia Pacific Maria.chen@undp.org

http://www.undp-alm.org

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