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Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,*,*,Climate Change Adaptation in Africa:the Role of the African Development Bank,Daniele Ponzi,Manager,Sustainable Development Division,7th Annual Donors Meeting,on Agriculture and Rural Development in West and Central Africa,30-31 October 2007,TUNIS Tunisia,AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,Contents,Key impacts and threats in Africa,The Response:Climate Adaptation,Adaptation:The Bank Approach,Adaptation:Bank Policy,Adaptation:Capacity Building(Climate information),Adaptation:Project Interventions,Conclusions,Projected Impacts of Climate Change,Source:Stern Review,1.Climate Change effects and impacts,More severe droughts,Desertification,Changing eco systems,Reduced crop yields,Floodings and storms,Increased vector diseases,Rising sea level,Africa:Key Impacts,Africa is the least responsible but hardest hit continent,Water:By 2021,75-250 million people will face increased water stress.,This will adversely affect livelihoods and exacerbate water-related problems.North Africa:acute water scarcity problems.,Agriculture:The area suitable for agriculture,length of growing season,and yield potential is expected to decrease,particularly in semi-arid and arid areas.,Food security will be compromised,malnutrition will increase.,Africa:Key Impacts(contd.),Fisheries:,Decreasing fisheries,in large lakes due to rising water temperatures will negatively affect local food supply.,Health:,Vector borne diseases,will shift.,Increases in malaria are expected in Southern Africa and the East African highlands.,Flood-and drought-related illnesses will increase.(Cholera,malaria,rift valley fever,etc),Sea Level Rise:,Mangroves and coral reefs will be further degraded,with additional,consequences for fisheries and tourism.,People at risk from coastal flooding(from 1 mill in 1990 to 70 mill.in 2080),Cost of adaptation to sea level rise in coastal areas could be,5-10%of GDP.,Africas Vulnerability,Africa is particularly vulnerable to impacts of climate variability and climate change because of its multiple stresses and low adaptive capacity,Climate change will threaten all aspects of the development agenda:,Income poverty and hunger(the poorest hardest hit),Direct and indirect health effects(malaria,Tsetse fly,etc),Displacement,migration and conflict,Impacts already here(Natural resources&Infrastructure),Equity Dimension:Developed countries are responsible for the problem and will have to provide assistance(financial,technical,etc.),The Response:Adaptation,Adaptation is essential to manage climate change impacts and maximize development outcomes.,Development is key to adaptation:it enhances resilience(reducing vulnerabilities)and increases capacity.,Adaptation requires economy-wide planning,regional co-operation as well as local engagement,Leadership and co-ordination is essential:key role for Heads of Government,Finance and Economic Ministries,active engagement of local communities and stakeholders,The Response:Adaptation,Examples:,Weather&Climate Forecasting(farmers decisions),Historical&Real Time climate observations(EWS),Improved disaster management and response,More resilient crop varieties(drought resilient),Technologies for water conservation and irrigation,New methods to combat land degradation,Prevention and treatment of malaria and other water-and vector-borne diseases,Adaptation:Bank Approach,The Bank has started in 2006 a,climate adaptation and climate risk management program,with interventions at policy,capacity and project level.,The Bank adopts an integrated Climate Risk Management approach,i.e.integrating adaptation and disaster risk management(promoting climate change adaptation by addressing first current climate variability risks(reducing costs of natural disasters,urgency&immediate benefits,avoiding wrong adaptation),i.e.climate change as an economic and social risk rather than a long term environmental problem,This will generate synergies and local benefits,both directly and indirectly,towards sustainable development and poverty reduction.,Bank Approach:CRM Policy,1.CRM Policy:,AfDB is currently working on the preparation of its new Policy on climate risk management and adaptation.The policy has 2 pillars:,A)Due diligence in Bank operations:It will guide AfDBs future work to“climate proof its portfolio of operations(agriculture,natural resources,human development and infrastructure investments,among others)and,B)Targeted Assistance to RMCs:It will support African countries early efforts to improve their resilience to current climate variability and future climate change impacts;,Bank Approach:Capacity Building,2.Capacity building(Climate Information):,AfDB is active in supporting capacity building for adaptation at Bank and country level,Supporting development of tools and approaches for“climate proofing and climate resilience country strategy and project development(climate screening tools,climate assessment
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