1 Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Technical Advisory Group26 – 27 Jan 2016 A Presentation by the CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE (CCCCC)
2 Focus of Presentation Ongoing initiatives and potential synergies Work at regional and national levels contributing to development or implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
3 THE LILIENDAAL DECLARATION on CLIMATE CHANGE and DEVELOPMENTProvides the Vision of Transformational Change in our Response to the Challenges of a Changing Climate The Declaration makes a number of Commitments, Endorsements and Specific Declarations on the Actions needed to Manage the Effects of Climate Change and Development Issued by the 30th Meeting of CARICOM Heads in Liliendaal, Guyana, 2-5 July 2009 THE LILIENDAAL DECLARATION on CLIMATE CHANGE and DEVELOPMENT
4 The Regional Framework) is to:“Establish and guide the Caribbean’s direction for the continued building of resilience to the impacts of global climate change by CARICOM States”. Articulates the strategic direction for the region’s response to climate change risks. Approved by the CARICOM Heads of Government at their meeting in Georgetown, Guyana in July 2009
5 The Implementation Plan (IP) for the Regional Framework, defines the regional strategy for coping with Climate Change over the period Approved by the 23rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads held in Suriname 8-9 March, 2012.
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7 UPLANDS LOWLANDS SHORE OFFSHORE OCEANNatural Habitats / Ecosystems Wildlife Scenic Areas WATER Mining Forestry Agriculture / Aquaculture Tourism: Ecotourism, Hotels, Water Sports, Yachting, Cruise Shipping, Whale Watching, etc. Commercial / Recreational Fishing Utilities: Communications, Potable Water, Electricity Roads Airfields Harbours, Ports, Marinas Industry, Commerce, Settlements Waste
8 Institutional and governance building blocksIP provides guidance on: Building resilience requires transformational change and an effective mobilisation of scarce resources Building a low carbon climate resilient economy is an integral element of the wider sustainable development agenda Accessing financial and technical assistance to deliver resilience and create low carbon economies Defining a private sector role in providing financing solutions Acting regionally to deliver nationally Creating low-carbon economies in the Caribbean Developing a risk management ethic in our decision-making
9 The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre coordinates the Caribbean region’s response to climate change The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre is accredited as a Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) by the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
10 EU Global Climate Change Alliance Project (EU GCCA)To enhance local, national and regional capacities and resilience in ways that link sustainable development, risk management, and adaptation for a win-win-win situation. Climate monitoring hydro-meteorological stations and Coral Reef Early Warning Stations (CREWS) National Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans Climate modeling Vulnerability and Risk Assessments Adaptation Projects Support for installation of Reverse Osmosis plants in Carricou and Petit Martinique Photovoltaic systems .
11 Resource mobilisation for national adaptation priorities, The Caribbean Regional Resilience Development Implementation Project (2011 – 2016) - DFID Project concludes 31 March 2016 Project extension beyond 2016 approved and funded Resource mobilisation for national adaptation priorities, Fisheries and Marine Protected Areas Integration of risk management and adaptation into national planning processes Demonstration of adaptation projects Enhanced monitoring, reporting and evaluation functions.
12 Caribbean Weather Impacts Group ProjectFunded by Caribbean Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN) To address the likely impacts and hazards arising from climate change through the provision of locally relevant weather information for a range of time horizons Outputs: Weather Generator Online Portal Simple Model For Advecting Storms & Hurricanes (SMASH) – Tropical Storm Tool
13 CARIWIG Case Studies Roger Rivero Jr. et. al. (2015): Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture on Cayo District, Belize Coastal Zone Management Unit (2015): Barbados Coastal Protection Case Study Diana Ruiz (2015): Dengue Fever in the Belize District Case Study Abel Centella et. al. (2015): Drought Case Studies using the Caribbean Assessment of Regional DROught (CARiDRO) tool Junior A. Mathurin & Dr. Yannick Cesses (2015): Effect of climate change on surface water resource (St Lucia) Raquel Chun (2015): Flood risk and Urban Development in Belize City Case Study Arpita Mandal et. al (2015): Scenarios of discharge for the Hope River Watershed in response to variable tropical cyclone characteristics Case Study Dale Rankine et. al (2015): Sweet Potato Case Study
14 Database Management SystemTo develop a regional operational Database Management System that would facilitate open access to data products useful for observing environmental change Key partners: the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) and Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y El Caribe (CATHALAC) Participating countries: Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Lucia Output: Database management system installed on the CIMH server
15 Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool (CCORAL)Financed by DFID; CDB; CDKN; EU GCCA Risk Management Tool designed to inculcate a risk management ethos in decision-making On-line, user friendly, 14 CARICOM Member States trained to date More training to be rolled out in
16 Caribbean Climate Change and Risk Reduction Initiative (CCCARRI) Project funded by USAID Sept Sept 2020 Parties: Eastern and Southern Caribbean States Improved institutional capacity to generate and use climate data and information in decision-making Strengthened institutional capacity to assess feasibility of, and to implement key innovative adaptation approaches inclusive of agricultural, coastal, and water resources management Increased national and regional capacity to access climate financing for the scale up and replication of cost effective, sustainable adaptation initiatives
17 Participating countries of GND, SVG, SLU, JA Coastal Protection for Climate Change Adaptation in the Small Island States in the Caribbean Project funded by KFW 2015 to 2019 Participating countries of GND, SVG, SLU, JA Component 1: Investments for sustainable improvements of coastal ecosystems relevant for climate change adaptation, including: Measures related to the protection and sustainable management of ecosystems relevant for adaptation; Measures related to the rehabilitation or substitution of ecosystems relevant for adaptation; and Measures related to the monitoring of coastal ecosystems Component 2: Assistance in the preparation and implementation of Local Adaptation Measures
18 Renewable Energy In its efforts, the CCCCC has been granted the support within the GIZ – REETA program to introduce a mobile biogas Laboratory at the University of Belize (UB) for use within CARICOM Members states and also by the private sector Installation of Photovoltaic systems Other Biomass Projects
19 Focal Area 2: Climate Change, Disaster Management, Environment and Energy – 11 EDFObjective 1: To improve regional resilience to impacts of climate change and natural disasters affecting sustained economic and social development Objective 2: To support regional capacity for the sustainable use of natural resources Objective 3: To promote Energy Efficiency (EE) and development and use of renewable energy
20 Coastal Protection for Climate Change Adaptation in the Small Island States in the Caribbean - German Development Bank The Project seeks to pursue the implementation of Local Adaptation Measures (LAMs) for the sustainable improvement of coastal ecosystems relevant for climate change adaptation Parties: Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The project utilises a call for proposal approach to inform, identify and support LAMs in the participating countries. Status 1st Call for proposal was launched in Q3 of 2015 16 project concepts received from all countries, totaling in excess of the of the total budget available for investments in LAMs 9 projects pre-selected for full proposal development totaling approximately 75% of the available budget Contracts to be signed with the 1st batch of LAMs Beneficiaries by Q2 of 2016
21 MOU between Italy and Member States (2016-2021) Cooperation on Climate Change, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation MOU between Italy and Member States ( ) CCCCC designated Implementing Entity Parties: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago.
22 Areas of cooperation Adaptation to CCMOU with ITALY Areas of cooperation Adaptation to CC Identification and Implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) Reporting and assessment of INDCs Renewable Energy Transfer of Scientific and Technical Knowledge and Experience Transfer of Technology Exchange of experts, scientists and researchers Enhancing capacities for the implementation of mechanisms under the UNFCCC Promotion of joint ventures between the private sectors of the parties
23 Climate Finance Access Hub A key outcome of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Malta on 29 November The hub will be hosted by the Government of Mauritius, with regional and national nodes across the developing regions of the Commonwealth Specifically, the objective of the Hub is to: help unlock climate finance for adaptation and mitigation actions in the most vulnerable states; enhance the capacity of Small States and LDCs to access and manage public and private climate finance flows; and facilitate inter and intra-regional sharing of skills, knowledge and expertise.
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