Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance |
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Authors: | Richard J T Klein Siri E H Eriksen Lars Otto Næss Anne Hammill Thomas M Tanner Carmenza Robledo Karen L O’Brien |
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Institution: | 1.Stockholm Environment Institute,Stockholm,Sweden;2.Department of Sociology and Human Geography,University of Oslo,Oslo,Norway;3.Center for International Climate and Environment Research Oslo,Oslo,Norway;4.Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences,University of East Anglia,Norwich,UK;5.International Institute for Sustainable Development,Chatelaine,Switzerland;6.Institute of Development Studies,University of Sussex,Brighton,UK;7.Intercooperation,Berne,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | The need to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning and ongoing sectoral decision-making is increasingly
recognised, and several bilateral and multilateral development agencies are starting to take an interest. Over the past years
at least six development agencies have screened their project portfolios, generally with two goals in mind: (1) to ascertain
the extent to which existing development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability
and change, and (2) to identify opportunities for incorporating climate change explicitly into future projects. As each portfolio
screening was conducted independently, the broader lessons emerging from the screenings have not been systematically analysed.
In this paper we assess the screening activities to date, focusing on both the results and the methods applied. Based on this
assessment we identify opportunities for development agencies to expand their current focus on the links between climate and
development. Most agencies already consider climate change as a real but uncertain threat to future development, but they
have given less thought to how different development patterns might affect vulnerability to climate change. The screenings
undertaken have shown the need to take a comprehensive approach to adaptation and its integration into development planning
and sectoral decision-making, and a number of policy initiatives have been taken to promote such integration. We provide some
initial guidance as to how portfolio screening can be carried out in a way that would allow agencies to assess systematically
the relevance of climate change to their ongoing and planned development projects. |
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