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Early Lessons from Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Projects in South-Eastern Africa

Project Snapshot

• Timeframe: April 24–25, 2007

• Location: Maputo, Mozambique

• Summary: The Early Lessons workshop brought together over 50 project managers and policy-makers from southern and eastern Africa to share their experiences with and plans for implementing projects that seek to reduce the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of climate change.

• Main Output: Final Report from Workshop (PDF - 223 KB)

• Partners: SouthSouthNorth and the International Institute for Environment and Development

• Funder: the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Across south-eastern Africa, various organizations are developing or implementing projects specifically designed to support adaptation to climate change. The Early Lessons from Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Projects in South-Eastern Africa workshop brought together representatives of a number of these organizations to share experiences and encourage the establishment of a more strongly linked community of practice in south-eastern Africa.

Objectives

• Provide an opportunity for individuals and organizations implementing climate change adaptation projects in south-eastern Africa to learn from each other's experiences in identifying, selecting, designing, seeking funding for and implementing adaptation projects that improve the quality of life of the project recipients.

• Increase the knowledge of government policy- and decision-makers of the linkages between climate change impacts and sustainable development, and of the actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability at the local and national levels.

• Initiate an informal regional adaptation network within south-eastern Africa.

Speaker Presentations

April 24: Sharing Experiences

• Session A: Welcoming Addresses

  • Opening Address (Portuguese) (PDD - 4.2 MB)
    Mr. Francisco Lichucha, Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs

  • Keynote Address: Climate Change and Africa: Recent findings and responses
    Dr. Opha Pauline Dube, Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana

• Session B: Sharing of Experiences: On-going Adaptation Efforts in South-Eastern Africa

  Plenary Session 1: Coping with Extreme Events

  • Community Based Fire Management in Central Mozambique (PDF - 5.3 MB)
    Mário Norman, Ambero-IP

  • Increasing Community Resilience to Drought in Makueni District, Kenya (PDF - 673 KB)
    Maggie Opondo, Centre for Science and Technology Innovation

  • Disaster Preparedness in Malawi (PPT - 4.6 MB)
    Ethel Kaimila, Malawi Red Cross

  • Experience in Coping with Floods in Central Mozambique (PDF - 1.3 MB)
    Moisés Benessene, National Institute of Meteorology

  Plenary Session 2: Coping with the Health Effects of Climate Change

  • Early Lessons from Implementation of Climate Change and Human Health Study in Zambia (PPT - 83 KB)
    George Kasali, Energy and Environmental Concerns for Zambia (EECZ)

  • Health and Climate Change in Mozambique (PPT - 1.8 MB)
    Dr Maria Hauengue, Department of Environmental Health, Government of Mozambique

  Plenary Session 3: Coping with Climate Change Impacts on Energy and Natural Resources

  • Reducing Vulnerability of the Energy Sector in Rwanda (PDF - 522 KB)
    Jean-Claude Uwizeye, Centre for Innovations and Technology Transfer (CITT)

  • Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Fresh Water Supply (PPT - 5.7 MB)
    Oscar Kibazoi, Environmental Protection and Management Services (EPMS)

  • Early Lessons from Implementation of Wind Power Technology for Climate Change Adaptation (PPT - 697 KB)
    Johannes Chigwada, Zimbabwe Energy Research Organisation (ZERO)

  • Clean Energy, Clean Water (PPT - 1 MB)
    Boaventura Cuamba, Action Group for Renewable Energies and Sustainable Development (GED)

• Sessions C and D: Sharing of Experiences: What are the key concerns, challenges and opportunities with implementing adaptation projects?

  • Adaptation in Mozambique (PPT - 103 KB)

  • Engaging Local Communities in Adaptation

  • Monitoring and Evaluating Adaptation

April 25: Overcoming Challenges

• Session E: Overcoming Challenges

  Plenary Session 1: Tools and Techniques to Identify, Select and Implement Adaptation Projects

  • Tools and Processes for Adaptation (PPT - 741 KB)
    Anne Hammill, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

  • Overview of the SSNAPP Methodology (PPT - 28 KB)
    Lwandle Mqadi, SSN

  • Rooibos Tea Case Study (PPT - 2.2 MB)
    Adele Arendse / Rosa Blaauw, SSN

  Plenary Session 2: Panel Discussion: Building Adaptation into Policy–Making

  • Drought Early Warning System
    Antonio Mavie, Famine Early Warning System (FEWS-NET)

  • Community Level Adaptation for Policy Makers (PPT - 92 KB)
    Lawrence Flint, Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)

  • Adaptation in Tanzania
    Oscar Kibazohi (EPMS)

  Plenary Session 3: Financing Adaptation

  • Saleemul Huq, International Institute for Environment and Development

  • Daniel Fieller, U.K. Foreign Commonwealth Office

  • Andrew Maclean, U.K. Department for International Development

  • Nhambita Community Carbon Project: Mozambique (PPT - 2.8 MB)
    Antonio Serra, EnviroTrade

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