Asian Cities Climate Change
Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Associate Director The Rockefeller Foundation
crumbaitisdelrio@rockfound.org
Profile
• 7 year initiative launched in 2008
• $60M of $90M Global Climate
Change Initiative
• Investing in 10 core cities in 4 Asian countries and expanding to 30+ cities in 6 countries
Impact
The resilience and capacity of a growing number of developing countries/Asian cities in relation to current and future climate risks is enhanced, and through this work the lives of poor and vulnerable men and women are improved.
Outcomes
1. Capacity of Cities to plan, finance, coordinate and implement climate change resilience strategies
2. Network for Knowledge, Learning and Engagement
3. Expansion, deepening of experience, scaling up
ACCCRN Challenge
ACCCRN works at the nexus of:
• climate change – impacts include: rising sea levels, frequent/stronger storms, coastal erosion, diminishing biodiversity, loss of glaciers/arctic ice, salinity in freshwater aquifers, major threats to public health
• vulnerable and poor
communities – estimated 828 million living in slums; fewest
resources to prepare and plan for the impacts
ACCCRN Methodology
Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Assessments& Assessments& Assessments& Sector Studies Sector Studies Sector Studies Sector Studies
City Resilience City Resilience City Resilience City Resilience
Strategy Strategy Strategy Strategy Interventions Interventions Interventions Learning,
Vulnerability Assessments
Sector studies & pilot projects
Sector studies included:
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Water and hydrology
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Health
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Solid waste management
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Energy
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Drainage
Pilot projects included:
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Safe Habitat Competition
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Urban Service Monitoring
System
City Resilience Strategies
ACCCRN Funding Criteria
•Contribution to building UCCR
•Impact on lives of poor and vulnerable
•Potential to integrate with other resilience building measures •Scale of impact
Credibility
•Technically and operationally viable •Financially viable and sustainable •Prospects for timely implementation •Local ownership
Viability and
Sustainability
•Ability to leverage other resources (financial, human, technical)
Leverage capacity
•Prospects for replication in other places •Ability to achieve scale
•Ability to contribute new urban climate change resilience knowledge and practice
Replicable and
scalable
•Innovative
Innovation
•Contribution to a diverse and balanced set of projects and interventions ACCCRN-wide
ACCCRN City Projects
Scaling up
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Learning
:
$2 Million to the International Institute for Environment and
Development for research and documentation support
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Capacity
:~$2 Million to the International Center for Climate and
Development in Bangladesh to develop training courses on urban
climate change resilience
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Engagement:
$1.75 Million to ICLEI for expansion of a modified
ACCCRN approach to 30-40 cities in India, Bangladesh, Philippines,
and Indonesia
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Proposed 5-year multi-donor initiative –
co-developed by DFID, Rockefeller, ADB.
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Need for donor harmonisation & focus
identified at urban climate change resilience
meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010.
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Target – 35 2
nd& 3
rdtier cities in India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam,
Indonesia
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4 objectives: capacity building; investment
in resilience; policy; and knowledge sharing.
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Support via grants, loans and technical
assistance.
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership
UCCRP Objectives
UCCRP Objectives
Capacity Building and Planning
To strengthen the capacity of governments, communities and technical agencies to effectively plan, finance, coordinate and implement urban climate change resilience building measures.
Increased Investment
To demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of climate change resilient interventions through the financing and implementation of
cost-effective investments and to generate greater and more efficient use of resources for resilience building through the structured leveraging of private and public resources.
Knowledge Generation
Proposed UCCRP Project Categories
UCCRP Project Categories: UCCRP Project Categories:UCCRP Project Categories: UCCRP Project Categories:
1. Urban Climate Change Resilience Institution and Community Capacity Building, Planning, and Study Projects
2. Building Climate Resilient Health Systems and Services Projects
3. Urban Solid Waste Management, Drainage and Flood Management Projects
4. Urban Ecosystems Strengthening and Ecosystems Services Projects
5. Climate-resilient Urban Water Management Projects (demand management and supply measures based on specific climate change assessments)
6. Strengthening and Diversifying Climate Vulnerable Urban Livelihood Projects
7. Urban Climate Resilience Education, Awareness Building and Citizen Monitoring Projects
8. Improved Urban Emergency Management Projects (based on incorporation of climate change assessments)
9. Urban Climate Change Resilient Housing and Transportation System Projects
