0. KNOWLEDGE MATERIALS & PLATFORMS
UNDP’S WORK IN GREEN LOW-EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (GREEN LECRDS)
KNOWLEDGE MATERIALS & PLATFORMS
Climate and Development
Knowledge Brokers Workshop
Eschborn, Germany 
3-5 June 2011

1. Outline Background Knowledge Materials and Platforms
About Green Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies (Green LECRDS)
UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
UNDP’s Experience in Contributing to Green LECRDS
Knowledge Materials and Platforms
UNDP’s Green LECRDS website
UNDP’s LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
FOCUS ON: UNDP’s Work in Adaptation
Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM)
Overview: Objective, Vision & Mission, Partners, How the ALM works, ALM website
Explore: What type of knowledge the ALM is managing, Available resources
Participate: Become a member of the ALM, Scaling up local action, Site visits, Participation, Usage
Innovative Features: Outreach, Interactive abilities, Multimedia 1

2. Background
About Green Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies (Green LECRDS)
UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
UNDP’s Experience in Contributing to Green LECRDS 2

3. About Green Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies (GREEN LECRDS)
Long-term climate change management requires a shift from sectoral perspectives to a holistic approach that incorporates climate change mitigation and adaptation across sectors and national development panning and budgeting processes
UNDP’s assistance to countries to formulate and implement Green LECRDS, builds upon existing development plans and draws upon experience and information generated by UNDP’s support in some 140 countries for:
Adaptation, Mitigation, National Communications to the UNFCCC, Sub- national Strategies, Capacity Development, Ecosystems & Biodiversity, Water Governance 3

4. UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
UNDP supports national and sub-national governments to catalyze public and private financing for realizing low-emission and climate-resilient development that are also pro-poor and equitable
Building upon existing development frameworks, the Green LECRDS preparation process involves multiple sectors, stakeholders, and levels of government, including high-level public and private decision-makers.
Planning activities and scientific assessments are fully coordinated and systematic
Broad Key Steps in Preparing a Green LECRDS
STEP 1
Design multi-stakeholder participatory climate planning and coordination process based on existing structures
STEP 2
Prepare climate change profiles and vulnerability scenarios
STEP 3
Identify strategic options leading to Green LECRD trajectories
STEP 4
Prioritize strategic options through technological, social, and financial feasibility and cost-benefit analysis
STEP 5
Prepare Green LECRD roadmap 4

5. UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
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Develop LECRD Strategies
UNDP Environment & Energy Group ‘s support services
Technical and Policy Advice
Developing and Applying Methodologies
Oversight and Financial Management
Training
Multi-stakeholder Dialogues
Convening and Coordination
Generate and Share Knowledge
Establish Enabling Environment
Catalyse Finance 5

6. UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
Scope of Future UNDP Assistance
Support Key Sectoral Governance Entities to Develop and Strengthen Policies, Institutions, and Knowledge
Improve climate change risk information relevant to range of end users
Establish policy development and review mechanisms to systematically integrate climate change risk information and experience into relevant policies, strategies, and plans
Strengthen institutions across sectors and at different levels in conjunction with harmonized institutional mandates to coordinate and jointly formulate and implement climate change policy 6

7. UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
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Scope of Future UNDP Assistance
2. Support Use of Full range of Public and Private Financing Mechanisms for Green Low Emission and Climate-Resilient Development
Pro-poor public sector budgeting adjusted to incorporate climate change risk
Design and application of climate change risk finance mechanisms
Support Implementation of Incentive Structures to Affect Behavioral Adjustments by Public and Private Sectors
Regulatory and fiscal incentive structures adjusted/expanded in relevant institutions, including key sectoral ministries and 
sub-national governing bodies, to stimulate climate change risk reduction and/or reduce carbon emissions by the private sector and households
Social safety nets enhanced to support vulnerable groups, especially women impacted by climate change 7

8. UNDP’s Experience in Contributing to Green LECRDS
UNDP has decades of successful project development and implementation expertise that can be leveraged in assisting developing countries to prepare and implement Green LECRDS).
UNDP’s experience in over 140 countries demonstrates that the most cost effective climate change investments and initiatives are those that provide multiple development benefits along with adaptation and mitigation, including job creation, sustainable livelihoods, and greater access rights to energy and environmental services.
UNDP’s current portfolio of projects that contribute to the development of Green LECRDS are financed by multiple sources of funds, including but not limited to:
Adaptation Fund, AusAID, DANIDA, Global Environment Facility Trust Fund, Government of Japan, Government of Switzerland, Least Developed Countries Fund, Special Climate Change Fund, UN Volunteers 8

9. Knowledge Materials and Platforms
UNDP’s Green LECRDS website
UNDP’s LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
FOCUS ON: UNDP’s Work in Adaptation
Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM)
Overview: Objective, Vision & Mission, Partners, How the ALM works, ALM website
Explore: What type of knowledge the ALM is managing, Available resources
Participate: Become a member of the ALM, Scaling up local action, Site visits, Participation, Usage
Innovative Features: Outreach, Interactive abilities, Multimedia 9

10. UNDP’s Green LECRDS website
About Green LECRDS
UNDP’s Approach to Supporting Countries to Develop Green LECRDS
UNDP Technical Advisory Infrastructure to Support Green LECRDS
UNDP’s Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals and Toolkits
UNDP Projects that Contribute to Green LECRDS
Adaptation, Mitigation, National/Sub- national Strategies, Capacity Development, Water and Ocean Governance, Ecosystems and Biodiversity 10

11. UNDP Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
These materials are intended to enable developing country government decision-makers and project managers to acquaint themselves with a variety of methodologies most appropriate to their development contexts in support of the preparation of LECRDS.
LECRDS Approach
Preparing Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies (LECRDS) – Executive Summary
Step 1: Design multi-stakeholder participatory climate planning and coordination process based on existing structures
Charting a New Carbon Route to Development
Establishing a Multi-stakeholder Decision-making Process for LECRDS (Aug 2011) 11

12. UNDP Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
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Step 2: Prepare Climate Change Profiles and Vulnerability Scenarios
Formulating Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Climate-Resilient Development Strategies
Managing the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Process
Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability and Impact Scenarios – A Guidebook for Sub-national Planners
Applying Climate Information for Adaptation Decision-Making: A Guidance and Resource Document
Guidebook on Preparing a GHG Emissions Inventory at the Sub-National Level (Sep 2011) 12

13. UNDP Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
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Step 3: Identify Strategic Options Leading to Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development Trajectories
Technology Needs Assessment Handbook
Toolkit for Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives
Proceedings on Internalizing Climate Risks into Infrastructure Design (June 2011)
LECRDS and Green Employment (Sep 2011) 13

14. UNDP Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
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Step 4: Prioritize strategic options through technological, social, and financial feasibility and cost-benefit analysis
Catalyzing Climate Finance – A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Solutions to Support Green, Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development
Climate Finance Options website (jointly with World Bank)
Policy and Financial Instruments Toolkit for Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development (June 2011)
International Guidebook for Environmental Finance Tools (Oct 2011) 14

15. UNDP Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals & Toolkits
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Step 5: Prepare Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Roadmap
National Climate Fund Guidebook (June 2011)
Guidebook on Project Management for National and Sub-national Institutions (July 2011)
A Guidebook on Climate Change Measurement, Reporting and Verification (Oct 2011)
A Guidebook on Legal Climate Instruments (Oct 2011) 15

16. UNDP’s Work in Adaptation
For UNDP, adaptation to climate change means climate-resilient economic development and sustainable livelihoods, especially for vulnerable populations – the poor, women, and indigenous peoples.
UNDP supports these goals by assisting over 75 countries to integrate current and future climate risks and uncertainties into national and sub-national development efforts.
UNDP works with governments, the private sector, communities, and other partners to build responsive state institutions and public policies; strengthen public and private sector capacities to manage climate change risks and uncertainties; and formulate, finance and implement climate-resilient initiatives 16

17. UNDP’s Work in Adaptation
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Together with partners, UNDP supports climate change risk management in the context of: agriculture and food security, water resources, coastal zone development, public health, and climate change-related disaster risks
To finance this work at the national, sub-national and community levels, UNDP helps countries secure climate change adaptation finance that is available through vertical funds such as the Adaptation Fund, Least Developed Countries Fund, Special Climate Change Fund, as well as other multilateral and bilateral sources.
Countries are supported to optimize the use of these public funds by also leveraging and catalyzing private finance for adaptation
To support building adaptive capacity in countries, UNDP, in partnership with various organizations, facilitates the Adaptation Learning Mechanism, a knowledge platform that allows direct access to and the exchange of adaptation information 17

18. Overview: The Adaptation Learning Mechanism
The ALM is a UN Inter-agency knowledge platform on climate change adaptation.
The ALM provides a platform for sharing and learning and
complements the wide range of adaptation knowledge networks and initiatives already underway.

19. Overview: Objective, Vision & Mission
ALM Objective:
To create and sustain a knowledge platform that will build adaptive capacity through direct access to adaptation information,
allow information to cross boundaries & sectors, reduce vulnerability by integrating adaptation within development planning.
Our Vision 
To provide good practice and operational guidance for adaptation
Our Mission 
To share knowledge and build partnerships to realise the catalytic power of knowledge, communication

20. The ALM is facilitated by the
Our Vision
To provide good practice and operational guidance for adaptation, working to accelerate the process of learning.
Our Mission
To share knowledge and build partnerships to realise the catalytic power of knowledge, communication, and technologies to improve lives and increase the capacity to adapt to climate change.
Overview: Partners
The ALM is facilitated by the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in close partnership with the World Bank (WB), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and specialized UN agencies including FAO and UNICEF. Original funding was provided by the Global Environment Facility.
The ALM is also establishing additional partnerships with the private sector, public institutions and academia.

21. Overview: How the ALM works
ALM is a participatory mechanism – allowing users to explore and participate.
ALM provides multiple points of entry tailored to the needs of the many stakeholders and end-users.
ALM ensures that information is easy to access and relevant. 21

22. Overview: How the ALM works
The ALM website offers:
A dynamic and user-friendly structure
Unique inter-agency access
Cross-sector information
Information on good adaptation practices
Exposure to lessons learned from community-based adaptation, and
Country- and regional-level information. 22

23. Explore: Available Resources
Currently hosting over 1,200 resources the ALM ensures that information is easy to access and relevant 23

24. Explore: What type of knowledge the ALM is managing
Knowledge gaps: Determining what type of knowledge and in what areas knowledge is lacking or needed
Innovative approaches: Sharing innovative approaches based on new research & experiences
Lessons learned: Exchanging lessons (what worked, what did not & why) from existing adaptation projects
Good practices: Disseminating good practice in approaching adaptation and designing projects
 170 Adaptation Country Profiles
 400+ Adaptation Project Profiles
 200+ Publications on Adaptation
 150 Adaptation Assessments
 50+ Guidance & Tools
 News, Events, & Adaptation Resources

25. Participate: Become a member of the ALM
As an open source platform the ALM has established a global consortium for the support and facilitation of adaptation learning and information sharing
ALM users can post their own resources to the knowledge platform with easy-to-follow instructions and user-friendly templates (project profiles, case studies, experiences)
Currently, there is a functional, active network of adaptation stakeholders: 2,000+ users

26. Participate: Site Visits
In the past year, ALM site visits increased by 864%
with 114,090 total site visits, 137,286 page views,
and over 77,960 unique visitors. 26

27. Participate: ALM Usage
All 192 UN-Member States participate in ALM. Equatorial Guinea, North Korea, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Palau and Cuba are some of the top new ALM users in according to Google Analytics. 27

28. Innovative Features: Outreach
Discussion Forums
User Groups
Member Search
Social Networking Sites
Interactive Member Space
Events Calendar 28

29. Innovative Features: Interactive abilities
The ALM recently created Discussion Forums and User Groups where stakeholders (UNFCCC NWP, FAO and UNICEF) can share & learn about adaptation in an interactive fashion
Discussion Forums
User Groups
Member Search
Thematic pages coming soon  29

30. Innovative Features: Multimedia
For Atoll Banana Growing in Tuvalu: people have clicked on the link. Adapting in Samoa - Integration of sheep into the traditional farming system: people have clicked on the link. Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Communities of Fiji: people have clicked on the link.
 ALM Video Gallery
 ALM Photo Gallery
 Events with Calendar
 Radio documentaries coming soon… 30

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