1. CARIAA Country Reviews: Methodology and outcomes
Jo-Ellen
IISD, Resilience Program
5 September 2017

2. “National Reviews of Adaptation Action in CARIAA Countries of Engagement” Overview
Objective:
Prepare standardized reviews of current adaptation action that will contribute to a baseline of action in the CARIAA program’s countries of engagement.
Contextualize CARIAA’s impact
Support strategic in-country engagement
Inform coordination with other major adaptation initiatives
Scope:
South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan
West Africa: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Senegal
East Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Southern Africa: Botswana and Namibia

3. Content of country reviews
Vulnerability context (climatic and socio-economic)
Policy and planning status (national, sectoral, subnational)
Adaptation programs and projects, and financial flows
Communities of practice

4. Adaptation Priorities: Uganda
Sector
Adaptation priorities
Agriculture
Implement climate change adaptation strategies that promote resilient, productive, and sustainable systems
Improve production and productivity through better agricultural technology development and by ensuring effective delivery of advisory services and improved technologies
Assist in controlling disease, pests, and vectors affecting local crops
Use land sustainably and manage soil and water resources to improve land productivity
Increase water supply for agricultural operations, including for irrigation, livestock, and aquaculture
Promote labour-saving technologies and mechanisms
Improve access to high-quality inputs for agricultural and aquaculture production
Improve agricultural livelihoods in northern Uganda
Encourage value addition to products, and improved food storage and management systems to ensure food security year round
Forestry
Promote reforestation, afforestation, and sustainable management of forestry resources
Restore degraded natural forests in forest reserves and private forests
Reduce pressure on forests as a source of wood fuel and construction materials
Implement a rural electrification program, promote the use of alternative and renewable energy sources, and promote the use of energy-efficient technologies

5. Adaptation priorities

6. Policy Response

7. Current adaptation programming
Selection of projects for inclusion
Defining “adaptation”
Defining “current”
Funding parameters
Classification of projects
Geographical scale
Type of project
Sector(s) of focus
16 overarching categories
With sub-categories = 33 categories
Identification of projects
Web-based review
Data collection and management
Google form
Database created
Validation

8. Sectors of Focus of Projects: Uganda
Sector of focus*
Priority sectors for adaptation
Number of projects*
Percentage of total projects**
Agriculture  11
46%
Pastoralism 1 4%
Forestry -
Fisheries
Energy
Ecosystem conservation 3
13%
Ecosystem restoration
Watershed management 2 8%
Freshwater supply 7
29%
Disaster risk management 4
17%
Gender
Private sector
Peri-urban areas
Urban areas
Human health
Climate information 5
21%
Government 8
33%
Civil society
Social protection
Multisectoral

9. Synthesis report: Adaptation programming findings
The review identified 224 significant adaptation projects of which 159 were being implemented solely in one country, while the remainder comprised 48 regional and 13 global projects.

10. Synthesis Activities Objective:
Summarize main findings from comparative analysis
Reflect on issues associated with stock taking exercises
Outputs:
Policy brief: “Trends in Adaptation Planning”
“Essay” with infographics
Blog: “Taking Stock of Adaptation Progress”
Components compared:
Vulnerability profile
Adaptation priorities
Policy progress
Adaptation programming
General observations

11. Synthesis report: Main findings
Adaptation progress: Variable between countries
Subnational progress: Limited progress in adaptation planning and mainstreaming at the subnational level
Shared focus on agriculture: Prioritized as adaptation needs, often in mainstreaming, and common focus of adaptation programming
Continuing gaps in adaptation action: e.g., health, forestry and fisheries
Absence of monitoring and evaluation systems

12. Observations on limitations and challenges
Defining adaptation
Defining and tracking of adaptation financing
Implementation and effectiveness of adaptation action
Access to information
Revision of the methodology’s classification system

13. Resources CARIAA Country Reviews: Guidebook on developing M&E systems:
african-countries
Guidebook on developing M&E systems:
adaptation-action-15-asian-and- african-countries

14. Questions?