Building an Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership

Ashvin Dayal, Managing Director (Asia), Rockefeller Foundation ADB Urban Forum, Manila, 17th November 2011.

Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)

Impact The resilience and capacity of a growing number of developing country/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

$59 mn initiative running till 2014 10 cities in four Asian countries Emphasis on 2nd tier cities

Addressing Multiple & Intersecting Systems

Urban Climate Change Resilience Planning Approach

Key Stakeholder Engagement Learning, Synthesis and Documentation Urban Climate Change Assessments

Iterative, multistakeholder, cross sector planning and implementation

City Projects

City Resilience Strategy

Key Dimensions of Urban Climate Change Resilience

Low carbon and climateresilient investments

Education & capacity building of citizens Diversification of climate affected livelihoods

Climate sensitive land use & urban planning

Drainage, flood & solid waste management

Urban Climate Change Resilience

Water demand & conservation systems

Large-scale ecosystems service strengthening

Emergency early warning systems Resilient housing & transport systems Responsive health systems

Quy Nhon (Vietnam) Ecosystem Strengthening: Mangroves

Proposed mangrove restoration area

Urban growth

Lagoon

Core urban area

Responding to Changing Disease (Dengue) in Can Tho

Convene epidemiologists and climate scientists Build capacity of city health professionals
Embed new approaches into citywide health system Link to emergent national / global climate change and health discourse

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership (UCCRP)

Need identified at urban climate change resilience meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010 5-year proposed partnership: DFID, Rockefeller, ADB and others Initially target 35-40, secondary cities in Asia

Addressing demand and supply through a blend of grant, debt and private investment
Four core objectives: Capacity building, policy change, increased investment, knowledge generation

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership Structure

ADBs Urban Financing Partnership Facility

Donor DFID

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership

Improved Local Capacity Policy & Practice Change Increased Knowledge Investment Generation in & Spread Resilience

Donor Rockefeller Foundation

Participating Institutions

Donor X, Y, & Z

Linkages to: Pipeline development organisations e.g. CDIA Parallel debt financing partnerships e.g. KfW, ADB Public-Private Partnerships Existing knowledge platforms, e.g. CDKN