Review of experiences to date of integrating climate change into development programming Simon Anderson

Facilitated discussion Presentations by participants and by facilitators Irish Aid country programmes present their approaches to integration. Developing country governments (based upon the GO group for climate mainstreaming convened by IIED).

Key lessons on mainstreaming/ integration from other areas - Review of literature on mainstreaming gender, HIV/AIDS and environmental change There is no blueprint approach to mainstreaming: tools and approaches need to respond to the specific country context and issue(s) The three main approaches to mainstreaming are: Integrationist - adding an issue to current development plans and policies without addressing inherent social inequalities and stated interests; agenda setting – consultative, recognizes the marginalised voices; transformative, radical change to the existing development agenda.

Key lessons on mainstreaming/ integration from other areas - Review of literature on mainstreaming gender, HIV/AIDS and environmental change Mainstreaming is an iterative process which does not necessarily follow a set of sequential steps Strategic political will decisions on mainstreaming are taken at the top Implementation design decisions should be taken at the lowest possible level of public authority, closest to the population concerned Flexibility and adaptive management are key requirements Organisational culture must break with old ways of thinking and acting, and accept and act on new concepts Constraints identified: lack of data, information, skills and institutional capacity to work on environment- development links; lack of successful models; and, lack of political will for change. For most developing countries, mainstreaming both responds to – and is challenged by – competition with many other policy priorities in the face of limited resources

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Framework for assessing and planning climate integration (“mainstream-lining”) into development planning

Building blocks framework as an assessment tool

Emerging trends from initiatives to integrate climate into development planning in developing countries