CaPP Poverty Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change: Synergies and Contradiction Reinhard Wolf, GTZ Climate Protection Programme for Developing Countries (CaPP)

CaPP Poverty reduction as overarching task of German development policy  derived from the shared goals of the international community  Millennium Declaration and the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  Program of Action 2015: Germany's strategy paper  Definition of poverty (not solely by low income)

CaPP Negative impacts of climate change are more severely felt by poor people and poor countries Deaths from droughts and related famines International Disaster Database / Ian Noble/WB High income 0 Upper-middle few 10s Lower-middle few 1000s Lowest incomes many 100,000s  There are clear synergies between successful climate change adaptation and poverty reduction

CaPP GTZ approach : mainstreaming screening of GTZ supported projects Initiation of (small) pilot projects, which are integrated into ongoing large scale development programmes –India, Tunesia, and Benin on Watershed Management / Agriculture, combat desertification –Mozambique and Nicaragua: Desaster Risk Management / Early warning systems

CaPP Possible contradictions construction of unappropriate dams to prevent floods or protect coastal areas Maladaptation: introduction of drought resistant crop varieties which are, however, also prone to diseases introduction of shrimp farming for income generation, for which mangrove forest, vital for coastal protection, are destroyed

CaPP Outlook and open questions uncertainties with regard to regional trends of climate change  uncertainties with regard to cost – benefit of climate change interventions For successful „mainstreaming“ of adaptation, „real“ additional funds are required

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