African Adaptation Programme AFRICA ADAPTATION PROGRAMME Brief overview of ‘climate action intelligence’ AAP CONFERENCE “CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESS” 2012

African Adaptation Programme Background: CAI IN AAP A strategic initiative designed by the AAP regional office Pilot in Kenya (2010) Wave 1 countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Congo, Senegal Wave 2 countries: Lesotho, more TBC

African Adaptation Programme What is climate action intelligence? ‘who is doing what, where and when’ in climate change in Lesotho A process based on action intelligence & action research Bringing in the latest new computer science and open source tools visualize patterns of interaction, collaboration, information and knowledge dissemination that take all spheres of society into account => decision making A capacity development process to better analyse a given complex environment

African Adaptation Programme The CAI process Classification and Tagging Making Sense AAAPT ontology Socio- cultural tagging DocumentsDatasetsInternet Forms & Surveys Visual Analytics Data Collection

African Adaptation Programme Elements of a Social System

African Adaptation Programme ANALYTIC TOOLKIT TEXT/CONTENT ANALYSIS

African Adaptation Programme ANALYTIC TOOLKIT SPATIAL ANALYSIS

African Adaptation Programme ANALYTIC TOOLKIT TIME/TREND ANALYSIS

African Adaptation Programme ANALYTIC TOOLKIT SOCIAL `NETWORK ANALYSIS``

African Adaptation Programme TYPICAL CAI TEAM Senior UNDP officers (EEU/policy unit/ unit) AAP coordinator/officer Key ministries researchers (depending on capacity and dedicated resources) students from ag. Faculty students form faculty of humanities University analytical rep. Gov. analytical rep. UNDP analytical rep. AAP analytical rep.

African Adaptation Programme Operational structure Technical Committee Determine research focus Review and strengthen analysis CAI Team Generate Data and Analysis UNDPNULAAPGov’t Decision Makers Visualizations Analysis and visualizations Data