1. Prioritisation of climate change adaptation programmes and projects Areeya Obidiegwu and Ray Purcell

2. 2nd Agricultural Climate Change Strategy
Currently 4 strategies, 11 strategies, 53 programmes (27of which for adaptation)
Unknown number of projects under the 53 programmes
Why is there are need to prioritise?
to help identify key strategic areas of activity
and to help allocate scarce budgetary resources

3. Current MOAC Approaches to Prioritisation
For budget decision making, MOAC priorities determined by a high level Budget Working Group which sets key policy directions (this year land consolidation and Learning Centres) At Departmental level, Departments consider the following criteria for selecting projects for the budget

4. Current budget decision criteria
The fit with Government and ministerial policies
Policy directions from the Office of the Permanent Secretary
The perceived degree of urgency of a project
Government redistribution policy relating to fair distribution of projects across provinces
But the prioritisation processes are intuitive rather than systematic (e.g. not based on scoring) and therefore not always transparent

5. Current climate change prioritisation practices
Not a well developed methodological area
Qualitative benefits approach has been piloted but found to be skill and discussion intensive and therefore time consuming
Involves assessing projects against “with” and “without” climate change and can be conceptually quite difficult and unwieldly for dealing with large numbers of projects
Some simple MCA attempts but not well documented

6. A First Cut Classification UNDP Climate Relevance Index
Make available as handout

7. ADB Approach
Scoring methodology for assessing climate change impact, vulnerabilities and technology needs in six sectors:
agriculture,
coastal resources,
human health,
transportation,
water resources, and
disaster risk management (DRM).

8. ADB Scoring Criteria effectiveness relative costs co-benefits co-costs
barriers to implementation
feasibility of implementation
scale of implementation
applicable locations and conditions
potential financing and markets

9. Criteria Suggestions for Scoring the CC Strategy
climate relevance in terms of the Climate Relevance Index
policy consistency against NESDP, National Climate Change Master Plan, Govt Action Plans, ADP etc
effectiveness, how well the programme reduces climate vulnerability or increases resilience;
socio-economic and poverty impact, the type of benefit, numbers, location and typology of beneficiaries
co-benefits, other development benefits the programme/project may provide additional to climate change benefits, such as micro-irrigation enhancing land condition
co-costs, maladaptation - the number and magnitude of the negative consequences, such as irrigation adversely affecting down stream water supplies or damage to ecosystems
feasibility of implementation, capacity to procure and execute
finance availability relative to domestic or external funding requirements

10. Scoring example
See Handout on Scoring Framework Example