1. Regional Conference EU for Climate Action & Sustainable Energy in the Neighbourhood South
Brussels, 20th March 2018
Climate Adaptation
Andrea di Vecchia

2. Climate change and Adaptation : a paradigm to revise
Adaptation requires a revised conceptual framework for action to face scenarios characterized by multiple issues:
Climate change is a global driver with a local impact
Vulnerability is not distributed equally
Climate change and Climate variability perception
Uncertainty undermine knowledge and jeopardize action
Sinergy between global drivers could put at risk national security
Adaptation strategies versus financial and human resources
Short terms versus long terms strategies

3. Adaptation in ClimaSouth
Strengthening of institutional capacity for climate information, vulnerability assessment, adaptation strategies:
Lebanon LARI Early warning system
Jordan Food-Water-Energy, an agriculture nexus
Tunisia Food-Water-Energy, an agriculture nexus
Palestinian Economic impact of climate change
Algeria Forest fire prevention
Algeria and Palestine Coastal impact assessment
Egypt Center of Excellence for Climate change

4. National priorities from INDC reports
Water
Agriculture
Forestry
Coast
Ecosystems
Health
Transport
Tourism
Energy
Algeria
++++
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Morocco
Palestine
Tunisia
Regional
8/8
3/8
4/8
1/8

5. Water Agriculture &Ecosystems
ClimaSouth countries have all selected for adaptation:
Water and Agriculture key sectors for national security
Ecosystems to prepare communities to long terms resilience
The rationale:
Countries are vulnerable to climate change > food production decreases and is volatile > people migrate from more vulnerable areas > increasing gap between food demand and availability > vulnerability to food price volatility > social instability > national security > vulnerability to climate change increase
No ClimaSouth country alone would be able to reverse the cycle

7. Regional approach
A strategy to secure the region, thus securing the countries :
Cooperation for a regional strategy rather than (separate) nationals ones
Science and technology to redesign traditional knowledge
A northern Sahara green belt to defend food productive border communities
Mobilize vulnerable communities to allow people to stay and not to migrate
Invert the scope: urban to support rural ecosystems
More food for less water and less energy through innovation
A long terms alliance between northern and southern shores

8. SHUKRAN! MERCI! THANK YOU