1. Shashikant Chopde Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) Knowledge Management for Climate Resilience: The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN Phase II India) experience ekDRM Conference 10th-11th May, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi NIDM-GIZ

2. Objectives Develop resilience of cities in the region (SA and SEA)- Urbanisation, Poverty and Climate Change Engagement Vulnerability Assessment Identification of resilience strategies for implementation India—Gorakhpur, Indore and Surat Phase-II (assessment and engagement)  Phase III (implementation)

3. ACCCRN (Phase-II) in India GEAG: Gorakhpur (UP) TARU national partner; facilitating agency Surat (Gujarat) and Indore (M.P) International partners: ICLEI, APCO, Verulum Associates, ARUP Main activities (TARU of GEAG) include:  Stakeholders involvement  City Advisory Committees  Sector studies (water, health etc)  Vulnerability analysis  Engagement-- State and National Role of ISET  Technical support including strategic support  Facilitating technical inputs  Technical and conceptual support and documentation of SLDs  Engagement National level (TERI, IRADE)  Cross-learning in region and providing access to global knowledge

4. Comparison between Cities ParameterSuratIndore/ Gorakhpur* Expected Climate change impacts Floods, Sea level rise, Water quality, Health Water scarcity, Local floods/water logging, Vector borne diseases Infrastructure & Services Fairly well developed, continued investments Water supply weak, considerable leakage, Sewerage poor, Solid waste collection poor AdministrationMost functions directly handled by departments, Devolution fairly high. Performance and accountability of departments high Different evolution since 74 th Amendment, considerable influence of elected body on day-to day functioning of services Municipal Finance Strong and positive since many decades Weak, low revenue collection especially in water taxes etc.

5. Comparison between Cities contd- ParameterSuratIndore/ Gorakhpur* Annual Per capita expenditure By ULB >1,600 INR~1,000 INR Perception about Climate change risks High, based on high risks of flooding, urban growth challenges felt strongly Low, largely due to lack of major disaster issues Donor fundingInsignificantSignificant in Water supply, sewerage and infrastructure for poor EngagementHigh involvement of diverse stakeholders and key champions, Inclusive Slow in the beginning, gained momentum, inclusive (civil society) Role of mediaHigh

6. Overview of the processes GIS based Vulnerability Analysis (large cities) Vision based Planning  Creating Sectoral Vision Sheets  CAC discussions and inclusion in planning process Community-resources-government-markets mapping  Explore linkages between stakeholders and resources  Explore adaptation options through institutional mechanisms Sectoral Studies: systemic and cross-sectoral issues PLA (qualitative method of VA)-Smaller cities Shared Learning Dialogues

7. Surat: GIS based Vulnerability analysis Education Income stability Social grouping Drainage/ sewerage Housing Loan/ Insurance CapacityVulnerability Source: Vulnerability analysis, TARU, 2010

8. Sectoral studies Flood Risk Management (Surat) Water Sector (Indore) Geo-hydrology (Gorakhpur)  Overlaid with Climate Downscaling  Understanding inter-linkages across sectors  Systemic perspective  Enables: from Disaster Management focus to Climate Resilience  Identify points of greater leverage?  In combination with VA surveys (qualitative/ quantitative) identify appropriate pilot projects

9. Shared Learning Dialogues Sequential and iterative process of:  Understanding perceptions of vulnerability  Understanding softer (qualitative) vulnerability issues  Multiple-levels  Across SECs and sectors (“Community”, GO, NGOs, academia)  Understanding interaction across sectors (systemic perspective)  Identify and rank adaptation options/ strategies (City Resilience Strategy docs—periodic updation)  M & E (adaptive learning)

10. Thank You ! schopde@i-s-e-t.org for details: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/what-we-do/current-work/developing-climate- change-resilience/asian-cities-climate-change-resilience/ schopde@i-s-e-t.org