1. Adaptation to Climate Change GTZ Initiatives in India
Biodiversity and Climate Change:
Links with Poverty and Sustainable Development
Hanoi, 22nd – 23rd May, 2007
Michael Glueck
NRM Programme Coordinator, GTZ.

2. Climate Change Concerns in India
India‘s Initial National Communication (NATCOM) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2004:
Already existing threats:
60% of India is drought prone
Overuse and degradation of most ecosystems
Climate change predictions:
Surface air temperatures + 2 to 4° C ( )
Up to - 30% in crop yield in rain-fed areas (60%)
Increase of extreme events (droughts, floods, cyclones)
Himalayan glaciers receding => severe water scarcity expected (Times of India, April 2007)

3. International Policy Level – First Steps Forward
Delhi Ministerial Declaration at 8th Conference of the Parties (COP8), 2002
“Adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change is of high priority for all countries.”
COP12, Nairobi, 2006
Modest progress on financing adaptation
Adoption of the “Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change”
“ Adaptation is the “stepchild” of the international climate negotiations so far!”

4. Controversial Discussions on Adaptation
Additionality of adaptation measures?
… adaptation measures are just old wine in new bottles…
 Rebranding of old development approaches?
Additionality of adaptation finance?
… just put the money from one pocket to the other…
 Diversion of official development assistance?

5. Indian Context – Growing Public Attention

6. India and Adaptation Intensive discussion in Parliament in May 2007
National level expert committee on the impacts of climate change
National Environmental Policy 2006
Identify key vulnerabilities (water, sea-level, forests, agriculture and health)
Incorporate adaptation needs in relevant programmes
Preparation of NATCOM II to UNFCCC (2009)
Indian institutes involved in research on climate change and development (e.g. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Indian Institute of Management)
The Hindu, 11 May 2007 An expert committee on climate change has been formed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), as recommended by the Union budget. The nine-member committee will have as its chairperson Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. The members include Dr R K Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Dr N H Ravindranath, Chairman, Centre for Sustainable Technology, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; Dr A K Gosain, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi; Dr Kanchan Chopra, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi; Dr Anand Patwardhan, Professor, IIT, Mumbai; Dr R Sukumar, Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; Dr Ligia Noronha, Senior Fellow, TERI, New Delhi; and Dr S K Sikka, Scientific Secretary, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India.

7. Proposed TC Programme on Adaptation to Climate Change, India
Name: Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas
Lead executing agency: Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests
Implementing partners: States
Budget: € 7.5 million Euros
Project duration: 5 years
Pilot states: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
Unofficial map

8. Proposed Problem Statement of the Indo-German Adaptation Programme
“Public investment programmes are not “climate proof“ and public development programmes do not sufficiently focus on strengthening the adaptation capacities of the rural poor.”

9. Selected Indian Rural Development Programmes
Ministry of Agriculture
National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas
$ 43 mio/yr
Ministry of Rural Development
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
$589 mio/yr
Drought Prone Area Programme
$ 69 mio/yr
Desert Development Programme
$ 50 mio/yr
Integrated Watershed Development Project
$ 82 mio/yr
Large Potential to mainstream Adaptation into Public Programmes!
Ministry of Water Resources
Command Area Development & Water Management Programme
$137 mio/yr
National Project for Repair, Renovate and Restore of Water bodies
$147 mio/yr
National Bank Agriculture & Rural Development
Watershed Development Fund
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
$120 mio/yr
$2400 mio/yr

10. Programme Elements
Application of risk analysis / vulnerability assessments
Development of technical adaptation solutions
Development of financial instruments (weather-based insurance)
Development of mechanisms of climate proofing
Mainstreaming of 1-4 into large scale public rural investment programmes
Contribution to international dialogue on adaptation (e.g. NATCOM)

11. Programme´s Objective
Policy makers incorporate climate change concerns into rural public investment programmes
Rural communities have access to innovative and affordable technical & financial adaptation instruments.

12. Proposed Programme Approach to Pilot and Mainstream
gtz
Climate C
How is it structured?
Unit

13. Structure & Functions – GTZ Climate Change Unit
Benefits of CCU
TC Resources for climate aspects are pooled
Synergies by combining 3 DC sector programmes
Integration of various climate change aspects into sector development planning and policies
One stop window for CC services and products

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
Michael Glueck
German Technical Cooperation GTZ
Natural Resource Management Programme Coordinator
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New Delhi, , India
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