Building an Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership

Ashvin Dayal, Managing Director (Asia), Rockefeller Foundation

ADB Urban Forum, Manila,

17th November 2011.

Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)

$59 mn initiative running till 2014 10 cities in four Asian countries Emphasis on 2nd tier cities

Impact

The resilience and capacity of a growing number of developing country/Asian cities in relation to current and future climate risks is enhanced, and through this work the lives of poor and vulnerable men and women are improved.

Outcomes

1. Capacity of Cities to plan, finance, coordinate and implement climate change resilience strategies

2. Network for Knowledge, Learning and Engagement

3. Expansion, deepening of experience, scaling up

Addressing Multiple & Intersecting Systems

Key Stakeholder Engagement

Urban Climate Change

Assessments

City Resilience Strategy

City Projects

Learning, Synthesis and

Documentation

Iterative, multi-stakeholder, cross

sector planning and implementation

Urban Climate Change Resilience Planning Approach

Urban Climate Change

Resilience

Climate sensitive land use & urban

planning

Drainage, flood & solid waste management

Water demand & conservation

systems

Emergency early warning

systems

Responsive health

systems

Resilient housing & transport systems

Large-scale ecosystems

service strengthening

Diversification of climate affected

livelihoods

Education & capacity building

of citizens

Low carbon and climate-

resilient investments

Key Dimensions of Urban Climate Change Resilience

Core

urban

area

Urban growth

Proposed mangrove restoration area

Quy Nhon (Vietnam) Ecosystem Strengthening: Mangroves

Lagoon

Responding to Changing Disease (Dengue) in Can Tho

Convene epidemiologists and climate scientists

Build capacity of city health professionals

Embed new approaches into city-wide health system

Link to emergent national / global climate change and health discourse

Need identified at urban climate change resilience meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010 5-year proposed partnership: DFID, Rockefeller, ADB and others Initially target 35-40, secondary cities in Asia Addressing demand and supply through a blend of grant, debt and private investment Four core objectives: Capacity building, policy change, increased investment, knowledge generation

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership (UCCRP)

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership Structure

Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership

Improved Local

Capacity

Policy & Practice Change

Increased Investment

in Resilience

Knowledge Generation & Spread

ADB’s Urban Financing Partnership Facility

Donor -

DFID

Donor –

Rockefeller

Foundation

Donor –

X, Y, & Z

Participating

Institutions

Linkages to:

• Pipeline development organisations e.g. CDIA

• Parallel debt financing partnerships e.g. KfW, ADB

• Public-Private Partnerships

•Existing knowledge platforms, e.g. CDKN