Climate change adaptation and development co-operation*

Presentation by Juan Casado-AsensioPolicy AnalystDevelopment Co-operation Directorate, OECD

*Source: Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Development Co-operation: Scoping Paper (2014)

• Key international developments on climate change adaptation

• Effective development co-operation• Major patterns in Official Development

Assistance (ODA) targeting climate change adaptation objectives

Outline

Key international developments on adaptation

• Integration of climate change adaptation into development planning and policy has been relatively slow, although recently increasing its pace :– Largely driven by international instruments, bodies and support

mechanisms for adaptation under the UNFCCC• NAPAs (2001) for LDCs; NAP process (2010) for all developing

countries

• Financial support through the GEF (Trust Fund, LDCF, SCCF), the GCF, CIFs (PPCR) and bilateral support

• To what extent are development co-operation providers are effectively supporting these processes?

• Key international developments on climate change adaptation

• Effective development co-operation• Major patterns in Official Development

Assistance (ODA) targeting climate change adaptation objectives

Outline

Toward effective development co-operation: some fundamental pillars to guide us

Busan Declaration (2011) and Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

Aid Effectiveness Principles draw from 50 years of development co-operation experience

The Paris Declaration “Pyramid”

• Ownership of development priorities by developing countries

• Focus on results• Inclusive development partnerships• Transparency and accountability

• Key international developments on climate change adaptation

• Effective development co-operation• Major patterns in Official Development

Assistance (ODA) targeting climate change adaptation objectives

Outline

Total adaptation-related aid in 2010-2012

Source: OECD DAC CRS (2014)

Bilateral commitments, USD billion, constant 2011 prices, annual and 3-year annual average

• ODA targeting adaptation reached USD 9.3bn on average p. a. in 2010-2012

• About 1/3 principal objective• Co-benefit from other

environment or climate-related activities

• Large overlap likely between adaptation and development, more generally

Top providers of adaptation-related aid

Average 2010-12, bilateral commitments, USD billion, constant 2011 prices

Source: OECD DAC CRS (2014)

Main sectors on adaptation-related aid

Average 2010-12, bilateral commitments, USD billion, constant 2011 prices

Source: OECD DAC CRS (2014)

• Top 5 sectors concentrate 83% of total adaptation-related ODA

• Mainstreaming adaptation across many sectors at risk

• Relatively well-aligned with the priorities put forward by developing countries in their NAPAs

Top recipients of adaptation-related aid

Average 2010-12, bilateral commitments, USD million, constant 2011 prices

Source: OECD DAC CRS (2014)

• By region: 2/3 of total adaptation-related ODA flows to Asia and Africa

• By income group: MICs receive 44% of adaptation-related ODA

• By country: the top 10 recipients in absolute terms receive 30% of total ODA

• By country: top 10 recipients in relative terms (and per capita terms) are SIDS

Some questions for discussion

• What are the main features of effective development co-operation for adaptation?

• Which levels and entry points for action are providers targeting when aligning their interventions on adaptation to the needs and priorities of developing partners?

• What could further data analysis tell us about how the principles of effective development co-operation are put in practice?

• Could this be illustrated with in-depth case studies to also touch upon effective development planning and policy issues?

• What does the data tell us about potentially interesting cases for exploration in this project? (e.g., orphans/darlings; LDCs/LICs and MICs; engagement with adaptation; sectors targeted and those at risk)

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THANK YOU!

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juan.CASADOASENSIO@oecd.org

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OECD DAC-CRS: Methods and data on ODA www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm

Top 10 recipients, adaptation-related aid as a % of total ODA received

Average 2010-12, bilateral commitments, USD million, constant 2011 prices

Source: OECD DAC CRS (2014)

• At country level, and in relative terms, Caribbean and Pacific SIDS predominate

• Also among the highest in per capita terms, although low in absolute terms

Country Adaptation as % of total ODA

St. Vincent & Grenadines 45%

Dominica 35%

Vanuatu 32%

Costa Rica 30%

Suriname 30%

Niue 26%

Gabon 26%

Cook Islands 26%

Samoa 24%

Peru 22%

Average across all ODA: 5.9%