HICAP Justification
• High-level political
interest from the
Norwegian government
• Transfering ACIA
• In line with Norwegian
foreign policy regarding
climate, development
and environment…
(Norwegians care about
people and understand
snow & ice)
HICAP Background:
"Every Great Project Has a Prequel"
• In the beginning, HICIA, The "Himalayan Climate Impact
and Adaptation Assessment"
• 2-year Feasibility Study (2008-10)
• CICERO, ICIMOD & UNEP/GRID-Arendal
• Main objective:
Identify the human, economic, social and environmental
vulnerability factors and key impacts related to climate
change in the HKH
International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentKathmandu, Nepal- Network of partners on the ground- Experience in regional transboundary projects through
partnership with regional partner institutions
Oslo, Norway- provide reliable and comprehensive knowledge
about all aspects of climate change- Scientific methodology- Downscaled scenarios (IPCC)
Global Resource Information DatabaseArendal, Norway- Communications- Visualisation- Media
Funding
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
• $12 million USD over 5 years
• ½ to ICIMOD ¼ CICERO ¼ UNEP/GA
• 80% needs to be spent in the region
Duration• September 2011 – August 2016
Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity Assessment (VACA)
Community questionnaire Household questionnaire
Activities
Questionnaire in 7967 households
across the HKH
Upper Indus 3 districts – Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza
1127 households
Approx. 90 communities
With Aga Khan Rural Support
Programme (AKRSP)
Eastern BrahmaputraAssam (4 districts) and Arunachal
Pradesh (3 districts)
Approx. 2660 households
Approx. 90-100 communities
With Aaranyak
Koshi Sub-basin6 districts (1 Mountain, 3 Hill, and 2
Tarai)
Approx. 2280 households
Approx. 90 communities
Upper BrahmaputraAt least, 1900 households
With Tibet Academy of Agricultural
and Animal Sciences (TAAAS)