Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Guidance for Coastal

15 sectors, the SUCCESS team has been working with the USAID EGAT water team to develop a programming guide for fisheries and mariculture entitled “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture: A Guide for USAID Staff and Partners. This guide is being modeled after the USAID biodiversity guide and is targeted at USAID program staff and partners. Team members include Brian Crawford, SUCCESS Program Director who has a fisheries background, complemented by a fisheries management and extension specialist from URI Kathy Castro as well as the SUCCESS Program’s mariculture specialist from UHH Maria Haws. In Year 5, this team is being complemented by the addition of CRC’s Jim Tobey who has played an instrumental role in helping shape the Guide on Global Climate Change see next section. Tasks and Milestones Date Final draft to USAID for review and comment December 2008 Final publication submitted to USAID January 2009 Limited hard copy production February 2009 Dissemination hard and electronic versions February – March 2009 Outputs • Final Manual Expected Results Indicator Year 5 Target 12. Publications documenting impacts of best practices Guidance manual 1

3.1.2 Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Guidance for Coastal

Development Planning With the CRC SUCCESS team consolidated, several advances have been made in Guidebook development. A bibliography and hyperlinked CD in both English and Spanish has been developed, and has been used for both outreach and orientation of the Guidebook. Three outreach events—Washington, DC, Hanoi, Ecuador—provided the team with input and feedback on the Guidebook content. Practitioners in developing countries are the primary target audience for the Guidebook with policy makers as a secondary audience. An initial draft Guidebook was completed in May 2008 and sent to external reviewers, which included representatives from USAID, NOAA, St Lucia, California Coastal Commission and UNEP. While the team initially compiled a list of 50 candidate adaptation measures along with a model technical brief, the final version of the Guidebook will include “two-pager” briefs on just 20-25 of these measures. Each two-pager will include information on the design, application, challenges, costs and benefits, and other key information needed to analyze and select the most appropriate adaptation measure when confronting a specific climate change issue in the coastal zone. Upon suggestion by USAID, an Advisory Panel was engaged to help ensure the initiative produces an effective tool for program designers and practitioners. A meeting of this Advisory Panel was held March 17, 2008 and comprised seven colleagues from the Washington, DC metropolitan area with expertise in coastal resources management and climate change and representing a wide range of stakeholders from state and federal agencies to members of 16 universities to non-profit organizations. A preconference workshop proposal to the 4th Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands was implemented in Hanoi, Vietnam on April 7, 2008. The UN Framework Convention on Climate ChangeFCCC provided operational funds for staff two CRC staff, USAID, and International Resources GroupIRG, invitees Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and workshop costs. The workshop, and subsequent presentation on the plenary Climate Change Panel, provided an excellent opportunity to outreach the initiative and the approach to a global audience. The workshop objectives were met and expectations exceeded. The workshop, originally planned for 25, was attended by 50 individuals environment ministers, resource managers, staff, academic faculty, and policy makers from countries throughout Asia as well as representatives from the Pacific Islands, Africa, and U.S. Introductory sessions on climate adaptation were also presented at the EcoCostas Network workshop and EcoCostas has since incorporated climate change as a key theme for their network and has since written a proposal for funding to enhance communication on this topic in the region. Similar sessions were included as part of the June 2008 URI Summer Institute in Coastal Management. These sessions provided participants with a greater appreciation for the challenges of climate change and the need to link to coastal management initiatives. It revealed potential opportunities for future activities related to case studies andor pilot activities in AsiaPacific and Tanzania. Efforts are underway to design a pilot project activity in the Pacific Islands, in coordination with US State Department, as a way to demonstrate the utility of the Guidebook. Complementary efforts through UNEP are also under consideration. Changes in Program Activities The initial workplan anticipated the need for a work session outside of the U.S. in order to gain input and feedback from a global audience. The location for this work session was originally anticipated to be Tanzania or Asia—which would have complemented other SUCCESS efforts. However, a decision was made, in consultation with USAID, to use participation in the Hanoi conference as this venue. Meanwhile, CRC made some changes to its program management of this initiative, which has resulted in greater efficiency and communication. Pam Rubinoff is now the CRC lead on this GCC element and John Furlow is the primary contact at USAID. Both Rubinoff and Furlow are in close communication with each other and the respective team members from CRC and with Richard Volk, the SUCCESS cognizant technical officer. Tasks and Milestones Date Engage “virtual” Advisory Panel in providing input on adaptation measures October 2008 Identify candidate pilot application sites and partners, planned for Winter 2008 State Department Pacific Ocean and UNEP October 2008 Final Guidebook layout November 2008 Identify linkages and key actions for EcoCostas network to engage in global climate change and coastal adaptation. November 2008 – January 2009 Limited hard copy production of Guidebook December 2008 Dissemination hard and electronic versions January –February 2009 17 Outputs • Final Guidebook Expected Results Indicator Year 5 Target 12. Publications documenting impacts of best practices Guidance manual 1

3.1.3 Secure an Initiative on Small-Scale Fisheries