23. KfW Session II Presentation held by Mrs. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio 14Nov2012
Asian Cities Climate Change
Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Associate Director
The Rockefeller Foundation
crumbaitisdelrio@rockfound.org
November 13, 2012
ACCCRN Overview
Profile
• 7 year initiative launched in 2008
• $60M of $90M Global Climate
Change Initiative
• Investing in 10 core cities in 4
Asian countries and expanding to
30+ cities in 6 countries
Impact
The resilience and capacity of a
growing number of developing
countries/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
ACCCRN Challenge
ACCCRN works at the nexus of:
• climate change – impacts include:
rising sea levels, frequent/stronger
storms, coastal erosion, diminishing
biodiversity, loss of glaciers/arctic
ice, salinity in freshwater aquifers,
major threats to public health
• vulnerable and poor
communities – estimated 828
million living in slums; fewest
resources to prepare and plan for
the impacts
• urbanization – 7 billion; 50% in
cities, 6.4 billion by 2050 with 60%
in Asia
ACCCRN Methodology
Stakeholder
Engagement
Learning,
Synthesis &
Documentation
Collaborative
City
Interventions
Assessments&
Sector Studies
City Resilience
Strategy
Vulnerability Assessments
- Gorakhpur City
Resilience Strategy
Sector studies & pilot projects
Sector studies included:
• Water and hydrology
• Health
• Solid waste management
• Energy
• Drainage
Pilot projects included:
• Safe Habitat Competition
• Urban Service Monitoring
System
• Mangrove Planting
City Resilience Strategies
- Surat City Resilience Strategy
ACCCRN Funding Criteria
Credibility
Viability and
Sustainability
Leverage capacity
Replicable and
scalable
Innovation
Portfolio balance
•Contribution to building UCCR
•Impact on lives of poor and vulnerable
•Potential to integrate with other resilience building measures
•Scale of impact
•Technically and operationally viable
•Financially viable and sustainable
•Prospects for timely implementation
•Local ownership
•Ability to leverage other resources (financial, human, technical)
•Prospects for replication in other places
•Ability to achieve scale
•Ability to contribute new urban climate change resilience knowledge and
practice
•Innovative
•Contribution to a diverse and balanced set of projects and interventions
ACCCRN-wide
ACCCRN City Projects
Brown et al. (2012) Environment and Urbanization
Scaling up
• Learning: $2 Million to the International Institute for Environment and
Development for research and documentation support
• Capacity:~$2 Million to the International Center for Climate and
Development in Bangladesh to develop training courses on urban
climate change resilience
• Engagement: $1.75 Million to ICLEI for expansion of a modified
ACCCRN approach to 30-40 cities in India, Bangladesh, Philippines,
and Indonesia
• Networking: $1.2 Million to Arup for support in developing learning
and action networks among ACCCRN partners and linking with other
relevant networks and partnerships
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership
(UCCRP)
• Proposed 5-year multi-donor initiative –
co-developed by DFID, Rockefeller, ADB.
• Need for donor harmonisation & focus
identified at urban climate change resilience
meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010.
• Target – 35 2nd & 3rd tier cities in India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam,
Indonesia
• 4 objectives: capacity building; investment
in resilience; policy; and knowledge sharing.
• Support via grants, loans and technical
assistance.
UCCRP Objectives
UCCRP Objectives
Capacity Building
and Planning
To strengthen the capacity of governments, communities and
technical agencies to effectively plan, finance, coordinate and
implement urban climate change resilience building measures.
Increased
Investment
To demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of climate change resilient
interventions through the financing and implementation of costeffective investments and to generate greater and more efficient use
of resources for resilience building through the structured leveraging
of private and public resources.
Knowledge
Generation
To deepen and broaden the base of documented global knowledge
that emerges from urban climate change resilience practice.
Proposed UCCRP Project Categories
UCCRP Project Categories:
1. Urban Climate Change Resilience Institution and Community Capacity Building,
Planning, and Study Projects
2. Building Climate Resilient Health Systems and Services Projects
3. Urban Solid Waste Management, Drainage and Flood Management Projects
4. Urban Ecosystems Strengthening and Ecosystems Services Projects
5. Climate-resilient Urban Water Management Projects (demand management and
supply measures based on specific climate change assessments)
6. Strengthening and Diversifying Climate Vulnerable Urban Livelihood Projects
7. Urban Climate Resilience Education, Awareness Building and Citizen Monitoring
Projects
8. Improved Urban Emergency Management Projects (based on incorporation of climate
change assessments)
9. Urban Climate Change Resilient Housing and Transportation System Projects
10. Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development Projects
Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Associate Director
The Rockefeller Foundation
crumbaitisdelrio@rockfound.org
November 13, 2012
ACCCRN Overview
Profile
• 7 year initiative launched in 2008
• $60M of $90M Global Climate
Change Initiative
• Investing in 10 core cities in 4
Asian countries and expanding to
30+ cities in 6 countries
Impact
The resilience and capacity of a
growing number of developing
countries/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
ACCCRN Challenge
ACCCRN works at the nexus of:
• climate change – impacts include:
rising sea levels, frequent/stronger
storms, coastal erosion, diminishing
biodiversity, loss of glaciers/arctic
ice, salinity in freshwater aquifers,
major threats to public health
• vulnerable and poor
communities – estimated 828
million living in slums; fewest
resources to prepare and plan for
the impacts
• urbanization – 7 billion; 50% in
cities, 6.4 billion by 2050 with 60%
in Asia
ACCCRN Methodology
Stakeholder
Engagement
Learning,
Synthesis &
Documentation
Collaborative
City
Interventions
Assessments&
Sector Studies
City Resilience
Strategy
Vulnerability Assessments
- Gorakhpur City
Resilience Strategy
Sector studies & pilot projects
Sector studies included:
• Water and hydrology
• Health
• Solid waste management
• Energy
• Drainage
Pilot projects included:
• Safe Habitat Competition
• Urban Service Monitoring
System
• Mangrove Planting
City Resilience Strategies
- Surat City Resilience Strategy
ACCCRN Funding Criteria
Credibility
Viability and
Sustainability
Leverage capacity
Replicable and
scalable
Innovation
Portfolio balance
•Contribution to building UCCR
•Impact on lives of poor and vulnerable
•Potential to integrate with other resilience building measures
•Scale of impact
•Technically and operationally viable
•Financially viable and sustainable
•Prospects for timely implementation
•Local ownership
•Ability to leverage other resources (financial, human, technical)
•Prospects for replication in other places
•Ability to achieve scale
•Ability to contribute new urban climate change resilience knowledge and
practice
•Innovative
•Contribution to a diverse and balanced set of projects and interventions
ACCCRN-wide
ACCCRN City Projects
Brown et al. (2012) Environment and Urbanization
Scaling up
• Learning: $2 Million to the International Institute for Environment and
Development for research and documentation support
• Capacity:~$2 Million to the International Center for Climate and
Development in Bangladesh to develop training courses on urban
climate change resilience
• Engagement: $1.75 Million to ICLEI for expansion of a modified
ACCCRN approach to 30-40 cities in India, Bangladesh, Philippines,
and Indonesia
• Networking: $1.2 Million to Arup for support in developing learning
and action networks among ACCCRN partners and linking with other
relevant networks and partnerships
Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership
(UCCRP)
• Proposed 5-year multi-donor initiative –
co-developed by DFID, Rockefeller, ADB.
• Need for donor harmonisation & focus
identified at urban climate change resilience
meeting in Bellagio, Italy, November 2010.
• Target – 35 2nd & 3rd tier cities in India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam,
Indonesia
• 4 objectives: capacity building; investment
in resilience; policy; and knowledge sharing.
• Support via grants, loans and technical
assistance.
UCCRP Objectives
UCCRP Objectives
Capacity Building
and Planning
To strengthen the capacity of governments, communities and
technical agencies to effectively plan, finance, coordinate and
implement urban climate change resilience building measures.
Increased
Investment
To demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of climate change resilient
interventions through the financing and implementation of costeffective investments and to generate greater and more efficient use
of resources for resilience building through the structured leveraging
of private and public resources.
Knowledge
Generation
To deepen and broaden the base of documented global knowledge
that emerges from urban climate change resilience practice.
Proposed UCCRP Project Categories
UCCRP Project Categories:
1. Urban Climate Change Resilience Institution and Community Capacity Building,
Planning, and Study Projects
2. Building Climate Resilient Health Systems and Services Projects
3. Urban Solid Waste Management, Drainage and Flood Management Projects
4. Urban Ecosystems Strengthening and Ecosystems Services Projects
5. Climate-resilient Urban Water Management Projects (demand management and
supply measures based on specific climate change assessments)
6. Strengthening and Diversifying Climate Vulnerable Urban Livelihood Projects
7. Urban Climate Resilience Education, Awareness Building and Citizen Monitoring
Projects
8. Improved Urban Emergency Management Projects (based on incorporation of climate
change assessments)
9. Urban Climate Change Resilient Housing and Transportation System Projects
10. Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development Projects