Development and Climate Change: A Mainstreaming Approach for Assessing Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Adaptation Measures
AIMED AT: Policy makers PURPOSE: The objective of this paper is to introduce how a mainstreaming approach can be operationalised GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Mozambique and Tanzania TECHNICAL AREA: Definition of and a approach to mainstreaming BASIC STRUCTURE: The idea of the mainstreaming approach is to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in the context of development. In a more simple way it can be said that the aim of mainstreaming assessments is to ensure that current, as well as future development policies, are well adapted to the climate and this can imply that some adaptation options are recommended. This way the mainstreaming approach aims at assessing the relationship between the climate and development in general, without giving specific consideration to distinguishing anthropogenic climate change impacts and vulnerabilities from climate vulnerability of development policies per se. A stepwise mainstreaming approach for assessing adaptation can include 5 analytical elements: Element 1: Climate Conditions, Variability and Future Changes; Element 2: Selection of Development Indicators: Element 3: Assessing the Relationship between Climate Variables and Development Indicators related to Specific Activities; Element 4: Adaptation options; and Element 5: Assessment of adaptation options, in order to measure the costs and development impacts of implementing these options.
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