Demonstration activities
Most GEF IW Marine Projects include some demonstration activities as a precursor to up-scaling and/or replication (See PMM information on Demonstration Activities). Projects should ensure that these activities are undertaken with potential climate change in mind where appropriate and this necessitates considering:
- Detailed assessment of impacts of climate variability and change at the demonstration site;
- Capacity development and awareness raising activities on climate change and adaptation to strengthen local skills on these issues;
- Reviewing the design of activities involving on-the-ground measures to ensure they comply with good practice such as 'no regrets' concepts;
- Implementing various tools and techniques that would help asses climate change and variability impacts and plan adaptation strategies; [Ref.Docs. 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43, 48, 50, 51]
- Encouraging monitoring activities that will compile data as a baseline and to identify means to sustain the collection to establish a long-term data set;
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A well-performed SEA can fulfill one or more of the following functions in relation to climate change adaptation: (i) an independent analysis of the likely performance of existing or new Policies, Plans Programmes prepared without reference to climate change in light of new climate change predictions (effectively a form of climate proofing); (ii) an integrated planning and assessment process designed both to generate and test the response of PPP options to different climate scenarios, which are actively explored as part of the SEA; and (iii) a study process focusing entirely on predicting and quantifying the likely effects of climate change itself within a given area. The extent to which climate change considerations can be incorporated into an SEA, the level of detail required in the SEA process, and the relevance of the various questions outlined below, will depend on the entry point and the development activities and processes. OECD: Strategic Environmental Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change, 2010 (Ref. Doc. 31) |
