Climate Change Adaptation
Linking policies and practices

• Programme
• Presentation of speakers
• Outline for working groups
• Policy Brief

Presentations:

Climate change and development presentations:

• Economics of adaptation to climate change - EACC
  Sergio Margulis, World Bank
• Climate change - The link between adaptation and development
  Youba Sokona, ACPC/UNECA
• Institutional strengthening and building research capacity in adaptation to climate change - The CCAA experience
  Fatima Denton, IDRC

Adaptation Strategies and lessons from the application of screening tools presentations

• Climate change adaptation in developing countries - From policies to practice
  Tom Twining-Ward, UNDP
• Climate risk screening and assessment tools
  Anne Hammill, IISD

Working group A: Water resources and coastal zones

• Experiences in climate change adaptation through IWRM for improved livelihoods - The three northern regions of Ghana
  Ben Ampomah, WRC
• Water and climate - Closely linked
  Henrik Larsen, DHI
• Meeting the challenges of sea level rise and coastal erosion - Experience from Egypt
  Jan Dietrich, NIRAS
• Recommendations

Working group B: Agriculture and food security

• Lessons from small holder farmers in Namibia
  Mwangu Stove project
  Nickey L. Gaseb, UNDP
• Towards low carbon agricultural development pathways
  Bruce Campbell, CGIAR
• Climate change adaptation - Linking policy to practice
  Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE
• Recommendations

Working group C: Disaster risk reduction

• Recent initiatives on DRR and CCA at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
  Antonio Queface, Eduardo Mondlane University
• Role of groundwater in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
  Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO
• Making transport climate resilient - Findings and guidelines for roads in Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique
  Karsten Sten Pedersen, COWI
• Recommendations

November 22.-23. at Eigtveds Pakhus 2, Copenhagen, Denmark 

In November the Climate Change Task Force (DDRN, DWF and ENRECA Health) in cooperation with the Technical Advisory Service of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a workshop on climate change challenges and options for Danish development assistance.

The workshop addressed the following questions:

• How will climate change affect economic growth and broader development issues in developing countries?
• What are key lessons and recommendations from existing climate change adaptation activities in developing countries?
• Which tools, methods and practices are relevant for Danish development assistance efforts to improve adaptation to climate change in developing countries?