Adapting to Climate Change: Assessing the World Bank Group ...

OVERVIEWscale pilot projects, assessment of ongoingprojects, and other analytic activities.Box 1. Things We Need to Learn to PromoteMore Effective and Equitable Adaptation—Some ExamplesPoverty reduction, assets, and resilience: As households’incomes improve (from different kinds of projectsand policies, in different contexts), to what extentdo they become more resilient to climate shocks?Sustainable land and water management projects: what istheir impact, under different conditions, ongroundwater recharge, agricultural yields, andcarbon storage?Index-based agricultural insurance: How much does itimprove household consumption and resilience?Ecosystem-based adaptation: Are these interventions(such as mangroves for coastal protection,wetlands for flood mitigation) sustained? Ifsustained, do they achieve their adaptation goals?Land use planning and zoning: Are plans beingcomplied with? What is the impact of alternativeenforcement and incentive approaches? What arethe costs and benefits of different approaches:information provision, permitting, and incentives?Costs and benefits of flood control and other disasterprevention efforts: What are the costs and benefits ofachieving different levels of protection viadifferent means?Costs and benefits of improved hydromet systems? Whatare the costs, who benefits, and by how much? Working with partners, exploremeans of assuring reliable financingof responses to major disasters.In addition to these recommendations,IEG suggests attention to the followingareas. Continued support for integrated riverbasin management, especially forlarge transboundary basins. Keep inmind that progress may take decades andsupport the development of open-sourcehydrological data and models. Support for in situ conservation ofagrobiodiversity.xxvi