Implementation Plan - CDKN Global

CARICOM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGECommunication Support Programme (NSCP) and the UK government Department for InternationalDevelopment (DfiD) in order to address the climate change information gap for developing countriesby making use of existing climate data to generate a series of country-level studies of climateobservations and the multi-model projections.• National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)http://unfccc.int/national_reports/non-annex_i_natcom/submitted_natcom/items/653.phpThese country reports document national circumstances, climate change impacts and vulnerabilityassessments by sector. They also list priority climate change mitigation and adaptation projectsidentified by respective countries.• IPCC (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change)http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htmSummaries of scientific information on climate change according to region, and the impacts onecosystems and societies.- Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to theFourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changehttp://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/contents.htmlThis report presents the current scientific understanding of the impacts of climate changeon natural, managed and human systems, the capacity of these systems to adapt and theirvulnerability.- Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working GroupII to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changehttp://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/contents.htmlThis report highlights impacts of climate change in different parts of the world, on sectors andresources such as water, agriculture, human health and settlements among others. It describesfactors that exacerbate vulnerability to climate change and provides adaptation options.• World Bank Climate Change Data Portalhttp://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/This Data Portal provides readily accessible country-level climate-related data to policy makers anddevelopment practitioners. Using a map interface, users can select their country of interest andaccess information on climate projections, climate change impacts on different crops and sectors,socio-economic data, and other relevant studies and resources for the selected country. The portalalso provides access to a screening tool called ADAPT (Assessment and Design for Adaptation toClimate Change: A Planning Tool), which assists in the identification of activities sensitive to theeffects of climate change.• The Nature Conservancy’s Climate Wizardhttp://www.climatewizard.org/The Climate Wizard is a visual tool that allows users to view historic temperature and rainfall mapsfor anywhere in the world, as well as future predictions of temperature and rainfall in a given area.With this information, users can assess how climate has changed over time and project what futurechanges may occur.200