The Framework is an ongoing adaptation strategy that includes prevention, preparedness, response, and restoration. The development of detailed disaster reduction plans at national, local, and institutional levels, and their integration with economic and social development plans, is a key component of this strategy. A very important piece is also the knowledge increase on hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks throughout the results of studies oriented to produce detailed temporal and spatial information.

The Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme (NCSSAP) in Yemen will compliment Yemen’s National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA). Whereas the NAPA focuses on physical adaptation measures, the NCCSAP will concentrate more on social-based adaptation to climate change. Both programs are located within the Climate Change Unit of the Environmental Protection Authority, which operates under the newly created Ministry for Water and Environment. The main focus is water management.

Capitalizing on its vast network of trainers throughout Vietnam, the Red Cross integrated a climate change and adaptation unit into its disaster preparedness training modules.  One component of this project was awareness-raising about the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and the need to be prepared to adapt.

Tuvalu is the first country in which residents have been forced to evacuate because of rising sea levels. Nearly 3000 Tuvaluans have already left their homelands. In support of their crisis, the New Zealand government has established an immigration program called the Pacific Access Category, which currently sees seventy-five residents migrate to NZ each year. The PAC also allows 75 citizens of Kiribati, 250 citizens of Tonga, and 250 citizens of Fiji to emigrate to New Zealand each year.

GTZ was the main implementor of this project, which consisted of analysis and development of a report and plan. The Tunisian agencies in charge of the project are the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources and the General Directorate of Agricultural Studies and Development. Over the course of three conferences and 12 working meetings, the three agencies, along with the help of numerous Ministries and NGOs, produced a report on the impacts of climate change on the landscape and human activities, especially agriculture.

The Red Cross of Trinidad and Tobago recently started the RC/RC Climate Centre’s Preparedness for climate change program. The first step was taken in September 2006, when a workshop was held to assess the nationwide threats posed by climate change and identify Red Cross priorities in response. The Ministry of Education, in partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross, will develop both a climate change information and activity booklet to be used in schools. To reach children further, the national society will set up school projects, a website and a kids club.

The Water Sector Support Project aims to strengthen sector institutions for integrated water resources management and improve access to water supply and sanitation services.

This project includes (1) the provision of  200 hand pumps, several large pumped water systems, 11 gravity-fed water systems, several rooftop water harvesting systems in schools and over 600 household water storage cisterns, altogether supplying water to 45,000 people in 28 villages; (2) the introduction of new drought-resistant and less water-thirsty plants, rain-fed cultivation technologies, greenhouses and irrigation systems to help agricultural activities withstand drought; (3) the creation of community-based organizations that can not only address ongoing food and income problems, but al

The aim of this study is to strengthen the capability of Suriname to deal with the aspects of sea level rise and other relevant aspects of climate change and to contribute to the formulation of national policy and planning, aiming to promote and strengthen sustainable livelihood within the coastal zone. The central theme is therefore the identification of adaptation measures and formulation of national policy and planning.

Objectives of this project include: (1) identification of the strengths and weaknesses in current climate prediction tools from a water resource management perspective; (2) assessment of the potential for improvement, or improved use, of climate prediction tools through incorporation of newly-gained local and international knowledge of climate variability; (3) identification of crucial knowledge gaps; (4) demonstration of use of improved climate prediction tools for water resource management and transfer of knowledge; (5) identification of longer-term research, capacity-building and/or educati