Module 6

Introduction to Planning for Climate

Change

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 Learning Objectives
2

2. Explain the roles of national,

1. Explain why it is important to
sub-national and local
integrate climate change into
institutions in planning for
planning processes in a country
climate change
By the end of
the module
participants will
be able to:
4. Identify international
3. Analyse the main elements
initiatives
of a recognised climate change
which support countries to plan planning methodology
for climate change

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 Overview
3

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5

Introduction The Role of Over

The Role of A International
to Climate National and view
Sub-National Methodology Initiatives to
Change Sectoral Institutions in for Climate Support
Planning Institutions in Climate Change Climate
Climate Change Planning Change
Change Planning Planning
Planning

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Section Introduction to Climate

1 Change Planning

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 What Is Planning for Climate
Change?
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Planning:
The process of setting goals,
developing strategies, outlining
the implementation
arrangements and allocating
resources to achieve those
goals (UNDP)
 Development of plans specifically for climate
change adaptation and mitigation
 Integration of climate change adaptation and
mitigation in existing planning processes

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 The Need to Take Concerted
Action
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“National and local governments must work

more closely together in tackling climate
change if the world is going to mount an
effective response to the problem.”
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, 2009

Source: UN

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Institutions Involved in
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Climate Change Planning

National institutions

Sectoral institutions

Sub-national institutions
(including rural, urban and
provincial)

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Climate Change in Existing
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Planning Processes
Planning
Entry Points
Institutions
National • Poverty reduction strategy paper
government • National development plan
and • National budget allocation process or review (e.g.
cross-sector medium-term
ministries expenditure framework, public expenditure review)
Sector • Sector strategies, plans and policies (e.g.
ministries agricultural sector plan)
• Preparation of sector budgets
• Public expenditure reviews
Sub-national • Decentralization policies
authorities • District plans
• Preparation of sub-national budgets

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Communities
and Citizens
International
Trade Unions
Partners

Civil Society
Media
Groups
Stakeholder
Network

Government
Administrato Academic
rs and Institutions
Planners

Policy
Businesses
Makers

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Change Planning: Good
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Governance

Consensus
Participatory Accountable
oriented

Good Effective and

Transparent
Governance efficient

Equitable and Follows the

Responsive
inclusive rule of the law

Source: UNESCAP

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Lack of coordination

Lack of leadership and political support

Limited monitoring and evaluation of

policies

Scientific complexity and uncertainty

Economic costs and benefits of climate

policy

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Two approaches for

dealing with
scientific
uncertainties:
 No regret options

 Precautionary

principle
Source: USA Today

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Section Section 2: The Role of

2 National and Sectoral
Institutions in Climate
Change Planning

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 Why Is Climate Change
Important for National
14 Planning?
Internatio
nal
Respondi The
obligation
ng to effects of National
s under
climate climate institution
the
change is change s provide
UNFCCC
closely can alter principal
need to
linked the interface
be taken
with effectiven with
into
national ess of donor
account
planning existing countries
in
processes plans
national
planning

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Institutions in Managing
15 Climate Change
 Set legislation and regulations that create
incentives or disincentives for adaptation and
mitigation
 Set priorities and provide overall policy
framework within which other institutions
(sectoral, sub-national, and local) operate
 Make budget allocations for adaptation and
mitigation actions
 Facilitate coordination between sectors and
different government levels
 Manage international relations with other
countries/donors and ensure implementation of
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Stakeholders Examples of Work Areas/Responsibilities

Members of • Regulation and standards
Parliament • National policies
• Public finances
• Fiscal policy
National Government • National policies
Agencies • Public finances
(e.g. Ministries of Planning, • Fiscal policy
Finance, Development, • Institutional governance framework
and Public Administration) • Operational capacity of government
• Management of government assets
• Disaster preparedness and response
Research Community • Research and development
and Civil Society • Awareness-building and lobbying
The Private Sector • Research and development
• Service provision

Source: Based on OECD 2009 p72

Section 2: The Role of the National and
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Change into National
17 Development Planning

Video: Representative from Kenya explains steps

taken to mainstream climate change into national
development planning

URL: [Link]/watch?v=PZz5vyksxSs

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 Why Is Climate Change
Important for Sectoral
18 Planning?

Climate Sectors need Climate

change can to contribute change may
impact to national affect
effectiveness national
of existing emission priorities and
sectoral plans reduction thus sectoral
and policies targets budget
(adaptation) (mitigation) allocations

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 Operationalise national/cross-sectoral climate

change priorities through sectoral policies, plans,
budgets and projects (“top-down”)
 Inform national climate change policy
frameworks
(“bottom-up”)
 Plan, implement, and monitor sector-specific
adaptation and mitigation actions

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 Line ministries
 Sector-specific commissions
 Parliamentary committees focused on sectoral
issues
 Research institutions and civil society
organizations with a sectoral focus
 Business associations and labor unions

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Section The Role of Sub-National

3 Institutions in Climate
Change Planning

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Important for Sub-National
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Planning?

Planning and Increasing Climate

investment urbanisation change
The effects
decisions are : there are impacts the
of climate
often taken more people services
change are
at the sub- than ever local
felt locally
national living in institutions
level cities provide

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Institutions in Managing
23 Climate Change

Three main instruments are

available for sub-national
authorities to respond to
climate change:
 Planning and regulation

 Delivery of goods and

services
 Revenue raising

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 Local government agencies

 City or county councils
 (Municipal) utilities
 Co-operatives, community-based
organizations, and other civil society
organizations
 Locally based businesses and business
associations
 The public
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Climate Change in Thailand
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Section A Methodology for Climate

4 Change Planning

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Climate- Resilient Development
27 Strategy (LECRDS)
 Climate change
responses should drive
development choices
 The LECRDS approach
provides a way of doing
this
 By working in an
integrated way, more
innovative and diverse
policy options can be
identified
 A LECDRS can also
attract
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Step Develop a multi-stakeholder

1: climate planning process

Step Prepare climate change profiles

2: and vulnerability scenarios
Identify strategic options leading
Step to low-emission, climate resilient
3: development
Identify policies and financing
Step options to implement priority
4: climate change actions
Step Prepare low emission climate-
5: resilient development roadmap

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Process
Find more information on this
subject in Module 2:
Introduction to the
International Legal and
Policy Framework to
Address Climate Change
Create policy
and technical Identify
Review and
Establish a working technical
compile Develop a
LECRDS groups with capacity
existing communicatio
Establish a steering representativ needs and
climate ns and
LECRDS committee es from implement
information: awareness
project team composed of national, training for
plans, raising
high level regional, concerned
assessments, strategy
officials local, sector, decision –
policies
private sector makers
and academia

More in depth resources by UNDP:

Find more information on
Charting a New Carbon Route to Develo
this subject in Module 4: pment
Introduction to Climate Multi-stakeholder Decision-making
Change Mitigation

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Strategies
Find more information Find more information
on this subject in on this subject in
Module 1: Module 3:
Introduction to Introduction to
Climate Change Climate Change
Science Adaptation

Develop project
Establish
scenarios for
business-as- Produce current
future emissions Assess current
Develop climate usual scenarios and future
on existing and and future
change scenarios for GHG vulnerability
alternative vulnerability
emissions and maps
development
inventories
scenarios

More in depth resources by UNDP:

Preparing Low-Emissions Climate-Resilient
Development Strategies
Formulating Climate Change Scenarios
Managing the National Greenhouse Gas Invento
ry Process
Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability
Section 4: A Methodology for Climate Change
Applying
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Options
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Find more Find more

information on this information on this
subject in Module subject in Module
3: Introduction to 3: Introduction to
Climate Change Climate Change
Adaptation Adaptation
Based on future
Develop different emission
low-emission Assess the scenarios and
Determine
climate resilient impact of the vulnerability
Review climate emission
development different • Define low
profiles and reduction targets
scenarios for scenarios on
vulnerability and identify emission
main sectors e.g. predicted
scenarios options to climate resilient
energy, industry, vulnerability of a
achieve them development
transportation, given region
agriculture objectives
• Identify priority
adaptation and
mitigation
options
More in depth resources by UNDP:
Technology Needs Assessment Find more Find more
Handbook information on this information on this
Designing Adaptation Initiatives Toolkit subject in Module subject in Module
Paving the Way 4: Introduction to 4: Introduction to
for Climate-resilient Infrastructure Climate Change Climate Change
Mitigation Mitigation
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Implement Priority Actions
Find more information
on this subject in
Module 5:
Introduction to
Climate Change
Finance

Identify required
Evaluate existing Identify and
Perform Analyze barriers investment and
policies and secure financing
technical, social to financial flows
financing for the low
feasibility and implementation and make
opportunities for emission climate
cost benefit and identify recommendation
the options at resilient
analysis of those that can be s by sector both
national and local development
priority options addressed in the mid and
level options
long term

More in depth resources by UNDP:

Catalysing Climate Finance
Readiness for Climate Finance
Transforming On-Grid Renewable
Energy Markets
Derisking Renewable Energy
Investment
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Finalized roadmap
Compile and LECRDS steering Climate coordination should be distributed
synthesize results of committee should committees should widely and presented
previous steps and review and approve review and validate to key public and
prepare a roadmap the draft roadmap the draft roadmap private financial
actors

More in depth resources by UNDP:

Blending Climate Finance through National
Climate Funds
The Role of Legal Instruments to Support Gr
een Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Dev
elopment
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Video: Daniela Stoycheva from UNDP

explains the guidance the
programme provides to countries to
support low carbon development
URL:
[Link]
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Section International Initiatives to

5 Support Climate Change
Planning

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Building Programme
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 Programme by EU – UNDP
 Objectives:
 To strengthen technical
and institutional
capacities at country
level
 To facilitate inclusion
and coordination of the
public and private sector
in national initiatives
addressing climate
change
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 Least Developed Countries Work

Programme

 Least Developed Countries Expert Group

 NAP Global Support Programme

(UNDP/UNEP)

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 Green Climate Citi

es
(GCC)
 Tailor made to
local government
requirements
 “Analyze, act,
accelerate”

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 A network of 6 developing
country organizations and 3
global organizations located in
Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific,
the Caribbean
 Objective: Strengthening
capacities in Non-Annex I
countries to address climate
change
 Activities include the
development and testing of tools
& methods that guide policy and
decision-making for climate
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Annex Additional Resources

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 There are many points of entries to integrate climate

change planning into development planning, and it is
important to involve all stakeholders in the process.
 National institutions are often responsible for
coordinating with sectoral and local institutions as well
as with other countries and international organisations.
 Sectoral institutions are often responsible for planning
for sectoral climate action and implementing sectoral
activities.
 Sub-national institutions are often responsible for the
actual implementation of policies at the sub-national
level.
 Planning for climate change can be integrated through
the development of Low-Emission Climate-Resilient
Development
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UNDP Low Emi ICLEI: Green C

ssion Capacity limate Cities Least Develop
Building ed Countries E
Programme xpert Group
Programme

UNDP Tools For Main UNDAF Guidan

streaming DR ce Materials
R

UN CC:Learn
C3D+ Planning For C
limate Change library of UN
: Guidance For documents
Local Authorit
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 UN-HABITAT (2012).
Developing Local Climate Change Plans: A Guide for Cities in Developi
ng Countries
 UNEP (2009). Climate Change Strategy
 UNDP (2011).
Preparing Low-emission Climate Resilient Development Strategies – A
Guidebook
 UNDP (2011).
Formulating Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Climate-Resilient Dev
elopment Strategies
 UNDP (2010).
Integrating Climate Change Consideration into Country Analysis and t
he UNDAF
 UNDP (2009).
Charting a New Low-Carbon Route to Development: A Primer on Integr
ated Climate
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 OECD (2009).
Cities, Climate Change And Multilevel Governance

 UNDP (2011).
Preparing Low-Emission Climate Resilient Development Strategi
es – A Guidebook

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