ACCCRN's partner, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) will be hosting a short course or urban climate change resilience from July 12 - 18, 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The course is designed to strengthen the capacity of individuals and instituations in developing training courses and modules focused on climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in an urban setting.
Responding to the
urban climate challenge
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By 2030 India will have 70 – 100 cities with a population exceeding one million, which will add further stress to the already over-stretched urban systems and these stresses could be exacerbated by climate change in the coming decades.
Droughts coupled with increased water demand projections are key risks to India and likely to cause water crises as well as increases in food and bio-mass fuel prices.
The Surat ACCCRN city team is developing an Urban Monitoring System that uses cell phones to track service performance and gather information on flood risk, water supply, and public health.
According to research by the Indore ACCCRN team, improving rain water conservation on rooftops can significantly help recharge local water supplies.
The Chiang Rai ACCCRN team identified strengthening sustainable agriculture and tourism as key activities to protect the city’s economy in the face of climate change.
Using participatory community-based planning and development, the Hat Yai ACCCRN team is working to improve flooding preparedness in vulnerable areas of the city.
In 2010, flooding hit 48 of Thailand’s 77 provinces, impacting large numbers of people. Floodwaters destroyed basic infrastructure, destroyed crops, washed away soil, contaminated water, and have been responsible for human deaths.
Low lying areas could be affected by a rise of sea level of up to three meters. Important bio-diverse coastal ecosystems are likely to be affected causing damage to the livelihoods of coastal communities through diminished fishing and agriculture yields.
Recent studies suggest that a one meter rise in sea level would affect approximately five percent of Vietnam’s land area and 11 percent of the population, reducing GDP by around 10 percent.
Increased sea surface temperatures could potentially cause higher wind velocity and longer duration typhoons, and in the higher latitude regions of the Pacific Ocean could lead to more typhoons occurring in the northwest Pacific Ocean affecting Vietnam.
ACCCRN is working to help establish a Climate Change Coordination Office in all three Vietnamese ACCCRN cities which will work across the local city governments to improve resilience.
With an innovative credit and housing scheme, the Da Nang team is empowering female-headed households to become change agents in repairing, reinforcing, and building storm-resistant houses.
Indonesia’s urban growth is one of the fastest in the world, with a rate of 3.3 percent per year as compared to the countrywide growth rate of 1.1 percent per year.
Approximately 24 small Indonesian islands are already submerged due to rising sea levels and Indonesia could lose up to 2,000 islands by 2030.
In Bandar Lampung ACCCRN is working to develop an Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) master plan to build awareness of the relationship between solid waste management, climate change and the health sector and improve capacity in preventing and mitigating flooding-disaster risk reduction.
By planting vetiver grass in Semarang, the ACCCRN city team helped prevent landslides and minimize damage caused by cyclones.
Who we are
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) is a network of ten cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, experimenting with a range of activities that will collectively improve the ability of the cities to withstand, to prepare for, and to recover from current and future impacts of climate change that are difficult to predict. ACCCRN represents a unique initiative to develop, test and demonstrate practical strategies for responding to the impacts of climate change on urban areas. More information >
What is UCCR?
Municipal decision making and climate change have begun to address resilience building with the same level of importance that has been afforded to efforts in greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental protection generally. At the same time, there is growing awareness of the ultimate challenge humanity faces – unprecedented urban growth, and the impact this has on quality of life, particularly for poor and vulnerable groups, and the potential for climate change to further magnify current challenges.
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Mar23
Call for contributions: Quick Guide on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Urban Poor Communities in Asia-Pacific
The Quick Guide on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Urban Poor Communities in Asia-Pacific is being jointly prepared by ESCAP and UN-HABITAT with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. It is part of the United Nations Development Account Project 'Capacity Development for Cities in Asia and the Pacific to Increase Resilience to Climate Change Impacts'. If you have a good practice to share, please take the time to submit it. Submissions are welcome until 1 May 2012 and will be considered on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
Nov28
ACCCRN at COP17 Forum in Durban
ACCCRN partners are actively participating in the COP-17 discussions on climate change in Durban, South Africa. Fern Uennatornwaranggoon of the Rockefeller Foundation and Kai Kim of ISET are providing live updates from the various discussions, forums and meetings in Durban on ACCCRN’s newly launched blog.
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