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Klein, Richard J. T., Eriksen, Siri, Naess, Lars Otto, Hammill, Anne, Tanner, Thomas, Robledo, Carmenza and O’Brien, Karen L. (2007) 'Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance.' Climatic Change, 84 (1). pp. 23-44.

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Abstract

The need to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning and ongoing sectoral decision-making is increasingly recognised, and several bilateral and multilateral development agencies are starting to take an interest. Over the past years at least six development agencies have screened their project portfolios, generally with two goals in mind: (1) to ascertain the extent to which existing development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability and change, and (2) to identify opportunities for incorporating climate change explicitly into future projects. As each portfolio screening was conducted independently, the broader lessons emerging from the screenings have not been systematically analysed. In this paper we assess the screening activities to date, focusing on both the results and the methods applied. Based on this assessment we identify opportunities for development agencies to expand their current focus on the links between climate and development. Most agencies already consider climate change as a real but uncertain threat to future development, but they have given less thought to how different development patterns might affect vulnerability to climate change. The screenings undertaken have shown the need to take a comprehensive approach to adaptation and its integration into development planning and sectoral decision-making, and a number of policy initiatives have been taken to promote such integration. We provide some initial guidance as to how portfolio screening can be carried out in a way that would allow agencies to assess systematically the relevance of climate change to their ongoing and planned development projects.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies
ISSN: 15731480
Copyright Statement: © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007. This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Springer in Climate Change on 05 June 2007, available online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9268-x
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9268-x
Date Deposited: 25 Jul 2019 14:57
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/31362

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