Climate Proofing

Climate change can already be felt in many places. And poor people in developing countries particularly suffer from the negative impacts. Climate change aggravates their already existential problems. How can climate change in future be systematically and as effectively as possible be taken into consideration?
 
Welthungerhilfe has commissioned the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) with the task of drafting a climate proofing method. The method pursues the objective of improving the quality and sustainability of development cooperation, including development-oriented rebuilding through systematically intensified consideration of climate change. In addition the method can help to develop specific project proposals for adaptation to climate change and present contributions which new interventions make towards adapting to climate change.

In the main part, the approach makes a differentiation between regional or country programmes (Chapter 2) and individual projects (Chapter 3). The two chapters are primarily independent of each other, which means the reader can read Chapter 2 or start reading Chapter 3 immediately in accordance with requirements.

In addition the document contains supplementary information in five modules. The reader can use these independent of each other in accordance with the respective interest and requirements. Module A is designed to explain the terms used and their importance for the climate proofing. Module B provides a series of orientations, in order to assess the risks and opportunities relevant to a region and to be able to identify options for taking action for adaptation and mitigation. Module C examines the relevance of the proofing and provides instructions on the amount of time and resources that have to be invested. Module D describes several participatory tools which are particularly suitable for assessing risks at community level. Module E finally lists additional literature as well as websites which were used for drawing up the climate proofing and which could possibly be of interest for providing supplementary information.

The methods were developed with the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).