Publications
Mainstreaming Adaptation
Strengthening the resilience of sustainable development in a warming world
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Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation Planning and Action into Health Systems in Fiji, Ghana, and Benin
by Stefanie Tye and Jacob Waslander - April 2021This paper shares case studies from Fiji, Ghana, and Benin, three countries making progress with mainstreaming climate change adaptation into planning and implementation in health systems. The authors outline the enabling factors, challenges and lessons learned across these three countries, followed by recommendations to mainstream climate adaptation and build climate resilience in the health sector.
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya: Lessons from Makueni and Wajir Counties
by Moushumi Chaudhury, Tonya Summerlin and Namrata Ginoya - September 2020Integrating adaptation across sustainable development initiatives can spur resilient growth, safeguard development gains from climate change impacts and help decision-makers avoid investments that unintentionally increase vulnerability. New research from WRI shines a spotlight on how two counties in Kenya are using innovative, local-level climate funds to move from mainstreaming adaptation planning to action.
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Building Coastal Resilience in Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Colombia: Country Experiences with Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation
by Stefanie Tye, Jacob Waslander and Moushumi Chaudhury - September 2020This paper examines case studies from three regions— Bangladesh, Malabon City (Philippines) and Cartegana (Colombia) —that are making progress on integrating climate adaptation into planning and implementing on-the-ground actions to build coastal resilience. The enabling factors and challenges shared by these locations can serve as models and inspiration to policy makers and other stakeholders in other countries that are grappling with similar issues as they work to narrow the “implementation gap” between planning and action.
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Resilience Grants to Local Governments in Least Developed Countries
by Ayesha Dinshaw and Colleen McGinn - June 2019Measuring the impact of local adaptation programs is challenging, especially when decision-makers integrate climate resilience across broader sustainable development initiatives. New research from WRI examines these challenges – from balancing country-specific and portfolio-wide adaptation assessment needs to integrating resilience elements into existing development monitoring and evaluation systems – and offers methodological solutions that adaptation practitioners around the world can implement.
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From Planning to Action: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Into Development
by Kathleen Mogelgaard, Ayesha Dinshaw, Namrata Ginoya, Marinangeles Gutiérrez, Parvathi Preethan and Jacob Waslander - October 2018This paper describes enabling factors in the areas of policy frameworks, leadership, coordination mechanisms, information and tools, and supportive financial processes that can help bridge the mainstreaming implementation gap. Real-world examples demonstrate how they can come together to support implementation.