An interesting paper on the Academia website discusses the challenges that India faces in designing and implementing climate adaptation plans. We learned about the writing through an article that the Nature Research Journal published on their website.
Like many least developed countries, India is vulnerable to climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC) has established the green climate fund, a funding mechanism to help the least developed countries (LDC) like India to set up and support climate adaptation.
There are challenges to accessing the green climate fund, the article says. First, the UNFCCC does not have a standardized procedure for vulnerability assessment, preparation of adaptation plans and estimation of adaption cost.
This lack of standardised process will be a struggle for India and other LDC’s to come up with a compelling proposal required to access the fund, as these countries lack the technical capacity to prepare these proposals.
The article, suggests that the process should be a bottoms-up approach where local communities and government have the skills to do vulnerability assessments and then adaptation planning. But this requires training and capacity building of local and community leaders, the article says.
The LDCs accessing the UNFCCC’s green climate fund for their climate adaptation program will have to spend it on training and capacity building of stakeholders.
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Dhanapal, G. (2014 April). Climate Adaptation in India. Nature Climate Change. Vol 4. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/36255004/Dhanapal_Climate_adaptation_in_India.pdf
Makala ya kuvutia kwenye tovuti ya Academia inajadili changamoto ambazo India inakabiliwa nazo katika kubuni na kutekeleza mipango ya kukabiliana na hali ya hewa. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala ya ""Nature Research Journal"" kwenye tovuti yao." Kama nchi nyingi zisizoendelea, India ni dhaifu kwa mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. Mkataba wa Mfumo wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Mabadiliko ya Hali ya Hewa (UNFCCC) umeanzisha Mfuko wa Hali ya Hewa ya Kijani, utaratibu wa ufadhili wa kusaidia nchi zilizo chini ya maendeleo (LDCs) kama India kuanzisha na kusaidia mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. Kuna changamoto za kupata mfuko wa hali ya hewa ya kijani, makala inasema. Kwa mfano, UNFCCC haijapata utaratibu wa kawaida wa kutathmini udhaifu, kuandaa mipango ya kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa, na kukadiria gharama za kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. Ukosefu huu wa mchakato wa kawaida utakuwa mapambano kwa India na nchi nyingine za chini za maendeleo kuja na pendekezo la kulazimisha linalohitajika kupata mfuko, kwani nchi hizi hazina uwezo wa kiufundi wa kuandaa mapendekezo haya. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala hii, ""mchakato unapaswa kuwa mbinu ya chini-up ambapo jamii za mitaa na serikali zina ujuzi wa kufanya tathmini ya udhaifu na kisha mipango ya marekebisho.""" Lakini hii inahitaji mafunzo na kujenga uwezo wa viongozi wa mitaa na jamii, makala inasema. Nchi zilizo chini ya maendeleo (LDCs) ambazo zinapata fedha za UNFCCC kwa ajili ya mipango yao ya kukabiliana na hali ya hewa, zitahitaji kutumia fedha hizo katika mafunzo na kujenga uwezo wa wadau. Kwa maelezo zaidi, tazama makala hii hapa chini: Dhana Pillai, J.D. Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa nchini India. Mabadiliko ya Hali ya Hewa ya Asili. Mzunguko wa 4 "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika ukurasa wa ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti"" na ""Makampuni ya Utafiti."""