Climate-Resilient Development
Identify, evaluate, select, implement, and adjust actions to reduce climate vulnerabilities and improve development outcomes.
Type
Domain
Competency Area
Climate Change
Levels
Understands the concept of climate resilient development
Understands basis of developing economically viable climate-resilient plans
Aware of scientific research on climate patterns and projections
Understands UNDP’s “development-first” approach, OECD’S a “climate lens” approach, fact-based risk management approach and LECRDS Approach
Cognizant of how climate-resilient development differs from traditional development
Identifies climate stressors and utilizes appropriate climate information
Aware of threats of climate change on current sustainable development and a severe threat to future sustainable development (high confidence; medium evidence, high agreement)
Understands and analyses “scope” and “assess” element
Establishes the development context and assesses vulnerability at an appropriate level of detail to support initial planning
Understands vulnerability and accounting for the following: 1. exposure to a climate stressor 2. sensitivity to that climate stressor 3. adaptive capacity to respond to that climate stressor
Understands climate-resilient pathway for development
Understands development goals, identifying the key inputs and enabling conditions for meeting those goals, and identifying climate and non-climate stressors
Carries out vulnerability assessment to identify key sectors/regions most affected by stressors and map out the sources of vulnerability for different programmes/policies/schemes
Determines what development decisions are being made, their timeframe, and whether they can be influenced by this process.
Carries out detailed assessment of the vulnerability of key inputs and/or the system identified in the scoping stage to climate and non-climate stressors
Identifies needs and opportunities in the context of overlapping structures of governance
Stresses on striking a balance between the immediate needs for adaptation v/s longer terms climate-co benefits
Carries out at the level of detail necessary to support strategy, program, or project design, and it should integrate climate information that appropriately aligns with the scope for action
Design actions that reduce vulnerability and support climate-resilient development
Identifies, evaluate, and select actions to reduce the impact of climate and non-climate stressors
Takes actions that minimize potential damage (e.g., increase flood protection), take advantage of opportunities (e.g., capture and store rainfall where average precipitation amounts may increase), or cope with unavoidable impacts speeding recovery or spreading risk through insurance programs)
Identifies adaptation options, select evaluation criteria, evaluate options, and select a course of action
Identifies adaptive options keeping in mind parameters on effectiveness, feasibility, cost, implementation timing, and technical capacity and political willingness.
Incorporates strategic consideration of the potential for impacts
Evaluate and adjust for climate resilient development goals
Establishes project management practices including climate stressors
Analyses implementation progress and adjusting the strategy, program, or project as needed or providing additional support to improve performance
Warranties that climate stressors are specifically taken into account during this stage in order to adjust development initiatives appropriately
Creates robust monitoring and evaluation methods to account for clear causal attribution as opposed to effects seen due to multiple and overlapping programmes/factors
Continuously monitors sustainability gaps through climate-resilient pathway for development
Understands current shifts towards climate resilient development and the trends that are shaping this evolution
Assesses the results of strategy, program, or project implementation to improve performance, ensure accountability, and promote learning