Mukand S Babel, PhD Professor, Water Engineering and Management

Chair, Climate Change Asia

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

CTCN Regional Forum for

National Designated Entities (NDEs) from Asia and

the Pacific

16-20 July 2018

The Plaza Hotel, Seoul, Korea

Presentation Outline

• Background and context

• AIT’s experience with CTCN’s capacity building

interventions

• Reflections on capacity building experiences

• AIT’s agenda for climate change

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Background and Context

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Capacity Building

Networking

Technical Assistance

Knowledge Management

CTCN Core Services

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CTCN’s mandate for capacity building

• Objective of the CB

• To strengthen the capacity of developing countries to identify

technology options, make technology choices and operate,

maintain and adapt technology

• CB support includes:

• Knowledge and information sharing (tools, policies, best

practices)

• Training, webinars on specific topics

• Special focus on providing tailored CB services to

least developed countries (LDCs)

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CTCN’s mandate for capacity building

CTCN consortium partners

AIT’s involvement with CTCN Capacity

building interventions

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building

2015 2016 2017 2018

LDC incubator

Programme for

BANGLADESH

Training Programme for

BHUTAN on Flood Risk

Assessment

Training Programme for

THAILAND on Precision

Agriculture

Training Programme

for PAKISTAN on

Developing Project

Proposals for GCF

LDC incubator

Programme for

TIMOR LESTE

Training programme for

NEPAL on Developing

Project Proposals for GCF

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building

Other non-capacity building engagements

oTechnical support and advice for the identification of technology

needs in AFGHANISTAN (Response Plan)

oPromoting data for climate change, drought and flood

management in MYANMAR (Response Plan)

oDeveloping policy framework and business model to promote

sustainable use of biomass briquettes in NEPAL (Technical

Assistance)

oFeasibility study for setting up a watch observatory for health

and environmental risks in CONGO (Response Plan)

oSupport for the implementation of low carbon environmental

development in CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Response Plan)

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples Title: LDC Incubator Programme for BANGLADESH

Duration: Dec 2015- Mar 2016

Overall objective: To help Bangladesh develop requests for

projects on technology transfer and development

Activities: Workshops, on-the-job mentoring, stakeholder

consultations

Outputs: Development of 5 requests

1.Study of Scope of Co-generation for Energy Efficiency Improvement

2.Technical Assistance for Saline Water Purification Technology at Household Level

and Low Cost Durable Housing Technology for Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

3.Technical Assistance Enhancing Longer Lead-time Flood Forecasting and

Strengthened Community Dissemination in Bangladesh

4.Technical Support to Accumulate A National Agro-forestry Policy for Bangladesh

5.Technology for Monitoring and Assessment of Climate Change Impact on

Geomorphology in the Coastal Areas

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

Title of Training Programme: Technology development for

climate resilience and efficient use of resources in the agricultural

sector in THAILAND

Duration: 26-30 September 2016

Recipient: National Science and Technology Development

Agency (NSTDA)

Training topics:

1.Plant phenotyping, density mapping and yield estimation

2.Hyper/Multi-spectral and thermal imaging

3.Geoinformatics

4.Sensor technology

5.Smart irrigation and fertigation

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

Title of Training Programme: Flood risk assessment and management in

BHUTAN

Duration: 30 Oct - 08 Nov 2017

Recipient: Flood Engineering and Management Division

Training topics:

1.Hydro-meteorological hazards, their formation and predictability

2.Flood vulnerability assessment for Samdrupjhonkar municipality

3.Hands-on exercises on GIS as applicable for flood management

4.Hands-on exercises with HEC-RAS model to assess flood hazards in

Samdrupjhonkar municipality

5.Developing future climate change scenarios for Bhutan

6.Challenges and opportunities in planning for floods under climate change

7.Tools and technologies for flash flood management

8.Structural and non-structural interventions for flood mitigation and

management

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

Title of Training Programme: Developing project proposals for climate

change in PAKISTAN

Duration: 7-11 August 2017

Training topics:

Module Contents

1 Understanding GCF operations from a project development point of view

2 Developing a GCF Project Concept Note: elaboration of a logical framework, defining result areas and choosing a suitable Accredited Entity

3 Developing a GCF Project Concept Note: complying with the GCF investment framework

4 Developing a GCF Project Concept Note: elaboration of implementation arrangements, ensuring stakeholder engagement, complying with regulatory requirements, and carrying out risk analysis

5 Developing next steps (road map) to allow for finalizing the draft GCF concept note and elaborating a full funding proposal

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

Title of Training Programme: Developing project proposals for climate

change in PAKISTAN

Outputs: Four project concept notes developed

Output Description

1 Collaborative and integrated watershed management in critical Western arid watersheds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2 Creating an enabling environment for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices at grass-root level in Pakistan.

3 Addressing the main drivers of deforestation in the protected forests of Malakand civil division of Khyber Pakhtunkwa in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation through integrated and collaborative natural resource management

4 Initial environmental examination of the bio-gasification of cattle waste at Landhi and Bin Qasim cattle colonies, Karachi, Pakistan

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AIT and CTCN Capacity Building: Examples

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Reflections on Capacity Building

Experiences

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Reflections on capacity building experiences

• Countries are very serious about capacity building • Participants are highly motivated

• Some interventions are needed to strengthen the post-

workshop institutional mechanisms in the home countries • This is needed to translate the capacity building outputs into practice

• On-the-job mentoring after training workshops is crucial to

maintain the momentum

• Some common technical capacity needs of countries identified: • Improving energy efficiency

• Water management under climate change

• Climate smart agriculture

• M&E for climate interventions

• This makes a case for dedicated capacity building programmes

offered on a consistent basis

AIT’s Climate Change Agenda

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AIT’s climate change agenda

1. AIT is one of the earliest institutions in Asia to initiate climate

change related research, and education, in the region, since

the late 1990s

2. Over 200 Master and PhD thesis on climate change

3. In early 2000s it established the CoE on Sustainable

Development in the Context of Climate Change (SDCC) to

carry out research and capacity building on:

• Low Carbon and Sustainable Production and Consumption Technologies

and Management (LCSPCTM)

• Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

• Sustainable Land and Water Resources Management (SLWRM)

• Business and Innovation Models for a Green Economy (BIMGE)

• Urban and Rural Quality of Life and Sustainability (URQLS)

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AIT’s climate change agenda

4. In 2015, AIT established a new initiative called “Climate

Change Asia” (CCA)

Assist developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to meet or exceed their

climate change target contributions to the Paris Agreement Goals by enhancing

national capacities to meet diverse but specific needs—technical, institutional,

and policy-related".

Capacity-building services

• Tailored training programmes

• Mentoring on project preparation

• Learning materials

• Awareness raising

• Knowledge sharing

Training Programmes

• Developing Concept Notes for GCF

• GCF policies, processes and procedures

• Financing for renewable energy

projects in SIDS

• Mainstreaming gender considerations in

GCF project proposals

• Economics of climate change

adaptation

Capacity-building events 25

682 participants

31 Participating countries

Achievements

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