[Anthropgrad] REMINDER - RMAP RESEARCH SEMINAR - Simone Gigli - 12.30pm Tuesday 30 October

[RMAP Seminars]

INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO DEVELOPMENT: WHERE DO DONORS 
STAND?

Ms Simone Gigli (Independent Environmental Policy Analyst)

Tuesday 30 October 2007 12.30-1.30pm
Seminar Room A, Coombs Building, ANU

Abstract
The issue of climate change can seem remote, compared with such 
immediate problems as poverty, disease, and economic stagnation. Yet, 
climate change can directly affect the efficiency of resource 
investments and the eventual achievement of many development objectives: 
in fact, a high proportion of aid projects – worth billions of dollars – 
are vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, factoring climate concerns 
into development projects is a pressing need for aid recipients and a 
sound strategy for international donors. In recent years, bilateral 
development agencies, and multilateral donors and international 
financial institutions have come to recognise the need to better 
integrate adaptation considerations in their development co-operation 
policies but are having a hard time putting them into action. This 
presentation summarises the findings of a recent OECD project that 
surveyed 26 bilateral and 10 multilateral donors to track trends and 
highlight innovative approaches used by them to incorporate climate 
risks into their activities. They may be helpful in assisting 
development practitioners in translating climate concerns into 
operational practices.

Bio
Simone Gigli works as an independent environmental policy analyst for 
international organisations, development cooperation agencies and 
private consultancies. The main focus of her work is on climate change 
adaptation in the context of development cooperation. She worked for 
three years in the OECDs Environment Directorate in Paris, and is the 
author and co-author of a number of papers and book chapters on climate 
change and other environmental issues, including the adaptation 
assessment chapter of the latest IPCC Report.

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Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University

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