UNDP

Ministry of Environment

National Climate ChangeCommittee

Undersecretary of Climate Change

The National Department forAdaptation to Climate Change

Global Environment Facility

The National Department forMitigation to Climate Change

PROJECT

TemperatureIncrease

El Niño Phenomenon

Adaptation to Climate Change through Effective Water

Governance in Ecuador

OBJECTIVE: Reduce Ecuador’svulnerability to climate changethrough effective water resourcemanagement.

PROBLEM: Disruption of adequatewater supplies is considered thenation’s most critical climatechange risk, particulary in highlandareas.

RELATIONS: -National Secretary of Water

(SENAGUA)-National Institute of

Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI)

-International Centre of Research in the El Niño Phenomenon (CIIFEN)- Provincial Counsils

- National Secretariat of Planning (SENPLADES)

- Universities- NGOs

TARGET POPULATION- Rural Ecuadorians

facing potential water shortages resulting

from climate change- Main economic

activity of target population: Agriculture

-- Interventions took place in specific provinces

(Los Ríos, Manabí, Loja and Azuay)

Background of the Project

DURATION: 2008-2012

BUDGET: 19 185 432,16

GEF/PNUD:3 020 000 USDGOVERNMENT

(CASH): 108 100 INTERNATIONAL NGO: 1245162

LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

14097000

Background of the Project

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

KEY ISSUES OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

- Various other aspects of society, underminingpoverty reduction and increasing the vulnerabilityof Ecuador’s population

- Impacts on agriculture, energy, and water supply.

- Increased mean temperaturas

- Recurrent drought- Retreatring glaciers- More intense and

concentrated rainfall

- Water governance problemsin Ecuador

CAUSE:

AFFECTS:

CAUSE:

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS

- Vunerable provinces had shown a political willingness to implementadaptation measures to improve thegovernance and management of water resources.

- Project´s objectives werecomplemented by another GEF Project throught synergies, mainlyclimate information and scenarios, and the use of similar tools.

- Ecuador have developed climatechange scenarios using the regional model PRECIS (25X25 Km2)

KEY ISSUES OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

• Locations and towns with littleweather information.

• Slight administrative flexibility in local provincial councils.

• Change in laws for hiring and use of funds.

• Most of the emissions come from changes in land use, deforestation and the replacement of natural ecosystems (paramo, forests)

• Cost-efficient mitigation & adaptation technology development and transfer

UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS

Key Strategies for Success of the Project

The National ClimateChange Strategy, isthe overarchingclimate change policyin Ecuador

National Strategy for Climate and Climate Change National Plan Change.

National Mitigation Plan

National Adaptation Plan

Key Strategies for Success of the Project

Thanks to this tools, it is nowpossible to easily communicate theresults of the climatic modelsdeveloped for Ecuador, and will nodoubt provide useful support forseveral initiatives at the academic,research and institutional level inorder to observe the main climatictendencies linked to the climatechange scenarios of some models.

Scenarios / Climate Models for assessing the vulnerability of the energy sector.

Key Strategies for Success of the Project

• Management of soil moisture, irrigation systems, recovery of agrobiodiversity

• Efficient use of irrigation water and process improvement in agricultural crops.

• Agroforestry and Productive Alternatives for the protection of water sources and climate change adaptation

36 community projects agroecological and forest rescue ancestral knowledge and practices to ensure the availability of water resources

Lessons & Implications

- Involve key stakeholders early in the process to ensure that outcomes and outputs are appropriately aligned

- Allow for modifications to the proposal

- Merge disaster risk management and adaptation plan

- Create a Management Support Group that strategically forms vital partnerships

- Do workshops on “Sharing experiences rescue ancestral knowledge in wáter management, adress the effects of climate change”.

- In developing plans for climate change this work must be multidisciplinary and participatory.

- Invite students for technical visits in order to disseminate the project results and collect suggestions and input from other stakeholders to improve the management of initiatives in the territory.