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I4CE Newsletter - Special Adaptation

#Foreword

Public actors have fallen behind on adaptation, and they are not the only ones. This is also the case for NGOs or the private sector. We are not ready to face the unavoidable consequences of global warming, and too often public actors do not even know clearly what to do. Is this delay due to the complexity of the problem, to the very local nature of the impacts and solutions, or to the fact that, for too many people, talking about adaptation would be an admission of failure? It doesn't really matter, the impacts of climate change are already here and we need to accelerate our efforts to adapt.

This is particularly true for Public financial institutions. As you will discover in our newsletter, they have assets to help territories to adapt: they have engineering resources, offer long-term financing, and are active in the most critical areas from a climate perspective. These assets also give them a responsibility.

Finally, as France launches the process of revising its National adaptation plan, we feel it is important to remember that this plan will remain a dead letter if the Government does not hold accountable those who are supposed to implement it, and if it does not give them the means to do so. The next national plan, the "PNACC 3", will not only have to list measures but also program the human and financial ressources for adaptation. I4CE has launched a new research project to help them quantify these resources.

#I4CE_Report

Adaptation: Public financial institutions (also) have a role to play

In this study, I4CE reviews the characteristics and areas of intervention of Public financial institutions, which make them essential actors for adaptation. The study also reviews all of the Public Financial Institutions' business lines to determine their levers for action.

Challenges to implementing adaptation on the ground:5 case-studies in France

In order to understand what Public financial institutions can do, I4CE and Ramboll have analyzed 5 territorial projects, from the Vosges to the Dordogne, which are trying to meet the challenge of adaptation. Beyond their differences, each of the cases studied shows that adaptation requires, above all, dedicating time and resources to change the way projects are designed and carried out.

#2minOn

#Video : 2 minutes on Adaptation and Financial institutions

In this short video, Vivian Dépoues of I4CE summarizes his study on adaptation and Public financial institutions. What is adaptation, why do these institutions have a responsibility to act, what can they concretely do?

#I4CE_Project

FINADAPTER: Financing resilience at local scale
The I4CE studies on adaptation published today are part of a project in partnership with Ramboll France and supported by ADEME. To learn more about this project, visit our web page.

#I4CEvent #Replay #COP26

#Replay: How are Public Development Banks increasing their contribution to the Adaptation Goal?
This COP26 side event provided an overview of and highlight emerging practices of Public development banks (PDBs) to increase their alignment with and contribution to the adaptation goal of the Paris agreement.

#FlashFromThePast

No adaptation without operational requirements and human resources
In this note published before the summer, Vivian Dépoues and Morgane Nicol of I4CE called on the various government departments, as well as on public project owners and infrastructure managers, to be accountable for what they are doing for adaptation. They also called for the mobilization of the necessary resources, particularly human resources. These recommendations are still relevant today, as France revises its National adaptation plan.

#I4CE_Project

Quanti-Adapt – Quantifying the needs of adaptation
The financing of adaptation is challenged by the lack of clarity on the level of needs. In the absence of sufficiently clear and consolidated information, it is difficult to discuss and commit on human and financial resources for adaptation. The Quanti-Adapt project aims to consolidate the available cost elements and estimate the missing elements.

#Tweets of the moment

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