Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development

The document details a climate risk assessment of the Ruhezamyenda catchment in Uganda, which found the area extremely vulnerable to higher temperatures and increased precipitation. It outlines a multi-step process for mainstreaming these findings into catchment management plans and provides strategic recommendations for Uganda's broader National Adaptation Plan (NAP), emphasizing the need for cross-sectoral coordination, local stakeholder engagement, and the use of existing scientific data to avoid costly redundant modeling.

• The Ruhezamyenda catchment is identified as extremely vulnerable to climate change, with current and future risks including higher temperatures, increased annual precipitation, and more intense rainfall leading to flooding and landslides.
• Hydrological modeling using the COSERO model for periods 2041–2070 and 2071–2100 indicates a general trend toward increasing runoff, particularly in the far future, although results contain significant uncertainty.
• Stakeholders identified priority adaptation actions for the Ruhezamyenda catchment, focusing on improving soil, water, and land management, enhancing hydro-meteorological data collection, improving cross-sectoral coordination, and implementing a communication strategy.
• The document proposes a six-step process for mainstreaming climate change into sector plans and budgets, moving from impact and vulnerability assessments to identifying and costing programs, implementation, and finally monitoring and evaluation.
• For Uganda's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, the document recommends establishing a coordination mechanism to align various sectors and levels of government, from national ministries to local Catchment Management Committees.
• To increase efficiency and reduce costs, the document suggests that the Directorate of Water Resources Management review existing regional and national climate assessments rather than conducting detailed hydrological modeling for every catchment.
• Local engagement with district governments, community groups, and politicians is deemed essential for the sustainability and ownership of adaptation interventions within the NAP process.

APA

Murphy, D., & Kitamirike, J. (2019). Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/napgn-en-2019-briefing-note-integrating-climate-adaptation-in-water-catchment-planning-in-uganda.pdf

Chicago

Murphy, Deborah, and Jackson Kitamirike. Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/napgn-en-2019-briefing-note-integrating-climate-adaptation-in-water-catchment-planning-in-uganda.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2019coordinating, author = {Murphy, Deborah and Kitamirike, Jackson}, title = {{Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/napgn-en-2019-briefing-note-integrating-climate-adaptation-in-water-catchment-planning-in-uganda.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }