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The document describes CCORAL, a Caribbean-specific tool used to screen policies, legislation, plans, budgets, and projects for climate risks. It outlines a three-step process involving basic screening questions, a detailed vulnerability workbook, and risk management analyses. The briefing specifically details how CCORAL applies to the water sector, including water policies, legislation, supply plans, financial budgeting, and infrastructure projects, noting that the tool is designed for use by both climate specialists and non-specialists.

The document highlights the critical need for climate-resilient investment in the Caribbean water sector to mitigate high economic losses from hazards like hurricanes and droughts. Between 2010 and 2012, USD 8.3 billion in ODA was disbursed to the Caribbean, with USD 172 million allocated to the water sector; of this, only USD 12 million was tagged as climate change relevant. In contrast, global climate funds provided USD 14 million to the water sector during the same period, showing a stronger focus on strategy development and technical studies compared to the infrastructure focus of traditional ODA. The brief identifies five key global climate funds that disbursed a total of USD 44 million to the Caribbean, with 32% targeted at water. It recommends that water sector planners use online platforms like Climate Finance Options to identify funding and suggests matching specialist climate finance with traditional sources to leverage larger investments.

The document outlines a role-playing exercise featuring a 32-year-old woman of African descent and the main breadwinner for six children. The scenario explores how informal employment, lack of childcare, and domestic instability prevent vulnerable residents from attending neighbourhood meetings about flooding and climate change, while highlighting the potential for volunteer networks to provide safety nets during disasters.

The document presents a role-playing exercise featuring a 23-year-old man living with HIV who faces social isolation and economic precariousness. The scenario explores the barriers he faces in attending neighbourhood meetings about flooding, such as lack of energy due to illness and the fear of discrimination based on his sexual orientation. It highlights the practical difficulties of flood recovery for those without family support and the potential for a volunteer network to provide mutual aid during climate crises.

The document presents a persona-based exercise featuring a 35-year-old indigenous woman experiencing domestic violence. It explores how controlling domestic environments and lack of education prevent vulnerable women from participating in climate change meetings and how climate-related disasters, such as flooding and drought, exacerbate domestic burdens and tensions.

The document outlines a character profile for a 15-year-old student living in the marginal urban neighbourhood of Barrio Inundado. The persona is designed to explore the impacts of flooding on youth, specifically how floodwaters disrupt access to education and daily errands, and to identify potential contributions a young person could make to community resilience, such as joining a volunteer network for practical help or applying future legal studies to enforce building and land zoning codes.

The document outlines a simulation exercise where a civil servant leads a climate vulnerability and risk assessment for Barrio Inundado. Participants act out characters to explore how individual attributes influence their experience of floods and collaborate to develop and refine a climate change adaptation plan based on local perspectives.

The Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project focused on applying extreme event attribution to understand the role of climate change in specific weather events in Ethiopia, India, and Kenya, while using the Surging Seas tool to assess coastal flooding risk in Bangladesh. The project sought to bridge the gap between science, communication, and policy to improve disaster risk management in developing countries.

The document outlines a simulation where a Disaster Management Officer conducts a climate vulnerability and risk assessment in Krishna Nagar. Through in-character interviews and group discussions, participants explore how individual attributes influence vulnerability to floods and collaboratively develop and refine climate change adaptation plans based on local perspectives.

The document presents a character profile of a 32-year-old woman who is the primary breadwinner through informal cleaning work while experiencing domestic violence and unemployment within her household. It outlines how floods impact her specifically through waterlogging that hinders her ability to work, causing income loss and health issues for her children due to overflowing drains. The scenario highlights barriers to disaster participation, such as lack of childcare and time, and identifies specific needs including information on evacuation routes, safety net schemes, and training in waste management, urban farming, and biogas technologies to reduce costs.

The document presents a character profile of a 35-year-old IT-savvy public institution employee living in Krishna Nagar. The persona is used to simulate how specific socio-economic factors—such as long working hours, reliance on digital information, and concerns over job security due to mobility issues—affect an individual's engagement with community flood meetings and their experience of disaster impacts, including rising food and bottled water costs.

The document outlines a character profile for a 26-year-old married man and father of four who is a livestock herder. The persona is designed to illustrate the intersection of climate impacts, such as recurrent floods, and personal vulnerabilities, including physical impairment from conflict and mental health struggles. The scenario focuses on the challenges of accessing weather forecasts and fodder/water information to manage livestock risks and the potential impact of new information services and credit initiatives for women.

The document outlines a character profile of an elderly woman facing economic instability due to decreasing farm yields and unreliable remittances. It explores her barriers to attending community meetings, the impact of floods on her rental income, and her interest in disaster risk reduction networks and government safety nets.

The document presents a character profile for a simulation exercise involving a resident of Krishna Nagar. The persona describes the personal and community impacts of flooding, including blocked roads, overflowing drains, water contamination, electricity outages, and increased grocery prices. It highlights barriers to community participation for youth, such as parental security concerns and academic priorities, while expressing interest in a volunteer network to support residents during water logging and flood events.

The document presents a character study of a 13-year-old girl from a socially marginalised class to highlight how gender, age, and socio-economic status exacerbate vulnerability to floods. It details how floods lead to school absenteeism due to security fears, financial instability caused by rising food prices, and the burden of household chores in semi-permanent housing. The persona emphasizes that participation in disaster management or water-saving projects is contingent upon guaranteed personal safety and the ability to balance such activities with education and domestic duties.

The document presents a character study of a 28-year-old transgender female living in a shanty, designed for a group discussion on disaster management. It highlights how social discrimination, lack of literacy, and precarious housing exacerbate the impacts of floods, including health risks from drain water, food insecurity due to price hikes, and exclusion from public gatherings and official aid.

The document outlines a framework for water security and climate resilient development, identifying climate-related risks such as flooding and drought, and mapping the necessary water services, supporting activities, and organizational stakeholders required to address them.

The document assesses climate change impacts on Uganda's agricultural sector, projecting significant losses for export crops like coffee and certain food crops by 2050, while identifying droughts and floods as the most immediate adaptation priorities.

The document assesses the economic risks climate change poses to Uganda's agricultural sector by 2050. It finds that while overall food crop losses may be limited to US$1.5 billion (less than 0.2% of GDP), specific crops like cassava and sweet potato could see 40% production reductions. Agricultural exports, particularly coffee and tea, face significant risks, with combined losses potentially reaching US$2.1 billion in a 75% reduction scenario. The report highlights that immediate threats from droughts and floods are more critical than gradual yield decreases, citing US$470 million in losses from the 2010-11 drought. To address these risks, the Government of Uganda has proposed a US$297 million budget over 15 years for eight adaptation priorities, including irrigation, crop diversification, and micro-insurance.

The document evaluates the vulnerability of Kampala's infrastructure to climate change, specifically focusing on flooding and temperature increases. It projects a significant rise in annual flood damages by 2050 and estimates the cost of climate-proofing buildings and roads between US$3.3 billion and US$3.7 billion for the period 2015-2050.