Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop Marriott Resort and Spa, Pattaya, Thailand, 17-20 February 2014

Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop

Marriott Resort and Spa, Pattaya, Thailand, 17-20 February 2014

HUANG Wenhang, DirectorDivision of International Cooperation, Department of Climate Change,

National Development and Reform Commission, P.R. China

Session 2Putting the NAP process in perspective

and NAP-GSP

China experience on stakeholder engagement for formulating adaptation plan

1. Institution Arrangement2. Policies & Strategy3. Way forward


Session 2Putting the NAP process in perspective and NAP-GSP

1. Institution Arrangement• Governing Bodies:

– Special unit to deal with climate change set up in 1990;– National Coordination Committee on Climate Change (NCCCC)

established in 1998;– National Panel on Climate Change set up in 2006;– National Leading Group to Address Climate Change set up in

2007;– Climate Change Department established in NDRC to

undertake the general work in respect of climate change in 2008;

– A liaison office was set up for the National Leading Group in 2010



China’s National Leading Group on Climate Change

Provincial Leading Groupon Climate Change

Composition:Ministry of Foreign AffairesNational Development and Reform CommissionMinistry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of Industry and Information TechnologyMinistry of FinanceMinistry of Land and ResourcesMinistry of Environmental ProtectionMinistry of Housing and Urban-Rural DevelopmentMinistry of TransportMinistry of Water ResourcesMinistry of AgricultureMinistry of CommerceMinistry of HealthNational Bureau of StatisticsState Forestry AdministrationChinese Academy of SciencesChina Meteorological AdministrationNational Energy AdministrationChina Civil Aviation AdministrationState Oceanic Administration

Composition:Provincial Developmentand Reform Committee(PDRC);Provincial FinanceDepartment

Office of Leading Groupon Climate Change:Hosted by PDRC

National Leading Group on Climate Change Office: hosted by NDRCImplementation Unit: Department of Climate Change, NDRC

1. Institution Arrangement• Science & Technology:

– NDRC, MOST, NSFC and the National Leading Group are playing a key role in setting priorities for state investment on S&T.

– Research infrastructures such as large-scale observation networks have been put in place.

• national climate monitoring network• national weather observation network• national specialized meteorological observation network• national ecological observation network (backboned by the CERN of CAS)

and CO2 flux observation network (backboned by the ChinaFLUX of CAS)

– Research institutions such as the CAS, the CAAS, CMA and many state universities have set up core teams of over 1000 research scientists.



China’s Technologies on CCA

Desertification control防治沙漠化

Loess Plateau黄土高原

Algae removal除藻

Drought-resistant seedling plantation抗旱苗木种植

Solar energy-based

irrigation太阳能灌溉

Desert shrub breeding荒漠区灌木繁育

Coastal mangrove restoration

沿海红树林恢复

CERN: demonstration on CCA

中国生态系统研究网络的适应技术示范

Applicable Technology Manual for SSC on S&T to Address Climate

Change (2nd Edition, 2011) 《南南科技合作应对气候变化适用技术手册》（第二版 , 2011年）

1. Institution Arrangement• Education, Outreach and Public Awareness:

– incorporated into the framework of basic education, adult education and higher education;

– fully using the mass media such as books, newspapers, periodicals, audio and video products



Outreach Institutions on Climate Change in ChinaType Institution

Media • CCTV; Xinhua News Agency; other media• CMA; CMP• Department of Climate Change under NDRC;• MOST; Science Press

Meetings • NDRC; MOFA; MOST; CMA• Tianjin Municipal Government

Thematic outreach

• China (Beijing) International Energy Saving and Environment Protection Exhibition (BIESEPE)• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games• World Expo 2010 Shanghai• The 20th National Book Expo in 2010• World Environment Day, World Meteorological Day, World Earth Day, Science Day

NGOs • Friends of Nature, Global Village – Beijing, Green Earth Volunteers, etc• China Youth Climate Action Network (CYCAN)• WWF

1. Institution Arrangement• International Cooperation:Ministry Programmes

NDRC South-South Cooperation Programme on Climate Change, 2011-2013;Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project, 2009-2013;GEF-SCCF project “Enhancing Capacity, Knowledge and Technology Support to Build Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Developing Countries”, 2013-2017

MOST Science and Technology Partnership Programme with other developing countries;International S&T Cooperation Network/Platform (http://www.actc.org.cn);Applicable Technology Manuals for SSC on S&T to Address Climate Change

NSFC International Young Scientist Research Fund

CAS Specially Hired Foreign Research Fellows Project;Youth Foreign Scientist Project;UNEP-IEMP;

MOC, MOA, SFA, MWR, MEP, etc

Foreign aid programme, including technological cooperation programmes and human resources development programmes

China’s SSC Programme on Climate Change (SSCP)• The 12th Five-Year Plan

– “will provide help and support to developing countries on climate change”

• COP17, 2011, announced by Mr. XIE Zhenhua, Vice Chairman of NDRC

• USD 31.7 million, 12 countries from 2011-2013

• Post 2013, China to continue supporting SSCP

Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC)• ACCC is major China – UK – Swiss climate change

adaptation research/policy project which aims to:– Developing accurate regional/national climate models– Assessing impacts, vulnerability and risk– Mainstreaming adaptation into development planning – ….

SDC to support second phase including S-S Coop (others welcome to join)

ACCC Pilot Provinces

Coastal regions: Typhoons, storm surge and long-term inundation

North and northeast: Increased water scarcityNorthwest:

Desertification (higher evaporation)

Tibetan Plateau: Change in river flows / melting glaciers

Southern China: Increase in flood frequency and magnitude; northwards spread of “tropical” disease vectors

GEF-SCCF EBA projectProject title Enhancing Capacity, Knowledge and Technology Support to Build

Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Developing Countries

Geographical scope Global: Africa and Asia-Pacific

Project executing organisation

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

2. Policies & Strategy• Comprehensive Policies:

– Initial and Second National Communication on Climate Change (2004); Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2012);

– First National Assessment Report on Climate Change(2006); Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2011)

– China's National Climate Change Programme (June 3 2007);– China's Scientific & Technological Actions on Climate Change (June 14

2007);– China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (first issued

on October 29 2008 and then annually );– Implementation of the Bali Road Map – China’s Position on the

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (May 20 2009);– Outline of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social

Development (March 2011)Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans

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2. Policies & Strategy• Measures for enhancing adaptation capacity during

the 12th Five-Year:– To study and formulate policies and measures allowing agriculture

and forestry to respond to climate change, and guaranteeing food and ecological safety;

– To rationally tap and optimize the allocation of water resources, and strengthen various water-saving policies and measures;

– To enhance monitoring and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems, and increase the coastal areas’ capacity to resist marine disasters;

– To improve the emergency-response system, starting mechanism and multi-disaster early warning mechanism to tackle extreme meteorological disasters.





Sustainable Forestry Management: China has done a great job in preventing illegal logging and recovering its forest resources through increasing public awareness of forestry and environmental protection and deepening forestry reforms.



Returning Farmland to Forests: The people's governments at all levels shall strictly implement the policies and measures of "converting farmland to forests, closing mountains for greening, providing grain as relief and making contracts with individuals."



Return Grazing Land to Grassland: Improve policies for returning grazing land to grassland, quicken the implementation and expand of the coverage of the said project, enhance efforts on building human-made pasture, water complex in pasturing areas and livestock sheds, and promote breeding of livestock according to natural conditions and in sheds.

2. Policies & Strategy• National Climate Change

Adaptation Strategy:– During 2011-2013, NDRC has developed a national

strategy for climate change adaptation.– The strategy, based on the assessment of the impact

of climate change on China’s economic and social development, has laid out clear guidelines and principles for climate change adaptation, as well as proposed adaptation objectives, major tasks, regional patterns and safeguarding measures.

– Provinces, including Zhejiang, Henan and Liaoning, have carried out their own regional strategic studies for addressing climate change.



Study on National Strategy of Climate Change Adaptation

(2011)

4. Way forward• SSC:

– how to further China’s SSC Programme with more attention EBA?

• NAP:– how China can advance her NAP processes to meet the

needs identified, with tech. support from int’l community?




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Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plans Asia Regional Training Workshop Marriott Resort and Spa, Pattaya, Thailand, 17-20 February 2014