Lawrence HislopPolar / CryosphereGRID-ArendalNorway

July 2, 2013

HICAP Justification

• High-level political

interest from the

Norwegian government

• Transfering ACIA

• In line with Norwegian

foreign policy regarding

climate, development

and environment…

(Norwegians care about

people and understand

snow & ice)

HICAP Background:

"Every Great Project Has a Prequel"

• In the beginning, HICIA, The "Himalayan Climate Impact

and Adaptation Assessment"

• 2-year Feasibility Study (2008-10)

• CICERO, ICIMOD & UNEP/GRID-Arendal

• Main objective:

Identify the human, economic, social and environmental

vulnerability factors and key impacts related to climate

change in the HKH

International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentKathmandu, Nepal- Network of partners on the ground- Experience in regional transboundary projects through

partnership with regional partner institutions

Oslo, Norway- provide reliable and comprehensive knowledge

about all aspects of climate change- Scientific methodology- Downscaled scenarios (IPCC)

Global Resource Information DatabaseArendal, Norway- Communications- Visualisation- Media

Project announcedat COP 16 in Mexico, 2010

Funding

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

• $12 million USD over 5 years

• ½ to ICIMOD ¼ CICERO ¼ UNEP/GA

• 80% needs to be spent in the region

Duration• September 2011 – August 2016

Local Partners

HICAP Design

Project Management - Partners

http://www.icimod.org/hicap

Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity Assessment (VACA)

Community questionnaire Household questionnaire

Activities

Questionnaire in 7967 households

across the HKH

Upper Indus 3 districts – Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza

1127 households

Approx. 90 communities

With Aga Khan Rural Support

Programme (AKRSP)

Eastern BrahmaputraAssam (4 districts) and Arunachal

Pradesh (3 districts)

Approx. 2660 households

Approx. 90-100 communities

With Aaranyak

Koshi Sub-basin6 districts (1 Mountain, 3 Hill, and 2

Tarai)

Approx. 2280 households

Approx. 90 communities

Upper BrahmaputraAt least, 1900 households

With Tibet Academy of Agricultural

and Animal Sciences (TAAAS)

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Thank You!