The project aimed to build capacities of UNDP, UN, regional agency personnel, and partner agencies in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste on analyzing risks related to climate variability and change, and identify risk management solutions, to inform country climate risk management and climate change adaptation program development.

Key activities:

• identification of key documents and data sources
• analysis of historical and current climate variability and trends, including climate projections; analysis of stakeholders and their policies, programs, and decision contexts related to managing climate risks
• analysis of historical climate impacts, and current and future climate risks in priority sectors
• identification of climate risk management capacities, constraints, and opportunities
• participatory prioritization of climate risk management and climate change adaptation actions