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ANALYSIS OF DONOR-SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES AND NATIONAL PLANS
and project level, the situation is much more nuanced. In isolated instances, ancillary climate benefits are explicitly recognised. An example is the law forming the basis of Uruguay’s 1989 Forestry Promotion Policy, which has led to a dramatic increase in carbon sequestration. Anticipatory adaptation to climate change impacts is an implicit focus of the risk reduction project at the Tsho Rolpa glacial lake in Nepal. Beyond such examples directly linked to climate change, several development activities and projects dealing with current climate risks might be synergistic with adaptation to climate change impacts. More generally, a range of social development activities implicitly reduce vulnerability to climate risks.
Notes 1. The CRS database lists almost 5 000 development co-operation activities for the six countries, representing more than USD 15 billion over 1998-2000. Even to examine all project documents would have been beyond the scope of this analysis. 2. These include sea level rise, potentially greater cyclone intensity, higher river flows and increased sediment loads from glacier melt in the Himalayas, and potential intensification of the summer monsoon.
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