Adaptation Mitigation Development Adaptation Mitigation Development Namibia Water Demand management particularly in irrigation More efficient use of None Improve irrigation None None None Effective 3 water for irrigation, water use. implementation adaptation if rainfall/flow Improve and reduces with climate livelihoods and management. change. financial returns. Current irrigation systems performing below adequate levels of efficiency. Construction of water storage including reservoirs with Flood management and Reduce CO2 Increase storage None Loss of Displacement Reservoir 2 hydropower increased water storage if emissions from for irrigation, habitat/forests of people. construction levels of rainfall and hence hydropower, drinking purposes, and potential located on site runoff decrease with clean energy industrial growth. carbon containing climate change. source. Strengthen sequestration biodiversity and livelihood sink when settlement. activities. reservoir area flooded. Promote and ensure safe drinking water and Increase individual and None Improve health None None None Effective 3 sanitation facilities in urban and rural areas community health and and well-being of implementation physical ability to deal with individuals and and potential temperature rise, communities. management. and changing stress on livelihood activities. Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal Increase level of None Increase level of None None None Government 3 with floods and droughts preparedness and preparedness and and/or relevant management approaches management organisation has to deal with extreme approaches to the capacity to weather events such as deal with extreme appropriately floods and droughts. weather events, manage such as floods and and droughts. droughts. Average of CCD assessment 2.75 Present of each component in policy % 100 25 100 25 25 25 Agriculture
Adaptation Mitigation Development Adaptation Mitigation Development Namibia Water Demand management particularly in irrigation More efficient use of water for irrigation, adaptation if rainfall/flow reduces with climate change. None Improve irrigation water use. Improve livelihoods and financial returns. None None None Effective implementation and management. Current irrigation systems performing below adequate levels of efficiency. 3 Construction of water storage including reservoirs with hydropower Flood management and increased water storage if levels of rainfall and hence runoff decrease with climate change. Reduce CO2 emissions from hydropower, clean energy source. Increase storage for irrigation, drinking purposes, industrial growth. Strengthen livelihood activities. None Loss of habitat/forests and potential carbon sequestration sink when reservoir area flooded. Displacement of people. Reservoir construction located on site containing biodiversity and settlement. 2 Promote and ensure safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in urban and rural areas Increase individual and community health and physical ability to deal with potential temperature rise, and changing stress on livelihood activities. None Improve health and well-being of individuals and communities. None None None Effective implementation and management. 3 Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal with floods and droughts Increase level of preparedness and management approaches to deal with extreme weather events such as floods and droughts. None Increase level of preparedness and management approaches to deal with extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts. None None None Government and/or relevant organisation has the capacity to appropriately manage and droughts. 3 Average of CCD assessment 2.75 Present of each component in policy % 100 25 100 25 25 25 Agriculture