Since roughly a quarter of the World Bank's lending is in climate-sensitive sectors, climate change has the potential to impact on much of its development work and, in some cases, possibly reduce its intended benefits.
ADAPT (Assessment and Design for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Planning Tool) is software-based tool for assessing development projects for potential sensitivities to climate change. The tool brings together climate databases and expert assessment of the threats and opportunities arising from climate variability and change. Specifically, ADAPT
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Presents a summary of the climate trends from global climate model projections at a project site
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Identifies components of the project that might be subject to climate risk
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Explains the nature of the risk
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Provides guidance to appropriate resources (knowledge documents and expert lists for further exploration of any identified risks)
The tool is intended for project team members, both within the World Bank and within client countries, who do not have specialized knowledge of climate change issues. Currently, the knowledge areas that the tool covers are: agriculture and irrigation in India and sub-Saharan Africa and, for all regions, various aspects of biodiversity and natural resources, including rural roads and coastal planning to follow.
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