The Program

2008 – 2018

Geographic scope:

• Gorakhpur, Indore, and Surat in India
• Bandar Lampung and Semarang in Indonesia
• Chiang Rai and Hat Yai in Thailand
• Can Tho, Da Nang, and Quy Nhon in Vietnam

Funder: The Rockefeller Foundation

Overview

The ACCCRN program was one of the first global initiatives to understand and support urban areas in building climate resilience. The program’s work in cities in India (Surat, Indore, and Gorakhpur), Indonesia (Bandar Lampung and Semarang), Vietnam (Da Nang, Can Tho, and Quy Nhon), and Thailand (Hat Yai and Chiang Rai) provides practical insights into the processes and outcomes that contribute to urban climate resilience. The ACCCRN program was a new and innovative approach for program partners. City representatives worked with diverse local stakeholders in novel ways to ensure that outcomes were directly relevant.

Over the 11 year lifespan of the project ISET delivered over 15 million dollars of resilience projects, providing both financial oversight and technical support.

What we delivered

ISET-International’s role in the ACCCRN program included: collaboratively developing a conceptual framework, the Climate Resilience Framework, to guide engagement throughout the program; locating and communicating climate information and working with city partners to help them understand the implications those changes could have for their cities; conceptually grounding and applying approaches to shared learning; supporting vulnerability analyses, sector studies, pilot projects, and development of city resilience strategies; supporting development and implementation of resilience actions; working with cities to develop and apply locally-relevant resilience indicators; and writing and publishing peer reviewed and grey literature articles, papers and reports documenting processes, outcomes, and lessons learned.

• Phase 1 (2008): ISET-International provided support to ARUP in city selection and initial engagement and worked with the Rockefeller Foundation and Phase 1 ACCCRN partners to develop an initial conceptual approach for the program.
• Phase 2 (2009-2011): ISET-International oversaw city engagement in all 10 ACCCRN cities, developed a conceptual framework for engagement, provided technical and conceptual guidance to on-the-ground implementing partners and city partners, managed the budget, and generated peer reviewed and grey literature papers documenting the engagement.
• Phase 3 (2012-2018): ISET-International supported engagement with government officials from multiple departments, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and community organizations to foster a process of learning along with an assessment of urban climate vulnerabilities and planning for building urban climate resilience. In Gorakhpur, Can Tho, Da Nang, and Quy Nhon, country-based ISET-International staff worked closely with city partners to develop a range of city-level intervention projects for building urban climate change resilience. ISET provided technical support and financial management for implementation of over 15 million USD in associated project work.

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Selected Outputs

For more information

Dr. Karen MacClune