Institute of Development Studies

Adaptation screening tools for development cooperation: Piloting ORCHID and other approaches

'Screening development programmes to adapt to current and future climate impacts'

Development agencies and their partners are increasingly aware of the need to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change issues within their activities. IDS is involved in a range initiatives to develop, test, discuss and disseminate tools for screening and assessment of climate and disaster risk.

This has included leading a team of international researchers piloting an innovative methodology (ORCHID: Opportunities and Risks from Climate Change and Disasters) for climate risk screening of development interventions in Bangladesh and India. This work was built on through work with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to pilot a screening methodology for water sector programmes.

These pilots have taken a risk management approach to identify high-impact, practical, and cost-effective measures and processes to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into mainstream development activities.

• IDS key contact: Thomas Tanner
• Project dates: May 2006 - July 2009
• Project status: Closed
• Funder: Department for International Development (DFID)

Researchers

• Thomas Tanner
• Lars Otto Naess

Partner Organisations

• The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
• Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
• School of International Development, University of East Anglia (UEA-DEV)

Selected Outputs

• Hammill, A. and Tanner, T. (2011) 'Harmonising Climate Risk Management: Adaptation Screening and Assessment Tools for Development Co-operation', OECD Environment Working Paper No. 36 , Paris: OECD Publishing
• Tanner, T. (2009) 'Screening Climate Risks to Development Cooperation', In Focus 2.5, Brighton: IDS
• Tanner, T. (2008) 'DFID India Climate Risk Screening: Securing Poverty Reduction in the Face of Climate Change', IDS Research Summary , Brighton: IDS
• Tanner T.M., Hassan A., Islam K.M.N., Conway D., Mechler R., Ahmed A.U., and Alam M. (2007) 'ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening in DFID Bangladesh: Summary Research Report', IDS Research Summary , Brighton: IDS
• Tanner, T.M., Hassan, A., Islam, K.M.N., Conway, D., Mechler, R., Ahmed, A.U., and Alam, M. (2007) 'ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening in DFID Bangladesh', IDS Research Report , Brighton: IDS
• Klein, R.J.T., Siri E.H., Naess L.O., Hammil A., Tanner T., Robledo C., and O'Brien K. (2007) 'Portfolio Screening to Support the Mainstreaming of Adaptation to Climate Change into Development Assistance', Tyndall Centre Working Paper 102, Norwich: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
• Islam, K.M.N., and Mechler, R. (2007) 'ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening in DFID Bangladesh, An Economic and Cost Benefit Analysis of Adaptation Options'
• Tanner, T.M., Nair, S., Bhattacharjya, S., Srivastava, S.K., Sarthi, P.P., Sehgal, M. and Kull, D. (2007) 'ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening in DFID India Research Report', IDS Research Report , Brighton: IDS
• Tanner, T.M., Nair, S., Bhattacharjya, S., Srivastava, S.K., Sarthi, P.P., Sehgal, M. (2007) 'ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening in DFID India Synthesis Report', IDS Research Report , Brighton: IDS
• Nair, S., Bhattacharjya, S., Srivastava, S.K., Sarthi, P.P., Sehgal, M., Tanner, T.M., Kull, D., and Patnaik, U. (2007) 'ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening in DFID India Technical Appendix', IDS Research Report , Brighton: IDS
• Tanner, T.M. and Conway, D. (2006) 'Assessing and Addressing Adaptation: Opportunities and Risks from Climate Change and Disasters' , Brighton: IDS

Related projects

• Screening for Climate Change Adaptation in China (2007)