In this article the authors assess the potential impacts of projected climate change on water, livelihoods and food security in the Basin Focal Projet basins. The authors consider expected change within the context of recently observed climate variability in the basins to better understand the potential impact of expected change and the options available for adaptation. They use multi-global circulation model climate projections for the AR4 SRES A2a scenario, downscaled and extracted for each basin. They find significant differences in the impacts (both positive and negative impacts) of climate change, between and within basins, but also find large-scale uncertainty between climate models in the impact that is projected.

The summary and the conclusions presented here are based on the results of four case studies, three for drinking water and one for soil and water conservation. The cases were selected from the projects under the Sino-German IESP ("Integriertes Ernaehrungssicherungsprogramm"; Integrated Food Security Programme) in Shandong, People's Republic of China. The aim of the study was to do an economic analysis of the selected cases, in order to answer questions about the sustainability ofthe projects' benefits. The selected drinking water projects include the deep well in Quanziyu village, the big-mouth well in Mawo, and the cisterns in Xiyu. The projects vary in technology, age, and village context (e.g. village size and wealth). The soil and water conservation project covers the whole water catchment area around Mawo village. All projects are located in the county of Pingyi, except for Xiyu, which belongs to Yishui county. In the section A, the main results and conclusions from the drinking water case studies are presented. After a brief introduction, the main findings are explained in general. Next, the situation of each project, as related to costs and water charges, is described in more detail. Finally, an overview of the results from the benefit analysis is given. The section B deals with the main results and conclusions concerning the soil and water conservation project. The results from the financial appraisal of all project components taken together are summarised, before the individual components are described separately.

Esta propuesta de preparación se centra en la recuperación verde posterior a la COVID-19 y en la importancia de diseñar esfuerzos de recuperación verde y resistente para la Seguridad Alimentaria en los países de América Latina, con beneficiarios directos como las instituciones públicas nacionales para la formulación de políticas públicas en los países seleccionados, incluidos los Ministerios/Secretarías de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (8), Agricultura (8) y Finanzas/Planificación (5), algunos de los cuales son Autoridades Nacionales Designadas. El objetivo central de esta propuesta es esbozar las vías para las estrategias de recuperación verde posteriores a COVID-19 en los sectores de la alimentación, la salud y el agua, apoyando los esfuerzos nacionales y regionales de los países destinatarios para fortalecer las innovaciones financieras y tecnológicas.