CRIDA case studies

UNESCO and its partners developed the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) methodology, which offers a stepwise process to address climate change impacts on water management.

Since 2018, the CRIDA methodology has been applied in 23 countries on key thematic areas, including urban water security, disaster risk reduction, nature-based solutions and ecohydrology and transboundary water.

Explore the map below to find out where and how the CRIDA methodology was applied in these countries through case studies.

 

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Implementing CRIDA around the world

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Thematic areas

The CRIDA methodology has been implemented in the following 4 key thematic areas.
Urban water security

Towards climate-resilient urban water supply

Disaster risk reduction

Address water-related disaster risk

Nature-based solutions and ecohydrology

Promote nature-based solutions and ecohydrology

Transboundary water

Foster cooperation for transboundary water bodies

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Overview of selected CRIDA cases worldwide
Mauroner, Alex
UNESCO
Ei Phyoe,Pan Ei
Timboe, Ingrid
Matthews, John
Mishra, Anil
Verbist, Koen
2023
UNESCO
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One of the key challenges in any project is how it deal with uncertainty and how you develop the adaptive management analysis that is crucial to define the key interventions that need to be conducted under project design.

One of the tools that has been recommended under our GCF Water Project Design Guidelines is the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA). CRIDA provides a good approach in a collaborative way to plan and also to define adaptation pathways. That really has a great impact in the way you design your project for adaptation, and in the way you define the intervention and project feasibility, to ensure that they are bankable, affordable, and profitable. 

Dr. Amgad ElmahdiWater Sector Lead, Green Climate Fund, April 2023