Chapter 17
Drought Preparedness Policies and Climate
Change Adaptation and Resilience Measures
in Brazil: An Institutional Change
Assessment
Emilia Bretan and Nathan L. Engle
Abstract Brazil has historically coped with drought, a phenomenon that especially
impacts the semi-arid lands of the Northeast. To deal with the various impacts of a
current multi-year drought (2010-ongoing), the Government of Brazil, led by the
Ministry of National Integration, partnered with the World Bank (WB) on a
technical assistance program to foster proactive drought policy and management.
The program works across sectors (climate/meteorology, water and sanitation,
agriculture, environment, and disaster risk management) and levels (local, riverbasin, urban, state, regional and federal) in relation to the outcomes and stakeholders it aims to engage and influence, and trough the integration of WB Global
Practices and programs.
Inspired by successful models and lessons from other countries, the program
aims to contribute to greater climate change resilience and reach a broad community of beneficiaries. To achieve these objectives, partners convened to (1) build a
Northeast Drought Monitor; and (2) pilot drought preparedness plans across
Northeast.
This chapter showcases the program and highlights key-milestones and direct
and indirect outcomes identified by 2015. The institutional change process was
assessed using qualitative analytical tools that integrate Outcome Mapping, the
Capacity Development Results Framework, and Outcome Harvesting. Strengths,
challenges, and outcomes (institutional changes) were identified, by tracking the
program’s contribution throughout its duration and at its completion.
The evidence shows that the initiative was able to convene key-regional and
federal level multi-sector stakeholders at a decisive moment, resulting in an
unprecedented bottom-up and regionally-led collaboration. Through the
E. Bretan (*)
World Bank, Sa ¯o Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: emiliabretan@gmail.com
N.L. Engle
Climate Policy Team, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
e-mail: nengle@worldbank.org
© World Bank 2017
J.I. Uitto et al. (eds.), Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable
Development, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43702-6_17
305
Drought Preparedness Policies and Climate
Change Adaptation and Resilience Measures
in Brazil: An Institutional Change
Assessment
Emilia Bretan and Nathan L. Engle
Abstract Brazil has historically coped with drought, a phenomenon that especially
impacts the semi-arid lands of the Northeast. To deal with the various impacts of a
current multi-year drought (2010-ongoing), the Government of Brazil, led by the
Ministry of National Integration, partnered with the World Bank (WB) on a
technical assistance program to foster proactive drought policy and management.
The program works across sectors (climate/meteorology, water and sanitation,
agriculture, environment, and disaster risk management) and levels (local, riverbasin, urban, state, regional and federal) in relation to the outcomes and stakeholders it aims to engage and influence, and trough the integration of WB Global
Practices and programs.
Inspired by successful models and lessons from other countries, the program
aims to contribute to greater climate change resilience and reach a broad community of beneficiaries. To achieve these objectives, partners convened to (1) build a
Northeast Drought Monitor; and (2) pilot drought preparedness plans across
Northeast.
This chapter showcases the program and highlights key-milestones and direct
and indirect outcomes identified by 2015. The institutional change process was
assessed using qualitative analytical tools that integrate Outcome Mapping, the
Capacity Development Results Framework, and Outcome Harvesting. Strengths,
challenges, and outcomes (institutional changes) were identified, by tracking the
program’s contribution throughout its duration and at its completion.
The evidence shows that the initiative was able to convene key-regional and
federal level multi-sector stakeholders at a decisive moment, resulting in an
unprecedented bottom-up and regionally-led collaboration. Through the
E. Bretan (*)
World Bank, Sa ¯o Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: emiliabretan@gmail.com
N.L. Engle
Climate Policy Team, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
e-mail: nengle@worldbank.org
© World Bank 2017
J.I. Uitto et al. (eds.), Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable
Development, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43702-6_17
305