Final Report Acknowledgements We understand that this assessment took place at a time of great change and challenges,both within UNHCR as an organization, and in the aid and humanitarian sector at large. Wewouldliketothankallstaffforparticipatingandgivingtheirprecioustimeandinputundersuch ContentsAcronymsandAbbreviations............................................................................5ExecutiveSummary...........................................................................................7 1.1PurposeoftheReadinessAssessment............................................................131.2ClimateActionPolicyContext............................................................................131.2.1Global.............................................................................................................................131.2.2WithinUNHCR..............................................................................................................15 2.1ReadinessAssessmentOutputs........................................................................202.1.1ReadinessAssessmentofUNHCR’sregions..........................................................202.1.2Assessmentoforganizational-levelreadiness.........................................................212.1.3FiveCaseStudiesonUNHCR’spriorityactionsonclimate...................................222.2ReadinessAssessmentDesign.........................................................................222.3DataCollection......................................................................................................232.4DataAnalysis........................................................................................................242.5LimitationsandChallenges.................................................................................24 3.1OverallOrganizationalReadiness.....................................................................263.1.1AssessmentQuestions1and2..................................................................................264Conclusions,LessonsLearned,andRecommendations.....................43 4.1Conclusions...........................................................................................................434.1.2SummaryofconclusionsinrelationtotheAssessmentQuestions.......................51 4.3Recommendations................................................................................................544.3.1StrategicRecommendations.......................................................................................554.3.2OperationalRecommendations..................................................................................59 4.4PotentialquestionsorfocalareasforPhase2oftheLongitudinalEvaluation65 ListofFigures Figure1UNHCR’sclimateactiontimeline.....................................................................................15Figure2TheoryofChangefortheFocusAreaStrategicPlanforClimateAction...................18Figure3Graphicalrepresentationofthesixenablingdimensions.............................................20Figure4Graphicalrepresentationofthemethodologicalapproach...........................................23 ListofTables Table1Scoringcriteria,scoresanddefinitions.............................................................................21Table2FiveCaseStudyFocusAreas............................................................................................22 ListofBoxes Box1:UNHCRfivepriorityactionstooperationalizetheFocusAreaStrategicPlanforClimateAction...................................................................................................................................................19Box2:BestPracticeinStrategicPlanningforClimateAction-AsiaandPacificRegionalPlanandJordan’sCountryOperationClimateActionPlan...................................................................28Box3:BestPractice–pilotingofparametricinsuranceinMalawi..............................................30 Box4:Best Practice–leveraging for the inclusion of forcibly displaced people inMozambique’snationalemergencypreparednessplans.............................................................30Box5:BestPractice–MauritaniaCashforGasInitiatives..........................................................32 ADBAsianDevelopmentBankAfDBAfricanDevelopmentBankAGDAge,Gender,andDiversityARCAfricanRiskCapacityARRsAnnualResultsReportsATAssessmentTeamCAClimateActionCATIETropicalAgriculturalResearchandHigherEducationCenterCGIARConsultative Group on International Agricultural ResearchCIATInternational Center for Tropical AgricultureCIFORCenterforInternationalForestryResearchCOCountryOperationCOLREDLocalDisasterRiskReductionCommittees(Guatemala)COMESACommon Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaCOMPASSUNHCR’s digital results-based management systemCRICore Relief ItemCSOCivilSocietyOrganizationCSVMSérgioVieiradeMelloChairCVF-V20ClimateVulnerableForum–VulnerableTwentyGroupCoPCommunity of PracticeDEPSDivisionofEmerg