Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR) Under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) 2017.

This Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) is a nationwide multi-sectoral policy document over the five year period. It represents a framework to build the climate resilience of vulnerable sectors of the economy and at-risk communities across the country responding to the priorities of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The SPCR has a geo-climatic focus on the highly vulnerable southern belt river basins, mountain ecosystems, and farming communities.
The SPCR seeks to contribute to the 12th FYP's National Key Result Areas (NKRA)8: Water, Food and Nutrition Security. One of the 4 pillars of the SPCR is: Preparedness, Food and Water Security. Key outputs include: Production of Hazard maps for the Shetikheri and Mao rivers; Identification of factors contributing to the flooding, geological instabilities and catchment disruption upstream; An assessment of flooding impacts on households, critical infrastructure, CSMIs, agricultural land and properties along the Project area The consequent formulation of climate adaptation programs and plans along the affected areas; Eco-system based structural/non-structural measures at the affected areas; and so on.
The SPCR promotes to make make agriculture and forestry more productive and sustainable. The SPCR includes: innovative eco-system based approaches to Integrated Flood-Based Management (IFBM) of river basins; Climate-Oriented Integrated Watershed Management Plans; etc.
according to SPCR, the Livelihoods of the communities, farmers and businesses in Myanmar are subject to the vagaries of climate change, resulting in business being shutdown and land being left fallow. The primary goal of the 12th Five Year Plan (2013-2018) is the “Maximization of Gross National Happiness.” This “Happiness” goal is key pillar of this SPCR which seeks to contribute to the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) 18: Livability, Safety and Sustainability of Human Settlements and to the rural poverty reduction. The SPCR includes: Climate SMART Human Settlement planning; building a strong information base for weather and climate services for resilience; a strong Gender Equity and Social Development (GESI) component; and “Happiness” developmental performance reporting; etc. Lives and livelihood will also be protected by eco-system-based Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM).
The SPCR seeks to contribute to more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems. The SPCR includes: a robust and innovative Resource Mobilization Strategy, with non-traditional financing options and sustainability mechanisms; climate-resilient CSMIs, and the promotion of adaptation business services, engaging women-led CSMIs in climate-resilient value chains and risk management business activities; transformational capacity-building approaches; etc.
The SPCR seeks to contribute to the 12th FYP's National Key Result Areas (NKRA) 6: Carbon Neutral Climate and Disaster Resilient Development. As developmental outcomes, the SPCR seeks to achieve the following: 1. Create a strategic framework to mainstream climate-resilience into development planning in Bhutan, to complement the NDC, NAP and SDG process, and especially align with 12th Five Year Plan (2013-2018). 2. Put in place a coordinated mechanism and process of engagement on climate issues, building on existing institutional arrangements, and ensuring climate-resilient institutional capacity over the short, medium and long-term. 3.Identify climate Investment opportunities while supporting a diverse number of vulnerable groups (including Small and Medium Industries, women’s groups, and civil society organizations) to build climate-resilience at the grassroots; and, 4. Build Climate-SMART planning capacity for at-risk Thromdes. 5. Be wholly transformative, especially through decentralized fund transfers and aggressive stakeholder engagement. 6. Incorporate purposeful and participatory capacity-building measures for both central and local government planners and developers, leading to strong climate-resilient outcomes for adaptive watershed management and adaptive flood protection.