Proposal Writing & Open Data Sources

Module 3: Proposal Writing & Open Data Sources

Lakshmi Menon, Senior Analyst – Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sector

Center for Study of Science, Technology & Policy

Proposals and Concept Notes

Overview

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Outline

1. Understand Your Funding Needs and Priorities

   • What climate projects and initiatives do you want to undertake? (expertise, regional, capacity)
   • What are your organisation's financial needs?

Need-based (DRR)

Context-based (Social Development)

Project-based / Overheads

Capacity-based (Mitigation)

2. Research and Identify Funding Sources | फं fडगं स्रोतों की पहचान

   • Government grants, Private foundations, Corporate donors, International Organizations

   • Specific interests of the funder need to be accommodated

Source: https://www.iberdrola.com/sustainability/what-is-climate-finance 

Need-based (DRR)

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3. Understanding Context and Narratives

   • Focus on the urgency and importance of your project

   • Use anecdotes, newspaper, media coverage and real-life examples

Narrative Workshops

4. Problem Statement

   • What is the issue / challenges you are trying to address - environmental, social, or economic challenges

   • Use data to support the claims

   • Based on your organisational capacity

Example

• Flood Risk region in X district

• Environmental Impacts:

  • Loss of natural forest cover, flora and fauna

  • Soil composition

• Social Impacts:
  • Loss of lives and livestock
  • Health and Sanitations
•  Economic Impacts
  • Livelihood Disruption
  • Infrastructure Loss

Source: Gendered vulnerabilities in diaras: Struggling with floods in the Gandak River Basin

Source: Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

5. SMART Objectives: S-M-A-R-T 

   • Set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound objectives

   • What do you intend to accomplish and how will you measure success?
     
     

Example

• Specific: Implement flood resilient housing/shelter to minimise loss of lives and livestock, improve sanitation and health in medium-risk regions
• Measurable: Add 50 houses, 50 cattle sheds, 2 emergency shelters, 1 PHC
• Achievable: In 3 phases, upskill residents with disaster resilient building techniques, and emergency preparedness protocols
• Relevant: Flood-risk assessment shows high vulnerability in these sectors
• Time-bound: 1 year and 6 months for implementation, 1 year and 6 months in M&E

6. Innovative Approach

   • How do you plan to address this problem, uniquely?

   • Highlight how this approach can lead to meaningful climate change mitigation or adaptation for your context

Source: https://compartments4.com/component/resilient-homes-challenge 

Example

• Identify what is unique to the context
• Define an approach that offers multiple solutions at once
• For. e.g. Upskilling locals in making disaster resilient housing using local material

7. Detailed Activity and Timeline

Break down the approach in steps

Detailed Activity and Timeline

• Gantt Chart to show how MAT are chronologically placed
• Set realistic timelines for the MAT
• Resource Allocation
  

8. Budget

   • Correspond each activity to a realistic budget that itemises the costs associated with personnel and logistics separately

   • Justify how the funds are allocated, over the project timeline

   • Template style: Organization / Funder

9. Impact Assessment | प्रभाव मूल्यांकन

• Define key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Monitoring and evaluation methods to measure the progress / impact of the work

Example

• After Project Implementation
• Reduction in loss of life / migration
• Surveys & Assessments
• Reports & Media

Source: Nias Recovery: Achievement and The Way to Sustainable Development

10. Partnerships and Collaborations

    • Highlight any existing or potential partnerships with other organisations or stakeholders.

    • Collaboration often strengthens your proposal and demonstrates a broader impact.

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Gol’s Data Sources:

Website	Link
Census - Govt of India	https://censusindia.gov.in
Climate - India Meteorological Department	https://mausam.imd.gov.in
Agriculture - Agriculture Census	http://agcensus.nic.in
Forests - Forests Survey of India	https://fsi.nic.in
Land Use Statistics Information Systems	http://dac.gov.in
India Human Development Survey	https://umd.edu
National Data and Analytics Platform	https://www.niti.gov.in
Water Resource Information	http://indiawris.gov.in
ISRO Bhuvan - Indian Geo Platform of ISRO	http://nrsc.gov.in
Socio-economic Survey - Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation	http://mospi.gov.in
Health - National Family Health Survey	http://rchiips.org
SDG Index and Dashboard	https://www.niti.gov.in

International data sources or tools

Website	Link
🛰️ Alaska Satellite Facility	https://search.asf.alaska.edu
🌡️ Climate Change Knowledge Portal	https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/
⚠️ Think Hazard	https://thinkhazard.org/EN
☀️ My Climate Future	https://myclimatefuture.info
🌧️ Climate Analytics Tool	https://climateanalytics.org/TOOLS

Other Sources

Website	Link
Open Source database for Government of India's data	https://data.gov.in/
Climate Laws of India	https://climate-laws.org/search?q=India
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Assessment	https://www.preventionweb.net/files/11964_CEDRAClimatechangeandEnvironmentalD.pdF

District-Level Changes in Climate: Historical Climate and Climate Change Projections for the Eastern States of India

Link

A framework for quantifying the climate co-benefits of MGNREGS works

Link

Aqueduct

• Open-source, peer reviewed data to map water risks such as floods, droughts and stress.

• Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, which maps and analyses current and future water risks across locations;

• Aqueduct Food, which identifies current and future water risks to agriculture and food security; and

• Aqueduct Floods, which identifies coastal and riverine flood risks, and analyses the costs and benefits of investing in flood protection.

AgriAdapt

• AgriAdapt was co-developed with agricultural decision-makers to provide free, reliable, accessible climate information to help them identify and understand the climate change risks they face.

• Global, map-based and crop-specific data for coffee, cotton and rice value chains.

• Information on changing land use suitability, projected shifts in temperature and rainfall patterns and much more.

• The goal is to inform decisions about which crops to grow where and when, and ways to make processing, distribution and

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