A.    OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The primary objective of this assessment is to assess the climate-induced economic and non-economic damage and loss in Bhutan under the supervision of the International Consultant. The specific objectives are to:

●        Meta/macro analysis: Assess and analyze Loss and Damage caused by climate change and extreme weather events, identifying vulnerable sectors, regions, and communities to inform one or two high-impact loss and damage analysis.

●        In-depth loss and damage data analytics of the selected sectors: Collect data and information from various sources to identify and quantify both economic and non-economic climate-induced losses and damages of the high-impact selected sectors based on meta-analysis. Stock-taking of the recent, ongoing, and upcoming projects which are aligned with mitigation, adaptation and responding (aka averting, minimizing, and addressing) to climate change

●        Draft a project proposal concept for resource mobilization by establishing data driven loss and damage, risks and interventions at various levels to avert, minimize and address the loss and damage.

The exercise will be carried out jointly with the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC), Department of Local Governance and Disaster Management (DLGDM) and Department of Macro-fiscal and Development Finance, Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the various sectors with UNDP support.

B.    SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The scope of the assignment are described below:

1. Review, document and analyze records of climate induced loss and damage including climate induced disaster and vulnerabilities in Bhutan;
2. Review Government Policies, Strategies or Roadmaps on Climate, Disaster Risk Management  and reports including but not limited to Bhutan’s Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission and Climate Resilient Development Strategy(LTS)/Nationally Determined Contribution(NDCs)/National Adaptation Plan of the Kingdom of Bhutan(NAP)/National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) Roadmap of Bhutan, Bhutan- Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF (2022), Analysis and Need Assessment for Advancing Disaster Data Architecture for Climate-Induced Loss and Damage in Bhutan (2024), Bhutan National Plan for Infrastructure Resilience (2024) and other relevant documents;
3. Review loss and damage reports and decisions of UNFCCC on FRLD operationalization mechanism including the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th FRLD^[1] funding accessing modalities/requirements/procedures and their action plans to align the present exercise and for future engagement with FRLD.
4. Review Santiago Network Technical support mechanism including 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Advisory board meeting^[2] and other funding arrangements under climate financing windows and recommend a way forward for Bhutan's engagement.
5. Identify potential gaps, barriers, limitations and needs, and develop a clear implementation action plan to address sector wise loss and damage in the country based on sl. No. 1, 2,3 & 4.
6. Prepare overall loss and damage assessment document (economic and non-economic) with quantifications/costing (methodologies applied for quantifications/costing should be acceptable to FRLD accessing modalities or widely used methodology in line with latest available science).
7. Draft a loss and damage concept/ proposal.
8. Review capacity building initiatives undertaken by other countries, focusing on how they trained local stakeholders, government officials, and community members to understand and respond to loss and damage from climate change. Identify effective training modules and topics that could be relevant for Bhutan.
9. Promote best practices for stakeholder consultations, ensuring that the voices of vulnerable communities are included. This could involve techniques for inclusive dialogue and mechanisms for feedback throughout the assessment process.

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