SWoCK: Enhancing resilience of communities in Solomon Islands to the adverse effects of climate change

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Meteorology and Disaster Management (MECMD) through its Climate Change Division, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL)
    Summary:

    The SWoCK project will strengthen ability of communities in Solomon Islands to make informed decisions and manage likely climate change driven pressures on food production and management systems. In particular, the project will lead to the following key results (outcomes)

    Project Components:

    1. Community Based Adaptation initiatives implemented in at least 18 Communities across at least 3 regions in the Solomon Islands

    2. Institutional strengthening to support climate resilient policy frameworks for the agriculture sector

    3. Climate Change Adaptation specific knowledge production, sharing and dissemination

     

    Source: Project Document, 2011

    Expected Outputs:
    1. Promote and pilot community-adaptation activities enhancing food security and livelihood resilience in pilot communities in at least 3 selected regions
    2. Adjusted national and sub-national policies related to governing agriculture in the context of a range of climate change futures
    3. Fostered the generation and diffusion of knowledge on adapting to climate change in a systemic manner at the community and regional level.

    Source: Project Document, 2011

    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    UNDP Project Manager

     Solomon Islands Government: Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology

    • P.O. Box 21
    • Honiara
    • Solomon Islands.
    • Phone: +677 23031
    • Fax: +677 28054
    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

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UN Secretary-General's address to the Parliament of the Republic of Malawi

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Secretary-General Office of the Spokesperson

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Lilongwe, Malawi, 29 May 2010 - Secretary-General''s address to the Parliament of the Republic of Malawi

Rt. Honourable Joyce Banda, Vice President of Malawi, Rt. Honourable Chimunthu Banda, Speaker of Parliament, Honourable Goodall Gondwe, Leader of the House.

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Equitable Adaptation Finance: The Case for an Enhanced Funding Mechanism Under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Author(s):
Ilana Solomon
Year:
2010
City:
Johannesburg
Publisher:
ActionAid International
Pages:
44
Summary:

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Agriculture in the developing world is particularly vulnerable to climate change. To help move the debate forward, this report evaluates the current primary adaptation funds and institutions according to five principles for effective and equitable adaptation funding. Such funds should:

  1. demonstrate a broadly representative governance structure
  2. ensure the participation of affected communities
  3. provide sustainable and compensatory funding streams