Gambia: ACCC Action Plan Validated

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Sheriff Barry

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The National Environment Agency (NEA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country office on Tuesday organised a day's workshop on Adaptation to Coastal and Climate Change (ACCC) at the Baobab Holiday Resort in Bijilo.

The aim of the project is to increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of coastal communities and eco-systems to climate change in five West African countries, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia.

Climate Frontline Africa

  • Project details

  • Summary:

    Climate Frontline - African Communities Adapting to Survive is a joint initiative between five international NGOs to document how climate change is affecting lives throughout Africa and how communities are adapting to it. 

    Project Status:
    unknown
    Project Details
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

Global - Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to Implement the UNFCCC8/CP8 Decision

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    UNDP
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNITAR
    Summary:

    Project Rationale and Objectives _(as outlined in the Project Document of 7 March 2003)_ The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) represent the poorest and weakest segment of the international community. The economic and social development of these countries represents a major challenge because of a series of vulnerabilities and constraints, such as limited human, institutions and productive LDCs themselves, as well as for their development partners.

    Project Components:

    To train NAPA teams to produce NAPAs of good quality.

    Expected Outputs:

    The three key outcomes are: * Informed representatives of the 48 LDCs delegations and increased awareness about the application of the NAPA guidelines from a substantive point of view; * Increased participatory discussion among the various players involved and their proactive commitment to the NAPA creation process. * Increased understanding of LDCs UNFCCC Focal Points about successful GEF NAPA projects implementation/process.

    Contacts:

    Implementing Agency contact person: Mr. Richard Hosier Principal Technical Adviser GEF/UNDP, N.Y. Tel: +1 212 906 6591 Fax: +1 212 906 6690 Email: richard.hosier@undp.org

    Project Status:
    IA Approved
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    $238,001
    Total Amounts:
    $871,538

Adaptation to Climate Change - Responding to Shoreline Change in its Human Dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal Area Management (ACCC)

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, UNESCO/IOC, National Environmental Agency (NEA)
    Summary:

    Funded by the Strategic Priority on Adaptation, this pilot project focuses on implementing measures to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities to the impacts of climate change on coastal resources. A multi-agency Project Team will implement this pilot project in Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, and Cape Verde over a duration of 4 years. The experience of UNDP, in close collaboration with UNESCO/IOC, will guide the implementation of this project through a set of nationally and regionally executed activities.

    Project Components:
    • Component 1: Implemented pilot activities to increase the adaptive capacity of coastal communities in the participating countries.
    • Component 2: Mainstreaming of adaptation into policies and programmes.
    • Component 3. Building to increase the ability to plan for and respond to climate and coastal change.
    Expected Outputs:
    • Number of newly constructed, rehabilitated coastal protective (soft and hard) systems. This includes for example, new number of developments with new materials/methods, set-back of new developments.  
    • Length of coast protected, reduction in erosion rates, sediment loads, number of channels constructed, plant coverage in pilot sites (in HA), reduction in forest clearance in pilot sites, number and extent of fire belts, increase in forest cover.
    • Perceptions of efficacy and relevance of project outcomes, increases in household income, number and area extent of community conservation projects, number of households using new sources, wood consumption, number of stakeholder exchanges on climate change and coastal management.
    • At least 25 information nodes (climate change and coastal management task force members, project staff, community members)
    • Area coverage of coastal management systems, river and basin management schemes, number of plans addressing sea level rise (and climate change), number of policies & programmes amended to address adaptation, and number of bilateral and multilateral adaptation relevant agreements
    • Number of new sand mining sites per year (before and after project)
    • Participation of governmental and private sector participants in workshops, number trained community members in management of coastal resources in the context of climate change and anthropogenic impacts
    • Awareness of results of monitoring (number of media announcements on climate change and impacts on coastal regions and sea level rise)
    Contacts:

    UNDP Program Officer

    • Mr Almamy Camara
    • Programme Analyst

     

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SPA
    Financing Amount:
    8,000,000 (as of Project Document 2007)
    Cofinancing Total:
    4,000,000 (as of Project Document 2007). Major Sources of Financing: GEF, Governments, UNESCO US$ 473,200
    Total Amounts:
    8,000,000 (as of Project Document 2007)