Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Southern and Eastern Africa

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (ACTS), INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IISD)
    Summary:

    The objective of this project is to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning in the participating countries that are facing increasing impacts from climate change to ensure that vulnerability is reduced and maladaptations avoided.

    The project is designed to respond to priorities that have been identified through National Communications and other relevant assessments, following the staged approach for adaptation.

    Project Components:

    Refer to attached Project Document for individual country components and outputs.

    Contacts:

    Liza Leclerc
    United Nations Environment Program
    P.O. Box 30552
    Nairobi 00100, Kenya
    Liza.Leclerc@unep.org

    Tel. And email: 254-20-62-3113
    E-mail: gefinfo@unep.org

    Project Status:
    CEO Approved
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    EF Trust Fund - Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA)
    Financing Amount:
    1,090,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    1,265,000
    Total Amounts:
    2,265,000

Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by naomi.sleeper on Fri, 2010-09-03 10:11
Author(s):
Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Michael Waithaka, Richard Mbithi Mulwa, Miriam Kyotalimye, Gerald Nelson
Year:
2010
Publisher:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Summary:

This IFPRI publication is a review of data sources, Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs (PRSPs) and National Adaptation Plans for Agriculture (NAPAs) in ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda).

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Global - Technical Assistance to Francophone 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 25 July 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 Francophone NAPA teams to produce NAPAs of good quality.

    Expected Outputs:

    21 Country teams are adequately trained to carry out their NAPA work. The three key outcomes are: * Informed representatives of the Francophone 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 Francophone 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:
    CEO Approved.
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    $38,000
    Total Amounts:
    $249,126

Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Southern and Eastern Africa

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    GEF, Government,
    Summary:

    Africa is indisputably recognized as one of the regions most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights six specific areas where the continent is most likely to feel the greatest sustainable development challenges due to a changing climate: water resources, food security, natural resource productivity and loss of biological diversity, vector and water borne diseases, vulnerability of coastal zone infrastructure and exacerbated desertification due to decreased rainfall and intensified land use.

    Project Components:

     

    • Capacity is generated for implementing adaptation measures in the field in three countries.
    • Increased capacity to generate and use information about climate change to affect change in relevant policies.
    • Knowledge is increased of the linkages between development planning and climate change, including policy process and methodologies.
    Expected Outputs:

    The objective of this project is to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning in the participating countries that are facing increasing impacts from climate change to ensure that vulnerability is reduced and maladaptations avoided.

    Contacts:

    Liza Leclerc
    Telephone: 254-20-62-3113
    Email: gefinfo@unep.org

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    n/a
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-Trust Fund
    Other
    Financing Amount:
    2,065,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    1,265,000
    Total Amounts:
    2,065,000