Enhancing resilience of coastal communities of Samoa to climate change

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE)
    Summary:

    This project is designed to reduce vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, including variability at local and national levels.

    The programme has a 3 pronged approach:

    Project Components:
    1. Community-engagement in coastal vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning and awareness
    2. Integrated Community –Based Coastal Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management measures
    3. Institutional strengthening to support climate resilient coastal management policy frameworks
    Expected Outputs:

    Objective 1: Reduce vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, including variability at local and national levels

    • Outcome 1.1: Reduced exposure at national level to climate related hazards and threats
    • Output 1.1.Risk and vulnerability assessments conducted and updated at national level
    • Outcome 1.2: Strengthened institutional capacity to reduce risks associated with climate-induced economic losses
    • Output 1.2 Strengthened capacity of national and regional centers and networks to rapidly respond to extreme weather events
    • Outcome 1.3: Strengthened awareness and ownership of adaptation and climate risk reduction processes at local level
    • Output 1.4.Targeted population groups participating in adaptation and risk reduction awareness activities

    Objective 2: Increase adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change, including variability at local and national level.

    • Outcome 2.2: Increased adaptive capacity within relevant development and natural resource sectors
    • Output 2.2 and 2.3 Vulnerable physical, natural and social assets strengthened in response to climate change impacts, including variability
    Contacts:

    Project Contact Person

    Project Status:
    SOF Approval/Endorsement (as of 6 February 2012)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Coastal communities
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    $8,732,351 (Amount requested and approved 2011-12-14)

Enhancing adaptive capacity of communities to climate change-related floods in the North Coast and Islands Region of Papua New Guinea

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Office of Climate Change and Development
    Summary:

    The proposed programme is planned to be implemented in two regions within Papua New Guinea. The North Coast area comprises 6 provinces with a population of around 1.8 million people. The Islands Region comprises 5 provinces with a population of around 750,000 inhabitants. Coastal flooding is the most important climate change related hazard in this region not only threatening the people in the coastal communities but also important economic centers, as most provincial capitals and economic centers are situated along the coast,  particular provincial capitals.

    Project Components:

    Component 1: Adaptation to coastal flooding-related risks and hazards for North Coast and Islands Region communities

    The combination of the outputs under this component will enhance the targeted coastal communities’ capacity to adapt to the risks and hazards posed by climate-related coastal flooding. This will be achieved by increasing local capacity for adaptation by implementing a comprehensive coastal warning system, which, in combination with the establishment of disaster preparedness and response plan will reduce the targeted communities’ exposure to coastal flooding events.

    Component 2: Adaptation to inland flooding-related risks and hazards for river communities in Morobe, East Sepik and West Sepik

    Analog to the combination of outputs under the first component, the increased climate resilience of the targeted inland communities will be achieved by implementing a comprehensive early warning system that supports an established disaster preparedness and response framework while the impact of occurring floods will be further reduced by riverbank protection measures.

    Component 3: Institutional strengthening to support climate- and disaster-resilient policy frameworks

    The activities under this outcome focus on the development of the relevant institutions’ capacity to integrate aspects of climate change-related risks and respective adaptation  strategies into policy making. A two-pronged approach is pursued under the proposed programme:

    • (i) Integration of climate change risk and resilience into development policies that encompass legal and planning frameworks.
    • (ii) Further capacity building through the systematic training of policy makers at the national, provincial and district level, which goes hand-in-hand with the above development and implementation of climate-resilient policies.

    Component 4: Awareness raising and knowledge management

    Under this component, a systematic and multi-facetted awareness raising strategy is proposed, to ensure the long-term sustainability and broad outreach of the programme outcomes, as well as the development of local capacity to replicate the measures and policies put in place under the programme.

    As detailed in the Adaptation Fund Proposal - PNG - June 2011.

    Expected Outputs:
    • Output 1.1. Risk and vulnerability assessments conducted and updated at national level
    • Output 1.2 Targeted population groups covered by adequate risk reduction systems
    • Output 1.3 Targeted population groups participating in adaptation and risk reduction awareness activities
    • Output 2.2 Vulnerable physical, natural and social assets strengthened in response to climate change impacts, including variability
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    • Mr. Jose Padilla
    • Email: jose.padilla @undp.org
    Project Status:
    SOF Pipeline Entry (as of 2 February 2012)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Communities in the North Coast and Islands Region of Papua New Guinea
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    $5,227,530 (Amount requested and approved 2011-06-22)

Climate-resilient Infrastructure Planning and Coastal Zone Development

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Asian Development Bank, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD); Provincial People’s Committees; Ministry of Construction (MOC)
    Summary:

    Description

    To increase the resilience of communal and critical economic infrastructure in the coastal areas of Vietnam to the adverse impacts of climate change and create a policy framework conducive to promoting resilient coastal zone development.

    Background

    Project Components:
    • 1. Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation into Policy Formulation and Sectoral Planning.
    • 2. Capacity Development.
    • 3. Climate Proofing of Selected Coastal Infrastructure.
    • 4. Knowledge Management and Learning.
    • 5. Project management (UNDP and ADB).
    Expected Outputs:
    • 1. Climate Change Adaptation integrated into coastal zone management policies, plans and regulations.
    • 2. Enhanced capacity to understand emerging climate hazards and address them through strategic risk reduction measures at the sectoral and local planning levels.
    • 3. Demonstrated and developed lessons learned from climate proofing of selected coastal area infrastructure.
    • 4. Experiences generated contribute to the Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM).
    • 5. Climate Risks Management is fully mainstreamed into humanitarian and development  investment frameworks.
    • 6. Resilience of low-elevation coastal zones to emerging climate change threats enhanced (at least two pilot sites targeted with cofinance support). 
    • 7. Models of best practices and lessons learnt from the project  activities captured and  institutionalized.
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Project Contact Person

    • Ahsan Tayyab
    • Senior Natural Resources Economist
    • Southeast Asia Department
    • Tel: (632) 632 5333
    • Email: atayyab@adb.org

     

    Project Status:
    SOF Approval/Endorsement (as of February 2012)
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SCCF
    Financing Amount:
    1,220,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    176,960,000
    Total Amounts:
    180,460,000

Pilot Programme on Integrated Adaptation Strategies in Grenada

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Government
    Summary:

    Grenada is one of two countries selected to benefit from a pilot programme being offered by Germany to cope with the effects of climate change.

    Project Status:
    UNDP Pipeline
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Bilateral Finance
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

Effective and responsive island-level governance to secure and diversify climate resilient marine-based coastal livelihoods and enhance climate hazard response capacity

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  • Project details

  • Program:
    Tuvalu - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Department of Environment; Ministry of Home Affairs and Rural Development; Ministry of Natural Resources
    Summary:

    The overarching goal of the project is to increase the resilience of outer island communities to future climate change induced risks such as declining marine resources productivity and increasing/intensifying climatic hazards.

    Project Components:
    • Component 1: Implementation of community-based climate resilient coastal livelihood options to reduce vulnerability to future climate change
    • Component 2: Enhanced communication of climate risks, connectivity and coordination to increase the response capacity of outer islands to increasingly frequent storms
    • Component 3: Inclusive local planning, budgeting and budget execution for strengthened climate resilience
    Expected Outputs:
    • Targeted individual and community livelihood strategies strengthened in relation to climate change impacts, including variability
    • Adaptive capacity of national and regional centers and networks strengthened to rapidly respond to extreme weather events
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Tuvalu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Environment and Labor

    • Mataio Tekinene,
    • Director of Department of Environment; GEF OFP
    Project Status:
    SOF Pipeline entry
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Local communities in the outer islands of Tuvalu
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Financing Amount:
    4,200,000 (as of February 2012)
    Cofinancing Total:
    19,601,596 (as of February 2012)

Review of Existing and Planned Adaptation Action

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2011-12-07 09:00
Author(s):
Adaptation Partnership / International Institute for Sustainable Development
Year:
2011
Summary:

Funding Source:
Decentralized Cooperation