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Democratic Republic of the Congo - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
##### Climate Related Hazards
*Water Resources*
* Intense rainfall
* Heat waves
*Disaster Risk Management*
* Flooding (flash)
* Drought and low flows
*Natural Resources*
* Deforestation
*Coastal Zones*
* Coastal zone inundation
#### Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts
* Energy
* Agriculture/Food Security
* Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
#### Priority Adaptation Projects
1. Energy related projects
2. The strengthening of agricultural production capacities: Multiplication of improved seeds of Corn, Rice and Cassava
3. Biodiversity conservation and restoration of Mangroves Marine Park
Project Components:
Objective 1: Initiation and Management of NAPA Process
Objective 2: Assessment and Priorities
Objective 3: Priority Activity Proposals
Objective 4: Design, validation, adoption and dissemination of NAPA Document
Expected Outputs:
Objective 1: Establishment of a NAPA Task Force, Establishment of a Steering Committee, Establishment of a Multidisciplinary Team, Development of a National Consultative Mechanism
Objective 2: Assessment of priority sector vulnerability to current climate change, to extreme meteorological phenomena and to climate change; Synthetic report on vulnerability assessment; and Adaptation measures and priority action selection criteria.
Objective 3: Restricted list of priority activity proposals; and Identification and selection of priority activities.
Objective 4: A preliminary draft of NAPA; Revision and finalisation of NAPA; and Adoption and diffusion of NAPA.
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GEF Operational Focal Point:
His Excellency Mr. Salomon Banamuhere Baliene
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Environment and Tourism
Climate Change Focal Point:
Mr. Kasulu Seya MAKONGA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nature Conservation
B.P. 16137 Kinshasa 1
Tel.: +243 - 9905957
Fax: +243 – 8843675 (UNDP-DRC)
E-mail: kaseyamak@yahoo.fr and seyamak@hotmail.com
