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Kiribati - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
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Summary:
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 Kiribati.
Description The proposed NAPA formulation project will address the need to develop a realistically achievable country-driven program of action for adaptation to climate change. It will specifically develop a program of priority activities addressing the urgent and immediate needs and concerns of a least developed country (LDC) like Kiribati, relating to the adverse effects of climate change.
Climate Related Hazards * Salt water intrusion * Coastal zone inundation
Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts * Reduced agricultural production * Flooding * Infrastructure damage * Water pollution * Displacement of people * Loss of biodiversity * Damage to community assets
Priority Adaptation Projects 1. Water Resource Adaptation Project 2. Simple well improvement 3. Coastal zone management & resilience enhancement for adaptation 4. Strengthening environmental & climate change information & monitoring 5. Project management institutional strengthening for NAPA 6. Upgrading of meteorological services 7. Agricultural food crops development 8. Coral reef monitoring, restoration & stock enhancement 9. Upgrading, restoring & enhancing resilience of coastal defenses & causeways 10. Enabling the effective participation at international & regional climate change forums of Kiribati
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Objective 1: Preparatory Activities Objective 2: Assessment and Priorities Objective 3: Priority Activity Proposals Objective 4: Public Review and finalisation 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: Synthesis report of results of the detailed adaptation analyses; and Proceedings of the national workshop.
