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  • Leading Organization:
    UNESCO
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    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.

    The coastal and marine environment of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, and Cape Verde is a highly productive ecosystem of significant biological diversity that is under threat from climate change. All five countries, whose coastal systems exhibit considerable connectivity are within the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem and thereby affected by similar climatic, hydrographical and oceanic conditions.

    Climate change scenarios for the West African region anticipate an increase in the frequency and intensity of tidal waves and storm surges, which will exacerbate existing anthropogenic driven erosion and sedimentation problems in the region by moving greater amounts of coastal material .

    The five countries have through their respective National Communications process, and in the formulation of their respective National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs), highlighted not only that the impact of climate change on their coastal regions is a priority, but also limits to their capacity (in terms of knowledge and resources) to adapt to adverse consequences.

    This project will address these critical gaps and enable the participating countries to develop and implement effective adaptation strategies to address the impacts of climate change in vulnerable coastal regions. The overall objective is to mainstream adaptation to climate change into Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) planning in the participating countries through the development and implementation of pilot adaptation activities in response to shoreline change. This will involve the development of strategies, policies and measures, based on technical/scientific information and appropriate policy instruments.

    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)
    Resources:
    UNDP Gambia: ACCC Project website
    Global Environment Facility
    Image(s):
    File(s):
    Project Appraisal documeny-Regional - Adaptation to Climate Change - Responding to Shoreline Change and its human dimensions
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