ALM UNDP

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. As none of the LDC countries in this project have completed their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), the project is unable to respond to priorities identified in these assessments. The project interventions are field-based with strong policy components in order to respond to the criteria of the SPA to reduce vulnerability and mainstream adaptation into development planning. The mainstreaming of adaptation will occur at the project or field level as well as through integration of broader policies related to development priorities. These have been identified through the individual pilot projects described in this proposal, which directly occupy approximately seventy percent of the project resources. These pilots will achieve vulnerability reductions and global environmental benefits.

The three discrete pilot projects will be implemented under the umbrella project in order to increase regional learning with respect to natural resource management and policy processes, sharing of methodologies, efficiency of delivery and opportunity for replicability within the countries and in the region. Five countries are participating, three with field projects (Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda) and two as observers (Madagascar and Tanzania).