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  • Leading Organization:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Disaster Management, Finance Commission of Sri Lanka
    Summary:

    The project's key objective is increase the resilience of communities to climate change-induced hazards through integration of climate-smart policies and actions into development planning and budgeting, including in the reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes in the Northern Province and Eastern Province.

    Sri Lanka’s 30-year long armed conflict has had significant impacts on the population including in the Northern Province and Eastern Province. Most aspects of life have suffered: People have been displaced, institutions disintegrated, and essential communal and public infrastructure damaged. People could no longer access markets as they once had and the transport of goods virtually came to a halt. Once-industrious communities that had produced lush harvests of rice, vegetables, fruits, and other crash crops became impoverished.

    After the fighting ended in June 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka has made a concerted effort to recover from the long years of conflict and restore essential services in all parts of the country. The country has now entered into an unprecedented period of political stability, economic growth and development.  A major reconstruction phase is now underway, particularly in the North and East of the country, with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) requiring resettlement, housing, infrastructure and basic services. At the same time, the coastal zones in the areas in which most of the population live are low lying and exposed to tropical cyclones, storm surges and the effects of sea level rise (such as salinization of groundwater and agricultural lands). The entire North of Sri Lanka is in a dry zone, and its Eastern province is subject to periodic flooding and drought.

    Project Components:

    Enabling climate change- resilient reconstruction, resettlement and development planning at the district and provincial levels

    Reconstruction and development programmes in the Northern Province and Eastern Province integrate climate risk information and adaptation measures:

    1.1. Integrated map-based assessment of climate-related hazards, vulnerabilities and climate-sensitive natural resources available in all districts of the Northern Province and Eastern Province

    1.2. Disaster resilient infrastructure development controls and building codes applied in key reconstruction, resettlement and development programmes to reduce losses and damage from climate-induced hazards

    1.3. Land use plans for key resettlement and infrastructure programmes in the Northern Province and Eastern Province revised on the basis of climate scenarios to reduce damages from climate-induced hazards (sea level rise, flooding, erosion, storms, salinisation of soils and aquifers)

    Strengthening institutional capacities to develop and appraise climate resilient investment projects

    Design, appraisal and approval processes for provincial and communal development plans integrate climate risk considerations:

    2.1. Provincial councils, local authorities, district planning units and officers of the Ministry of Economic Development, Finance Comission, Central Environment Authority and National Housing Development Authority trained to recognize climate risk problems in new investment projects and apply and/or recommend targeted risk reduction and risk management measures

    2.2. Training programme for structural engineers, urban and rural infrastructure planners and teaching staff from technical colleges and vocational training institutes on climate-resilient construction, land use and water resources planning

    Implementing climate-resilient community reconstruction and development plans

    Investment programme defined and implemented to increase the resilience of communal development plans from climate change-induced risks:

    3.1. Restoration and rehabilitation of natural buffer zones (mangrove greenbelts, sand dunes, natural wetlands) in at least 3 climate risk vulnerability hot spots to protect community reconstruction and development efforts in the coastal belt

    3.2. Revise and adjust at least 30 communal development plans to take into consideration the effects of climate induced flooding and drought through targeted adaptation measures (such as communal rainwater harvesting, flood-proofing of communal water infrastructure, adoption of drought-resistant crops). 

    Expected Outputs:

    Outcome 1.1: Mainstreamed adaptation in broader development frameworks at country level and in targeted vulnerable areas.

    Output 1.1.1: Adaptation measures and necessary budget allocations included in relevant frameworks

    Outcome 1.2: Reduce vulnerability in development sectors

    Output 1.2.1: Vulnerable physical, natural and social assets strengthened in response to climate change impacts, including variability 

    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Specialist

     

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SCCF
    Financing Amount:
    3,121,818
    Cofinancing Total:
    57,266,000
    Resources:
    UNDP Sri Lanka
    File(s):
    Project Preparation Grant - September 2011
    Project Identification Form - September 2011
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