Lead country
Vanuatu
Participating countries
Vanuatu
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From November 17, 2014 to December 31, 2020
Project ID: 4866
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Sustainable management of oceans in a changing climate
Landscape(s)
- Marine
- FreshWaters
- Grasslands
Sub-landscape(s)
- Large marine ecosystem
- Coasts
- Coral reefs
- Rivers and river basins
- General
Transformed sector(s)
- Aquaculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Policy advice
Strategy
- Food and agricultural commodities
- Mitigation adaptation
- Capacity building
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Women
Gender equality
- Women's access to and control over resources
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 1.3 Social protections for vulnerable
- 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
- 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.
Conventions and protocols
- National Action Plan
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
About this project
Description
Vanuatu ranks as the world's most vulnerable country due to its high exposure to natural disasters, scattered island geography, narrow economic base, inadequate communication and transportation networks, and limited capacity to cope with disasters including those caused or exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Annually Vanuatu is impacted by a number of cyclones, which are expected to become more intense under current climatic projections, with coastal communities and ecosystems being most vulnerable and impacted by these events. Vanuatu will be heavily impacted by climate change with future scenarios projecting increased temperatures, sea-level rise, and increased severity of cyclones, increased ocean temperatures and ocean acidification. In addition, an increased likelihood of an increase in the frequency of El Niño events will present its own long-term seasonal challenges. These challenges, combined with rapid population growth spread over 80 islands, an agricultural and coastal-based economy facing acute medium-term challenges and inadequate delivery of government services, especially in remote areas will continue to limit the potential for long-term sustainable development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.The Government of Vanuatu has been proactive in global and regional dialogues on climate change and finalised its National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) in 2007. The project will explicitly address three of eleven priorities identified in the NAPA including: 1) community-based marine resource management, 2) integrated coastal zone management, and 3) mainstreaming climate change into policy and national planning processes. The NAPA places particular emphasis on the need for community-based marine resource management, embracing both traditional and modern practices and enhancing the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities. To address these priorities, the project will focus on five of the adaptation options outlined in the NAPA including: i) development of provincial / local adaptation and ICM plans, ii) climate proofing of infrastructure design and development planning, iii) development of an efficient early warning system, iv) awareness raising and capacity building, and v) coastal re-vegetation and rehabilitation
Objectives
To improve the resilience of the coastal zone to the impacts of climate change in order to sustain livelihoods, food production and preserve and improve the quality of life in targeted vulnerable areas.
USD $8,280,000
Grant amount
USD $31,397,253
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Least Developed Countries Fund ($8,280,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Fiji
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