Project

Addressing climate change vulnerabilities and risks in vulnerable coastal areas of Tunisia

Lead country

Tunisia

Participating countries

Tunisia

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From December 23, 2014 to June 24, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
  2. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning

Project ID: 4697

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Technical team

  • Climate Change Adaptation Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Climate resilient integrated water resource and coastal management
  • Mainstreaming integrated policy and planning for climate-resilient & sustainable development

Landscape(s)

  • Marine

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Coasts

Transformed sector(s)

  • Tourism

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Capacity building
  • Law regulation
  • Monitor inventory

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional capacity building
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation

Social inclusion

  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Women farmers
  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Large corporations

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership

About this project

Description

This project proposes a risk-based approach to Climate Change Adaptation by enabling flexible adaptation pathways which will build resilience to climate change and provide maximum co benefits. As tourism is a dominate source of revenue for the region, a set of economic instruments will be devised to signal the existing risks and drive future hotel and private residence development, including investments, away from vulnerable areas. With such an approach, local development plans will be made more risk-based and climate compatible. Both the public and private sectors will serve as important catalysts for adaptation interventions and in supporting coastal monitoring.

Objectives

To promote innovative adaptation strategies, technologies and financing options to address the additional risks posed by climate change on populations and key socio-economic sectors in Tunisia"s most vulnerable coastal areas.

USD $5,600,000

Grant amount

USD $74,048,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Special Climate Change Fund ($5,600,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Tunisia

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Addressing climate change vulnerabilities and risks in vulnerable coastal areas of Tunisia