Lead country
Cuba
Participating countries
Cuba
Project status
Closure
Implementing period
From June 19, 2014 to October 9, 2020
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
- 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
Project ID: 5090
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
Landscape(s)
- Marine
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Coasts
- Urban areas
- Rural areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Innovative approaches
Strategy
- Management operation
- Mitigation adaptation
Sub-strategy
- Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
- Integrated coastal zone management
- Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation
- Flood prevention/Early Warning
- Coastal risk reduction
Social inclusion
N/A
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
- 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
Conventions and protocols
- National Development Policies
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
Project description
The proposed project seeks to reduce the vulnerability of communities in coastal areas of Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces in southern Cuba from climate change (CC) related phenomena including coastal erosion, flooding and saltwater intrusion. A steady linear increase in sea level of 1.45mm/year has been observed in the country between 1966 and 2010: under different IPCC scenarios and levels of climate sensitivity, sea levels in Cuba are expected to rise by between 0.22m and 0.85m by the year 2100. Cuba lies in one of the most active parts of the Atlantic/Caribbean hurricane region: hurricanes and cold fronts are among the principal causes of destructive flooding along the whole length of the Cuban coastline, giving rise to strong winds and high energy waves which can lead to significant levels of flooding. Given its long and narrow configuration, Cuba has a particularly high ratio of coastline to overall surface area and, as a consequence, a large proportion of the national population is vulnerable to such CC-related threats.
USD $5,592,000
Grant amount
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Adaptation Fund ($5,592,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Cuba
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