According to the report of the second national communication on climate change (2010) , the Democratic Republic of Congo's coastal zone, with a coastline of about 40km, is facing coastal erosion due to a combined effect of topography, sandy nature of soil and ocean dynamics (height and direction of the swell, tide height, current velocity, storms etc.). The different national reports on coastal vulnerability (NAPA, SNC and Programme on Coastal Erosion) clearly indicate that land, biodiversity socio-economic infrastructure and community livelihood will be seriously affected by coastal erosion. With the rate of shoreline retreat that is likely, it is expected that the road between Banana-Muanda will be completely lost between 2050 and 2100. The proportion of lands lost to encroaching sea will double (200 m around Nsiamfumu and 100 m between Muanda city and Banana). In total, DRC can expect to see the reach of its coastal zone reduced from 50-100 m by 2100. LDCF resources will be used specifically for the complementary costs of strengthening national and local adaptive capacity, while improving the resilience of Muanda communities and implementing as soon as possible a set of adaptation emergency drivers and an early warning system to meet the urgent threats posed by coastal erosion on coastal populations and economies. Barriers to achieve this goal are: i) lack of operational risk management system; ii) weak institutional and technical capacity to generate real-time weather information for the management of an early warning system; iii) limited financial capacity to protect local communities and coastal infrastructure of climate risk and disaster.This project will help increase the capacity of local communities to cope with climate risks in coastal areas and their awareness of the vulnerability of coastal zones in the context of climate change in the DRC. Through a participatory and systemic approach, the project will revolve around the integration of information on climate risks in the relevant planning policies and investment in the protection and surveillance of the coastal zone against climate risks. The expected results include:•Strengthening the capacity of climate risk management authorities of central and provincial government and all stakeholders to integrate climate information in policy and investment planning;•Measures of urgent and immediate adaptation are implemented in favour of the most vulnerable coastal communities to reduce the simultaneous effects of several climatic risks while developing capacities weather forecasting and climate monitoring, including the establishment of an Early Warning System (EWS)