Project

Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia

Lead country

Georgia

Participating countries

Georgia

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From December 7, 2018 to July 12, 2026

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 1.5 Build resilience of poor to climate, shocks
  2. 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
  3. 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

Project ID: 5846

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Technical team

  • Climate Change Adaptation Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming integrated policy and planning for climate-resilient & sustainable development
  • Climate information and early warning systems (CI & EWS)

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Monitor inventory
  • Mitigation adaptation

Sub-strategy

  • Impact assessment
  • Spatial monitoring/analysis
  • Knowledge/Data management
  • Drought Mitigation/Early Warning
  • Flood prevention/Early Warning
  • Infrastructure against natural hazards

Social inclusion

  • Smallholder farmers
  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 1.5 Build resilience of poor to climate, shocks
  • 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

N/A

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The project objective is to reduce exposure of Georgia's communities, livelihoods and infrastructure to climate-induced natural hazards through a well-functioning nation-wide multi-hazard early warning system and risk-informed local action. The project will achieve this by nation-wide scaling-up of several projects and initiatives such as of the Rioni Basin flood forecasting and early warning system (FFEWS). The scaling up will be attained by developing and implementing a nation-wide Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS), developing and delivering climate information services, implementing community-based risk reduction measures which will reduce exposure of the most vulnerable local communities to climate-induced hazards. The project will address existing gaps/barriers towards establishing an effective functioning, fully-integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System

Objectives

Increased resilience and enhanced livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, communities and regions.

USD $27,053,598

Grant amount

USD $43,239,024

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Green Climate Fund Common ($27,053,598)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Strengthened institutional and regulatory systems access climate finance from the GCF and other funds

Outputs:

Expanded hydro-meteorological observation network and modelling capacities secure reliable information on climate-induced hazards, vulnerability and risks

 Indicators:

1.1. Change in expected losses of lives and economic assets (US$) due to the impact of extreme climate-related disasters
Total Number of direct and indirect beneficiaries; Number of beneficiaries relative to total population
A5.2 Number and level of effective coordination mechanisms
A6.2 Use of climate information products/services in decision-making in climate-sensitive sectors by stakeholders
A7.1 Use by vulnerable households, communities, business and public-sector services of Fund-supported tools, instruments, strategies and activities to respond to climate change and variability
A7.2 Total Geographic coverage of climate related early warning systems and other risk reduction measures established/ strengthened
1.1. # of new hydro-meteorological monitoring equipment functionally operating
1.2 Number of river basins for which hazard and risk maps (covering landslides, mudflows, avalanches, hail storms and droughts), flood plain zoning and multi-hazard vulnerability and risk assessments
1.3 Level of application for systemic gender-sensitive socio-economic vulnerability assessment in decision-making and resilience investment prioritization
1.4 Level of application of a centralized multi-hazard disaster risk information and knowledge system
2.1 Level of institutional capacity for implementation of MHEWS and delivery of climate information amongst key government agencies
2.2 Status of the nation-wide MHEWS covering landslides, floods, mudflows, avalanches, hailstorms and droughts
2.3 % of farmers accessing improved climate forecasting services
3.1 Number and % of coverage for high-risk communities through CBEWS and CBCRM action.
3.2 % increase of crop yields and household income for targeted communities due to reduced losses and damages from hazards
3.3 Number of targeted beneficiaries reporting enhanced protection from climate related natural disasters resulting from Fund investments (disaggregated by gender).
3.4 Change in Knowledge, Awareness and Perception (KAP) of beneficiaries on local climate risk management options (including use and impact of the options)
Outcome 2:

Increased generation and use of climate information in decision-making

Outputs:

Multi-hazard early warning system and new climate information products supported with effective national regulations, coordination mechanism and institutional capacities .
Outcome 3:

Increased generation and use of climate information in decision-making
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