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Community-Based Adaptation |
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Small communities are often the most severely affected, yet the least equipped to cope with the impacts of climate change. In recognition of this, the UNDP-GEF Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) project pilots the community component of the GEF Strategic Priority on Adaptation, building the resilience of communities and the ecosystems upon which they rely in the face of climate change impacts.
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Key Features of the CBA Project:
- Implemented in ten pilot countries, representing a diversity of ecosystems, socioeconomic contexts and climate change impacts
- Each country will support a portfolio of 8-20 projects (approximately 125 projects expected globally)
- Individual projects will receive up to $50,000 in GEF support, plus co-financing
- Projects will be community-driven and nationally strategic - aligned with country programme strategies on key climate change adaptation priorities
- Taking a natural resources management approach, the CBA project will build resilience to climate impacts into resource-based livelihoods while generating global environmental benefits in GEF focal areas
- Projects will be nationally strategic and globally relevant, leveraging lessons learned from community projects to inform national policy dialogues, while sharing best practices globally
- UNDP will partner with the GEF Small Grants Programme on delivery of project outcomes
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Climate change is a global challenge, but impacts, and therefore
solutions, must be local and regional
NEW!
View a participatory video documenting climate change threats and CBA projects in eight coastal communities in Samoa.
Click here! | Project Status
The CBA project has been under implementation since February 2008. See the country programmes pages for more information on ongoing activities. |
