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.
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 partners with the GEF Small Grants Programme on delivery of project outcomes
News
Grassroots climate adaptation efforts paying off (Thomson Reuters, 01 March 2010). (Click here)
UNDP speaks on CBA at the Fourth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 21 - 27 February 2010. Featured speakers include Delfin Ganapin, GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Global Manager, and Charles Nyandiga, the UNDP-GEF CBA Project Coordinator (Click here).
A post conference video and photos on the Fourth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change are also available (Click here).
UNDP speaks on community-based projects yielding promising results. (Click here)
View a participatory video documenting climate change threats and CBA projects in eight coastal communities in Samoa.
TOFIGA O PILI AAU - Samoa Project
SEAL THE DEAL: UN lends a hand to community efforts to adapt to climate change (UN News Centre, 29 October 2009).Article on how the UNDP-GEF CBA project impacts the livelihoods of local communites focusing on community participation and UNDP technical and project implementation expertise. Featured are interviews with Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, PhD, the UNDP Technical Advisor on Climate Change Adaptation, Dale Rankine, the SGP National Coordinator in Jamaica, and Stanislav Kim, the SGP National Coordinator in Kazakhstan. (Click here)
Project Status
The CBA project has been under implementation since February 2008. See the country programme pages for further information on ongoing CBA projects.
