Integrating Climate Change Risks into Resilient Island Planning In the Maldives

  • Maldives
  • South Asia

ENTRY DATE: 09.03.2012 | LAST UPDATE: 09.03.2012

SCALE:

  • Countrywide

TARGET AREA:

  • Rural and Urban

BEST PRACTICE IN:

  • Capacity Building

KEY SECTOR:

  • Land Use Management

FUNDING AMOUNT:

Description of Intervention

Funds will be utilized to assist the Government of Maldives to systematically assess the costs and benefits of different adaptation options in the fields of land use planning and coastal protection, and to develop the necessary institutional and individual capacity at national, provincial, atoll and island levels to enable decentralized and well-informed decision-making.

Problems to be Addressed

Lack of institutional capacity of island communities to adapt to climate change impacts

Aims

To increase the resilience of Maldives in the face of climate change and improve its capacity to respond effectively to increasing threats posed by climate change and natural disasters

Objectives

Capacity building for adaptation planning

How it fits into the EbA concept

The project involves incorporating climate change risk resilience to the planning in Maldives. This indicates the climate change adaptation intention and hence fits into the CCA concept.