Integration of Future Climate Change Scenarios in Development of Selected Population Centres or Islands to Adapt Sea Level Rise and Extreme Weather Risks Associated with Climate Change
- 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
- Research and Development
KEY SECTOR:
- Coastal Zone Management
FUNDING AMOUNT:
- USD 1,000,001 - USD 5,000,000
Description of Intervention
Vulnerability assessment of islands and developing vulnerability reduction plan. Along with this, the project will strengthen human resource and institutional capacity to better cope with impacts of climate change.
Problems to be Addressed
Lack of human and institutional capacity to adapt to climate change
Aims
Ensure climate change concerns are addressed in the Development of Selected Population Centers or Islands in the Maldives
Objectives
• To undertake detailed hazard and vulnerability assessment for 7 Selected Population Centres or Islands;
• To develop a hazard mitigation and vulnerability reduction action plan;
• To develop the human resource and institutional capacity at atoll and island levels to manage coastal zones; and
• To enhance the technical capacity to design coastal modifications suitable for small coral islands.
How it fits into the EbA concept
Since the project aims at capacity Building of the existing institutions and human resource in Maldives to better respond and adapt to climate change, it fits into the CCA concept.