The project aims to mainstream climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in community level planning and programming.  The main impact of this initiative will be to improve the resilience of vulnerable community against natural disasters, climate change, climatic variability and extreme weather...

Under the Pacific Mangrove Initiative (PMI), the MESCAL project was developed to address key challenges to mangrove management and conservation. The overall goal of this project is to help Pacific Islanders effectively manage their mangrove and associated coastal ecosystems to build resilience to the potential...

Pacific island countries are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. The potential magnitude of the problem threatens the very existence of some Pacific island states, and the achievement of sustainable development and Millennium Development Goals. However, vulnerabilities and risks associated with climate change are...

The project aims to: Strengthen research capacity on mainstreaming climate change adaptation concerns into agricultural and water policies; and  create a network for adaptation policy research in Asia (ARPNAP: Adaptation Research andPolicy Network for Asia and the Pacific).  Analysis of policies in select countries revealed that important decisions in the...

Upland farmers and their families, who number about 20 million, comprise the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. Their livelihoods depend on cultivating marginal hilly land areas which are very vulnerable to climate related risks. This overall goal of this multi-organization project is to...

Agriculture is the main source of livelihoods for rural communities in the Bundelkhand region of India. The region however faces a number of natural constraints such as erratic rainfall, low soil fertility, soil erosion, limited irrigation facilities and degraded forests. These constraints adversely affect the...

The proposed project is based on priority interventions outlined in the Cambodian NAPA and focuses on climate change-resilient agricultural water management. The impacts of climate change on Cambodian agriculture, particularly on rice cultivation, are predicted to adversely affect food production and –security in rural areas....

The project, Ecosystem Based Adaptation Approach to Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments in Mongolia, is designed to maintain the water provisioning services supplied by mountain and steppe ecosystems. This UNDP managed project, implemented by the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, and funded...

The Naokhali district is vulnerable to saline water intrusion and cyclones. The people in the area depend on fisheries and agriculture and have developed different adaptation measures. The objecive of the project is to create an enabling environment for integration of climate change adaptation in...

A major proportion of Bhutan’s population is settled in fertile valleys along a number of river systems. When Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) occur, the lives and property of many people are at risk. The NCAP supported a GLOF hazard zonation mapping exercise along the...