The government and the World Bank launched the Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Coastal Resources and Communities (E.C.R) Project yesterday.
The launch was held at the Central Bank of Samoa building.
The E.C.R project is one of two investment projects of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (P.P.C.R) in Samoa.
The aim of this project is to support coastal resources and communities to become more resilient to climate variability and change.
The initial phase and preparation of the project started with establishing the baselines which involved engagement of key stakeholders and was completed at the end of September last year. The project’s three components are:
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITY ADAPTATION MEASURES TO MANAGE CLIMATE AND DISASTER-RELATED THREATS
The project will review and implement priority activities within the Districts Coastal Infrastructure Management (CIM) Plans. The CIM plans have been prepared for all 41 districts in the country and are the basis on which priority adaptation measures in communities will be implemented under the ECR (16 districts) and Adaptation Fund project (25 districts).
Furthermore, the project will finance grants for village level and multi-village level projects to assist with implementation of climate resilient activities such as coastal replanting, mangrove rehabilitation, improvements in water storage and so forth.
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STRENGTHENED CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICES.
Additionally, the project will offer climate awareness programs and trainings for communities and improve the national climate information services and hazard mapping which will cover the whole country through the financing of a comprehensive light detection and ranging system (LiDAR).
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING FOR CLIMATE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE.
Development of an ongoing programmatic approach to strengthen the coordination, management and monitoring of project activities to achieve efficient and effective outcomes.
The ECR project is funded through a USD$14.6 million grant from the PPCR of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and is implemented in collaboration with the Adaptation Fund Enhancing Resilience of Coastal Communities of Samoa to climate change Project.
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