UNEP has assisted almost 90 projects on climate change adaptation in over 50 countries. Combined, the projects are aiming to benefit around 5 million people, restore 241,000 hectares of land, improve climate adaptation knowledge of 324,000 people and 131 institutions, and build over 8,000 water harvesting structures and 82 weather stations.
Disclaimer: The inclusion of non-UN events on this map does not imply full endorsement or participation by UNEP, UN-Habitat or other UN agencies.
Global
Adaptation at Altitude - Taking Action in the Mountains
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Climate Change and Security (Nepal & Sudan) - New approaches to address climate fragility risks
- Project factsheet
- Fund: European Union
EbA South (Nepal, Mauritania, Seychelles) - Enhancing capacity, knowledge and technology support to build climate resilience of vulnerable developing countries
- Project factsheet
- Project website
- Project webpage
- Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)
Mediterranean EbA (Albania, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia) - Enhancing Regional Climate Change Adaptation in the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Areas
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)
Microfinance for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (San Salvador, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Senegal, Benin) - Building resilience for rural producers through innovative financial mechanisms
- Project documents
- Project website
- Fund: Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
NDC Action (Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, Jordan, Mongolia, Morocco, Uganda, Viet Nam) - Facilitating Implementation of Climate-resilient and Low-carbon Development
- Project documents
- Fund: International Climate Initiative (IKI)
UNI-LEAD (LDCs) - Strengthening endogenous capacities of Least Developed Countries to Access Finance for Climate Change Adaptation
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Vanishing Treasures (Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Rwanda, Uganda) – Climate resilient mountain ecosystems for resilient livelihoods and key flagship mountain species
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Funding: Government of Luxembourg
Africa
Angola - Addressing urgent coastal adaptation needs and capacity gaps in Angola
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Benin - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Comoros - Building climate resilience through rehabilitated watersheds, forests and adaptive livelihoods
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Comoros - Adapting water resource management in the Comoros to expected climate change
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Djibouti - Planning and Implementing Ecosystem based Adaptation in Djibouti’s Dikhil and Tadjourah region
- Project documents
- Fund: Global Environment Facility
Djibouti – Implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience in the most vulnerable coastal zones in Djibouti
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Djibouti - Implementing adaptation technologies in fragile ecosystems of Djibouti’s central plains
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Eswatini - Adaptation Planning support for Eswatini through UNEP / GCF Readiness Support
- Project website
- Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Gambia - Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
- Project Proposal
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Gambia - Strengthening climate services and early warning systems in the Gambia for climate-resilient development and adaptation to climate change
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Gambia - Large-scale ecosystem-based adaptation in the Gambia: Developing a climate-resilient, natural resource-based economy
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Ghana - Enhancing multi-sector planning and capacity for effective adaptation in Ghana
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Lake Victoria (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda) - Adapting to Climate Change in Lake Victoria Basin
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Adaptation Fund
Lesotho - Improvement of Early Warning System to Reduce Impacts of Climate Change and Capacity Building to Integrate Climate Change into Development Plans
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Lesotho - Strengthening climate services in Lesotho for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Madagascar - Adapting Coastal Zone Management to Climate Change in Madagascar, Considering Ecosystem and Livelihoods
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Madagascar - Promoting climate resilience in the rice sector through pilot investments in Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Adaptation Fund
Malawi - Advancing the NAP process: climate resilience for sustainable development in Malawi
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Mauritania - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Mauritania
- Project webpage
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Mauritania - Development of an improved and innovative delivery system for climate resilient livelihoods in Mauritania
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Mauritania - Climate change adaptation and livelihoods in three arid regions of Mauritania
- Project webpage
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Mozambique - Building Resilience in the Coastal Zone through Ecosystem Based Approaches to Adaptation (EbA) in the Greater Maputo Area
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Nigeria - Strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Rwanda - Building resilience of communities living in degraded forests, savannahs and wetlands of Rwanda
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Rwanda - Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Rwanda - Building the Capacity of Rwanda’s government to advance the National Adaptation Planning Process
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Sao Tome and Principe - Reduce Sao Tome and Principe’s vulnerability to climate change impacts by strengthening the Country’s capacity to implement an integrated approach to adaptation planning
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
South Sudan - Strengthening the capacity of government and communities in South Sudan to adapt to climate change
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Project factsheet
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Sudan - Enhancing the resilience of communities living in climate change vulnerable areas of Sudan using EbA approaches
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Tanzania - Building Climate Resilience in the Landscapes of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Tanzania – Implementation of concrete adaptation measures to reduce vulnerability of livelihoods and economy of coastal communities of Tanzania
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Adaptation Fund
Tanzania - Developing core capacity to address adaptation to climate change in productive coastal zones
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Tanzania - Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Rural Resilience in Tanzania
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Uganda - Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Uganda – Reducing the Climate Change Vulnerability of Local Communities in Uganda through EbA in Forest and Wetland Ecosystems
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund
Zambia - Building the Resilience of Local Communities in Zambia through the Introduction of Ecosystem-based Adaptation into Priority Ecosystems, including Wetlands and Forests
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Zimbabwe - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Zimbabwe
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Asia Pacific
Afghanistan - Opportunities for Mountain Area Integrated Development
- Project report
- Fund: European Commission
Afghanistan - Building Resilience of Communities Living Around the Northern Pistachio Belt (NPB) and Eastern Forest Complex (EFC) of Afghanistan through an EbA Approach
- Project documents
- Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Bahrain - Developing of an Enabling Environment for Water Demand Management
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Bangladesh – Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation (EbA) in the Drought-prone Barind Tract and Haor "Wetland" Area
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Cambodia - Enhancing climate change resilience of rural communities living in protected areas of Cambodia
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Adaptation Fund
Cambodia – Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Programme for Climate Change in the Coastal Zone of Cambodia Considering Livelihood Improvement and Ecosystems
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Central Asian Mountains (Kazakhstan, Kyrgysztan, Tajikistan) - Enhancing the conservation of flagship migratory mammal species of Central Asia through climate-informed management and decision making
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Fund: International Climate Initiative (IKI), Germany
Iraq - Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Iraq
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Lao PDR - Advancing Lao PDR’s National Adaptation Plan through Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for Disaster Risk Management in human settlements
- Project Proposal
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Lao PDR - Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Maldives – Advancing the National Adaptation Plan of the Maldives
- Project Proposal
- Press Release
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Mekong EbA (Thailand, Vietnam) - Enhancing Climate Resilience in the Greater Mekong Sub-region through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Context of South-South Cooperation
- Project documents
- Fund: Adaptation Fund
Mongolia - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Mongolia
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Myanmar - Adapting Community Forestry Landscapes and Associated Community Livelihoods to a Changing Climate, in Particular an Increase in the Frequency and Intensity of Extreme Weather Events
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund
Myanmar - Enhance the Capacity of Myanmar to Advance the Process of Formulation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plan
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Nepal - Catalysing Ecosystem Restoration for Climate Resilient Natural Capital and Rural Livelihoods in Degraded Forests and Rangelands of Nepal
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Nepal - Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Climate-resilient Development in the Kathmandu Valley
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Nepal - Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Nepal
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Pacific SIDS(Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu) – Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean
- Project document
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Pakistan - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Pakistan
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Timor-Leste - Adapting to climate change and enabling sustainable land management through productive rural communities in Timor-Leste
- Project Documents
- Fund: Global Environment Facility
Timor-Leste – Enhancing Early Warning Systems to build greater resilience to hydro-meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste
- Project factsheet
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Tuvalu - Ecosystem based adaptation for improved livelihood in Tuvalu
- Project documents
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Asia Pacific (Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar) - Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Project factsheet
- Project webpage
- Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)
Latin America & the Caribbean
Antigua & Barbuda - Building climate resilience through innovative financing mechanisms for climate change adaptation
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)
CityAdapt (Jamaica, El Salvador, Mexico) - Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Project website
- Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)
Costa Rica – Building sub-national capacities for the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan in Costa Rica
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Dominican Republic – Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan process in the Dominican Republic
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
El Salvador - Agreements, processes, and tools to move towards a climate-resilient society in El Salvador
- Project Proposal
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Honduras – Enabling Environments to Effectively Plan, Implement, Monitor and Report Strategic National Adaptation Processes
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Nature4Cities (Honduras, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Uruguay) - Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities
- Project documents
- Press release
- Fund: GCF Climate Readiness and co-financing of Euroclima+
Panama –Building capacities for the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan at sectoral level in Panama
- Project documents
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
Paraguay - Ecosystem-based Approaches for Reducing the Vulnerability of Food Security to the Impacts of Climate Change in the Chaco Region of Paraguay
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Adaptation Fund, Norway, Spain
Europe
Albania – Building the Resilience of Kune-Vaini Lagoon through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project webpage
- Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)
ClimaProof – Enhancing Environmental Performance and Climate Proofing of Infrastructure Investments in the Western Balkan Region from an EU integration perspective
- Project factsheet
- Project documents
- Project website
- Fund: Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)