Climate Adaptation Project List

UNEP has assisted over 75 projects on climate change adaptation in over 50 countries. Combined, the projects are aiming to benefit around 2.7 million people, restore 131,000 hectares of land, improve climate adaptation knowledge of 102,000 people and 131 institutions, and build over 1,100 water harvesting structures and 82 weather stations. Learn more about UNEP’s projects below:

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

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  • Fund: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Climate Change and Security (Nepal & Sudan) - New approaches to address climate fragility risks

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  • Fund: European Union

EbA South (Nepal, Mauritania, Seychelles) - Enhancing capacity, knowledge and technology support to build climate resilience of vulnerable developing countries

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Fund: International Climate Initiative (IKI)

UNI-LEAD (LDCs) - Strengthening endogenous capacities of Least Developed Countries to Access Finance for Climate Change Adaptation

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  • 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

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  • Funding: Government of Luxembourg

Africa

Angola - Addressing urgent coastal adaptation needs and capacity gaps in Angola

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Comoros - Building climate resilience through rehabilitated watersheds, forests and adaptive livelihoods

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Comoros - Adapting water resource management in the Comoros to expected climate change 

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Djibouti – Implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience in the most vulnerable coastal zones in Djibouti

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Djibouti - Implementing adaptation technologies in fragile ecosystems of Djibouti’s central plains 

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Eswatini - Adaptation Planning support for Eswatini through UNEP / GCF Readiness Support

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Gambia - Strengthening climate services and early warning systems in the Gambia for climate-resilient development and adaptation to climate change

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Gambia - Large-scale ecosystem-based adaptation in the Gambia: Developing a climate-resilient, natural resource-based economy

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Ghana - Enhancing multi-sector planning and capacity for effective adaptation in Ghana

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Lake Victoria (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda) - Adapting to Climate Change in Lake Victoria Basin

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Lesotho - Strengthening climate services in Lesotho for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Madagascar - Adapting Coastal Zone Management to Climate Change in Madagascar Considering Ecosystem and Livelihoods

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Madagascar - Promoting climate resilience in the rice sector through pilot investments in Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

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  • Fund: Adaptation Fund

Malawi - Advancing the NAP process: climate resilience for sustainable development in Malawi

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Mauritania - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Mauritania

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Mauritania - Development of an improved and innovative delivery system for climate resilient livelihoods in Mauritania

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Mauritania - Climate change adaptation and livelihoods in three arid regions of Mauritania

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Nigeria - Strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Rwanda - Building resilience of communities living in degraded forests, savannahs and wetlands of Rwanda

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Rwanda - Building the Capacity of Rwanda’s government to advance the National Adaptation Planning Process

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

South Sudan - Strengthening the capacity of government and communities in South Sudan to adapt to climate change

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Sudan - Enhancing the resilience of communities living in climate change vulnerable areas of Sudan using EbA approaches

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Tanzania - Building Climate Resilience in the Landscapes of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Tanzania – Implementation of concrete adaptation measures to reduce vulnerability of livelihoods and economy of coastal communities of Tanzania

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  • Fund: Adaptation Fund

Tanzania - Developing core capacity to address adaptation to climate change in productive coastal zones

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Tanzania - Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Rural Resilience in Tanzania

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Uganda - Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Uganda – Reducing the Climate Change Vulnerability of Local Communities in Uganda through EbA in Forest and Wetland Ecosystems

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Zimbabwe - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Zimbabwe

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Asia Pacific

Afghanistan - Opportunities for Mountain Area Integrated Development

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  • 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

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  • Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Bahrain - Developing of an Enabling Environment for Water Demand Management

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Bangladesh – Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation (EbA) in the Drought-prone Barind Tract and Haor "Wetland" Area

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Cambodia - Enhancing climate change resilience of rural communities living in protected areas of Cambodia

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  • Fund: Adaptation Fund

Cambodia – Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Programme for Climate Change in the Coastal Zone of Cambodia Considering Livelihood Improvement and Ecosystems

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

IKI Migratory Species (Kazakhstan, Kyrgysztan, Tajikistan) - Enhancing the conservation of flagship migratory mammal species of Central Asia through climate-informed management and decision making

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  • Fund: International Climate Initiative (IKI), Germany

Iraq - Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Iraq

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Lao PDR - Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Adaptation Fund

Mongolia - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Mongolia

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund

Myanmar - Enhance the Capacity of Myanmar to Advance the Process of Formulation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plan

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Nepal - Catalysing Ecosystem Restoration for Climate Resilient Natural Capital and Rural Livelihoods in Degraded Forests and Rangelands of Nepal

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Nepal - Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Climate-resilient Development in the Kathmandu Valley

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Nepal - Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Nepal

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Pakistan - Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Pakistan

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Timor-Leste – Enhancing Early Warning Systems to build greater resilience to hydro-meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Tuvalu - Ecosystem based adaptation for improved livelihood in Tuvalu

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  • 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.

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  • Fund: Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF)

Latin America & the Caribbean

Antigua & Barbuda - Building climate resilience through innovative financing mechanisms for climate change adaptation

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Special Climate Change Fund (GEF)

Costa Rica – Building sub-national capacities for the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan in Costa Rica

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Dominican Republic – Building capacity to advance National Adaptation Plan process in the Dominican Republic

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Honduras – Enabling Environments to Effectively Plan, Implement, Monitor and Report Strategic National Adaptation Processes

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  • Fund: Green Climate Fund

Nature4Cities (Honduras, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Uruguay) - Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Adaptation Fund, Norway, Spain

Europe

Albania – Building the Resilience of Kune-Vaini Lagoon through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)

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  • 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

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  • Fund: Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)