Disaster Risk Management Projects
Climate-Resilient Development and Adaptation [India]
The Climate-Resilient Development and Adaptation is aimed to develop a framework for implementation of adaptation measures and to ultimately enable the climate-resilient development against the projected long-term impacts due to changing climate in India. The point of the project is specifically focusing adaptation in flood- and drought- prone areas while it addresses adaptation in several sectors including agriculture, water and coastal zone. The project renders woman's risks to climate change greater attention.
- Implementation of climate change risk reduction strategies, policies and mechanisms.
- Adaptive capacity development at policy and institutional levels to understand and address adaptation processes and their implications for existing and new government programmes.
- Compilation and dissemination of lessons learned.
[Project Data]
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Sector | Disaster Risk Management |
| Fund | Special Climate Change Fund |
| Amount | $4.25milion, $8milion by co-finance |
| Executing Agency | N/A |
| Project Status | Preparation |
| NAPA | N/A |
| Link | http://sdnhq.undp.org/gef-adaptation/portfolio/projectR.php?id=34 |