Along Bangladesh’s climate-vulnerable coast, women are turning resilience into opportunity. Through safe water, rainwater harvesting and climate-resilient livelihoods, the GCA Project by UNDP and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of Bangladesh, with support from Green Climate Fund, is helping communities adapt and thrive.
Salinity, cyclones and flooding threaten coastal Bangladesh. Women are turning adaptation support into opportunity.
From stronger storms to rising salinity, climate change is reshaping life along India's coast. Local innovation is helping communities adapt.
CIEWS act as a critical enabler for several other global goals, including ending poverty (SDG 1), reaching zero hunger (SDG 2), supporting good health (SDG 3), protecting clean water (SDG 6) and creating sustainable cities (SDG 11).
Access to labour-saving tools is improving productivity, wellbeing and climate resilience.
The five-year project will support Cambodia to strengthen an end-to-end, multi-hazard early warning system for storms, floods, droughts and lightning events.
The project seeks to reduce disaster fatalities in Somalia by 42% and deliver nationwide early warning coverage by 2030.
The session was organized by the NAP Implementation Alliance, chaired by the Government of Brazil in its role as COP Presidency, and moderated by UNDP.
The new project will support EW4All in Ecuador, strengthening early warnings and preparedness for climate-related hazards.
