Format
The COP31 side event will take place in-person at the UNDP Pavilion, in the Blue Zone. The event will be in English with a duration of 90 minutes.
Background
Southern Africa is experiencing severe climate change impacts, with water scarcity and land degradation having profound implications for food security and resilient, sustainable development. Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable, facing increasing exposure to droughts, floods and erratic rainfall that threaten their livelihoods.
The new equipment, including solar power systems, complements watershed action plans and enables fairer, more efficient water distribution.
The UNDP-supported projects will advance locally led adaptation, cross-border climate cooperation and climate-smart livelihoods.
From Cambodia’s 1294 early warning system to resilient housing in Viet Nam, practical solutions are helping families prepare for disasters.
New weather stations in Tajikistan are delivering earlier warnings, helping communities protect crops, livestock and livelihoods.
Regional project will support locally led solutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
Speakers explored how new partnerships and financing solutions could strengthen early warning systems and resilience investments.
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).
New UNDP-supported initiative will strengthen water security, livelihoods and ecosystem resilience across Eswatini, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
