Scaling up local adaptation and climate risk informed planning for resilient livelihoods in Mozambique

The project’s long-term solution is to increase the climate resilience of rural communities in Mozambique through more adapted and productive livelihoods. As an intermediate step towards that long-term scenario, the project’s objective is to strengthen the resilience of local communities and sub-national governments in Mozambique to the impacts of climate change through diversified, climate-resilient livelihoods, local adaptation planning and financing. 
 
Resources from the GEF-Least Developed Countries Fund will help overcome the immediate barriers linked to the capacity at the sub-national to mainstream climate change adaptation in development planning and to implement Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs). 
Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs) are the key vehicle for delivering adaptation benefits at the level of communities, in particular through diversified, climate-resilient livelihoods, local adaptation planning and financing. 

The most important adaptation benefit that the project will generate is that it will bring adaptation finance to the local level by focusing on operationalizing LAPs. The project will consolidate a model that can be replicated throughout Mozambique, where a number of LAPs await to be adequately financed, and so that adaptation benefits can actually fulfil the needs of the most vulnerable communities in the country.  
 
The project’s objective rests on the implementation of two mutually reinforcing strategies that related to climate change adaptation: 
 
1) Supporting local solutions that reduce local communities' vulnerability and increase their resilience through innovation and technology transfer for climate change adaptation, primarily through the implementation of LAP measures that strengthen local livelihoods with a positive gender bias; 
 
2) Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and resilience into sub-national planning systems, in particular (i) through the strengthening of institutional and human capacities for identifying, prioritizing and supporting the implementation of adaptation measures; and (ii) and through the strengthening of cross-sectoral mechanisms (improved methodologies for mainstreaming), including for accessing and/or managing climate finance at the local level.  

Component 1. Adaptation measures included in the district level Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs) implemented to advance climate-resilient livelihoods  

Outcome 1. Enhanced capacities of local communities to adapt to climate change strengthening their livelihoods 

Output 1.1 Resilience strengthening LAP measures linked to local productive systems, land and water management practices are prioritized and supported in vulnerable localities within target districts through improved technologies and innovative solutions, reaching approximately 150,000 ha of mixed-use landscapes 

Output 1.2 Community livelihoods are made more climate resilient in approximately 40 priority localities through investment in value-chain improvements, diversification and gender-sensitive training focusing on producer associations 

Output 1.3 Access to finance in support of climate-resilient livelihoods increased through scale-up of tested mechanisms for local adaptation finance / methodologies 

Component 2. Institutional and community capacity strengthened at district and provincial level for climate-risk informed sub-national planning and budgeting for resilient communities  

Outcome 2. Institutional and community capacities strengthened for integrating climate change risks and adaptation options into sub-national level planning and budgeting 

Output 2.1. Capacity of district and provincial officials and community representatives in up to 7 districts is enhanced through targeted training in view of integrating LAPs priorities into local development planning and budgeting process, reaching out to approx. 120 key individuals (30% female at least) among local planning teams and consultative council representatives at different levels 

Output 2.2. At least 3 new district-level Local Adaptation Plans and 3 Provincial Adaptation Plans developed 

Output 2.3. District-level and provincial officials, community leaders and extension workers are trained through online tools in adaptation planning processes, M&E & MRV procedures and related data handling tools according to role, in view of linking up LAP efforts with other climate policy processes, such as the NDC and NAP, reaching out to some 200 individuals (preferably 53% female) 

Component 3. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Learning and Knowledge Management 

Output 3.1. Project startup, planning and critical Inception Phase processes are successfully and timely completed 

Output 3.2. Project monitored and evaluated to support result-based and adaptive management, knowledge generation and lessons learning