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December 2019.
GCF is working with UNDP to protect lives and livelihoods in Malawi from climate-related disasters by providing early warning weather and climate information systems and improving the resilience of vulnerable communities.
Learn more about the project here.
Research indicates that 35% of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1970, and are disappearing three times faster than forests. Mitigating the impact, is critical.
Learn more about the Green Climate Fund-backed project here.
Learn more about the Green Cli,ate Fund-backed project 'Building resilient communities, wetland ecosystems and associated catchments in Uganda' here.
Over 80% of the people living adjacent to wetland areas in Uganda directly use wetland resources for their household food security needs. Consequently, there is increased pressure on wetlands hence current effects of climate change. Government of Uganda supported by Green Climate Fund and United Nations Development Program is supporting initiatives restore wetlands while improving livelihoods of communities.
For more information on the Green Climate Fund-funded project 'Enhancing Climate Resilience of India’s Coastal Communities', click here.
Learn more about the project 'Scaling Up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in Northern Pakistan' here.
The goal of the TRANSFORM project in Malawi is to enhance communities' resilience through ecosystem-based adaptation. The TRANSFORM project contributes to national development and resilience policies and strategies including the MGDS III, the National Resilience Strategy, NAP framework, and the National Climate Change Management Policy. It further contributes to SDGs 1,2,5,6,12,13 and 15.
Funded by the Green Climate Fund and supported by UNDP, the project 'Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda' (Wetland Restoration Project) demonstrates that provision of alternative livelihoods to communities can be very effective in relieving wetlands of human pressures.