Supporting LDCs to advance National Adaptation Plans

The purpose of the proposed NAPA formulation project for Bangladesh is the development of a countrywide program that encompasses the immediate and urgent adaptation activities that address the current and anticipated adverse effects of climate change, including extreme events.

The indigenous Chakma peoples (pop. ~2,000) in the five villages of Borkona Godabanne Chora Adam face declining rainfall, rising temperatures, and decreased water levels under climate change.

Char Kazul is a riverine island comprised of four villages, located between the Bura Gaurango and Tetulia rivers in Bangladesh. During monsoon season, the Bura Gaurango River can swell up to 10km wide, making it difficult for residents to reach the mainland for trade and services.

Due to its high levels of poverty and close proximity to water, Atulia Union in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh is considered to be one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change. Over the last few decades both farming and aquaculture activities have become less productive as soil degrades, water salinizes, and competition for resources increases.

Densely populated, coastal, and low-lying, Bangladesh faces serious climate change risks, including:

• Sea-level rise
• Intensification of cyclones
• Increased river flooding
• Salinization of agricultural land
• Changing rainfall patterns, with increasingly intense rainfall during the monsoon season

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their immediate needs to adapt to climate change, ultimately leading to the implementation of projects aimed at reducing the social and economic costs of climate change.

The overarching goal of the project is to safeguard development benefits for vulnerable communities from future climate change induced risks. The community disaster risk management project will enhance local climatic governance by building capacity of key actors and providing necessary risks management tools (e.g. contingency plans, EWS).

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their immediate needs to adapt to climate change, ultimately leading to the implementation of projects aimed at reducing the economic and social costs of climate change.

The creation of a National Communication offers countries the opportunity to contribute with technically sound studies and information that can be used for designing mitigation and adaptation measures, and project proposals that can and will help increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change.

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their immediate needs to adapt to climate change, ultimately leading to the implementation of projects aimed at reducing the economic and social costs of climate change.

In the village of Rombou in the Maradi region of central Niger, both pastoralists and farmers now depend on increasingly scarce natural resources for their livelihoods. Plagued by high levels of poverty and structural food insecurity, the area suffers from unsustainable agro-pastoral practices and increasing risks of conflicts over natural resources.

Niger’s villages of Maïkoulaké, Atoulé and Roumbou are in a fragile intermediate eco-zone. Although they are near the Tarka Valley (one of the nation's few remaining fertile areas), the villages (pop. 1,600) are at risk as the semi-arid Sahel zone expands. These agro-pastoral communities depend largely on natural resources for their livelihoods.

This project focuses on the village of Maigochi Saboua in Niger’s Dakoro district. The population of approximately 7,564 people participates primarily in agriculture, breeding, crafts and trading. Agriculture is the primary driver of economic growth with 80% of the population relying on it as means of income.

This Community-Based Adaptation project focused on 14 villages in Tamalolo, a Sahelo-Saharan zone of Niger.