Programme on Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

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overview:
sector:Agriculture, Coast, Forestry, Water
stimulus:Drought, Sea-Level rise
impacts:Food loss, Increased forest fire frequency, Land loss, Soil moisture reduction, Water stock reduction, Wetland loss
As a small island, Grenada is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of projected climate changes. Extreme events such as hurricanes experienced in the recent past are likely to become more intense in the future. Two major droughts occurred in the past years with substantial adverse effects on the water and agriculture sectors. Projections indicate a strong likelihood of declining rainfall [...]
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project classification:
project type: coordination,technical advice,training
project status: implementation running
running time: not specified
spatial scale: national
effect emergence: not immediate
effect persistence: not specified
 
project costs:
total costs: 2406000 euro
initial investment: not specified
maintenance costs: not specified
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: not specified
reversibility: medium
responsibilities:
initiating agent: The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment Grenada, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
executing agent: The Grenadian Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment GIZ, UNDP and other national agencies
funding source: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
additional information:
@stimulus:Extreme Events;
@impact:Hurricane Damage;
@project_type:study,concept development;
@location:Caribbean,Grenada;

The specified funding applies only to the part of the project implemented by GIZ.
evaluative information:
success factors: Political leadership, subsequent funding, ownership and strong capacities
limiting factors: Small size of national administration may lead to knowledge drain. Inter-sectoral/inter-ministerial coordination mechanisms for climate change adaptation need to be improved. Optimising water storage may require building artificial storage which might be difficult in Grenada’s land tenure regime. Funding of activities after project ends is not ensured.
synergies to mitigation: Climate change mitigation is not the key objective of the project. Nevertheless, several co-benefits for the mitigation of GHG emissions can be expected. First of all, improved inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms and policy and planning instruments are likely to have positive impacts on mitigation policies. The present strategies and policies show that Grenada seeks for an integrative policy approach covering both adaptation and mitigation.

Supporting Grenada in its watershed management (here mainly: conservation of vegetation cover) and increasing the efficiency of water use (less residual water, less treatment, etc.) may deliver co-benefits as well.
With regard to climate finance, although the focus will be on adaptation finance it will also seek to enable access to financial resources for mitigation (e.g. for the implementation of NAMAs and low carbon development plans).
no regret / win-win option: Overall supply of freshwater will be more secure, ecosystems more resilient due to more adapted practices and removal of invasive species.
project evaluation: not specified
contact information:
Eva Wuttge, GIZ Grenada
GIZ ICCAS Project, P.O. Box 3269, Ministerial Complex, Botanical Gardens, St. George’s, Grenada
tel.: +1473 419 8000
email: eva.wuttge@giz.de
information source:
Internal GIZ project outline