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The project “Building resilience of urban populations with
ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR” was approved by the Green Climate Fund
Board on November 2019 with a GCF grant of US$ 10 million. United Nations
Environment Programme serves as the Accredited Entity for the project.
Activities will be executed by the State of Lao, PDR through the Ministry of
Finance and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and UNEP. The project
will be implemented across five years covering four provincial capitals in the
country: Vientiane, Paksan, Savannakhet, and Pakse.
The project aims to shift the paradigm of urban flood management
in Laos from a limited, hard infrastructure approach towards an integrated
approach that enhances climate resilience. This will be achieved by
mainstreaming integrated flood management strategies into planning frameworks
and implementing urban ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to decrease
climate-induced flooding. The project will be implemented in four cities that
have been shown to be the most vulnerable to climate change through climate
risk modelling and consultations with relevant planning institutions in Laos.
Project interventions will directly benefit 74,600 people and restore 1,500 ha
of urban wetland and stream ecosystems. The project focuses on:
Component 1. Technical and institutional capacity
building to plan, design, implement and maintain integrated urban
Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) interventions for the reduction of climate
change induced flooding
Output 1.1 Strengthening of
institutional capacity for integrated flood risk management and implementation
of urban ecosystems-based adaptation and males and females with increased
awareness of climate threats
Output 1.2 Integrated
Climate-resilient Flood Management Strategies and urban EbA guidelines
developed for Vientiane, Paksan, Savannakhet and Pakse, and effective Flood
Risk Management Committees as coordination mechanisms
Component 2. Rehabilitation and protection of
ecosystem in response to climate variability and change
Output 2.1 Area of wetland restored
contributing to flood reduction and sustainable management of the Nong Peung
wetland in Paksan
Output 2.2 Area of urban streams
restored contributing to flood reduction and sustainable management of urban streams
in Savannakhet and Pakse
Output 2.3 Area of permeable paving
solutions installed in public areas contributing to flood reduction in
Vientiane, Paksan, Savannakhet and Pakse