AFRICA REGIONAL STORIES
Murchison Falls, Uganda
EASTERN AFRICA Mobilising financing for climate resilience in Uganda
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Uganda is ideally placed to apply for support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to address the vulnerability of its people to the effects of climate change. However, the key institutions that need to be involved struggle with designing the grant application and managing the accreditation process. GWP partnered with the Ministry of Water and Environment, and other key stakeholders, to apply for finance from GCF’s readiness and preparedness fund. This will help key institutions learn how to access further funding for climate resilience programmes. The proposal has requested USD 300,000, which will be used to identify needs, supply appropriate training, and build partnerships for information-sharing. The partners submitted the proposal in December 2018, and GWP East Africa expects to be fully involved in the capacity-building activities supported by the grant.
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GWP Eastern Africa continues to support countries in formulating and implementing their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Working with the NDC Partnership and others through workshops and participatory activities, both Kenya and Uganda formulated partnership plans in 2018. These documents outline the priorities and parties responsible for coordinating the resources required for effective NDC implementation.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
Partnerships
Integrating agriculture in Zambia’s National Adaptation Plan
Participants worked together to draft a roadmap, with GWP Southern Africa providing technical input on the role of water in development and how to leverage climate finance. This input helped build stronger partnerships among Zambia’s ministries of agriculture, environment, planning, and finance, as well as with other stakeholders, for implementing climate adaptation strategies. The roadmap will also contribute to targets within Zambia’s NDC.
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GWP in Action 2018 Annual Report
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“The impacts of climate change threaten to undermine decades of development gains and future development trajectories in Zambia. With improved systems, we have the opportunity to break free from poverty, invest in long-term productive assets, and build a climate-smart future.” So said Mandisha Mashologu, Zambia Country Director for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), speaking at a workshop co-organised by GWP Southern Africa. The event, in May 2018, was convened as part of the UNDP–Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations project aiming to prioritise agriculture in national adaptation plans (NAPs).
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