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Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP)

Overview

This project recognises that for climate change impacts to be sustainably addressed within the Caribbean region, the region requires a cohesive system that is able to produce climate change data, incorporate this data into decision-making at various levels, design and implement innovative sub-activities that will be replicated where necessary, and generate financing for scaling-up and replication beyond the scope of this and other projects. The need for integration of these functions is critical since each reinforces, supports, and is complementary to the other. The CCAP will implement activities under three technical components as follows:

Component 1: Climate data and information used in decision-making:

• the establishment of national data nodes, including the procurement of equipment, training and capacity building to centralise the location of environmental and climate-related data and information for easy access and management;
• an assessment of the status of hydro-meteorological stations and followed by procurement and installation of new and replacement stations;
• an assessment of the status of Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) stations, followed by procurement and installation of new CREWS and the upgrading of existing stations;
• the use of satellite images combined with GIS tools and use of LIDAR systems to generate coastal bathymetric and topographic data and information to assist countries with decision-making;
• the upgrade and expansion of data processing, management, and storage facilities at regional institutes such as CIMH and CCCCC; and
• training and capacity building for national technicians and experts in the use of decision-making tools to support the incorporation of risk and hazard assessments in the planning and decision-making process.

Component 2: Innovative adaption approaches to demonstrate proof of concept necessary to secure international financing:

• identification and testing of the feasibility of innovative adaptation initiatives where countries will be provided financial support to develop and implement adaptation projects with some projects being up-scaled for funding under the Green Climate Fund (GCF);
• training and capacity building provided to allow countries to become ready to access resources to the GCF; and
• innovative adaptation approaches documented and shared within the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region and elsewhere.

Component 3: Climate financing for scale-up and replication of cost effective, sustainable adaption initiative secure.
establishment of a Project Development Facility at the CCCCC to assist countries to prepare, submit, and secure financing through various climate financing modalities; and,
ESC countries empowered to access climate financing.


Donor: the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Grant amount: USD 25.6 million

Duration: July 2016 to September 2020

Target countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago

Executed/Implemented by: Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Objective

To strengthen an integrated system for the implementation and financing of sustainable adaptation approaches in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean.

Goal

To reduce risks to human and natural assets resulting from climate change vulnerability.

Coastal Protection for Climate Change Adaptation for Small Island States in the Caribbean (CPCCA) Project

Overview

Due to the importance of coastal ecosystems for reducing the negative impacts of climate change for CARICOM countries, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) through financing from the German Development Bank (KfW) is supporting CARICOM in this project. The project concerns the implementation of local adaptation measures for the sustainable improvement of ecosystems relevant for climate change adaptation. The project will follow a bottom-up approach in which governmental and non-governmental institutions in participating countries apply with proposals to pursue Local Adaptation Measures (LAMs).  The project is comprised of two main components:

Component 1: Investments for sustainable improvements of coastal ecosystems relevant for climate change adaptation, including:
Measures related to the protection and sustainable management of ecosystems relevant to adaptation;
Measures related to the rehabilitation of substitution of ecosystems relevant for adaptation; and,
Measures related to the monitoring of coastal ecosystems.

Component 2: Assistance in the preparation and implementation of LAMs, including:
Assistance in the preparation and implementation of LAMs;
Monitoring of project goals and impacts; and,
Systemisation and dissemination of project experiences (best practices and lessons learnt).

Donor: the German Development Bank (KfW)

Grant amount: € 12.9 million

Duration: June 2014 to December 2018

Target countries: Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines

Executed/Implemented by: Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)


Overall objective

To contribute to the reduction of climate change induced risks for the population of Small Island States of the Caribbean.


Project objective

To improve ecosystem services that reduces the impact of climate change on coastal areas.

Approved LAMs

SVG obtained approval for 3 activities under this project totalling approximately EC $4.8 million from the project and additional EC $2.6 million in in-kind contribution. The projects are:

1. Ministry of Transport etc – “Building resilience of the Sandy Bay community to the impacts of climate change through shoreline protection” (this project will construct a revetment in Sandy Bay, in the area below the old primary school, and also re-plant some indigenous species which can be used in making craft; there is also a public awareness component);

2. National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority – “South Coast Marine and Coastal Rehabilitation Adaptation Project to Improve Ecosystem Health and Build Resilience to Climate Change (this project seeks to improve the reef ecosystem and shoreline protection in the South Coast and will also include a public awareness component); and,

3. Sustainable Grenadines Inc. – “Restoring Ashton Lagoon’s Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change while Creating Sustainable Livelihoods Opportunities for the people of Union Island (this project seeks to restore the ecosystem in the Ashton Lagoon while providing livelihood opportunities).