Key Figures
- Budget: $4.4 million (+ $14.1 million in cofinance)
- Executing entity: Ministry of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment
- Area rehabilitated: 534 hectares of forests and coastal ecosystems
- Beneficiaries: 4,200 individuals directly
- Fund: Global Environment Facility
- Timeframe: 2024-2029
Description
Like many Pacific islands, Tuvalu is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change because the country’s nine islands are small low-lying atolls, with an average height of 1 meter-above-sea level. Natural ecosystems in Tuvalu – including mangroves, coastal forest and coral reefs – provide key defences for communities against the impacts of sea level rise and storms.
A project is aiming to increase the climate resilience of communities in Tuvalu through ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), an approach of using nature and ecosystems as part of an overall adaptation strategy. In addition to restoring damaged ecosystems, the project is building climate resilience through climate-resilient agricultural practices; supporting alternative, diversified livelihoods; and mainstreaming EbA into policies and planning through capacity building.
Media & Resources
- Project factsheet
- Publication: A Decade of Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Lessons From the UN Environment Programme
- Climate adaptation resources
Contact
To explore UNEP's other EbA projects, click here.
For more information, contact UNEP-Climate-Adaptation@un.org
