Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda

  • Adaptation
  • Under implementation
Date approved
15 Dec 2016
Est. completion
31 Dec 2026
ESS Category
Category B
Financing
Public sector
Entity
United Nations Development Programme

Overview

Enhancing Ugandan subsistence farmers’ ability to deal with climate impacts.

An estimated 4 million people who live in and around Uganda’s wetlands rely on them for food security. The impact of climate change, coupled with other environmental stresses, is increasing the degradation of wetlands and associated ecosystems.

This grant-based project will assist the Government of Uganda take climate change effects into account in managing wetlands. Climate effects include increased climate variability and extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, high temperatures and violent storms.

This project will help Uganda

  • restore critical wetlands to improve ecosystem services - such as replenishing ground water, improving flood control, and enhancing the livelihoods of subsistence farming communities through fishing and agriculture;
  • Enhancing the skills of people to diversify their livelihoods and become more resilient to climate shocks; and
  • Improve the ability of communities in sensitive wetland areas to reduce climate risks and prepare them for climate-related disasters (including through decentralized early warning systems).

This project will target south-western and eastern regions in Uganda, home to some of this Least Developed Country’s most vulnerable people - more than half of them women. While this climate initiative is based on grant financing, positive spillover effects are envisaged in the private sector as new revenue opportunities open up for people in rural areas.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 8 years.

Result areas

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Regions

Priority groups

Project timeline

  • Pipeline

    536 days

    • Concept note received

    • Funding proposal received

    • Cleared by GCF Secretariat

  • Approved

    198 days

    • Approved by GCF Board

    • Cleared by iTAP

    • Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

    • FAA executed

  • Under implementation

    3,273 days so far

    • FAA effective

  • To be completed

    199 days to go

    Not started

  • Total project value $ 44.3 million

  • Total number of beneficiaries 4.8 million

Financing

GCF-financing

0.0%

USD

Co-financing

0.0%

USD

USD 44.3 million

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GCF-financing

83% disbursed

  • Grant USD 24,140,160
  • Total GCF-financing USD 24,140,160

Co-financing

  • Grant USD 2,000,000
  • Grant USD 18,122,000
  • Total co-financing USD 20,122,000

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