Building Flood Resilient Community through Adaptive Livelihood and Runoff Management in Petanglong Area of Central Java Province of Indonesia (BRAVE)

The Petanglong area of Central Java is exposed to severe flood risk driven by climate change, sea level rise, land subsidence, and watershed degradation. Local populations are dependent on climate-sensitive agriculture and aquaculture sectors, yet are poorly equipped to cope with flooding and water variability. 

The BRAVE project will strengthen community resilience across the Sengkarang and Kupang watersheds through a source-to-sea landscape approach that will make development planning participatory and climate-informed, help communities adopt climate-resilient agriculture and aquaculture practices, establish an integrated runoff management and flood preparedness system, and build an enabling environment so that climate-resilient integrated water resource management and resilient livelihoods can be sustained, replicated, and scaled.  

Building on lessons learned from an Adaptation Fund initiative, BRAVE will address the systemic barriers that prevent climate adaptation by strengthening climate knowledge and planning, improving incentives and access to finance, enhancing institutional coordination, and supporting inclusive community participation. The project is expected to benefit 136,360 people directly and 1.2 million indirectly and will also promote the inclusion of vulnerable groups in decision-making and support dedicated livelihood activities for women's groups. 

Implemented by Kemitraan, an Indonesian Direct Access Entity, BRAVE is Kemitraan's first project funded by GCF.  Developed with support from the GCF Readiness Programme and Project Preparation Facility, the project further aligns with GCF's strategic priorities of supporting the implementation of National Adaptation Plans, ecosystem restoration and locally led adaptation.