FP059

Climate Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS)

Climate Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS)

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 01 Mar 2018 at B.19
  • Est. completion 25 Nov 2025
  • ESS Category Category B

Creating a climate resilient water sector in Grenada through increased freshwater availability and demand reduction measures.

Grenada relies heavily upon surface water and rainwater catchment for its water supply. Climate change is aggravating water scarcity problems with increasing average temperatures, more erratic rainfall, more frequent heavy rainfall events, and saltwater intrusion in groundwater due to sea level rise. G-CREWS will support the water sector by reducing water demand and increasing water availability.

A Water Resource Management Unit (WRMU) will be established, and a water tariff will create climate-responsive price signals for users, whilst providing resources to upgrade infrastructure. A challenge fund will promote water efficiency in the agriculture and tourism sectors. Infrastructure investments will include building water storage capacities, drilling new wells, and creating new rainwater harvesting systems. Disaster resilience will be improved including through remote monitoring, whilst renewable energy solutions will be introduced for water pumping and treatment.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 6 years.

Total project value

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
106,800
Theme

Adaptation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

16 May 2016 - 655 days

Concept note received

16 May 2016

Funding proposal received

10 Jul 2017

Cleared by iTAP

06 Feb 2018

Approved

01 Mar 2018 - 635 days

Approved by GCF Board

01 Mar 2018

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

29 Mar 2019

FAA executed

24 May 2019

Under implementation

25 Nov 2019 - 1,780 days so far

FAA effective

25 Nov 2019

Disbursement - USD 4,381,161

20 Feb 2020

Disbursement - USD 16,429,354

03 Nov 2021

Disbursement - USD 10,131,435

11 Dec 2023

To be completed

25 Nov 2025 - 414 days to go

One region

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

One country

One priority group

  • Small Island Developing States
USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing80% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 38,652,897
Total GCF Financing
USD 38,652,897

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 2,738,225
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 228,651
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 2,023,461
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 2,421,432
Total Co-Financing
USD 7,411,771

GCF Contacts

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Project complaints and grievances

GCF Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM)
Phone +82 32 458 6186 (KST)
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Integrity issues

GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU)
Phone +82 32 458 6714 (KST)
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Accredited Entity

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Ms Frauke Neumann-Silkow
Primary

Head of GCF Business Development Unit
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760, Eschborn, Germany
Phone +49 6196791236
frauke.neumann-silkow@giz.de
Ms. Tatjana Krueger
Secondary

Head of GCF Oversight Unit
Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn, Germany, Eschborn, Germany
More contacts

National Designated Authority

Grenada
Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy
Ms. Peron Johnson Primary
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy
4th Floor, Ministerial Complex, Sir Eric M. Gairy Botanical Gardens St. George's, Grenada W.I., St. George's, Grenada
Phone 1(473)440-0366
ps@cre.gov.gd
Mr. Titus Antoine Secondary
Director of Climate Resilience Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy
4th Floor, Ministerial Complex, Sir Eric M. Gairy Botanical Gardens St. George's, Grenada W.I., St. George's, Grenada
Phone 1(473)440-0366
titus.antoine@cre.gov.gd

News + Stories

Building climate resilient economies: water solutions in Grenada’s agriculture and tourism sectors

31 May 2024 / Grenada, an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea has a population of just over 100,000 who largely depend on surface water and rainwater harvesting for its potable water needs. However, climate change is causing higher than average temperatures, unpredictable rainfall patterns droughts, and the intrusion of saltwater into groundwater sources due to sea level rise, exacerbating issues of water scarcity.