Enhancing climate resilience of India’s coastal communities
Protecting and restoring the natural ecosystems of India’s coastal zone to strengthen the climate resilience of coastal communities.
India’s coastline is expected to be among the most affected by climate change. Climate change impacts such as extreme weather events and sea level rise are exacerbated by urbanisation, overfishing, and poorly planned coastal development. This means that approximately 250 million people (14 percent of the country’s population) who live within 50 kilometres of coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change.
This project will strengthen the climate resilience of coastal communities by protecting and restoring India’s natural ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass, which are essential for buffering against storm surges. The project will also support climate-adaptive livelihoods and value chains to increase the climate resilience of these coastal communities. The project will be implemented in 24 target ecosystems in 12 coastal districts across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha.
The project’s ecosystem restoration benefits have an estimated lifespan of 30 years.
Project timeline
Pipeline
01 Dec 2016 • 689 days
Concept note received
01 Dec 2016
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
04 Apr 2017
Funding proposal received
05 Apr 2017
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
30 Nov 2017
Cleared by iTAP
08 Jun 2018
Approved
20 Oct 2018 • 252 days
Approved by GCF Board
20 Oct 2018
FAA executed
18 Apr 2019
Under implementation
28 Jun 2019 • 2,151 days so far
FAA effective
28 Jun 2019
Disbursement - USD 4,565,020
25 Sep 2019
Disbursement - USD 9,022,431
13 Nov 2023
To be completed
28 Jun 2027 • 773 days to go
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing31% disbursed
| Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grant | USD 43,418,606 |
| Total GCF Financing |
|---|
| USD 43,418,606 |
Co-financing
| Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 18,000,000 |
| Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 2,000,000 |
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 25,650,000 |
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 18,000,000 |
| Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 2,000,000 |
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 18,800,000 |
| Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 1,200,000 |
| Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 1,200,000 |
| Total Co-Financing |
|---|
| USD 86,850,000 |
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Entity
United Nations Development Programme
Executive Coordinator, ad interim (A.I)
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Principal Advisor Environmental Law and Policy
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National Designated Authority
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Economic Advisor
Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110003, New Delhi, India