Ensuring climate resilient water supplies in the Comoros Islands
Adapting to increasing climate risks that impact the country’s drinking and irrigation water supply.
The entire country, separated into three islands, has a land area of only 2,612 square kilometres and no land further than 7 kilometres from the coast. This means the country is highly vulnerable to climate effects such as cyclones, erosion, flash floods and droughts. Rising temperatures will also reduce water availability and cause saline intrusion from rising sea levels.
This project will strengthen the national governance of water by integrating climate change into the country’s new water code. This will include integrating climate information into revised water legislation reforms, and upgrading tariff reforms to include the additional costs of reducing climate risks. Enhanced climate-resilient water infrastructure will incorporate expanded water storage tanks to store more water through longer dry periods.
The project has an estimated lifespan of 25 years.
Project timeline
Pipeline
30 Jun 2016 • 843 days
Concept note received
30 Jun 2016
Funding proposal received
24 May 2018
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
24 May 2018
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
14 Aug 2018
Cleared by iTAP
19 Sep 2018
Approved
20 Oct 2018 • 249 days
Approved by GCF Board
20 Oct 2018
FAA executed
18 Apr 2019
Under implementation
25 Jun 2019 • 2,155 days so far
FAA effective
25 Jun 2019
Disbursement - USD 2,950,847
25 Sep 2019
Disbursement - USD 8,475,242
13 Oct 2020
Disbursement - USD 12,323,998
12 Jan 2022
Disbursement - USD 8,179,774
09 May 2023
Disbursement - USD 6,358,348
05 Mar 2024
Disbursement - USD 1,668,474
31 Jan 2025
To be completed
25 Jun 2027 • 769 days to go
One region
- Africa
One country
Three priority groups
- Least Developed Countries
- Small Island Developing States
- African States
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing95% disbursed
| Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grant | USD 41,919,808 |
| Total GCF Financing |
|---|
| USD 41,919,808 |
Co-financing
| Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 6,112,633 |
| Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 12,719,054 |
| Total Co-Financing |
|---|
| USD 18,831,687 |
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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 Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Tourism, and Handcraft
Director General in charge of the Environment and Forests