SAP053

FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities

FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 03 Jul 2025 at B.42
  • Est. completion 04 Jul 2030
  • ESS Category Category C

The FISH-ADAPT project will address financial, market, technical, institutional and information barriers that hinder climate resilience in the fisheries and aquaculture sector of Saint Lucia.

Climate change is significantly impacting fishery habitats and disrupting fishing operations in Saint Lucia and is projected to threaten the long-term sustainability of fish stocks and the local livelihoods of fishers. The climate change stressors on the marine environment of greatest significance to Saint Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification (OA), increasing sea surface temperature (SST), and increased frequency of extreme weather events (e.g. high winds, storms and hurricanes), and associated storm surges. Climate change also impacts inland aquaculture because of increased air temperature and changing precipitation patterns.

The project reduces climate vulnerability by improving the safety of fishing operations, improving the design of aquaculture farming facilities incorporating Nature-based Solutions (NbS), and improving the resilience of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise.

The project will achieve this ambition by delivering four outcomes: transform and reorient fishing systems for safety in a changing climate, implement Nature-based Solutions and sustainable fishing practices to improve ecosystem health and fish stock sustainability in response to climatic changes, increase financial resilience and diversify incomes for fishing sector stakeholders, and strengthen institutional structures for participatory climate adaptation.

GCF support through the Readiness programme was provided to develop the project.

Total project value

0.0

Beneficiaries

0.0

Direct
10,000
Indirect
62,000
Theme

Adaptation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

09 Feb 2021  •  1606 days

Concept note received

09 Feb 2021

Funding proposal received

22 Oct 2024

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

25 Oct 2024

Cleared by GCF Secretariat

01 Apr 2025

Cleared by iTAP

09 Jun 2025

Approved

03 Jul 2025  •  2 days

Approved by GCF Board

03 Jul 2025

FAA executed

03 Jul 2025

Under implementation

04 Jul 2025  •  24 days so far

FAA effective

04 Jul 2025

Disbursement - USD 3,158,997

11 Jul 2025

To be completed

04 Jul 2030  •  1,803 days to go

One region

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

One country

One priority group

  • Small Island Developing States
USD 0.0
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
GCF14.8mGrantCo-Financing1.7mGrantCo-Financing307.3kIn-kindGCF financing 88.2%Co-financing 11.8%

GCF financing21% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 14,750,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 14,750,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 1,656,712
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 307,250
Total Co-Financing
USD 1,963,962

GCF Contacts

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Entity

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ms. Elizabeth A. Bechdol
Primary

Deputy Director-General
Phone +39 06 57051800
DDG-Bechdol@fao.org
Ms. Maria Helena Semedo
Secondary

Deputy Director-General
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National Designated Authority

Saint Lucia
Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy
Mr. Paul Hilaire Primary
Permanent Secretary, Department of Economic Development
1st Level, Finance Administrative Centre, Pointe Seraphine, Castries, Saint Lucia
Phone (758) 468-5825
paul.hilaire@govt.lc
Mrs. Nadia Wells-Hyacinth Primary
Chief Economist, Department of Economic Development
2nd Level, Finance Administrative Centre, Pointe Seraphine, Castries, Saint Lucia
Phone (758) 468-3814
nwells@gosl.gov.lc
Ms. Donette Charlery Secondary
Economist, Department of Economic Development
2nd Level, Finance Administrative Centre, Pointe Seraphine, Castries, Saint Lucia
Phone (758) 468-5587
donette.charlery@govt.lc