The project will have an important components on using NbS for erosion, flood risk reduction, and landslide control. This will largely include increasing green spaces, revegeation, and use of microretention areas.
This component aimed at empowering municipalities, residents, and community groups to actively engage in urban flood risk reduction measures and adaptation to climate change through piloting the development and implementation of participatory urban community investments and an awareness raising and communication campaign. It supported the participation of community members in urban flood risk management and small-scale pilot investments aimed at the rehabilitation and maintenance of natural or artificial retention basins and/or urban wetlands allowing for natural runoff.
Project preparation advance (PPA) enabled the Freetown City Council (FCC) in partner with CBOs to plant and grow 225,000 trees in 48 reforestation areas across Freetown. Phase 1 of the tree planting has been completed and created 550 short term-jobs, especially for youth, women and other vulnerable groups affected by the economic impact of COVID-19. Phase 2 will focus on tree monitoring to ensure a high tree survival rate and knowledge development based on lessons learned for further capacity building.
The grant supports Panama City in developing a concept plan for urban and coastal resilience, articulating a comprehensive strategy of public investments and infrastructure financing, aiming to strengthen urban resilience.
The project uses greening and bio-engineering approaches to restoring roads and making them climate resilient
Combined, the engineered and nature-based measures (mangroves) have protected 1.37 kilometers of coastline (above the baseline) for a total of 1.87 kilometers28, exceeding both the revised PDO-level target of 1.2 kilometers and the original target of 1.6 kilometers. Community-based mangrove management plans have been prepared and adopted under the village development committees and are being implemented to ensure the sustainability of the coastal protection measures on the outer islands. Mangrove as NBS also noted as protecting water suplies from saltwater instrusion.
The project was comprehensive, using insitutional capacity building and awareness raising of SLM for DRM, using community-based activities to restore and sustainably manage areas such as the restoration of natural waterways, reforestation of hillsides and watersheds and bush fire control (Savanna, Maritime and Kara regions). Community-Based activities in Cropland and Grazing Land included SLM best practices will be piloted and promoted in targeted areas.
As part of the village preparedness program, the project will support communities in developing a mitigation and preparedness action plan that include nature-based measures.
The Government of Mozambique has obtained funding for the Mozambique Cities and Climate Change Project from the Strategic Climate Fund with the objective to increase the resilience of the city of Beira to floods by improving and safeguarding the natural drainage capacity of the Chiveve river. The city of Beira is considered to be the most exposed to current and future climate risks in Mozambique, with rising sea levels and severe erosion taking place along its coastline adjacent.
The project is aiming to increase the resilience of two urban areas. This will include green spaces along the Pirai Metropolitan River Park, the development of an integral management plan for the park, and other green buffers along side the Irpavi and orkohauira rivers to prevent flooding and ensure slope stabilization.
