The approximately six-year Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Zones of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean (EBACC) programme, which is slated to start later this year, will be implemented in Jamaica, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The main components of the programme are investments in sustainable improvements of coastal ecosystems, relevant for climate change adaptation, and knowledge management, project support and monitoring.
Under the first component, the programme aims to invest in measures related to protection and sustainable management, rehabilitation or substitution, and monitoring of coastal ecosystems in an effort to assist the participating countries to mitigate climate change-induced risks to livelihoods and development prospects.
The second component of the programme will assist the countries in the preparation and implementation of the local adaptation measures, monitoring of project goals and impacts, and the systematisation and dissemination of project experiences.
"These four participating countries were selected because the programme seeks to establish synergies with the Caribbean's Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR). However, mainly because of the limited financing, not all the participating Caribbean PPCR countries will be involved in EBACC, " said Dr Mark Bynoe, the centre's senior economist and head of the programme development and management….
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