Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative

The Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative is a 36-month project requesting USD 1,961,539 to address systemic barriers to urban climate resilience in four CARICOM states. The initiative focuses on overcoming gaps in geospatial data, outdated planning legislation, and limited technical capacity at the municipal level. Key planned outputs include a regional gap analysis, the development of climate-resilient National Urban Policies (cr-NUP), a technical toolkit for urban planners, and the creation of four project concept notes to secure further GCF funding. The project is implemented by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) with technical support from the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF).

• The project identifies six primary barriers to urban climate resilience: limited knowledge of specific urban climate impacts, a lack of disaggregated city-scale and geospatial data, inadequate consideration of climate adaptation in urban planning, limited government capacity to integrate climate action, restricted access to low-carbon tools, and insufficient financing for urban sector projects.
• Urban planning in the target Caribbean territories is described as 'dysfunctional', characterized by outdated colonial-era legislation, non-compliance with zoning and building standards, and a lack of professional staff to enforce codes.
• Suriname's urban vulnerability is concentrated in its coastal plain, where nearly 90% of the population resides, with Paramaribo and Wanica expected to absorb three-quarters of the population increase by the end of the century.
• Trinidad and Tobago faces significant risks from unplanned urbanization, evidenced by seven severe floods in Port of Spain between 2010 and 2016 and a 37 percent increase in squatter sites between 2009 and 2012.
• Dominica is highly susceptible to climate-related fatalities and GDP losses, with 62% of its population living along the coast and a high vulnerability of roads and buildings to landslides and storm surge flooding.
• Saint Lucia's vulnerability is driven by its small size, location in high-risk volcanic and seismic zones, and economic dependence on agriculture and tourism, which are frequently disrupted by disasters.
• The initiative will produce a climate-resilient National Urban Policy (cr-NUP) for each of the four countries to facilitate sustainable urbanization through legal frameworks and municipal financing.
• The project aims to increase sub-national climate finance by developing four project concept notes and pre-feasibility studies for submission to the GCF.
• The total requested budget is USD 1,961,539 over a 36-month implementation period, including a Delivery Partner fee of up to 8.5% and a Project Management Cost (PMC) of 7.5%.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20230207-regional-readiness-dma-lca-sur-tto-proposal.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative. 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20230207-regional-readiness-dma-lca-sur-tto-proposal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2023multicountry, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = jan, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20230207-regional-readiness-dma-lca-sur-tto-proposal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }