Co-designing transformative solutions with communities in Nauru

The proposal seeks USD 1,000,000 over 24 months to address Nauru's vulnerability to sea-level rise and temperature increases. It focuses on moving from incremental to transformative climate action through community-led visioning workshops, technical studies on public health, soil restoration, and livestock, and the development of a GCF Concept Note for agri-food systems.

• Nauru faces severe climate risks, including a historical temperature rise of 0.8°C to 1.0°C since the late 19th century, with projections suggesting a further increase of 1.5°C to 2.5°C by 2050.
• Sea-level rise poses a critical threat to Nauru's land and population; projections indicate a rise of 0.17-0.36 metres by 2050 and potentially exceeding 1 metre by 2100, which would threaten 23% of the current population.
• The country suffers from extreme water insecurity, as it is almost entirely dependent on rainwater collection tanks and a small, fragile aquifer.
• Nauru's ability to implement transformative climate solutions is hindered by five primary barriers: lack of financial resources, lack of technical capacity, insufficient updated data, low stakeholder engagement, and siloed government policies.
• The proposal outlines three critical technical knowledge gaps to be addressed: the impact of climate change on public health, soil recovery and hydroponic/agroponic solutions, and strategies for expanding the small-scale poultry and pig livestock sector.
• A central component of the project is a bottom-up co-design process involving five iterative visioning workshops across Nauru's 14 districts to create transformative solutions for water, food, and environment sectors.
• The project aims to develop a GCF Concept Note focused on agri-food systems with links to public health, incorporating a pre-feasibility study and a mitigation potential assessment using FAO's EX-ACT tool.
• Gender disparity is evident in Nauru's leadership and labour force; while the society is matrilineal, women held only 11% of national parliament seats from 2017 to 2022, and female-headed households are more prone to extreme economic vulnerability.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2025). Co-designing transformative solutions with communities in Nauru. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20250106-nru004-ap-publication.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Co-designing transformative solutions with communities in Nauru. 2025. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20250106-nru004-ap-publication.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2025codesigning, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Co-designing transformative solutions with communities in Nauru}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20250106-nru004-ap-publication.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }