Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia (Liberia CIS)

The project seeks USD 10 million in GCF grants to modernize Liberia's meteorological and hydrological services. It focuses on installing automated weather stations, weather radar, and creating a Forecast-based Financing (FbF) mechanism to protect vulnerable populations, particularly in agriculture and coastal regions, from increasing floods and temperature extremes.

• Liberia faces significant climate risks, with models projecting a temperature rise of 1.5 to 4.5 °C by 2100 and increasing trends in rainfall that heighten the likelihood of frequent flood events in low-lying coastal areas.
• The country's current climate information capacity is estimated at 46.3%, which remains substantially lower than the pre-civil war period (a difference of 53.7%).
• Climate hazards caused an estimated annual loss of US$ 7.44 million in 2017, and cumulative potential losses are projected to increase from US$ 55 million in 2021 to US$ 136 million by 2030.
• The project will implement a Forecast-based Financing (FbF) mechanism to enable early actions at community and government levels, funded and implemented before a climate shock occurs to minimize loss and damage.
• Technical infrastructure upgrades include the procurement of 40 Automatic Weather Stations (20 agro-meteorological and 20 hydro-meteorological), 20 manual weather stations, and the installation of a weather radar at Roberts International Airport.
• The project aims to benefit approximately 2,312,400 direct beneficiaries and 5,395,600 indirect beneficiaries by 2040, with a specific focus on women who make up a large portion of the agricultural workforce.
• To ensure long-term sustainability, the project will establish the Liberian Climate Change Trust Fund (LCCTF), which will be capitalized by GCF and replenished through cost recovery from corporate clients in the aviation, marine, and commercial farming sectors.
• The project will support the legislative transition of the Liberia Meteorological Service (LMS) and Liberia Hydrological Service (LHS) into a single semi-autonomous government agency called the Liberia Meteorological and Hydrological Service (LMHS).

APA

Green Climate Fund (2020). Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia (Liberia CIS). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap018-afdb-liberia.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia (Liberia CIS). 2020. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap018-afdb-liberia.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2020enhancing, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia (Liberia CIS)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap018-afdb-liberia.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }