Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLKAS) Project Solomon Islands

The SOLKAS project is a 72-month initiative designed to benefit 185,102 direct beneficiaries across six provinces in the Solomon Islands. It focuses on three main components: building community and school capacity for adaptation planning, implementing physical resilience measures (such as school retrofits and climate-resilient agriculture), and strengthening institutional governance through the deployment of a digital Climate Resilience Information Management System (CRIMS). The project specifically targets youth, women, and children to address systemic vulnerabilities and promote locally led adaptation (LLA).

• The project targets a total of 462,899 beneficiaries, representing 64% of the national population, with 185,102 identified as direct beneficiaries.
• The Solomon Islands faces severe climate risks, including sea level rises averaging 3mm/year since 1950 and 7-10mm/year since 1994, alongside increasing cyclone intensity.
• The project will implement a pioneering digital toolset called the Climate Resilience Information Management System (CRIMS), consisting of four apps: the Family Safety and Resilience Planning App, the Community Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment App, the Community Adaptation Planning App, and Community Climate Program Management Modules.
• A central innovation is the Youth Climate Resilient Livelihoods Incubator (YCRLI), which is the first of its kind in a SIDS/LDC context in the Solomon Islands, aiming to support rural youth in developing climate-resilient entrepreneurial ventures.
• The project will retrofit at least 95 schools to improve physical resilience against heatwaves, extreme rainfall, and cyclones, including the installation of solar PV systems and upgraded WASH infrastructure.
• The total investment for the project is 31,831,892 USD, with 24,965,114 USD requested as a grant from the GCF and 6,866,778 USD in co-financing from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands.
• The project addresses significant gender inequalities, noting that women's legal entitlement to land and natural resources is often mediated through husbands and sons, and that gender-based violence is endemic and amplified after disasters.
• The project aims to scale up the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) and locally led adaptation (LLA) to create a paradigm shift toward resilient development.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLKAS) Project Solomon Islands. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap027-sca.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLKAS) Project Solomon Islands. 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap027-sca.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2023solomon, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLKAS) Project Solomon Islands}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap027-sca.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }