Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

To reduce the vulnerability of communities living in three medium-sized Latin American and Caribbean cities to the effects of climate change through the integration of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into urban planning in the medium- to long-term.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/5681
Countries
El Salvador,
Mexico,
Jamaica
Managing organisations
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (El Salvador)
Ministry of Land and Environment (Jamaica)
Ministry of Planning and Environmental Policy (Mexico) with support from UNEP – Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC)
Implementing organisations
UNEP
Project ID
5681
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 5
GEF Cofinancing
$29.734.000
GEF project grant
$6.000.000
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (El Salvador), Ministry of Land and Environment (Jamaica), Ministry of Planning and Environmental Policy (Mexico) with support from UNEP – Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC)