Project Details

Project Number 107643
Project Name PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE IN SEMI-ARID ECONOMIES
Sector/Thematic Area Other Multisector
Financing Agency Canada
Modality C01
Description How can populations become resilient to climate change while pursuing economic growth? This question is at the heart of a research project designed to support climate-resilient economic development in semi-arid lands. It will do so by addressing the conditions for economic growth and considering the needs of women and marginalized groups. Leading change on climate change adaptationFive consortium partners will implement the project in six countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Pakistan, Senegal, Tajikistan, and Tanzania. These countries all have large, economically crucial semi-arid lands, where water scarcity shapes ecosystems and social and economic opportunities.The partners include:-Overseas Development Institute -Innovations-Environnement et Développement en Afrique-Center for Climate Change Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam -Grantham Research Institute at London School of Economics -Sustainable Development Policy InstituteA vision for the futureThe consortium s vision of climate-resilient development includes development that tackles poverty and maximizes people s capacity to adapt to climate change, while also expecting that change is needed to implement this vision. The research program is designed to produce evidence that will support this change. Research methodologyThe research will identify:-different enabling factors of economic development,-where they fail to meet the needs and aspirations of poor and marginalized people, -whether they increase people s vulnerability to climate change, and-which of these key factors might be affected by climate change and how. The researchers will take a transdisciplinary approach to assess how to resolve trade-offs between these different dimensions to support climate-resilient development. From research to policyThe research results will advise policymakers and decision-makers contemplating uncertain interactions between climate change and economic development in fragile semi-arid lands. The researchers will engage with business leaders, economic ministries, and regional economic communities to create new knowledge and to translate this knowledge into policies and investments. Their goal is to help reduce poverty and strengthen adaptive capacity.
Adaptation Finance (thousand USD) 76.8534443740382
Mitigation Finance (thousand USD) 0.0
Total Project Climate Financing Amount (thousand USD) 76.8534443740382
Mitigation Objective Not targeted/Not screened
Adaptation Objective Principal
Region South & Central Asia