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Summary

The CARE for South Asia project supports the region in building resilience to climate change by improving the availability of regional data and knowledge, developing guidelines, tools and capacities, and promoting climate-resilient decisions, policies and investments across key sectors in beneficiary countries.

Components

The project is implemented by ADPC and RIMES, and supported by the World Bank. RIMES implements the first component on promoting evidence-based climate smart decision-making and ADPC implements the second on enhancing policies, standards, and capacities for climate-resilient development in South Asia.

RIMES: Promoting evidence-based climate-smart decisionmaking

ADPC: Enhancing policies, standards and capacities for climate-resilient development

  • Advisory services for policy and investment interventions
  • Promote climate-resilient design and standards
  • Implementation support to climate-risk management solutions
  • Innovation for climate adaptation and resilience

To learn more about ADPC's component under the project, click here.

Outcomes

  • Improved access to regional climate information and analytics for climate-informed decisionmaking
  • National-level planning and decision-making tools are better climate risk-informed
  • Regional climate resilience guidelines incorporated into national standards
  • Sectoral investments supported to include climate risks and resilient design
  • Institutional capacities strengthened to undertake climate-informed policies and planning

Geographical Outreach

  • South Asia region
  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan

Sectoral Focus

  • Climate-smart agriculture
  • Integrated water resources management
  • Resilient transport infrastructure
  • Finance
  • Policy and planning

Project Duration

  • May 2020 - August 2025

Documents

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Project Appraisal Document

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The document provides a detailed description of CARE for South Asia.
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Environmental and Social Commitment Plan

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The document sets out the measures and actions, as well as their timings, to better manage the environmental and social risks of CARE for South Asia.
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Stakeholder Engagement Plan

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The document outlines the plan to enable the participation of stakeholders, and to ensure that project design, approaches and activities are inclusive.
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
SM Tower, 24th Floor
979/66-70 Paholyothin Road
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 22980681 to 92
Email: adpc@adpc.net
Website: www.adpc.net

Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES)
2nd Floor, Outreach Building
Asian Institute of Technology Campus
58 Moo 9 Paholyothin Road, Klong Nueng
Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Tel: +66 25165900 to 01
Email: rimes@rimes.int
Website: www.rimes.int

The CARE for South Asia project is implemented by ADPC and RIMES, and supported by the World Bank.

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