Mekong EbA South: Enhancing Climate Resilience in the Greater Mekong Sub-region through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Context of South-South Cooperation (Thailand, Viet Nam)

Water shortages is one of the impacts that climate change has had on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). These shortages are related to droughts, which result in decreased agricultural yields, threatening food security through the sub-region. Furthermore, the income-generating capacity of water-dependent livelihood activities including freshwater fishing is reduced. Apart from declining incomes and livelihood options, decreased water availability in the GMS is detrimental to human and ecosystem health, leading to major humanitarian disasters in the region.  A decrease in the production of the region’s main staple, rice, is particularly problematic and as a result, prices will rise, which will further impact the lives and livelihoods of the GMS’s economically marginalized communities.

The proposed project will increase the resilience of beneficiary communities to the effects of droughts and floods by implementing a suite of adaptation interventions including inter alia:

1. climate-resilient agriculture interventions;
2. interventions to improve drought and flood management; and
3. additional, climate-resilient livelihood options.

A monitoring programme established by the project will collect information on the cost-effectiveness of project interventions in different socio-ecological contexts in the GMS which will be shared with both local communities and regional stakeholders. Additionally, knowledge-sharing and awareness-raising in local communities surrounding project beneficiaries will be accomplished through inter alia:

1. knowledge-sharing days;
2. local field visits; and
3. the dissemination of awareness-raising and training materials.

The overall objective of the proposed project is to strengthen awareness and action of governments and communities in the GMS to adapt to climate change using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA).

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