Burundi National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)

Project synopsis
Project details

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their immediate needs to adapt to climate change, ultimately leading to the implementation of projects aimed at reducing the social and economic costs of climate change.

For Burundi the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) identified the following Climate Related Hazards:

Flooding (flash)
Changes in river morphology
Loss of water bodies
Drought and low flows
Intense rainfall

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Project details

Levels of intervention

National

Key implementers

Country Office
National Governments

Funding amounts

200,000

20,000

Project partners

Government of Burundi
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Introduction

For Burundi the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) identified the following Climate Related Hazards:

Flooding (flash)
Changes in river morphology
Loss of water bodies
Drought and low flows
Intense rainfall

Project details

Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts

Reduced agricultural production
Water shortage and/or groundwater depletion
Flooding
Increased disease and/or other health problems
Infrastructure damage
Food security
Loss of forest area or production
Energy
Water pollution
Displacement of people
Loss of biodiversity
Loss of land or degradation

Thematic Area

Adaptation Policy and Planning

Area

Infrastructure/Climate Change Risk Management

Level of intervention

National

Key collaborators

Country Office
National Governments

Primary beneficiaries:

Through improved capacity building and project identification, government agencies and other actors will increase their abilities to insulate at risk urban and rural populations from the adverse effects of climate change.

Implementing agencies and partnering organizations

Government of Burundi
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Project status

Completed

Financing amount

200,000

Co-financing total

20,000

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Key results & output

Priority Adaptation Projects:

Rehabilitation of degraded areas
Improvement of seasonal early warning climate forecasts
Safeguarding the most vulnerable natural environments
Rainwater valorisation
Erosion control in the area of Mumirwa
Protection of the buffer zones in Lake Tanganyika floodplain & around the lakes of Bugesera
Popularisation of short cycle and/or drought resistant food crops
Zero-grazing cattle breeding
Capacity building to promote energy/wood-saving techniques
Stabilisation of river dynamics of river courses in Mumirwa & Imbo
Education on climate change adaptation
Promotion of hydro-power micro-stations