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Senegal is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising temperatures, large variations in rainfall, sea level rise and more frequent and intense extreme weather events.
These climate pressures have been compounded by rapid and often unplanned urban development, increasing the exposure of communities and infrastructure to climate-related hazards.
Following prolonged droughts between the 1970s and 1990s, many flood-prone areas around Dakar and the Niayes were urbanized in an unplanned manner. As rainfall returned to more normal levels, extensive construction in low-lying areas, the filling of natural drainage channels and soil sealing contributed to recurrent flooding with devastating effects on vulnerable populations.
Since the 2000’s, heavy rainfall linked to climate change has further intensified flooding, causing displacement, damaging infrastructure and livelihoods, degrading ecosystems and increasing the spread of waterborne diseases. Senegal's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process has identified farming communities and populations living in flood-prone areas as particularly vulnerable to these impacts.
With funding from the Least Developed Countries Fund, this proposed project aims to strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystems in the urban and peri-urban areas of Dakar and the Niayes through an integrated approach to flood management and water resource management. It will promote nature-based solutions (NbS), including the restoration of wetlands and watercourses, collection of rainwater, improved groundwater recharge and the integration of NbS into local planning processes. The project will also strengthen technical capacity, support green entrepreneurship and climate-resilient livelihoods.
The project is expected to directly benefit 362,882 people, including smallholder farmers, market gardeners, fishers, women, youth and other communities whose livelihoods depend on local wetlands and natural resources.
- Community
- Municipality
- District
- National
- Local Governments
- National Governments
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- Private Sector Partners
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
362,882 people (50% women, 30% youth)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Senegal's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD)
Expected outcomes
Component 1: Integration of nature-based solutions into planning at different scales
Component 2 : Restoration and rehabilitation of retention basins and wetlands ecosystems sites through NbS to combat flooding in urban and peri-urban areas of Dakar and the Niayes
Component 3: Development of value chains and involvement of private sector in green entrepreneurship
Component 4 : Project communication and knowledge sharing
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Component 1: Integration of nature-based solutions into planning at different scales
Outcome 1.1. Planning frameworks of project interventions zones incorporate nature-based solutions (NbS) for flood control.
Output 1.1.1. Results of existing applied research for the integration of NbS for flood control are collected and used under the framework of the project.
Output 1.1.2. Flood management governance at the project site level is improved.
Output 1.1.3. NbS for flood management are integrated in existing planning frameworks of the project intervention zones.
Component 2 : Restoration and rehabilitation of retention basins and wetlands ecosystems sites through NbS to combat flooding in urban and peri-urban areas of Dakar and the Niayes
Outcome 2.1. Retention basins in the peri-urban and urban areas of Dakar and natural outlets (natural reservoirs) in the Niayes are restored or rehabilitated through integrated participatory approaches.
Output 2.1.1. Maintain and enhance the role of retention basins as reservoirs and rainwater catchments through nature-based solutions in urban and peri-urban areas of Dakar and the Niayes.
Outcome 2.2. Community' livelihoods, Niayes ecosystems and productive landscapes in project sites are more resilient to flood through the adoption of NbS practices.
Output 2.2.1. Resilience of agricultural land in the Dakar urban and peri-urban areas and the Niayes facing flood risks is strengthened.
Output 2.2.2 . Water resource management is improved within project intervention zones.
Component 3: Development of value chains and involvement of private sector in green entrepreneurship
Outcome 3.1. Green entrepreneurship is enhanced with the involvement of the private sector.
Output 3.1.1. Involvement of Private sector investment in green entrepreneurship activities is enhanced.
Output 3.1.2 . Value chains and green entrepreneurship activities are promoted and developed.
Component 4 : Project communication and knowledge sharing
Outcome 4.1. Project implemented based on results-based management (RBM), and lessons learned/best practices documented and disseminated.
Output 4.1.1. Knowledge management system on NbS to combat floods in urban and peri urban zones and the Niayes (wetlands) is enhanced.
Output 4.1.2. Communication strategy developed and implemented.
Output 4.1.3. Exchanges at the national, regional, and international levels.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Outcome 5.1: Monitoring and Evaluation plan finalized with data collection, reflection and reporting on time to aid in results-based decision-making and adaptive management.
Output 5.1.1. Project monitored regularly at all levels through multi-source knowledge collection (for annual work plans, results framework, project progress reports, core indicators)
Julien Simery, Regional Technical Specialist, Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP julien.simery@undp.org
Radhika Dave, Principal Technical Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP, radhika.dave@undp.org