Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin Project
Category: MCF
Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin, Tajikistan
The Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin Project, implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and national agencies including the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, State Unitary Enterprise for Housing and Communal Services (KMK), and Ministry of Finance, aims to enhance the climate resilience and reduce poverty among communities in the Pyanj River Basin in Tajikistan. Funded by a 21.55 million USD equivalent grant from the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), the project focuses on increasing access to water by upgrading and climate-proofing small-scale community infrastructure for flood protection, irrigation, and drinking water supply in 59 villages across 19 Jamoats. It also seeks to strengthen the capacity of individuals, particularly women, to respond to climate change by building the capacity of community groups and providing access to affordable loans for agribusiness and economic diversification. The project's expected outcome is a reduction in the adverse effects of climate variability and change in the target villages, contributing to the broader impact of improved livelihoods for vulnerable communities in the basin, which is highly susceptible to climate hazards like intense rainfall, melt-waters, droughts, glacial lake outburst floods, mudflows, avalanches, landslides, and rock falls. Water resources management is a priority sector for support due to its vulnerability and importance for livelihoods.
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Cover Page for Project/Program Approval Request Cover Page for Project/Program Approval Request 1. Country/Region: Tajikistan 2. CIF Project ID#: XPCRTJ040A 3. Source of Funding: FIP PPCR SREP 4. Project/Program Title: Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin Project 5. Type of CIF Investment: Public Private Mixed 6. Funding Request in Grant: 21.55 Non-Grant: N/A million USD equivalent: 7. Implementing MDB(s): Asian Development Bank 8. National Implementing Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, Agency: State Unitary Enterprise for Housing and Communal Services (Kochagi Manzillu Kommunali - KMK), and Ministry of Finance 9. MDB Focal Point and Headquarters- Focal Point: TTL: Project/Program Task Charles Rodgers Cinzia Losenno Team Leader (TTL): crodgers@adb.org closenno@adb.org 10. Project/Program Description (including objectives and expected outcomes): The project aims to increase resilience to climate vulnerability and change of communities in the Pyanj River Basin and reduce poverty incidence in the Project area. The project will increase access to water of communities by upgrading and climate proofing small scale community infrastructure for flood protection, irrigation and drinking water supply, and strengthen the ability of individuals, especially women, to respond to climate change by building capacity of community groups and providing access to affordable loans for agribusiness and economic diversification. The project’s impact will be improved livelihoods of Pyanj River Basin communities vulnerable to climate variability and change. The project’s outcome will be adverse effects of climate variability and climate change reduced in 59 villages in 19 Jamoats in the Pyanj River Basin. Further details are given in the Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors, and the Summary Project/Program Approval Request. 11. Consistency with Investment Criteria1: Tajikistan is considered to be one of the countries in Central Asia most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. It frequently experiences extreme climate events such as intense spring rainfall, excessive melt-waters from large snow accumulations, droughts and occasionally devastating glacial lake outburst floods. These cause mudflows, floods, reduced water availability, avalanches, landslides, and rock falls. These hazards routinely take lives and destroy or degrade land, crops and infrastructure. When joining PPCR, the government of Tajikistan indicated water resources management as a priority sector for support, due to the high vulnerability of the sector and the high reliance on the sector for livelihoods. Consultations and analytical studies carried out during the first phase of the PPCR in Tajikistan confirmed integrated water resource management as a priority sector, 1 Please provide the information in the cover page or indicate page numbers in the accompanying project/program document where such information can be found. and identified the Pyanj river basin as one of the most vulnerable areas in the country. Despite these documented priorities, there are no relevant ongoing or planned ADB operations or government supported investments aimed at addressing integrated water resource management in the Pyanj river basin, except for the Khatlon Province Flood Management Project, due to close in June 2014, which focused on the rehabilitation of flood protection embankment. The project highlighted the significance and the urgent need for additional investments in climate resilient infrastructure and enhanced awareness of climate change to safeguard the lives and well being of the communities in the river basin. Moreover, consultations with over 1500 stakeholders, and evidence gathered from 2009 to 2011 and documented in the report of the technical assistance
Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Climate Finance, Climate Fund, Climate Protection, Development, Disaster Risk Management, Drr, Equity, Finance, Food, Funding, Gender, Governance, Grant, Infrastructure, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Investment, Loan, Rivers, Social Justice, Water, Water Management
Sector: Public Sector