Flood Resilience in Ulaanbaatar Ger Areas – Climate Change Adaptation through community-driven small-scale protective and basic-services interventions

Category: MCF

Adaptation Fund Request for Flood Resilience Project in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

This document outlines a request for US$ 4.5 million in funding from the Adaptation Fund for a project titled "Flood Resilience in Ulaanbaatar Ger Areas - Climate Change Adaptation through community-driven small-scale protective and basic-services interventions" in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The project's primary objective is to enhance the climate change resilience, specifically focusing on flooding, of the seven most vulnerable Ger khoroo settlements in Ulaanbaatar City. The scope includes four main components: 1. Improving knowledge regarding flood hazard, risk exposure, and vulnerability in the target areas. 2. Enhancing the resilience and adaptive capacity of the Ger settlements through a community-based, gender-responsive approach aimed at building social cohesion within each Khoroo. 3. Increasing the resilience of physical infrastructure and services within the Ger areas, supported by improved capacities of responsible district-level and khoroo authorities. 4. Strengthening institutional capacity to reduce risks and facilitate the capture and replication of lessons learned and good practices. The project is categorized as Regular and will be implemented by UN-Habitat as the Multilateral Implementing Entity, with UNOPS Programme Execution Unit, the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, District Governors, Ger-Communities, INGOs, LNGOs, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism serving as Executing Entities. The context highlights Mongolia's vulnerability to climate impacts like dzud, driving rural-urban migration to Ulaanbaatar, which houses half the national population and faces challenges including the vulnerability of Ger areas to flooding. No specific deadlines or compliance dates are mentioned in this excerpt.

REQUEST FOR PROJECT/PROGRAMME
FUNDING FROM THE ADAPTATION FUND
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PROJECT/PROGRAMME PROPOSAL TO THE ADAPTATION FUND
PART I: PROJECT/PROGRAMME INFORMATION
Project/Programme Category: Regular
Country/Cities: Mongolia/ Ulaanbaatar
Title of Project/Programme: Flood Resilience in Ulaanbaatar Ger Ar-
eas - Climate Change Adaptation through
community-driven small-scale protective
and basic-services interventions
Type of Implementing Entity: Multilateral Implementing Entity
Implementing Entity: UN-Habitat
Executing Entity/ies: Programme Execution Unit (PEU) UNOPS,
with the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB)
and the Governor’s Office, District Gover-
nors and Ger-Communities within Songino-
khairkhan, Bayanzurkh and Sukhbaatar Dis-
tricts; INGOs and LNGOs; Ministry of Envi-
ronment and Tourism (MoET).
Amount of Financing Requested: US$ 4.5 million
1. Project Background and Context
Mongolia is a landlocked
country located in North-
east Asia between Russia
and China with a total land
area of 1,564,116 square
kilometres. It is sur-
rounded by high moun-
tains and is located on
highlands at an average
elevation of 1,500 meters
above sea level.
Ulaanbaatar1 (see picture

Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Cities, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Climate Finance, Development, Disaster Risk Management, Education, Funding, Gender, Governance, Housing, Infrastructure, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Planning, Water Management

Sector: Disaster Risk Reduction

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