Enhancing Climate Resilience Tender

STATUSApprovedDATE APPROVED07 Oct 2021 at B.30 ESS CATEGORYCategory BIn the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand significant increases in the frequency of heavy rains are predicted as a result of climate change in turn increasing the risk of severe floods. But alongside the risk of flooding there is also a risk of drought caused by increasing pressure on water supplies for crops and irrigation linked to rising temperatures. These pressures together therefore risk leading to more frequent and intense flooding during the wet season and drought during the dry season. This requires innovative approaches to increase the efficient use of existing water supplies and more effective flood management within the basin. This project aims to improve water management food security and the agricultural livelihoods of inhabitants in the Yom and Nam sub-river basins. It will improve water management by integrating ecosystem-based adaptation EbA green measures with traditional grey infrastructure for flood control and irrigation supported by enhanced technology and climate-informed planning and capacity development. Activities at the household scale could directly benefit 62000 people in the Phitsanulok Sukhothai and Uttaradit provinces and eventually benefit some 25000000 inhabitants of the Greater Chao Phraya River Basin who live within or downstream of the project area. This will be achieved by enhanced climate and risk planning by generating tailored climate information to better inform water management and agriculture planning and by improvements to integrated planning. In parallel the project will boost household access to climate information and improve water management through strengthened infrastructure including climate-informed engineering designs for the 13 schemes of the Yom-Nan river basin and upgrades to water infrastructureGCF financing0 disbursedINSTRUMENTAMOUNT GrantUSD 17533500TOTAL GCF FINANCINGUSD 17533500CofinancingCOFINANCERINSTRUMENTAMOUNT Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 16263940 Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 113883TOTAL CO-FINANCINGUSD 16377823Mr. Robin MerlierEnvironmental Policy Specialist Global Environmental Finance Bureau for Policy and Programme Support BPPSGlobal Policy NetworkPHONE 1 2129065842ROBIN.MERLIER@UNDP.ORGTHAILAND Ministry of Natural Resources and EnvironmentMr. Jatuporn BuruspatPermanent Secretary92 Soi Phahon Yothin 7 Phahon Yothin Road Bangkok ThailandPHONE 66 2278 8543JATUPORN.B@MNRE.GO.THDr. Natthanich AsvapoositkulDirector of Climate Change Management and Coordination Division Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning ONEP601 Rama VI Road Phayathai Bangkok ThailandPHONE 66 2265 6692GCFUNDTHAILAND@GMAIL.COM