📋 Tender Overview
Mountain societies and ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change and targeted adaptation measures are needed to increase their resilience. Building on SDC’s extensive expertise and experience as a leading player in the field, the programme will inform decision makers and practitioners about climate change impacts and adaptation solutions in mountains and support concerted cross-border collaboration in major mountain regions worldwide to advance adaptation policy, planning and implementation.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Climate change and environment
Environmental policy
Disaster risk reduction DRR
Biodiversity
01.12.2023 - 31.01.2028
CHF 5’533’000
The project in brief
Background Given the unprecedented speed and magnitude of climate change in mountains, adaptation strategies and practical solutions have to be implemented urgently to support mountain communities to conserve, restore and sustainably manage the key ecosystem goods and services on which their livelihood and that of people downstream depend. At present, there is a gap in both the understanding of climate induced changes in mountains and the development and implementation of appropriate adaptation solutions. Concerted cross border collaboration in mountain regions around the world and appropriate consideration of the significance of climate change impacts on and the need to adapt to are important framework conditions to be strengthened.
Objectives Resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems is increased. (The overall objective of Phase 1 remains valid for Phase 2).
Target groups The programme targets in first priority policy and decision-makers responsible for climate change adaptation in developing countries with mountain areas, who will benefit from increased knowledge on climate change impacts, climate change adaptation solutions and related resources in their regions. Another important target group are scientists profiting from additional and accessible data and space in policy-dialogue platforms. Implementers (e.g. from governments, NGOs) of climate change adaptation solutions are the third target group, benefitting from the collection of proven solutions and the community of practice built around them. The ultimate beneficiaries are vulnerable mountain communities in which resilience to climate change is strengthened through implementation of adaptation solutions.
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: Knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation in mountains is facilitated through integrated monitoring, improved access to relevant and interoperable Earth observation data, information and syntheses products, and research-based services. Outcome 2: Mountain climate change adaptation is mainstreamed into regional planning and policy processes, and regional collaborative action & advocacy are fostered as a result of strengthened science-policy dialogue, targeted resource mobilization and interregional exchan
