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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$3,083,181 CAD
- 2020 to 2021: $710,049 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $972,439 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $1,400,693 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Belize
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Funding Period: 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The goal of this project is to increase the community resilience by applying a gender-responsive and ecosystem-based approach to community disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. It assists countries in the Caribbean that are vulnerable to the destabilizing effects of climate change and increasingly confronted with extreme weather events.
The Canadian Red Cross supports local Red Cross societies in implementing gender-responsive and community-based disaster risk management and climate change adaptation tools, with a focus on those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The project will scale-up community resilience using existing disaster management planning tools in 20 communities. At the regional and national levels, the project will build on the established relationships between the Red Cross movement, the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and national disaster offices to enhance the gender-sensitive practices of these authorities with regard to resilience and climate change.
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Results/Expected Outcomes
The project’s expected outcomes include improved community resilience and enhanced practices of regional and national authorities in resilience, including incorporation of climate change adaptation and gender.
To date, the project’s achieved results include: the elaboration of three community resilience action plans with a disaster risk reduction component are currently underway by respective national societies; 422 community disaster preparedness surveys were conducted in targeted communities in all three communities; and 13 focus group meetings were conducted to determine individual’s understanding of the gender dimensions of natural disasters.