Community-Based Adaptation: Namibia

Namibia faces significant climate change risks, including increased aridity and heightened climate variability. Projected impacts include:

  • Increased production risks to smallholder agriculture and pastoralism
  • Increasing erosion risks
  • Increasing risk of flood
  • Risks to climate sensitive biodiversity, with impacts on the ecotourism sector

The CBA Namibia portfolio consists of two (2) projects:

  1. Adjusting Agricultural Practices to Reduce Climate Change Risk in Omusati Region
  2. Harnessing Coping Strategies via a Holistic Approach for Community Adaptation to Climate Change

Community-Based Adaptation activities in Namibia focus on agricultural and pastoral communities in the north-central and far northeast region of the country, undertaking community based projects to build resilience to climate change by increasing resilience against climate-induced land degradation. Namibia's CBA portfolio will be guided by the Namibia CBA Country Programme Strategy.

All CBA projects involve non-governmental organizations (NGO) at the local and national levels. The UN Volunteers is a project partner in seven (7) out of the ten (10) CBA countries: Bolivia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Morocco, Niger, Namibia, and Samoa. In addition to the Adaptation & Volunteerism Specialist overseeing the seven (7) countries, an International UNV officer in Namibia is fully dedicated to the CBA projects at the local level. The partnership began in June 2009.

The Government of Japan co-finances the UNDP/GEF CBA projects in Niger and Namibia. This partnership began in early 2009.

* Namibia is one of ten (10) countries implementing projects as part of UNDP's "Community-Based Adaptation" programme. *

Level of Intervention: 
Community
National
Global
Implementing Agencies & Partnering Organizations: 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
GEF
The GEF Small Grants Programme
UN Volunteers
Government of Japan
Funding Source: 
GEF-SPA
Financing Amount: 
$295,954 (approximate, as detailed Aug. 2012)
Co-Financing Total: 
$75,000 (approximate, as detailed Aug. 2012)