Procurement Summary
Country : Liberia
Summary : International Consultant To Conduct Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for the Coastal Zone of Liberia
Deadline : 15 Nov 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 28264087
Document Ref. No. : 51337
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Simpson Building
Mamba Point
P.O.Box 274
1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
West Africa
Tel: +231-886-52-14-25
Liberia
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International Consultant To Conduct Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for the Coastal Zone of Liberia
The Republic of Liberia's economy, population, and environment are highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. A range of studies, including the Republic of Liberia's Initial National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) notes that the impacts of climate change are expected to intensify as changes in temperature and precipitation affect economic activity. In order to respond to the risks posed by climate change, there is a need to conduct and update relevant climate vulnerability and risk assessment on the key sectors. This will give decisions makers and the most vulnerable population adequate tools/information to integrate climate change in to their planning strategies. Also, it enables them to better plan their medium and long-term adaptation programs/policies/strategies. The two year project "To advance the National Adaptation Plans (NAP) process for medium-term investment planning in climate-sensitive sectors (i.e. agriculture, energy, waste management, forestry and health) and coastal areas in Liberia" funded by the Green ClimateFund (GCF) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners including the Environmental Protection Agency, is responding to this need. The project will conduct climate change vulnerability and climate risk assessments on key sectors and systems with a goal of enabling Liberia to develop the knowledge base and capacity required to reducevulnerability to climate change and to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into national development planning processes. The main project objective is to support Liberia to put in place its National Adaptation Planning process contributing to and building upon existing development planning strategies and processes andto implement priority adaptationactions.The activities in this project are focused on four components:Strengthening institutional frameworks and coordination for implementation of th...
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