National Consultant To Conduct Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for the... Tender

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Country : Liberia

Summary : National Consultant To Conduct Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for the Coastal Zone of Liberia

Deadline : 15 Nov 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 28264123

Document Ref. No. : 51335

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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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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National 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 Climate Fund (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 reduce vulnerability 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 adaptation actions.The activities in this project are focused on four components:Strengthening institutional frameworks and coordination for implementation of the...

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