LoCAL Climate Resilience Financing Mechanism in the Solomon Islands

About this project

As a Small Islands Developing State (SIDS), the Solomon Islands are highly vulnerable to climate change. Changing weather patterns affect communities in different ways, including loss of agricultural production and food security, water stress and insecurity, rising sea levels and exposure to climate disasters, changes to ecosystems and loss of biodiversity, and human health. The problem is compounded by the fact that the Provincial Governments (PGs) that have direct responsibility for addressing many of the climate change issues are unable to access the necessary funding. PGs have a mandate for coastal defences and water management, but financing for climate change adaptation is often undertaken through limited parallel, or off-budget, financing systems. This precludes Local Governments (LGs) from accessing resources to improve climate resilience in their communities. The proposed Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) mechanism is designed to address this problem by providing access to climate finance for local governments, primarily in Least Developed Countryies. LoCAL¿s methodology channels funds through central governments to reach the local level while providing incentives for LGs to mainstream gender responsive climate-adaptive thinking into everyday planning and investment, thereby encouraging systematic analysis of changing weather patterns and their impacts on local communities and economies. Climate change adaptation and coastal resilience have the potentia…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Solomon Islands

Sectors

Environmental education/trainingEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Places

SB - Solomon Islands

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2022-ACT-60664.

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