PIMS 9673 Championing Local Adaptation for Productive Ecosystems and Enhanced Resilience - CLAP for Resilience

About this project

Communities in the Bua River basin in Central Region of Malawi are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Rising temperatures, increasingly unpredictable and erratic rainfall, and more frequent and intense climate hazards such as droughts and floods are exacerbating the existing effects of deforestation and land degradation. These factors weaken ecosystem services delivery (including erosion control, soil water infiltration, flood attenuation, and pest and disease control), thereby causing a decline in agricultural yields and leaving rain-fed subsistence farmers trapped in a cycle of intensifying food insecurity and deepening poverty — particularly for marginalised groups such as women and unemployed youth. The proposed project will increase adaptive capacities and reduce vulnerabilities of communities to climate change impacts through integrated catchment-based approaches that partner with the private sector to rejuvenate agriculture and enhance investments in climate-resilient livelihoods. The project will comprise four interconnected components, namely: i) Strengthening capacities to support gender responsive grassroots interventions for climate change adaptation and governance of resources for long term resilience; ii) Supporting adoption of climate smart and nature-based solutions for climate-resilient agriculture and ecosystems; iii) Strengthening private sector engagement for investments in economic value chains and climate-resilient liveli…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 15Life on Land

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Agricultural developmentForestry developmentEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Funded by

Global Environment Fund Truste

Implemented by

MWI-Dept. of Environ. Affairs

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01005147.

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