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Project Document Government of Nepal United Nations Development Programme Country: NEPAL PROJECT DOCUMENT1 Project Title: Community Based Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction People living in areas vulnerable to climate change and disasters benefit from improved risk management and are more resilient to hazard-related shocks UNDAF Outcome(s): (Outcome 7). UNDP Strategic Plan Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Outcome: UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: Expected CP Outcome(s): (Those linked to the project and extracted from the country programme document) (NA- current UNDAF doesn’t have CP Outcome) Expected Nepal Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) Output (s) Output 7.1: Government officials at all levels have the capacity to lead and implement systems and policies to effectively manage risks and adapt to climate change. Output 7.3.2. Water level in Imja Glacier Lake reduced by 3 meters and risk mitigation measures adopted in 4 most vulnerable Tarai districts. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: Department of Hydrology & Meteorology (DHM), Ministry of Environment, Science & Technology (MoEST) Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: UNDP Programme Period: 2013 – 2017 Total allocated resources: 26,652,510 • GEF-LDCF 6,300,000 Atlas Award ID: 00069781 Project ID: 00084148 Co-finance PIMS # 4657 • UNDP (in-cash) 949,430 • UNDP (in-kind) 7,682,900 Start date: 2013 • NRRC (parallel co-financing) 2,857,811 End Date 2017 • Govt Nepal/DWIDP (in-kind) 7,000,000 • USAID-ADAPT ASIA Management Arrangements NIM (parallel co-financing) 157,369 PAC Meeting Date ______________ • ICIMOD (parallel co-financing) 1,705,000 Total Co-finance 20,352,510 1 For UNDP supported GEF funded projects as this includes GEF-specific requirements UNDP Environmental Finance Services Page 1 Brief Description Nepal is one of the most disaster-affected countries in the world and among the top ten countries that are most affected by climate-related hazards. Nepal’s economic and human development have been greatly constrained by the country’s mountainous terrain, lack of access to the sea and its high susceptibility to natural disasters, particularly floods, landslides, windstorms, hailstorms, earthquakes, forest fires, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and avalanches. Climate change is projected to increase the severity and unpredictability of flooding and will also increase the risk of potentially catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the High Mountains as glaciers retreat and glacial lakes expand. A recent report on Disaster Risk Reduction concluded that as climate change impacts increase, more than 1 million people in Nepal would become vulnerable to climate-induced disasters every year. The Government of Nepal is acutely aware of the growing problems the country faces due to existing and future climate-related hazards. However, there are a number of key barriers that must be overcome. LDCF support will help the GON to overcome some of the key barriers to managing the growing risks of GLOFs in the High Mountains and flooding in the Tarai and Churia Range of southern Nepal through with a strong emphasis on community engagement, empowerment and social inclusion. At present, there is insufficient institutional knowledge and capacity to understand and manage GLOF risks, as they are highly complex, site- specific and too costly; and at the same time there lacks cohesion among different agencies to manage the risks associated with recurrent flooding in the Tarai in current on-going programmes. The support will assess the gaps and help increase the institutional knowledge and capacity of the various stakeholders and also build the limited capacity and understanding among local communities regarding ways to reduce their vulnerability to GLOFs in the mountains and flooding in Tarai. It will improve information sharing and coordination at the central and local levels and among the various Ministries, Departments and non-governmental actors. Under the first component, the project strategy for reducing GLOF risks arising from Imja Lake posing threat to local populations, material assets and tourists visiting Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park will have significantly reduced by reducing the lake volume through an artificial controlled drainage system combined Agreedwith aby c (Government):ommunity-based early warning system (CBEWS). Under the second component, the project strategy for reducing human and material losses from recurrent flooding events in 4 flood prone districts (Mahottari, Date/Month/Year Siraha, Saptari and Udayapur) will have increased the adaptive capacity of local communities in eight VDCs of 3 river basins (Ratu, Khando, Gagan) and two tributaries Hadiya and Kong through locally-appropriate structural Agreedand nonby (Executin-structuralg Entity/Implementing measures, including Partner): flood -proofed water and sanitation systems, a sediment control programme, river bank and slope stabilization and the implementation of CBEWS. The sediment control programme in Ratu river, the first of its kind in Nepal, will demonstrate the critical importance of managing upstream-downstream linkages in any riverineDate/Month/Year flood risk management programme. Through this support, in addition to strengthening/building capacity of key local and national institutions and stakeholders to manage GLOF and lowland flood risks in Nepal; approximately 96,562 vulnerable people will be directly benefitted by Agreedthese by interventions. (UNDP): Date/Month/Year Table of Contents LIST OF ANNEXES 4 LIST OF FIGURES 5 LIST OF TABLES 6 LIST OF ACRONYMS 7 I. SITUATION ANALYSIS 13 1.1 BRIEF COUNTRY OVERVIEW 13 1.2 CLIMATE CHANGE - INDUCED PROBLEM 15 1.2.1 Observed Trends in Climate-related Flooding Hazards, Losses and Damages 18 1.2.2 GLOF Risks in the High Mountains of Nepal 22 1.2.3 Flooding in the Tarai and the Churia Range 23 UNDP Environmental Finance Services Page 2 1.2.4 Summary of Projections from Climate Change Models and Scenarios 25 1.3 LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING THE SOLUTION 29 1.3.1 Options and Barriers to Managing GLOF Risks in Nepal 30 1.3.2 Options and Barriers to Managing Lowland Flooding Risks 34 II. STRATEGY 38 2.1 PROJECT RATIONALE AND POLICY CONFORMITY 38 2.2 COUNTRY OWNERSHIP 39 2.2.1 Country eligibility and country drive 39 2.2.2 Stakeholder Baseline Analysis 39 2.3 DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS 45 2.3.1 Alignment with LDCF Results-based Management Framework and Linkages with the LDCF Adaptation Portfolio 46 2.3.2 Linkages with Key National Policy Processes and Initiatives 46 2.3.3 Linkages with Major Recent and On-going DRM and Climate Change Programmes and Projects 51 2.3.4 Social and Gender Aspects of Disaster Risk Management in Nepal 59 2.3.5 Project Target Areas 61 2.3.6 UNDP’s Comparative Advantage 67 2.3.7 Expected National and Local Benefits 68 2.4 PROJECT OBJECTIVE, OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND INDICATIVE ACTIVITIES 69 2.5. KEY INDICATORS, RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS 91 2.6. COST-EFFECTIVENESS 93 2.7. SUSTAINABILITY 94 2.8. REPLICABILITY 94 2.9 STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT PLAN 95 III. PROJECT RESULTS FRAMEWORK 96 IV. TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN 104 V. MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS 117 VI. MONITORING FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION 125 VII. LEGAL CONTEXT 131 UNDP Environmental Finance Services Page 3 List of Annexes Annex 1: Climate Risk Profile of Nepal 1 Annex 2: Baseline Socio-economic Profile of Target Sites: four Flood- 20 prone Districts (Mahottari, Udayapur, Saptari and Siraha) and Imja Lake (Solukhumbu District) Annex 3: a. Justification for Target Site Selection: four flood prone 36 districts 42 b. Justification for Imja Lake Annex 4: Summary of Stakeholder Consultations during the PPG Phase 68 Annex 5: Stakeholder Involvement Plan for the Full Project 112 Annex 6: Design and prefeasibility study by Kathmandu University (with 132 support from ADAPT-Asia-USAID) (Attached) - Lowering of Imja Lake and possibilities for MHS to be installed in downstream areas of Imja Lake - Possibilities for Early Warning Systems for Tsho Rolpa Annex 7: Note on Community Based Early Warning System 133 Annex 8: UNDP Risk Log 137 Annex 9: HACT Capacity Assessment: DHMCA as done by UNDP/CDRMP 142 Annex 10: Terms of Reference for Key Project Groups, Staff and Sub- 147 contracts Annex 11: References 167 Annex 12: Letters of co-financing/Agreements 171 Annex 13: Special Clauses 172 UNDP Environmental Finance Services Page 4 List of Figures Figure 1: Physiography of Nepal, ICIMOD .................................................................................... 13 Figure 2: Cross section of Nepal’s topography (Shrestha et.al., 1999) ........................................ 17 Figure 3: River Drainage systems and networks of Nepal (Himalayan River Fun, Kathmandu) ... 19 Figure 4: Disaster-affected people by different types of natural disasters between1971-2007 (NSET, 2007) .................................................................................................................................. 21 Figure 5: Losses from different natural disasters from the year 2001-2008 (MoHA, 2010). Note: ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 6: District wise distribution of flood events during the years 1971-2007 (UNDP, 2009). 25 Figure 7: District wise distribution of numbers of affected people due to flooding during the years 1971-2007 (UNDP, 2009). ..................................................................................................
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