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Caye Caulker Project Manual V1 Project Manual Prepared For: Project Manual - Climate Change Adaptation Pilot SOURCE® Hydropanel Project Caye Caulker, Belize Climate Change Division 28 February, 2020 Inter-American Development Bank Environmental Resources Management 1300 New York Ave, NW 1776 I Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20577 Washington, DC 20006 www.erm.com Project Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms 1. General Information 2. Project Context and Background 2.1 CCSIP Program Background 2.2 Pilot Project Selection 3. Elements of the Integrated Climate Resilience Program Pilot 4. Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project Implementation 4.1 Implementation 4.2 Water Quality 4.3 System Performance Annex A – SOURCE® User Guide Project Manual Acronyms CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis CEA Cost-Effectiveness Analysis CCCCC Caribbean Community Climate Change Center CCSIP Caribbean Climate Smart Islands Program CCVC Caye Caulker Village Council ECA Economics of Climate Adaptation ERM Environmental Resources Management, Inc. IDB Inter-American Development Bank MCA Multi-Criteria Analysis NEMO National Emergency Management Organization WHO World Health Organization Project Manual 1. General Information 1.1 Name of Pilot Project: Climate Change Adaptation Project – Integrated Climate Resilience Program 1.2 Beneficiary Country Belize (Caye Caulker) 1.3 Project Duration 30 Months 1.4 Starting Date July 05, 2016 1.5 Project Value (US$) $ 216,260 (BZ$ 432,520) Includes both financial and in-kind contributions 1.6 Primary Contact at Eddie Herrera – Tourism Officer Ministry of Tourism Telephone: +501 227 2801 Email: [email protected] URL: http://tourism.gov.bz/ 1.7 Primary IDB Contact Gerard Alleng, CCSIP Program Manager Telephone: +1 202 623 2686 Email: [email protected] National IDB Contact Casandra Rogers, IDB Country Representative Telephone: +501 221 5324 Email: [email protected] Gian Vasquez, IDB Local Office Contact Telephone: +501 221 5324 Email: [email protected] 1.8 ERM Project Partner Venkat S. Kolluru, Partner-in-Charge Telephone: +1 484 913 0390 Email: [email protected] ERM Project Manager William A. Schew, Project Manager Telephone: +1 484 913 0463 Email: [email protected] 1.9 Partner Entity: Caye Caulker Seleny Villanueva Pott, Chair CCVC Village Council Telephone: +501 226 0043 Email: [email protected] Project Manual 1.10 Zero Mass Water Contact Nate DeFlavio Telephone: +1 802 224 6116 Email: [email protected] 1.11 Caye Solar – Technical Partner Lucas Gana Telephone: +501 532 9084 Email: [email protected] Project Manual 2. Project Context and Background 2.1 CCSIP Program Background The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is financing the Caribbean Climate Smart Islands Program (CCSIP) for Caye Caulker, Belize, which participated in a previous phase of the CCSIP named Caribbean Carbon Neutral Tourism Project (RG-T1640). As a result of that study, activities were being expanded and adaptation to climate change was being added. These additional activities comprise the following three main components as part of the CCSIP: • Component 1 (C1): Assessment of mitigation options to support the transition to low carbon pathways. Objectives of C1 included updates and expansion of the island’s Greenhouse Gases (GHG) inventory; analyses of potential mitigation interventions from a cost-benefit and commercial potential perspective to produce a mitigation portfolio of activities; and the implementation of a mitigation pilot project. • Component 2 (C2): Assessment of adaptation options to support the transition to climate resilient pathways. The general objective of C2 was to demonstrate ways of transitioning to climate resilient development pathway utilizing a pilot project on Caye Caulker. Other objectives of C2 were: o Economics of Climate Change study, which informed the development of prioritized portfolio of adaptation options; and o The implementation of one adaptation pilot project. • Component 3 (C3): This component was initiated once C1 and C2 were initiated and it included the marketing and communications plans. The main objectives of C3 were: the design of a communications strategy to disseminate results and create awareness tailored for the different audiences of the project; and the development and implementation of an action plan for the strategy to market Caye Caulker as low carbon and climate resilient tourism destination. This document is the project manual for the pilot project for Component 2 – Adaptation to climate change. 2.2 Pilot Project Selection As part of Component 2 “Assessment of Adaptation Options to Support the Transition to Climate Change Resilient Pathways” of the Caribbean Climate Smart Islands Program (CCSIP), ERM conducted an Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) study of potential climate change adaptation measures that could be implemented on Caye Caulker, Belize. Following the ECA, ERM developed a Prioritization Report that presented a prioritized ranking of potential climate Project Manual resilience projects for the island. The prioritization was based on a benefit-cost analysis of the projects as well as a multi-criteria scoring of qualitative project attributes (e.g., Importance, No- Regret, etc.). The weights for the multi-criteria analysis (MCA) were developed at stakeholder workshops. Based on the projected outcome for each metric and for each project and the weights developed by the stakeholder group, ERM estimated a total score for each project. The top three scoring projects were chosen for review and selection by the stakeholders. These projects were: 1) Mangrove Restoration – hydrologic restoration or planting; 2) Hurricane Shelter Improvements; and 3) an Integrated Climate Resilience Program (Table 1). Table 1. Descriptions of Finalist Projects Mangrove Restoration (Hydrologic/Planting) Mangrove preservation/restoration is considered a soft and permeable coastal defense structure and one of the most effective forms of coastal protection from wave action, off-shore currents and coastal erosion. These structural measures may be successful but they would require additional studies such as coastal and sediment transport to better understand the dynamics of marine currents, waves, and sediments to design structures that can resist all these forces and do not generate additional effects. Shelter Improvements The Caye Caulker Roman Catholic School was identified as the only on-island hurricane shelter that could be improved by updating facilities and equipment. Implementing an early warning system in the event of storm surges and the establishment of primary and secondary emergency routes with sufficient and proper signage that will efficiently direct the public to the shelters or to the evacuation points would be part of the improvement program. Shelter improvements also impact the housing and tourism sectors by improving the building's resilience in the event of natural disasters. These improvements will allow Caye Caulker residents to stay safe and return to their place of living more quickly. Improving shelter's resilience will also allow the tourism industry to resume normal operation more rapidly after natural disaster event. Integrated Climate Resilience Program This project combines several pieces of the interventions into a single project (e.g., shelter improvements; and education). This innovative project will provide a showcase for resilience projects and clearly show both residents and tourists the need for and value of activities to prepare Caye Caulker for future climate change, as well as reducing the impact of climate change on key assets and the population. Following the ECA and initial prioritization of projects, a Prioritization Workshop took place on 24 October 2018 at the Caye Caulker Village Council office. The purpose of the workshop was to gather stakeholders, review the results of the Prioritization Report and to select one of the top three highest ranked projects for implementation. Following in-depths discussion of top-ranked potential adaptation measures, the stakeholder group voted for the preferred project. The results of this vote are summarized below in Figure 1. Project Manual Figure 1: Stakeholder Voting for the Final Projects Although the Mangrove Restoration option was ranked highest, it was not selected for the following reasons: 1) the inability to produce a meaningful restoration within the project budget; 2) extended time for permit applications and stakeholder negotiations; and 3) Government inability to ensure the long term sustainability of the pilot project with current human and financial resources. Ultimately, Mangrove Restoration was removed from consideration for those reasons. The Shelter Improvement project was ranked second and was not selected either. A needs assessment was conducted for the Roman Catholic School by the Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) because it is not currently recognized by NEMO as an official hurricane shelter. The assessment indicated that the school did not meet NEMO’s hurricane shelter requirements and that the cost to bring the school into compliance was approximately US$ 170,000 (BZ$ 340,000), which greatly exceeded the implementation budget for this pilot project. For this reason the Shelter Improvement pilot project was also removed from consideration. The outcome of the validation workshop also showed stakeholder supported an Integrated Climate Resilience Program that would improve long-term climate resilience and also provide educational opportunities. The potential components of the project
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