United Nations Development Programme Country: Tuvalu PROJECT DOCUMENT1 Project Title: Effective and responsive island-level governance to secure and diversify climate resilient marine-based coastal livelihoods and enhance climate hazard response capacity UNDAF Outcome(s): Environmental Management, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management UNDP Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Corporate Outcome: Development plans and programmes integrate environmentally sustainable solutions in a manner that promotes poverty reduction, MDG achievement and low-emission climate-resilient development UNDP Secondary Corporate Outcome: National and local governments and communities have the capacities to adapt to climate change and make inclusive and sustainable environment & energy decisions benefitting in particular under-served populations Expected Country Programme Outcome: Sub-Regional Programme Outcome 4 (UNDAF Outcome 1.1): Improved resilience of PICTs, with particular focus on communities, through integrated implementation of sustainable environment management, climate change adaptation/mitigation and disaster risk management Sub-Regional Programme Outcome 2 (UNDAF Outcome 5.1): Regional, national, local and traditional governance systems are strengthened, respecting and upholding human rights, especially women’s rights in line with international standards. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: Department of the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Environment, Trade, Labour and Tourism Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: Ministry of Natural Resources (Department of Fisheries); Ministry of Home Affairs and Rural Development (Department of Rural Development). Total resources required: $24,038,880 Programme Period: 4 years Total allocated resources: $24,038,880 Atlas Award ID: 00073054 LDCF (GEF): $4,200,000 Project ID: 00086021 Co-financing: PIMS # 4571 o Government in cash $62,176 Start date: June 2013 o Government parallel $14,267,842 End Date June 2017 o FTF parallel $1,243,524 Management Arrangements NIM o Tuvalu Red Cross parallel $207,500 PAC Meeting Date 12 February 2013 o NZAP parallel $1,000,000 o SPC parallel $1,979,460 o UNDP parallel $911,190 o Government in-kind $167,188 1 For UNDP supported GEF funded projects as this includes GEF-specific requirements 1 Brief Description Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change, perhaps even the most vulnerable. Tuvalu’s atolls are extremely exposed to projected sea-level rise, increases in the severity of cyclones, increases in ocean temperatures and ocean acidification. When combined with considerable development challenges, a narrow resource base economy and chronic capacity constraints, the extremely high levels of vulnerability are likely to have severe long term effects on sustainable development and achievement of the MDGs. The Government of Tuvalu understands, on behalf of all Tuvaluans, the urgency of addressing its priority development challenges related to adapting to future impacts of climate change. This project will focus on implementing three such priorities outlined in its NAPA, namely “strengthening of community based conservation programmes on highly vulnerable near-shore marine ecosystems,” “adaptation to near-shore coastal shellfish fisheries resources and coral reef ecosystem productivity,” and “strengthening community disaster preparedness and response potential.” These priorities will be addressed through the following interlinked Components: Component 1 includes activities for building resilience in marine-based livelihoods to climate impacts through an integrated package of measures that seek to enhance traditional fishing practices and food preservation techniques, facilitate a shift in fishing practices from vulnerable reef resources to more resilient pelagic resources, and strengthen community management of reef resources. These adaptation measures will be supported by targeted education, awareness raising and information exchange. Component 2: Disaster risk management will focus on improving access to disaster early warning systems for people on outer islands. This will include establishing multiple communication channels, both at the national and outer island levels, to ensure reliable communications in the face of intensifying cyclone events in a changing climate, and building community capacity to take advantage of the improved communication systems. Component 3 will focus on integrating locally-specific climate change concerns into existing outer Island Strategic Plans and building capacities of outer island administrations and communities to identify, budget, execute and monitor adaptation investments that are financed by domestic and external resources. This will be supplemented by enhanced awareness among the central government agencies about their existing domestic expenditures on climate sensitive sectors and the adaptation gaps. It is expected that enhanced capacity to guide the future adaptation financing at the outer island level using the climate-smart Island Strategic Plans and to identify gaps and potential adaptation financing at the national level will enable the Government of Tuvalu to effectively combine and sequence available resources to reduce the vulnerability of the country to the impacts of climate change. 3 Table of Contents 1 Situation analysis .............................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Climate change - induced problem ............................................................................... 8 1.2 Underlying causes ......................................................................................................11 1.3 Long-term solution and barriers to achieving the solution............................................14 1.4 Stakeholder Baseline Analysis ....................................................................................18 2 Strategy ........................................................................................................................... 21 2.1. Project rationale and policy conformity ........................................................................21 2.2. Country ownership: country eligibility and country drivenness .......................................24 2.3. Design principles and strategic considerations ...............................................................25 2.4. Project Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities ........................................................29 2.4. Key indicators, risks and assumptions ............................................................................53 2.5. Cost-effectiveness ..........................................................................................................55 2.6. Sustainability ..................................................................................................................56 2.7. Replicability ....................................................................................................................58 2.8 Stakeholder engagement plan .........................................................................................58 3 Project Results Framework ............................................................................................. 63 4 Total budget and workplan .............................................................................................. 69 4.1 Budget Note ....................................................................................................................73 5 Management Arrangements ............................................................................................ 79 6 Monitoring Framework and Evaluation ............................................................................ 84 Communications and visibility requirements .......................................................................86 7 Legal Context .................................................................................................................. 88 8 Annexes .......................................................................................................................... 89 4 List of Acronyms ALM Adaptation Learning Mechanism APR Annual Project Report AusAID Australian Agency for International Development AWP Annual Work Plan CAE Country Assistance Evaluation CFC Community Fishing Center CBOs Community-Based Organizations CDMP Comprehensive Disaster Management Program CFC Community Fishing Centres CIP Capital Investment Plan CLGF Commonwealth Local Governance Forum CO Country Office CSOs Civil Society Organizations DoE Department of Environment (Ministry of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Environment, Trade, Labour and Tourism) DoF Department of Fisheries DMO Disaster Management Office DRD Department of Rural Development EA Executing Agency EU European Union FA Falekaupule Act (1997) FAD Fish Aggregating Device FTF Falekaupule Trust Fund GEF Global Environment Facility GOT Government of Tuvalu IA Implementing Agency IDC Island Disaster Committee INC Initial National Communication IPCC Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change ISP Island Strategic Plan JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency LDCF Least Developed Country Fund LDCs Least Developed Countries LMMA (Locally) Marine Managed Area M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MDG Millennium Development Goal MHARD Ministry of Home Affairs and Rural Development NDMA National Disaster Risk Management Arrangement MMA Marine Managed Area