Climate Risk Informed –Resilient Communitis (CRIC) | Seychelles (to be confirmed) 7 September 2018 1 Project/Programme Title: Climate Risk Informed –Resilient Communitis (CRIC) Country(ies): Seychelles Name: Wills Agricole Position: Principal Secretary Energy and Climate Change Email: Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change [email protected] Tel:+248 4670568 P.O Box 445 Botanical National Designated Garden, Mont Fleuri Mahe Island, Seychelles Authority(ies) (NDA): o Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) Executing Entities (EE): o Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) Accredited Entity(ies) (AE): (to be confirmed) Date of first submission/ [2018-09-04] [V.0] version number: Date of current submission/ [2018-09-04 [V.0] version number 1 Please submit the completed form to [email protected], using the following name convention in the subject line and file name: “CN-[Accredited Entity or Country]-YYYYMMDD” Simplified Approval Process CONCEPT NOTE Template V.1 GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 1 OF 2 A. Project / Programme Information (max. 1 page) Project A.2. Public or private Public sector A.1. Project or programme ☐ Programme sector ☐ Private sector Mitigation: Reduced emissions from: ☐ Energy access and power generation ☐ Low emission transport ☐ Buildings, cities and industries and appliances A.3. Indicate the result ☐ areas for the Forestry and land use Adaptation: Increased resilience of: project/programme Most vulnerable people and communities Health and well-being, and food and water security Infrastructure and built environment Ecosystem and ecosystem services At least 50 user institutions and about A.5. Estimated 4,000 end users as direct beneficiaries, A.4. Estimated mitigation adaptation impact with at least 70,000 people as indirect impact (tCO2eq over (number of direct beneficiaries. Combined, the number of lifespan) beneficiaries and % beneficiaries relative to the total of population) population is estimated at over 80% A.7. Indicative GCF A.6. Indicative total project Amount: USD 11.94 million Amount: funding requested (max cost (GCF + co-finance) USD 10 million 10M) A.8. Mark the type of financial instrument Grant ☐ Loan ☐ Guarantee Other: specify___________________ requested for the GCF funding Disbursement period: A.9. Estimated duration of A.10. Estimated project/ 2018-2023 Indefinite project/ programme: Programme lifespan A.11. Is funding from the A.12. Confirm overall Yes ☐ No Project Preparation ESS category is C or I-3 Facility needed? minimum to no risk The proposed project involves paradigm shift from generation of meteorological forecasts to co-production of Impacts forecasts in collaboration with stakeholder user institutions building leveraging RIMES experience demonstrated in the region This involves capacity development of SMA and key stakeholders on generation of A.13. Provide rational for application of climate information and its application at community level. The key the ESS categorization activities include assess user requirements ,design forecast information tailored to (100 words) user needs and build capacities of both SMA and user intitutions and communities to to co-produce apply climate information to anticipate and manage risks and also harness potential gains associated with climate resources These activities pose minimum to no risk, as categorized under C/I-3 of the SAP ESS guidelines. A.14. Has the CN been ☐ Confidential Yes No ☐ A.15. Confidentiality shared with the NDA? Not confidential Seychelles’ is prone to recurrent cyclones, strong winds, storm surges, swells heavy rainfall, flashfloods,landslides and forest fires. The islands’ small size and very low elevation expose populations and built-up areas to these hazards. Most of country’s A.16. Project/Programme settlements, critical infrastructure, tourism establishments, seats of Govt offices all rationale, objectives and located within close proximity of the shoreline. Exposure is increased with increase in approach of extreme weather events, and sea level rise as indicated by downscaled climate programme/project (max projections. The project shall provide least cost non structural solutions and enabling 100 words) environment for adaptation in fisheries, agriculture, water, tourism, urban planning, sea transport, health, and disaster management sectors through user-focused climate services and user capacity for climate applications. Simplified Approval Process CONCEPT NOTE Template V.1 GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 2 OF 2 B. Project / Programme details (max. 3 pages) B.1. Context and Baseline (max. 1 page) The Seychelles is vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, coastal floods, and storm surge. An archipelago of 115 islands, about 100 of the islands are generally low-lying and the country’s main islands -- Mahé, Praslin, and La Digue have mountains with steep slopes. Tropical cyclones, combined with wind, flood,landslides, and storm surge hazards, have generated significant damage in recent years 2. In 2013, Tropical Storm Felleng brought heavy rainfall, which led to severe flooding and landslides causing damages and losses over USD 8.4 Million . Additionally, in April 2016, Tropical Cyclone Fantala passed near the Seychelles’ Farquhar Group,extensive damages to nearly all buildings and significantly impacting communities and livelihoods in the archipelago.3 This caused around losses of USD 15 million4. Coastal flooding combined with spring tides such as May 2007 event cause siginificant damages to coastal livelihoods and infrastucure .5 Drought induced forest fires is also major concen. With an economy based primarily upon tourism and fisheries, climate change presents significant risks to Seychelles’ sustainable development. As flooding, coastal erosion and sea-level rising are existing and emerging concerns, exposing about 90 percent of the nation’s economic development and livelihood concentrated along the narrow coastal zones to serious threats.6 Seychelles 4000 farms spread over 600 hectare are also exposed to uneven distribution of rainfall entailing high cost of cultivation and yield reductins . The Government of Seychelles has increased its natural disaster and climate resilience efforts in recent years. Following a 2002 tropical storm, the government established the National Risk and Disaster Management Secretariat in 2004 to provide permanent assistance to the National Disaster Committee (NDC). The NDC, restructured in 2006 to become th Division of Risk and Disaster Management (DRDM), . In 2014, Seychelles adopted a disaster risk management (DRM) Act, which establishes the country’s first comprehensive legal DRM framework. The Act designates the DRDM as the national body responsible for preparing a national DRM plan and strategy and implementing an integrated emergency management and coordination system. In 2017 Seychelles restructured Syschelles Meteorological Service into Seychelles Meteorological Authority ( SMA) Additionally, the Seychelles Climate Change Strategy, formulated in 2009, sets preliminary guidelines for mainstreaming climate change into the country’s development. It also addresses related policy, institutions, capacity building, and civil society involvement. The Second National Communication ( 2011 ) advocated priority measuers for Climate Change Adaptation mesures.To further advance its DRM and climate resilience agenda, the Government of Seychelles is prioritizing: Providing a strong institutional basis for disaster risk reduction at local and national levels; Identifying, assessing, and monitoring disaster risk and enhancing early warning; and,Mainstreaming climate change considerations into national policies, strategies, and plans. SMA re-organized in 2017 needs considerable capacity building to meet existing and emegering demands from user sectors . However, SMA continues to face numerous challenges, including lack of staff in weather forecasting, service delivery and equipment maintenance, limited observation network, and low computing power and no capacity for impact forecasting Technical, institutional and financial issues are major barriers .The CRIC project aims to address these issues, and provide an enabling environment for adaptation actions in agriculture, water, health, disaster management, fisheries, sea transport tourism and urban planning etc. 2 between 1980 -2013 Damage due natural disaters reported is USD 40.1 milliom World Bank Report Number 88264 SC ( 2014 ) 3 GFDRR Seychelles 4 http://www.drdm.gov.sc/tropical-cyclone-bondo-and-fantala/ 5 Second National Communication to UNFCC 2011 6 ibid Simplified Approval Process CONCEPT NOTE Template V.1 GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 3 OF 2 B.2. Project / Programme description (max. 1 page) The proposed project shall enhance early warning and service delivery systems through impact-based forecasting. This includes the following components: Component 1: Integrated observation, forecasting and communication systems and procedures 1. Improvement of observation, monitoring and forecasting systems, based on needs and capacities of SMA. This includes establishing appropriate observation systems in high-risk/highly vulnerable islands, development of multi-hazard impact-based forecasting models, upgrade of forecasting procedures to ensure effective use of global and regional products, as well as systematization of forecast verification, recording, and publication. 2. Upgrade of information, communication, and IT systems as applicable to SMA needs/requirements