Capacity building for climate change adaptation in South Asia

Water and agricultural systems are highly vulnerable to climate change. The increased frequencies and uncertainties of recurring extreme events like floods and droughts are causing disasters to these systems. It is time to get prepared and informed enough to make these systems resilient to climate-related shocks. Agricultural and water resources management agencies as well as communities lack the capacity to deal with such overarching challenges, especially in South Asia. The region needs to develop the capacity of these organizations and communities to adopt the climate-smart agricultural and water management practices and become resilient to such climate associated vulnerabilities.

The Capacity Building for Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia project intends to build the institutional capacity of public and private sector partners as well as the farming communities to cope with climate change challenges in water and agriculture sectors in South Asia, namely Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Stakeholders and communities will be trained to adopt the climate-smart agricultural and water management approaches, practices and measures and make informed decisions to develop resilience to climate-related vulnerabilities. This project is a component of the World Bank-funded Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) Program implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center.

This capacity building initiative aims will lead to enabled public and private sector organizations and farming communities to develop climate resilience in water and agricultural systems. It will improve these systems’ performance against climate shocks and enhance food and livelihood security in the countries of project implementation.