Project profile — Pilot Program for Climate Resilience

• Africa, regional (34.00%)
• America, regional (33.00%)
• Asia, regional (33.00%)

• Water And Sanitation: Water sector policy and administrative management (14010) (25.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (25.00%)
• General Environmental Protection: Environmental policy and administrative management (41010) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (principal objective)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) aims to strengthen national climate resilience strategies in up to ten pilot countries chosen for their vulnerability to climate shocks; to integrate climate adaptation measures and approaches within national and sectoral development policies, plans and programs; and to capture important knowledge and lessons, including the identification of proven climate adaptation models for resource management and infrastructure programs. The PPCR consists of two phases: (i) a technical assistance phase to build the capacity of the host government to develop its climate resilient national development program and integrate it within national plans and budgets; and (ii) a program financing phase to provide financial resources for the implementation of climate resilient program activities. Activities are country-led and financed through grants from the World Bank, as Trustee, to one or a combination of multilateral development banks, selected by pilot countries as implementing partners. The participating multilateral development banks are the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Results achieved as of March 2017 include: (1) the PPCR has approved 59 projects totalling US$974 million, of which US$244.9 million (25%) has been disbursed to projects. As a result of the PPCR’s active projects, over 2.8 million beneficiaries have been reached to date, 1.4 million of which are women; (2) PPCR-supported tools, instruments, strategies and activities have also helped 7,000 public entities and 44,000 businesses adapt to the impacts of climate change. Once all PPCR funding has been disbursed to projects, the PPCR is expected to reach 39.6 million people, 20 million of which will be women; (3) an example of a PPCR project currently being implemented is the Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project in Bangladesh which is being delivered by the Asian Development Bank. The PPCR has provided US$30 million in funding towards this project which is supporting 12 climate vulnerable coastal districts by climate-proofed roads and bridges, and improving drainage structures to handle added run-off projected by future climate scenarios. Community capacity building has also been integrated, and since the project began over 150 training sessions on climate proofing rural infrastructure have been organized; and (4) the project is also upgrading 88 growth centers and large markets through paved trading areas, sheds, water supply, drainage and sanitation facilities, and market offices, with 15 percent of space allocated to women.

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