Title:
Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region I
Agreement Number:
7465832 P013610001
Agreement Value:
$14,650,000.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 20, 2025 - Mar 31, 2029
Description:
This Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (ICAS-HKH) project aims to increase resilience to climate change impacts and improve the livelihoods of rural women, Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The revival of springs and improved management of springsheds - the areas of land that contribute groundwater to a spring - are vital to ensuring present and future water security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, a region that faces significant challenges from climate change. Working primarily with women, ICAS-HKH aims to support communities, women’s and Indigenous Peoples’ groups and local institutions to design and implement gender-responsive interventions to improve springshed management, address water scarcity and provide renewable energy technology for irrigation systems. ICAS-HKH seeks to promote the development and implementation of gender-responsive policies, strategies and guidelines by local government institutions to enable the scaling up of the approach. It also aims to enhance the capacity of beneficiaries to access other sources of climate adaptation funding to sustain this approach in the long term. Project activities include: (1) promoting sustainable land management practices and installing renewable energy technology for irrigation such as solar panels and pumps; (2) building the capacity of policy and decision-makers to strengthen the enabling environment for scaling up the integrated climate adaptation approach beyond the pilot sites, including through policy recommendations, knowledge-sharing events, workshops and joint monitoring visits; and (3) identifying climate adaptation funding sources and building the capacity of women’s groups and Indigenous Peoples’ and local community networks to design climate adaptation projects, prepare investable proposals and access funding.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced adoption of the springshed specific, gender responsive Integrated Adaptation Solutions Packages (IASP) for climate change adaptation by women's groups, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) networks, and local institutions in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal; (2) increased development and implementation of gender responsive policies, strategies, and guidelines by sub-national institutions in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal that enable scaling of the springshed specific, gender responsive IASP; and (3) increased use of climate finance by women’s groups and IPLC networks for implementing the gender responsive IASP in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
Location:
KATHMANDU, NP 03226
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q4-00122
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
6000000000000
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
International Centre For Integrated
Federal Riding Name:
Not Coded
Federal Riding Number:
NA
Program:
Grants - Multilateral Programming
Program Purpose:
Subvention Programmation multilatérale