The document summarizes integrated climate change strategies implemented by UNDP since 2008. It discusses several main areas of work, including mainstreaming climate change adaptation, developing national adaptation plans, building capacity on climate resilience, and establishing financing mechanisms. Over $2 billion has been invested across 64 countries through projects supporting livelihoods, food security, ecosystem protection, water resources, urban resilience, and early warning systems. Millions of people and large areas of land have benefitted from these initiatives.

1. Integrated climate change strategies
Mainstreaming integrated policy and planning for climate-resilient & sustainable development
$ 935
Million
from VF
108
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
Since 2008 and currently under implementation
$ 2.2
Billion
Co-financing
64 COUNTRIES 32 LDCs 12 SIDS
75 countries supported
with their NAP process
820+ development plans and policies created
mainstreaming adaptation and/or climate risks
58,653 people trained200+ interinstitutional
mechanisms established
SCCF
22
AF
89
LDCF
284
Bilaterals
21
GCF
519
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

2. Integrated climate change strategies
Mainstreaming integrated policy and planning for climate-resilient & sustainable development
Main areas of work
 Mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in policies, budgeting and planning processes at the regional,
national and sub-national level
 Development of NAPs
 Creating of institutional or civil committees to coordinate and strengthen efforts on adaptation
including 50% of women
 Capacity building of government institutions, CSOs and private sector actors on climate change adaptation,
climate risks, socio-economic gender-sensitive vulnerability assessment, financing strategies for adaptation
 Rural development
 Urban planning
 Design of financing strategies involving both private and public funds to sustain investments in adaptation
 Awareness raising of all layers of stakeholders

3. Cross-sectoral resilient livelihoods
Advancing sustainable economic development and promote the sharing of climate-smart tools and techniques
$ 614
Million
from VF
59
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 1.8
Billion
Co-financing
41 COUNTRIES 27 LDCs 8 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
82 million people benefit from
more resilient livelihoods
5.1 million people experienced a
30% increase in their annual
income
180 MSMEs supported to increase
their income and adaptive capacity
33 innovative financing
mechanisms established
SCCF
16
AF
59LDCF
225
GCF
314
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

4. Cross-sectoral resilient livelihoods
Advancing sustainable economic development and promote the sharing of climate-smart tools and techniques
Main areas of work
 Support to entrepreneurs and MSMEs with a special emphasis put on women entrepreneurs to create new
businesses, diversify business activities or improve the resilience of on-going activities
 Houses and public infrastructure such as roads and markets made more resilient to climate risks
 Promoting agricultural / on-farm / fisheries-relate income diversification and improved productivity
 Crop diversification, integrated farming systems (crop-animal-trees systems), apiculture,
 Regenerative agriculture to flip from carbon source to carbon sink (crop rotation, low/no-till, compost…)
 Quality and certification standards
 Value-added processing of agricultural products
 Diversification to different form of off-farm harvesting systems such as timber an non-timber forest products
 (fruits, nuts, mushrooms, medicinal plants, herbs, essences, furniture, rattans, fibers for construction, …)
 Livelihood diversification by off-farm non-forest income generating activities
 Job development in tourism sector, safety net-based jobs for project interventions such as cash-for-work
arrangements

5. Fostering resilience for food security
Coping with droughts, floods, changing rainfall patterns and other extreme weather events
$ 717
Million
from VF
63
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 1.7
Billion
Co-financing
43 COUNTRIES 27 LDCs 7 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
6.3 million smallholder farmers across
1,100+ communities benefit from more
resilient agriculture
552 crab, fish farms, nurseries and
vegetables gardens established
873,771 ha of agricultural land under
improved management
SCCF
16
AF
56LDCF
229
GCF
416
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

6. Fostering resilience for food security
Coping with droughts, floods, changing rainfall patterns and other extreme weather events
Main areas of work
 Climate-resilient / smart agriculture
 Resilient seeds or crop varieties, rotation, inter-cropping, crop-schedules, diversification
 Sustainable land management
 Land use, land management and rehabilitation, agro-forestry including silvo-pastoralism
 Watershed management
 Value-chain resilience
 Creation or increased resilience of community and public services systems
 Nurseries, seed/cereal/fodder/feed banks, farmer field schools, R&D
 Creation or increased resilience of fisheries
 Installation or restoration of irrigation systems
 Water-saving techniques and technologies at the farm level: Climate smart and water efficient irrigation practices including water harvesting,
soil improvement, and micro‐drip irrigation techniques
 Water conservation technologies and storage methods
 Reservoirs, water ponds, tanks, sand dams, water harvesting

7. Ecosystem-based adaptation
Preserving and restoring natural ecosystems that can provide cost-effective protection against climate change
$ 504
Million
from VF
39
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 1.4
Billion
Co-financing
31 COUNTRIES 20 LDCs 6 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
16,000 km of coastline protected
1.3 million ha of mangrove
and forests replanted
145,800 ha of marine and 2
million ha of land area protected
873,771 ha of agricultural land
under improved management
SCCF
16
AF
37LDCF
143
GCF
309
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

8. Ecosystem-based adaptation
Preserving and restoring natural ecosystems that can provide cost-effective protection against climate change
Main areas of work
 Ecosystem restoration and conservation (soft measures)
 Management of coastal / riverine / freshwater ecosystems protection against climate change threats (soft
measures)
 Sustainable land management
 Reforestation, restoration of land
 Establishment of protected land and marine areas

9. Climate resilient water resources and coastal management
Promoting integrated, ecosystem-based, climate resilient management of the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans
$ 764
Million
from VF
54
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 1.8
Billion
Co-financing
42 COUNTRIES 25 LDCs 8 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
16,000 km of coastline protected2.3 million people benefitting from
increased access to drinking water
150+ people trained on IWRM
and coastal protection
100+ water management plans
created at national and sub-
national levels
SCCF
16
AF
59
LDCF
151
GCF
539
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

10. Climate resilient water resources and coastal management
Promoting integrated, ecosystem-based, climate resilient management of the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans
Main areas of work
 Watershed management / catchment rehabilitation
 Effective conservation of water-storing ecosystems (headwater forests, micro-watershed rehabilitation etc.)
 Sustainable land management
 Improving access to drinking water and water for domestic usages
 Coastline protection through soft and hard measures
 Restoration of mangrove, construction of sea walls
 Promoting Integrated Water Resource Management systems
 Capacity building, development of water management plans

11. Climate urban resilience
Promoting climate-smart urban development and infrastructure
$ 214
Million
from VF
15
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 468
Million
Co-financing
13 COUNTRIES 9 LDCs 4 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
$ 220 million worth of infrastructure assets protected
50+ disaster risks reduction plan developed
at national and sub-national levels
SCCF
6
AF
9LDCF
69
GCF
131
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

12. Climate urban resilience
Promoting climate-smart urban development and infrastructure
Main areas of work
 Integrated urban development
 Climate-resilient urban services
 Climate resilient urban-infrastructure
 Risk-informed urban planning and budgeting
 Building adaptive capacity of urban poor
 Data down-scaling and urban risks and vulnerability assessments

13. Climate information and Early Warning Systems
Promoting access to climate information to improve livelihoods resilience and protect lives
$ 776
Million
from VF
69
Projects
Portfolio under implementation
$ 2.0
Billion
Co-financing
46 COUNTRIES 28 LDCs 8 SIDS
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territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
13.2 million people benefitting from
increased access to climate
information
860 automated weather
stations installed
245 early warning
systems installed
3,600+ technicians and officials
trained on climate data generation,
modelling and interpretation
SCCF
19
AF
66LDCF
234
GCF
457
Since 2008 and currently under implementation

14. Climate information and Early Warning Systems
Promoting access to climate information to improve livelihoods resilience and protect lives
Main areas of work
 Development of climate information infrastructure
 Procurement and installation of automatic / hydro weather stations
 Climate information dissemination
 Creation of climate information packages
 Climate information value chain development and increased resilience
 Capacity building for modelling and forecasting
 Ensuring the access to end users and promoting the use of weather forecasts and climate information bulletins by
beneficiaries
 Installation and development of Early Warning Systems to protect beneficiaries from climate risks