ECOWAS, klimatanpassning ECOWAS, Climate Change Adaptation - RBM support The Economic Community for West African States, ECOWAS has applied to Sida for funding of XX SEK to carry out its Strategic Programme on Reduction of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in West Africa during the period 2013-2017.

The contribution seeks to mitigate the vulnerability of people and societies in West Africa to the ongoing climate change. ECOWAS will contribute to solving this problem by:
i) increasing ECOWAS’ internal capacity to deal with climate change by establishing a permanent climate change unit in its commission
ii) strengthening the negotiation capacity of its member states in the UNFCCC  negotiations
iii) promoting mainstreaming of climate change aspects into policies, programmes and projects at sub-regional and national levels
iv) enhancing the capacity of key organisations in the sub-region to monitor climate change, climate change impacts and vulnerability
v) strengthening the capacity of the government departments in the region to access, store and manage climate change data
vi) developing and promoting local adaptation strategies to enhance the resilience of the  people and ecosystems most vulnerable to the effects of climate change
vii) strengthening the communications and networking capacity for cc adaptation among key actors in the sub-region
viii) mobilizing funding for further financing of the Strategic Programme
ix) developing a wider programme for implementation of the Strategic Programme, beyond the activities targeted by this support
x) improving the sub-regional capacity to manage climate change concerns
The intervention’s total budget is 53.1million SEK, out of which 43.7 MSEK will be covered by Sida. The overall objective is to strengthen and develop the resilience and adaptability of West Africa to climate change. This will be done by   implementing the initial activities of the Strategic Programme of Action for Reduction of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate       Change in West Africa agreed by the ECOWAS states. This will be a continuation of the contribution 51000035.