Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction & Early Warning
Local early warning systems and hazard mapping that shorten disaster response time.
Pillar 03
Climate Change Resilience
Enhance climate readiness, disaster risk management, and land rehabilitation to create more habitable environments.
Areas of Expertise
Where we advise and deliver
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Land restoration and nature-based solutions
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Disaster risk reduction and early warning systems
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03
Climate-adaptive livelihoods and green jobs
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Urban resilience and habitable land improvement
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Climate policy advisory and environmental governance
Strategic Objective
Enhance climate readiness, disaster risk management, and land rehabilitation to create more habitable environments.
Flagship Programmes
Four programmes, one pillar
Land Restoration & Nature-Based Solutions
Reforestation and soil stabilisation programmes that rehabilitate degraded land.
Climate-Adaptive Livelihoods & Green Jobs
Green jobs for youth across renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and ecotourism.
Urban & Peri-Urban Habitable Land Improvement Pilots
Pilots that improve the habitability of urban and peri-urban land under climate stress.
Scalable Project Models
From pilot to regional replication
Community-managed restoration sites using agroforestry, watershed management, and soil stabilisation.
Scalability
Can expand to thousands of hectares across East Africa.
Local early warning systems, hazard mapping, and first responder training.
Scalability
District-level DRR committees can be replicated nationwide.
Training youth in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and climate-smart enterprises.
Scalability
Green job hubs can be established in major cities and rural districts.
Measurable KPIs
- Hectares of degraded land rehabilitated
- Reduction in disaster response time in pilot areas
- Number of households with climate-adaptive livelihoods
Key Partners
Environmental agencies
UN agencies
Local communities
Research institutions
Private sector green investors
Integrated Programming
This pillar connects to…
Pillar 01
Human Capital & Social Development
Green jobs training draws on the same youth workforce pipelines built through employment pathways.
Pillar 02Regional Economic and Trade Development
Climate-smart enterprises rely on the finance and market-linkage tools this pillar provides.
Pillar 04Peace-Making & Institutional Building
Resource competition is a recurring driver of local conflict; restoration work is also peacebuilding.
Pillar 05Clean Water & Sustainable Green Energy Access
Solar-powered water systems and green logistics share this pillar's climate-adaptive infrastructure agenda.