Sustainable mountain development in East Africa in a changing climate

Table 1: Relevant programmes or projects implemented in different mountain areas of East Africa (continued)

Project

Country

Purpose/objectives

Implementation

Results and impacts

Climate change adaptation

Climate change and development – adapting by reducing vulnerability in Bale Mountain

Ethiopia

Reduce vulnerability to climate change

2008–2012

Improved knowledge, skills and partnership supporting systematic mainstreaming of climate change risks; improved capacity in prioritizing and implementing cost-effective measures Climate Change related threats to key attributes of Mt Kenya’s impressive landscape studied and managed including improved integrity and connectivity of the Site and increased capacity to manage the site. Capacities of local population enhanced, capacities to adapt to climate change and variability, the benefits of which are to continue long after the end of the project; Lessons learned and best practices disseminated and up-scaled.

Climate Change Adaptation Programme 2010-2020

Kenya

Enhancing resilience of Mount Kenya’s Outstanding Universal Values to climate change

Ongoing beginning 2013

Enhancing Climate Risk Management and Adaptation in Burundi 2010 to 2014

Burundi

Integrating relevant information on climate change, including variability, into national and subnational decision-making processes for better awareness, preparedness and adaptation, through enhanced capacity of the population to adapt to climate change and reduce vulnerability

Implemented 2010–2014

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