Colombia: Integrated National Adaptation Program
The overarching goal of this project is to support Colombia’s efforts to define and implement specific pilot adaptation measures and policy options to meet the anticipated impacts from climate change. Specific actions include: (1) strengthening capabilities to produce and disseminate climate information; (2) ecosystem planning to maintain biodiversity in Las Hermosas Massif; (3) protection of the Amoya watershed as a possible future hydropower source; (4) development of a land-use planning model to reduce impacts from climate change on land degradation; (5) improvement of productive agro-ecosystems and reduction of their socioeconomic vulnerability to climate change impacts; (6) implementation of physical adaptation measures in order to reduce the vulnerability of the Caribbean Insular area, especially with regard to changes in rainfall and temperature and sea-level rise; and (7) implementation of an Integrated Dengue and Malaria Surveillance and Control System to address increased exposure to tropical vector-borne diseases brought about by climate change. Link to Source
| Region | Latin America |
| Sector | Human Health, Water Resources |
| Scale | National |
| Settlement Type | Rural |
| Objective | Climate-Proofing |
| Impacts | Biodiversity Loss, Land Degradation, Spread of Vector-Borne Diseases |
| Targetedness | Building Response Capacity, Climate Risk Management |
| Country | Colombia |
| Adaptation Strategies Employed | Building Institutions, Changing Natural Resource Management Practices , Establishing Monitoring and Early Warning Systems, Launching Planning Processes |
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