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

RegionLatin America
SectorHuman Health, Water Resources
ScaleNational
Settlement TypeRural
ObjectiveClimate-Proofing
ImpactsBiodiversity Loss, Land Degradation, Spread of Vector-Borne Diseases
TargetednessBuilding Response Capacity, Climate Risk Management
CountryColombia
Adaptation Strategies EmployedBuilding Institutions, Changing Natural Resource Management Practices , Establishing Monitoring and Early Warning Systems, Launching Planning Processes