The project consists of working with participating countries to develop an inventory of glaciers and glacier lakes as well as a GLOF monitoring system.  The data gathered is used as the basis for early warning systems. The database is also used to determine the amount of total available water resources the region will have in the future.

The objective of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) Support Project is to generate and disseminate improved technologies in the participating countries’ top priority areas that are aligned with the region’s top priorities, as identified by Central Africa Counsel for Agricultural Research (CORAF). These include roots and tubers in Ghana; rice in Mali; and cereals in Senegal. The project has four main components. The first component is enabling conditions for regional cooperation in technology generation and dissemination.

A Monitoring and Early Warning System (MEWS) developed by partners of the Roll Back Malaria initiative in Southern Africa has been implemented by Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. The MEWS works by examining the factors that contribute to outbreaks of malaria and planning the response to such outbreaks.

Maize is one of the main staple foods in Southern Africa. However, droughts and poor soil often result in small harvests or even total harvest failure. The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa has been developing maize varieties with tolerance to drought, certain diseases and soil lacking in nutrients since 1996.

Climate change is the main factor responsible for the accelerated glacier retreat in the Himalayas. As this continues, major changes in freshwater flows will have dramatic effects on biodiversity, people, and their livelihoods. Glacial melting leads to an increase in water discharge, which is expected to increase the frequency of catastrophic flooding events such as GLOF. These events can have devastating consequences to infrastructure like bridges, dams and power generation stations, and communities living at downstream.

Mangroves are the most degraded forest habitats in the world and climate change threatens to make this situation worse. Rising sea level and increasing storm intensity/frequency make coastal systems extremely vulnerable. WWF is working to develop a generalizable approach to building the resilience of mangrove forests, and by extension associated coastal ecosystems and coral reefs. This project also aims to build the capacity of natural resource managers and communities to assess vulnerability to climate change and to develop management strategies to decrease vulnerability.

The Implementation of Adaptation Measures in Coastal Zones (GEF) Project aims to support efforts by Dominica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to implement specific (integrated) pilot adaptation measures addressing primarily the impacts of climate change on their natural resource base, especially on biodiversity and land degradation along coastal and near-coastal areas. The project also seeks to produce knowledge of global value on how to implement adaptation measures in small island states that can be applied in other countries in the region and the world.

PASOLAC (Programa para la Agricultura Sostenible en las Laderas de América Central) offers technical, methodological, and financial support to more than 50 member organizations that work with local farmers and communities on the hillsides to implement sustainable agriculture practices, particularly Sustainable Soil and Water Management (SSWM) techniques. The program is characterized by a participatory and demand-driven approach, which aims to build capacities and cooperation among member organizations and encourage long-term adoption of SSWM practices by farmers.

The overall goal of this project, conducted by the Caribbean Community Secretariat, is to facilitate the creation of an enabling environment in the small islands and coastal developing states of the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) for climate change adaptation.

To address the detrimental effects climate change has on regional economies, this project is developing regional adaptation strategies to counter these effects. This includes a case study for how to adapt marine protected area (MPA) network planning elements to encompass facets of bleaching resistance and coral resiliency. The project will initially include consultations with experts to assess how resilience information can be applied to the region.