In VIDEO: Adaptation Fund Country Exchange in Semarang and Pekalongan, Indonesia

The Adaptation Fund (AF) and co-host Kemitraan, the Fund’s accredited national implementing entity (NIE) in Indonesia, brought together local government leaders and 20 of AF’s NIEs from across the globe to meet in Central Java last June for a country knowledge exchange and visit to an AF-funded project in Pekalongan City.

The 5-day exchange, focused on the theme of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation, included three days of workshops in which Kemitraan shared its project development processes, criteria and background, and NIEs exchanged experiences with their own projects around the world in a knowledge fair. It also included a visit to the innovative AF-funded coastal management project in Pekalongan that is implemented by Kemitraan, and is helping vulnerable communities adapt and build resilience to sea level rise through a variety of adaptation approaches. WATCH VIDEO

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Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Pekalongan City

The AF-funded project in Pekalongan implemented by Kemitraan is developing innovative and novel interventions to adapt to sea level rise, including mangrove restoration, construction of wave deflection barriers, and creation of environmentally-friendly livelihoods and tools to build resilience against climate change. WATCH VIDEO

Social Forest-Food & Water Management Project in Sulawesi

Another AF-funded project carried out by Kemitraan on the island of Sulawesi focuses on enhancing food security and diversification by implementing adaptive technologies, social forestry schemes and mangrove rehabilitation across 15 climate-vulnerable villages. It aims to improve coastal governance, foster creative industry development and empower local women and vulnerable groups. WATCH VIDEO

About the Adaptation Fund

Since 2010, the Adaptation Fund has committed over US$ 1.1 billion for climate change adaptation and resilience projects and programs, including 165 concrete, localized projects in the most vulnerable communities of developing countries around the world with over 43 million total beneficiaries. About half of its projects are in Least Developed Countries or Small Island Developing States. It also pioneered Direct Access and Enhanced Direct Access, empowering countries to access funding and develop local projects directly through accredited national implementing entities.

AF Media Contact: Matthew Pueschel, [email protected]