Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia

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The objective of the Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project is to contribute to an enabling environment for climate-resilient policies and investments in select sectors and countries in South Asia. The Project has three components. 1. Evidence-based Climate Smart Decision Making component will develop platforms to enhance access to data for resilient planning and investments, including hazard and climate variability data, climate impact knowledge and other sector-specific data. 1.1. Expanding South Asia Region (SAR) Regional Resilience Data and Analytics Services (RDAS) subcomponent will support the development of a public domain data and analytics platform, namely the Regional Resilience Data and Analytics Service (RDAS) Platform to make climate-informed policy, planning and investment decisions for climate resilient development. 1.2. Strengthening national-level sectoral decision support systems (DSS) for the Participating countries subcomponent will provide support to enable the Participating Countries in developing or enhancing their respective interactive decision support system (DSS) platforms. 1.3. Trainings for Climate-Informed Decision-Making subcomponent will support policymakers and other users (i) within the South Asia region, in utilizing the data and RDAS platform for climate-informed planning and decision-making through the provision of trainings at the regional level; (ii) within the Participating Countries in utilizing the data and DSS platforms for climate-informed planning and decision-making in various sectors through the provision of trainings at the national and sub-national levels. 2. Enhancing Policies, Standards and Capacities for Climate Resilient Development component has the following subcomponents: 2.1. Advisory services for policy and investment interventions subcomponent will support the Participating Countries, to develop and/or strengthen evidence-based resilient policies, strategies and action/investment plans within the Participating Countries for mainstreaming climate resilience. 2.2. Promoting Climate Resilient Design and Standards for South Asia Region subcomponent will facilitate (i) the development of regional climate-resilient guidelines; and (ii) strengthen national and/or sectoral standards. 2.3. Implementation Support to Climate-Risk Management Solutions for Participating Countries subcomponent will support capacity building and technical support across the Participating Countries. 2.4. Innovation for Climate Adaptation and Resilience subcomponent will support innovative and disruptive technology solutions for resilience. 3. Project Management and Specialized Support component t will provide assistance for (i) the establishment and operation of the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) Project Implementation Unit (PIU); (ii) Project implementation and supervision of Component 1 of the Project, (iii) monitoring and evaluation; (iv) Training; (v) carrying out of relevant studies for climate impacts and related interventions, inclusive and gendered practices in climate resilient planning and investments; and (vi) financing of Incremental Operating Costs.