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Project title

WATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH ECOHYDROLOGY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA (WECOAdapt)

Primary Funding Agency

Science Foundation Ireland

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Department of Foreign Affairs

Lead Organisation

University College Dublin

Lead Applicant

Not listed

Project Abstract

WECOAdapt validates and tests ecohydrology models in five pilot sites in Dar es Salaam (WP1-2) and applies a participatory backdating methodology to co-design adaptation pathways and options with the community and stakeholders in five Water-Land-Climate Co-design Labs (WP5-6). It will also co-develop sustainable adaptation finance mechanisms for supporting the implementation of a portfolio of adaptation options (WP7). The proposed solution is novel in combining the ecohydrology and adaptive social protection approaches, integrating them into adaptation planning for improving the understanding and management of drought and floods and ecosystems of sub-Saharan cities. WECOAdapt addresses the urgent need to enhance the resilience and adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities to climatic and anthropogenic stress and extreme events, and to ecosystem degradation. It focuses on reducing and preventing negative impacts of floods and drought and of unsustainable urban development, and on reversing the degradation of water and land resources and decline in biodiversity. The impact of this research will be considerable. It contributes to empowering communities, researchers and institutions through effective engagement, to improving their understanding and ability to design and implement adaptation options while improving water resources and ecosystems, and to strengthening the financial and social infrastructure to support adaptation in the future.

Grant Approved

�382,578.00

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

3. Climate Solutions, Transition Management and Opportunities

Start Date

01/02/2023

Initial Projected Completion Date

31/07/2024