The main objective of the project is to build climate resilience in vulnerable, poor communities in six provinces in Lao PDR through improving provincial adaptation capacity, and through building resilience in housing. The project will take a comprehensive approach to increase resilience in shelter and housing by working to improve and localise government adaptation systems as well as strengthening houses and community evacuation centers in selected vulnerable towns. This recognizes that there are many dimensions to building resilience in the housing sector, including policy, planning and regulation; capacity building; strengthening construction practices; and improving early warning and evacuation systems.
Increasing the adaptive capacity of communities and provincial institutions to develop and sustain community infrastructure and housing
Empowering with adaptive measures through the construction of community infrastructure and reconstruction and rehabilitation of houses.
Strengthening community awareness and mainstreaming adaptation into policy through advocacy and knowledge management
Lao PDR is experiencing climate change impacts both in the form of an increasing occurrence of extreme weather events, and also in changes in seasonal weather patterns. The most severe impacts result from floods, landslides, tropical storms, cyclones, and droughts. Impacts are borne in social, economic and environmental fields and include loss of life, population displacement, shelter destruction, and severe economic loss. It is estimated that 2.8% to 3.6% of Lao PDR’s annual GDP is lost due to floods alone. Essentially, climate change is having increasing adverse impacts on vulnerable communities and is hindering the achievement of development objectives.
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Building Back Better – Sanitation Poster 1 3524 downloads | Building Back Better, Resilient Housing | February 27, 2024 | Download |
Building Back Better – Shelter Poster 1 3439 downloads | Building Back Better, Resilient Housing | February 27, 2024 | Download |
Resilient Housing – Project Proposal 1 3239 downloads | Resilient Housing | February 27, 2024 | Download |
Resilient Housing – Inception Workshop Proceedings 1 753 downloads | Resilient Housing | July 19, 2024 | Download |