The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) is proud to release a new Adaptation Brief in its ongoing series of highlighting what works in climate interventions across the globe.

The latest ND-GAIN Adaptation Brief highlights the Supporting Vulnerable Communities in the Maldives to Manage Climate Change-Induced Water Shortages project from the Maldives, funded by the Green Climate Fund, the Maldives Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) and the United Nations Development Fund and implemented through the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology of the Government of the Maldives, UNDP, and the Maldives Meteorological Service. This project successfully improved infrastructure and technical capacity to secure year-round, safe, reliable, and uninterrupted water supply to the nearly 105,000 residents of the most vulnerable outer islands/atolls of the small island state.

With a focus on policy or investment strategies, ND-GAIN’s Adaptation Briefs aim to highlight in-country progress toward adaptation. Cases are selected based on general screening criteria, including time frame of the intervention, location of implementation, and sufficient validated outcomes. Each brief includes rationale for selection, context and description of the intervention, funding sources, implementation partners, relevant intermediate and impact outcomes, and considerations for generalization of the intervention approach. The Adaptation Briefs seek to highlight ‘what works’ in adaptation for complex challenges - and across a diverse set of projects and geographies. Examples range from alleviating food insecurity in South Sudan, securing clean water in Bangladesh, and greening interventions in low income neighborhoods in the United States.

If you are interested in sharing a good example for our Adaptation Brief series, please email the ND-GAIN team at ndgain@nd.edu.

Click here to read the Adaptation Briefs.