LDCF Sudan

Population: 45.6 million
CO2 emissions per capita: 0.3 ton

Region	Country	NAPA submission date	Implementing Agency	Status of follow-up projects
East Africa	Sudan	june 2007	NAPA: UNDP  Follow-up: UNDP	Council approved

Almost a continent

Sudan is a vast country (2,505,810 sq km) which spans various ecozones and climate transitions which makes the interpretation of climate projections complicated.
Average annual temperatures in Sudan are likely to increase between 0.8-1.7 degree C by 2030, accompanied by increasing rainfall variability and decreasing annual rainfall amounts. These effects will have a significant impact on the food security of Sudan, a country where water resources are already limited and soil fertility is low.

Sudan and the NAPA

The NAPA was completed at a mid-point of the LDC Fund duration so far. The process of compiling the NAPA was an interesting one as a set of sub-regional teams were established and adaptation planning specific to areas of the country were developed. These have subsequently been developed into sub-regional projects under the overall “Implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience in the agriculture and water sectors to the adverse impacts of climate change” initiative which has gained LDC Fund Council approval. Sudan has suffered unrest and internal conflict as the NAPA was developed.
The Sudanese NAPA prioritises adaptation options that focus on agriculture, and recognise farmers that use traditional rain-fed techniques and pastoralists as among the most vulnerable to climate risks.

The project selected for submission to the GEF is entitled “Implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience in the agriculture and water sectors to the adverse impacts of climate change in Sudan”. The project objective is to implement an urgent set of measures that will minimise and reverse the food insecurity and enhance the adaptive capacity of small-scale farmers and pastoralists resulting from climate change, including variability.
The project focuses on three areas:
• water resources management;
• rain-fed agricultural production;
• and rangeland productivity.
In addition the project also aims to promote the mainstreaming of short term climatic risks into policy and planning frameworks, enhance institutional capacity building, and implement monitoring and evaluation systems.

The Sudanese project places a great deal of emphasis on facilitating learning from pilot activities to inform future adaptation actions, because of the recognition that, according to the NAPA, there is not yet any specific adaptation work being carried out in Sudan. The implementation of priorities identified in the NAPA therefore represents a significant opportunity for Sudan to take action on adaptation and integrate evidence-based lessons on adaptation into national planning.