📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
Fujian Coastal Cities Climate-Resilient Development and Biodiversity Conservation Project
Project Number
58149-001
Country / Economy
China, People's Republic of
Project Status
Proposed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance
Loan
Source of Funding / Amount
Loan: Fujian Coastal Cities Climate Resilient Development and Biodiversity Conservation Project
Ordinary capital resources US$ 200.00 million
Sector / Subsector
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural flood protection - Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development - Water-based natural resources management
Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban flood protection - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development
Gender
Effective gender mainstreaming
Description
The proposed project in coastal province of Fujian in the PRC will address the significant climate change risks and hazards, and biodiversity loss challenges of two coastal cities. Project objectives will be to improve urban climate change resilience and biodiversity of two cities in coastal province of Fujian in the PRC. Lessons and potential replication will benefit also other coastal cities in Fujian Province and the PRC through a strategic knowledge partnership between the two cities, the province and the national government. Three outputs are proposed.
Output 1: Capacity of institutions for coastal climate and biodiversity action enhanced. This output will strengthen capacity of institutions and interagency coordination on risk-informed and gender-responsive climate and biodiversity conservation actions. This includes consulting services and investments in ICT platforms for shared monitoring and cross-agency coordination for urban resilience, early warning and biodiversity monitoring.
Output 2: Coastal cities resilience green and gray infrastructure and facilities improved. This output includes structural and non-structural measures, including green and gray flood risk management infrastructure, an emergency response center, and related digitalization equipment and cross-sector ICT platforms.
Output 3: Biodiversity conservation and enhancement measures in coastal wetlands and mangroves implemented. This output includes conservation of wetlands and mangroves in national nature reserves, and biodiversity habitat expansion through wetland and mangroves restoration and change to sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices in buffer and experimental zones to the protected areas.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Country context. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been moving from a growth-focused strategy towards quality and sustainability, with green and inclusive development. The PRC committed its nationally determined contributions for carbon emissions to peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. In 2022 it adopted a new climate change adaptation strategy
