Background

The Liberian capital Monrovia is particularly vulnerable to climate effects, namely sea level rise and the increased frequency of high-intensity storms. This has resulted in coastal erosion and shoreline retreat, which threatens the sustainability of ecosystem services and directly impacts Monrovians' fishery-based livelihoods of approximately 55,000 Monrovians, 46% of whom are women.

The Monrovia Metropolitan Climate Resilience Project (MMCRP), financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Liberia (GoL) has been established with core aim to build the long-term climate resilience of coastal communities in Liberia by both addressing immediate adaptation priorities and creating an enabling environment for up-scaling coastal adaptation initiatives to other parts of Monrovia and Liberia.

The MMCRP will address these vulnerabilities by:

1. building a coastal revetment on 1050m of coastline at West Point-ensuring landings for fishing boats (Output 1);
2. improving the management of Liberia’s coastal zone by developing capacity for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Output 2); and

iii.        supporting the development of gender- and climate-sensitive livelihoods and improving the resilience of climate-sensitive livelihoods in Monrovia (Output 3).

The project is expected to enhance coastal protection, foster improved coastal management, and present local communities with diversified climate-resilient livelihoods.