The Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC)
project is currently in the implementation stage, as
it is scheduled for 2004 to 2007. MACC is
implemented by the World Bank, with funding of USD
$5 million from GEF. The executing agency is the
CARICOM Secretariat located in Georgetown, Guyana.
In-kind participants include the Government of
Canada and the Government of the United States of
America through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
The project’s main objective is to mainstream
climate change adaptation strategies into the
sustainable development agendas of the small island
and low-lying states of CARICOM. MACC will adopt a
learning-by-doing approach to capacity building,
consolidating the achievements of CPACC and ACCC. It
will build on the progress achieved in these past
projects by furthering institutional capacity,
strengthening the knowledge base, and deepening
awareness and participation.
The participating countries are: Antigua and
Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and
Nevis, St. Vincent, and Trinidad and Tobago.
MACC has five major components. These
components are:
- Building capacity to identify climate change
risks – Among other things, this will include
strengthening networks to monitor impacts on
regional climate, downscaling global climate
models, and developing impact scenarios;
- Building capacity to reduce vulnerability to
climate change;
- Building capacity to effectively access and
utilize resources to minimize the costs of
climate change;
- Public education and outreach; and
- Project management.
As MACC seeks to build capacity in a
cost-effective way, the expected outcomes of this
project include a full set of deliverables that will
be monitored and evaluated. This will contribute to
the long-term sustainability of project activities
and objectives, since participant countries will be
able to benefit from the project even when it is
completed.
Additionally, the capacity to formulate a
regional addenda and adaptation strategy to climate
change will be developed at the regional level.
Outcomes fall under three general themes, including:
- The mainstreaming of adaptation to climate
change into national and sectoral planning and
policies through the use of climate models
developed and customized through the project;
- A strong public education and outreach (PEO)
program and a comprehensive communications
strategy including all stakeholders in the
Caribbean mass media; and
- The creation of an environment conducive to
the implementation of measures for adaptation to
climate change.
MACC Project Components
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change
(CPACC) Project
Adapting to Climate Change in the Caribbean (ACCC)
Project
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