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UN Climate Fund Backs USD30M For Mandera Triangle Project

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The Adaptation Fund has approved a USD30 million grant for a five-year regional climate resilience project across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

The Adaptation Fund approved a USD30 million grant for a five-year regional climate resilience project in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
The initiative targets pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities vulnerable to recurring droughts and floods in cross-border areas.
Implemented by the UNDP, the project will directly benefit 500,000 people across Kenya’s Mandera County, Somalia’s Gedo Region, and Ethiopia’s Liben and Afder zones.
An additional 1.2 million people are expected to benefit indirectly through improved early warning systems and regional climate adaptation measures.
The approval was granted during the Adaptation Fund Board’s 47th meeting in Bonn, Germany, as part of USD98.8 million in new climate adaptation financing.
Acute malnutrition in the target areas reaches up to 35 percent during peak drought periods.
The program will strengthen early warning systems, restore degraded rangelands, upgrade water systems, and expand income-generating opportunities.
Implementing partners include Ethiopia’s Ministry of Planning and Development, Kenya’s National Drought Management Authority, Somalia’s Ministry of Finance, and IGAD.
The Adaptation Fund has reached a record-breaking active project pipeline of USD2 billion and established a resource mobilization target of at least USD1.2 billion for 2026–2029.
The Board emphasized transitioning the Fund exclusively to serve the Paris Agreement, a move set to be finalized at COP31.