SCCF Project “Enhancing Regional Climate Change Adaptation in the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Areas”
The SCCF project contributes to the overarching goal of Component 2 of the MedProgramme, which is to enhance sustainability and climate resilience in the coastal zone. As the only project of the MedProgramme devoted specifically to climate change adaptation, the SCCF Project is a response to the need for building the capacity of people and institutions to adapt to the impacts of climate change in coastal areas, which are especially vulnerable to these impacts. By identifying climate risks affecting the coast and the development of strategies to overcome or cope with these risks, the SCCF Project enhances both sustainability and climate resilience in the region.
Technical assistance in this project focuses on two main lines of action:
- mainstreaming climate change adaptation strategies in coastal plans;
- facilitating access to climate financing to scale up adaptation measures in the region.
The activities of the SCCF project are fully integrated with those of Child Project 2.1, in particular in regard to the preparation of the Coastal Plans. Through the SCCF project, particular attention has been given to developing strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change. In this way, important synergies are generated by the two linked projects, in terms of a common set of stakeholders, baseline data, management structures and integrated solutions, recommendations and measures.
The project is implemented in Albania, Algeria, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, and Tunisia.
The implementing agency is UNEP, the executing agency is UNEP/MAP, and the executing partners are PAP/RAC, Plan Bleu, and GWP-Med.
The following activities related to the coastal zone management component are implemented: