United Nations Development Programme Country: Maldives Project Document Enhance National Capacity for Disaster Risk Project Reduction and Management in Maldives UNDAF Outcome(s): UNDAF Outcome 9: Enhanced capacities at national and local levels to support low carbon lifestyles, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction CP Outcome 3: Sustainable management of Expected CP Outcome(s): environment enhanced at decentralized levels to (Those linked to the project and extracted from the increase livelihoods resilience in a changing climate CPAP) CP Output 3.4: Ability of vulnerable communities Expected Output(s): enhanced to evaluate and select appropriate options (Those that will result from the project and extracted to adapt to climate and related vulnerabilities and to from the CPAP) reduce disaster risks Implementing Partner: National Disaster Management Centre Agreed by (Implementing Partner): Agreed by UNDP: Disaster Risks in the Maldives The Maldives is comprised of less than 1% land mass (non-contiguous) and more than 99% sea waters. Most of the islands (80%) have an elevation of only 1 meter above sea level and none are elevated as much as 3 meters above sea level. This is of great concern as Maldives being the sixth smallest state (in land area) comprises of about 1,192 islands, of which 200 are inhabited with a population of some 0.3 million. Land scarcity is a given physical vulnerability for this island-nation
United Nations Development Programme Country: Maldives Project Document Project Enhance National Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Maldives UNDAF Outcome(s): UNDAF Outcome 9: Enhanced capacities at national and local levels to support low carbon lifestyles, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction Expected CP Outcome(s): (Those linked to the project and extracted from the CPAP) CP Outcome 3: Sustainable management of environment enhanced at decentralized levels to increase livelihoods resilience in a changing climate Expected Output(s): (Those that will result from the project and extracted from the CPAP) CP Output 3.4: Ability of vulnerable communities enhanced to evaluate and select appropriate options to adapt to climate and related vulnerabilities and to reduce disaster risks Implementing Partner: National Disaster Management Centre Agreed by (Implementing Partner): Agreed by UNDP: Disaster Risks in the Maldives The Maldives is comprised of less than 1% land mass (non-contiguous) and more than 99% sea waters. Most of the islands (80%) have an elevation of only 1 meter above sea level and none are elevated as much as 3 meters above sea level. This is of great concern as Maldives being the sixth smallest state (in land area) comprises of about 1,192 islands, of which 200 are inhabited with a population of some 0.3 million. Land scarcity is a given physical vulnerability for this island-nation
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