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T1 Building Resilience of Urban Populations with Ecosystem-based Solutions in Lao PDR
A1 Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
K1 wetland
K1 drought control
K1 flood risk management
K1 waterway
K1 climate change adaptation
K1 Lao People's Democratic Republic
YR 2023
FD 2023-02
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41901
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41901
NO Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events in Lao PDR. This coupled with inadequate urban planning and drainage systems are leading to severe flooding in the major cities of Vientiane, Paksan, Savannakhet and Pakse. This project is building climate resilience of local communities in these cities through the implementation of an integrated approach to flood management to reduce the impacts of urban flooding and to help manage climate change induced floods in a long-term. The project activities include strengthening technical capacity and knowledge management for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), developing city-level flood management strategies, and implementing urban EbA solutions, including protecting and restoring wetlands and urban streams along the Mekong River. The project is also supporting the production and dissemination of information on local, regional, and international levels to build technical capacity for the implementation of urban EbA interventions. Overall, the project is contributing to a paradigm shift of urban flood management from hard ‘grey’ infrastructure towards innovative use of integrated ‘green’ infrastructure, such as urban EbA solutions.
NO https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-action/what-we-do/climate-adaptation/ecosystem-based-adaptation/ecosystem-19
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026