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Cross-Cutting Themes: Climate Resilience

The SADC Groundwater Management—Phase II project Nature-Based Solutions, Ecosystems, and
strengthened national focal groups, expanded the SADC
Groundwater Information Portal (with time‑series and Climate-Responsive Planning
remote‑sensing integration), and delivered sub‑grants that The South Sudan Transboundary Waters Support Program
directly improve resilience (e.g., monitoring networks, solar‑ launched a strategic study of hydrological services of the Sudd
powered water supplies, telemetric observation, aquifer wetlands to quantify flood regulation and basin hydrological

characterization). Sub-grants in Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, balance contributions. Support to the RCRP included climate-
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe smart investment site selection in the Cubango-Okavango and
are enhancing groundwater security and data for drought Zambezi basins. The Zambezi “Navigating the Future” analysis

management, benefiting an estimated 598,000 people: 71 percent updates the MSIOA and assesses options for sustainable Lake
of stakeholders self-report using knowledge products. Policy work Kariba management under climate variability.
(e.g., the revised SADC Water Policy) embeds climate/groundwater
and gender inclusivity across Member States.
Institutional Capacity, Cooperation, and Citizen
In West Africa, CIWA supported regulatory design for groundwater‑ Engagement for Climate Resilience
dependent ecosystems (e.g., in the Niger basin), trained agencies
on water harvesting planning tools, and prepared the DREVE NCCR and NBI entities (Nile‑SEC, ENTRO, NELSAP‑CU) scaled dam
regional initiative to scale climate‑resilient irrigation, groundwater, safety capacity, operationalized early warning, and expanded
and transboundary water security across the Senegal and Niger analytics services to make climate‑risk information actionable
basins and key aquifers. Ministers agreed to accelerate investments for planning and operations. Targeted training on Earth Observation,
toward 1 million ha of irrigation by 2035, GeoGLOWS, and planning models support sustained, climate-aware
anchored in drought resilience decision making by national and basin institutions. Support to the
and efficient water use. RCRP convened regional and national actors (e.g., SADC-hosted

workshops) to build capacity for accessing climate finance and
carbon markets and improving water resources management under
climate variability. Follow-on events will focus on transboundary
management, O&M for resilience, and flood risk management.

Mitigation Co-benefits from Resilient
Water Infrastructure
The climate mitigation actions in FY25 were related to gradually
realizing investments in groundwater utilization and solar
pumping through the Untapping Resilience program and the
SADC-phase II project.

The World Bank partnered with other multilateral development
banks to launch a common approach for measuring climate
outcomes. This approach pivots from mostly measuring the

volume of climate finance (or climate co-benefits) to also

measuring the results of financing. This was associated with
expanding the Paris Alignment requirements and climate co-
benefit assessments to all recipient-executed operations,

including trust funds. The first CIWA operation, the NCSCR

project, to undergo this methodology was approved in

FY25. The project is classified as 100 percent climate

finance (100 adaptation, 0 mitigation), because all its
activities are designed to:

• BUILD COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
• ENHANCE CLIMATE DATA COLLECTION AND USE,
• EMPOWER WOMEN AND YOUTH IN CLIMATE
ADAPTATION, AND
• SUPPORT TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION FOR
CLIMATE RESILIENCE.

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