Multi-Stakeholder Climate Risk Dialogue: Kenya-South Sudan link road refurbishment project 

The Multi Stakeholder Dialogue on Climate Hazards will be the opportunity to present and discuss the preliminary results and the initial climate hazard assessment to the project stakeholders.

Event description:

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is organizing a Multi Stakeholder Dialogue on Climate Hazards, to support the Leseru-Kitale and Morpus-Lokichar road upgrade project, on Tuesday 25 April 2023 at 9am in Nairobi, Kenya.

This initiative is implemented as part of the African Adaptation Acceleration Program, a joint initiative from GCA, the African Union and the African Development Bank, to increase access to climate finance and mainstream climate adaptation in investment projects.

In this context, GCA is overall implementing the following activities to support the Leseru-Kitale and Morpus-Lokichar road upgrade project, with the consortium Royal HaskoningDHV, Lobelia, and Rebel Group:

• High granularity understanding and mapping of current and future climate hazards.
• Detailed climate risks assessment.
• Downstream adaptation and resilience options appraisal for the project, focused on Operations and Maintenance phase and Nature-based solutions if applicable.
• Technical guidelines for climate-resilient transport asset management.