Integrated climate adaptation solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region I

This integrated climate adaptation solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region (ICAS-HKH) project aims to increase resilience to climate change impacts and improve the livelihoods of rural women Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Bangladesh Bhutan and Nepal. Reviving springs and managing springsheds are crucial for water security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya especially amid climate change challenges. Working primarily with women ICAS-HKH aims to support communities women’s and Indigenous Peoples’ groups and local institutions to design and implement gender-responsive interventions to improve springshed management address water scarcity and provide renewable energy technology for irrigation systems. ICAS-HKH seeks to promote the development and implementation of policies strategies and guidelines by local government institutions to enable the scaling up of the approach. It also aims to enhance the capacity of beneficiaries to access other sources of climate adaptation funding to sustain this approach in the long term.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced adoption of the springshed specific gender responsive integrated adaptation solutions packages (IASP) for climate change adaptation by women's groups Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) networks and local institutions in Bangladesh Bhutan and Nepal; (2) increased development and implementation of gender responsive policies strategies and guidelines by sub-national institutions in Bangladesh Bhutan and Nepal that enable scaling of the springshed specific gender responsive IASP; and (3) increased use of climate finance by women’s groups and IPLC networks for implementing the gender responsive IASP in Bangladesh Bhutan and Nepal.