Strengthening Climate Resilience in Livelihoods and Coastal Ecosystems of the Central Pacific of Panama

The Program will increase the resilience of the communities and their livelihoods in the coastal zone of the Central Pacific of Panama, through the generation of climate information applied to the development of tools and plans that guide key adaptation actions and the strengthening of actors' capacities, whileimproving the management of high-value ecosystems as sinks of blue carbon and other important ecosystem services they provide. To achieve this, the Program has identified three specific objectives:▪ Specific objective 1: Generate greater resilience in essential livelihoods through climate-smart management and productive diversification actions; as well as the development of actions for the conservation and restoration of high value coastal marine ecosystems.▪ Specific objective 2: Improve local and national capacity to respond to climate threats by developing effective tools for science-based decision-making, as well as risk reduction systems with a nature-based approach.▪ Specific objective 3. Build and improve climate governance, the management and appropriation of knowledge on the matter, at the local, regional, and national levels, for the implementation of tangible adaptation and resilience measures to climate change.