Based on stakeholder consultations and stocktaking conducted in 2016 and 2018, the main barriers to climate change adaptation mainstreaming and financing adaptation measures for the long-term in Guinea are: (i) the absence of links connecting research to policy to inform decision-making processes; (ii) weaknesses in and/or fragmentation of existing coordination, M&E, and funding mechanisms; (ii) the absence of adaptation in the Planning-Programming-Budgeting-Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBSE) procedures; and (iv) lack of private sector involvement in the adaptation landscape.

The proposed project aims to overcome these barriers. Its objective is to increase Guinea’s adaptive capacity to cope with climate change impacts by establishing research to policy linkages for informed decision making and capturing opportunities that arise from both public funding and the private sector.