Ecuador is one of the countries most affected by the effects of climate change, since any increase in the intensity of climate threats such as droughts and floods implies imbalances in natural ecosystems, therefore, affectations in the provision of water for food crops and spread of tropical diseases such as dengue and malaria. 

According to the future climate projections made by the Third National Communication on Climate Change of Ecuador, they show that, if the current trend of temperature continues, the change that could be expected in Ecuador would be approximately an increase of 2°C until the end of the century; and, even, the Amazon and Galapagos would present increases higher than this value.  

The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) presented by Ecuador aims to implement policies, actions and efforts that promote the reduction of greenhouse gases, the increase of resilience and decrease vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change in the sectors prioritized in the National Climate Change Strategy. The adaptation component of the NDC includes the water food security and health sector. The NDC implementation plan has prioritized 21 activities in the food security sector, 12 activities, in the health sector and 16 activities in the water sector. Most of the activities are related to the mainstreaming of climate change in policy instruments and regulatory framework, capacity building and the development of research and technical tools for the three sectors.  

The main objective of this Readiness proposal is to strengthen governance and its institutional frameworks, through a process of capacity building, development of management tools for the inclusion of climate criteria in sectoral public policy and communication strategies, which allow integrate and generate synergies in the health, food security and water sectors, which have been prioritized in the adaptation component of the NDC.