SUNCASA

I-Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) iyiprojekthi yeminyaka emithathu ehlose ukuthuthukisa ukunika amandla okumelana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukulingana ngokobulili, ukubandakanya imiphakathi, kanye nokuvikelwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zezemvelo emiphakathini yasemadolobheni e-Ethiopia, eRwanda kanye naseNingizimu Afrika.

I-SUNCASA izohlomulisa abantu abayizidingi ezingu-2,2 abahlala ezindaweni ezisengozini yokuhlaselwa yizikhukhula eDire Dawa (e-Ethiopia), eKigali (eRwanda) naseJohannesburg (eNingizimu Afrika). Ixhaswe yi-Global Affairs Canada ngohlelo lwe-Partnering for Climate futhi ilethwe yi-IISD kanye ne-World Resources Institute, i-SUNCASA izosebenza ngokubambisana nezinhlangano eziningi zasezindaweni.

Lo msebenzi we-NbS ohlanganisa abantu bobulili obahlukahlukene uhlanganisa ukuvuselela kanye nokulondolozwa kwezindawo eziphakeme lapho imifula iqala khona ngohlelo lokutshala izihlahla, ukutshalwa kabusha kwamahlathi, ukuvuselelwa kwamahlathi, ukwakhiwa kwama-buffer zone, kanye nokutshalwa kwezihlahla emadolobheni.

IZINDAWO LO MSEBENZI OWENZELWA KUZO

eDire Dawa

I-SUNCASA izovuselela indawo okuhamba kuyo umfula i-Dechatu e-Dire Dawa, e-Ethiopia, okuzonciphisa ingozi yezikhukhula, ukuguguleka komhlabathi kanye nokuntuleka kwamanzi emadolobheni, kuhlomule abantu abangaphezu kuka-200,000.

eKigali

EKigali, eRwanda, i-SUNCASA izovuselela izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi ezindaweni ezisezansi noMfula iNyabarongo, inciphise ingozi yezikhukhula, ukudilika komhlabathi nokuguguleka kwenhlabathi, ithuthukise izimpilo zabantu abangu-975,000.

eJohannesburg

I-SUNCASA eJohannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika, izovuselela ukugelezela kwamanzi eMfuleni iJukskei ngokususa izinhlobo zezimila ezingezona ezendabuko kule ndawo nangezinhlelo zokutshala izihlahla, okuzonciphisa izikhukhula futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1,045 bazolokhu benawo amanzi.

IZINDABA NEZINHLELO

Tackling flash floods, urban heat, and other climate change threats in three sub-Saharan African Cities

A new project will use solutions found in nature to improve the resilience of 2.2 million people in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa).

Press release

May 22, 2024

The New Times | Becoming a city in the forest: Catalyzing Kigali’s climate resilience through nature

By 2026, SUNCASA aims to enhance the resilience of 975,000 Kigali residents while promoting gender equality, social inclusion, and biodiversity protection.

WRI | Three Takeaways on Green Infrastructures and Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

IISD and ICUN recently highlighted SUNCASA in the fifth installment of the NAbSA Dialogue Series. This series takes an in-depth look at NbS and climate adaptation, covering topics such as how to incorporate gender equality into NbS, the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem evaluation.

Alex News | Canada’s foreign affairs minister visits Jukskei River in Alex

Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, Mélanie Joly, visited the Jukskei River on August 22 to view the progress of its government-funded work being done by the Alexandra Water Warriors. The project is significant as it aligns with the city’s water security strategy, which aims to create resilient, liveable, and sustainable urban water environments, and foster a water-conscious society.

Mail & Guardian | Alexandra Water Warriors are reviving Joburg’s Jukskei River

As one of the city’s largest rivers, the Jukskei’s roughly 50km course inexorably marks it as a casualty of Johannesburg’s rapid urbanisation. Its deeply eroded waterways have long been a repository of the city’s sewage, stormwater, litter, industrial waste and building rubble. But through the work of the community-based Alexandra Water Warriors, the healing and restoration of the blighted river is under way. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy| M&G)

Video: SUNCASA | Resilient Cities. Natural Solutions.

The SUNCASA project is a 3-year initiative aiming to revitalize critical watersheds in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa), by implement gender-responsive nature-based solutions (NbS) such as agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation, buffer zone creation, alien invasive species removal, and urban tree planting.