PACT signs BZ$8 million grant agreement with the Adaptation Fund to build Coastal Resilience
Belmopan, Belize, July 23, 2025 ─ On July 22, 2025, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) signed a BZ$8 million grant agreement with the Adaptation Fund to support building climate resilience in coastal communities under its Enhancing the Resilience of Belize’s Coastal Communities to Climate Change Impacts project.
Financed through the Adaptation Fund’s Regular Country Allocation funding window, this program aims to strengthen Belize’s long-term capacity to protect targeted coastal communities from climate change impacts. The five-year project will directly benefit 117,823 people and indirectly impact an additional 100,000. PACT will serve as the implementing entity while the National Climate Change Office, Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing, and the Dangriga Town Council will serve as executing entities.
The project will build the capacity of coastal communities, enhance data collection, strengthen the institutional structure of the executing entities, and improve data- driven decision-making to build national climate resilience through four interlinked components:
- Improved Coastal Land Use for Resilient Habitation and Sectoral Activities
- Coastal Vulnerability Monitoring and Early Warning Systems
- Coastal Protection and Adaptation Response for High-Risk Areas
- Awareness Raising, Knowledge Dissemination and National Capacity Strengthening
The Building Coastal Resilience Project was approved by the Adaptation Fund Board at its 44th Meeting held in Bonn, Germany, in April 2024. This is the third project to be implemented by PACT since being accredited to the Fund in 2011.
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For more information, contact:
Jeanelle Mencias
Communications and Marketing Manager
822-3637
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About the Protected Areas Conservation Trust
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) is a statutory organization established as a Trust Fund under the Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, Chapter 218 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020. PACT sources funds nationally and internationally to finance the sustainable management and development of Belize’s natural and cultural heritage through partnership and collaboration with government agencies, non-governmental and community-based organizations that manage Belize’s National Protected Areas System. Through its accreditation to international climate financing institutions, PACT also provides access to funding for climate adaptation and mitigation projects.