Back ground Ministry of Water and Environment with funding from the Green Climate Fund, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing "Building Resilient Communities and Ecosystems through Restoration of Wetlands and Associated Catchments in Uganda Project". The project is being implemented in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA). This consultancy focuses on strengthening access to climate and early warning information for farmers and other target communities in order to take preventative action against climate -induced extreme events and strengthen livelihood planning in the face of climate change. The consultancy will focus on expanding networks for generating and processing information that is relevant and tailored to the needs at the local level planning, as well as strengthening dissemination channels to ensure this information reaches the local users (e.g. farmers). This will lead to improved access of beneficiaries to relevant climate and early warning information. As a result, beneficiaries will be able to integrate this information into livelihood planning and adaptation interventions, which would increase their resilience. In addition, information particularly on early warning of extreme weather events, would allow communities to take timely and urgent preventative action to these events, such as flooding, and subsequently reduce losses from these events. Putting in place the right systems and testing out the best technologies will provide a model for scaling up in other districts and regions of the country. Through engagement with the private sector and setting up the necessary enabling environment and incentive structures to engage the private sector, the project will also pave the way for a much greater scale up and replication. Multiplicative impacts in this output area, such that even more beneficiaries have access to relevant climate and early warning information, therefore can also be attained building on the activities proposed in this project. Access to information on climate variability and extreme events will help to enhance livelihood decision-making, for both resilient agriculture-based livelihood practices and alternative livelihoods. It will also strengthen risk reduction, which can help reduce direct impact of floods and droughts on wetland areas which threaten further degradation. | 
