Consultancy services are required to develop disaster risk and climate change analysis

The consulting services (“the Services”) comprise two different geographical areas that lie on the shores of the Paraguay River and are 7 km apart form one another. Both areas have distinct morphologies but very similar ecosystems and socio-economic population that live on the area. The analysis should provide inputs, suggestions and design guidelines that would reduce the vulnerability and manage disaster risks within the area, leading to design the proposed interventions under the Master Plan development. As one of the main products, this activity will elaborate hazard maps based on flood stages, vulnerability curves, and maps of losses and damages obtained from the quantitative risk assessment conducted for population, ecosystem and infrastructure in the intervention area for extreme climatic events due to percentage changes in rainfall, river stage and an increase in average temperature of 3 to 4°C. Though the main risks are flood related, the study should also consider and evaluate the application of a different methodology to quantify the vulnerability of the area due to climate change related droughts and heat waves and the effects this would have on human health (i.e. increase of vector borne diseases) and food security.

The studies are expected to be finalized by the second quarter of 2019.

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