[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1134, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "people and many suffered economic hardship, food insecurity and rising poverty⁵⁴. Without building resilience and strengthening adaptation capacities, and without focusing on inclusion, Afghanistan runs the risk to slide into cycles of shock and maladaptation that become more difficult to reverse over time."}, {"bbox": [96, 244, 1134, 485], "category": "Text", "text": "Climate change also poses a threat to regional stability via sensitive transboundary water dynamics between Afghanistan and its neighbouring downstream states. Combined with the legacy of decades of conflict, the country's multi-ethnic composition, and the complex humanitarian emergency and economic crisis, these pressures compound vulnerabilities and may undermine the stability of Afghanistan and the wider region. While evidence on the impact of climate change on population displacement are mixed with varied effects across different contexts, extreme climate change events in the context of protracted armed conflict and long history of migration are important factors behind mass population movements. As such, addressing climate change in Afghanistan is in the interest of the international community at large, not only as a humanitarian imperative and to support the livelihoods and basic needs of the Afghan people, but to mitigate threats to regional peace and security."}, {"bbox": [96, 496, 1134, 683], "category": "Text", "text": "The four consecutive earthquakes in October 2023, which hit the Herat Province, demonstrated Afghanistan's high vulnerability to seismic hazards. With over 1,500 fatalities, over 2,600 injuries and more than 275,000 people directly affected by the disaster, the October 2023 earthquakes have been the deadliest in Afghanistan since 1998. The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted by the EU, World Bank, United Nations and Asian Development Bank, provided estimates of priority basic needs of the affected population (USD 398.1 million) for reconstruction and recovery. While the largest needs are in terms of housing, 17% of the assessed needs are related to education, and 19% to livelihoods (agriculture, livestock, minor irrigation, private sector)."}, {"bbox": [85, 723, 604, 755], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 788, 508, 820], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [96, 833, 1134, 915], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this Action is to address basic needs and support livelihoods of the people of Afghanistan, which would contribute to increased stability, reduced security threats and decreased forced displacement flows within Afghanistan and from Afghanistan to the region and beyond."}, {"bbox": [96, 926, 844, 954], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific objectives will be attained in complementarity with humanitarian efforts."}, {"bbox": [96, 965, 520, 993], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives** of this Action are to:"}, {"bbox": [166, 1004, 1134, 1059], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Improve the uptake of basic services of the Afghan population, particularly for women, children and groups in vulnerable situations, including minorities, IDPs and returnees;"}, {"bbox": [166, 1063, 1134, 1118], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Enhance resilient livelihoods and economic opportunities, particularly for women, children and groups in vulnerable situations, including minorities, IDPs and returnees."}, {"bbox": [96, 1129, 1030, 1158], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Outputs** to be delivered by this Action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1169, 591, 1197], "category": "Text", "text": "- contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1):"}, {"bbox": [174, 1208, 1134, 1288], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1. Enhanced equal access to gender responsive and accessible quality services in health and nutrition by the population, particularly women, children, and groups in vulnerable situations (including people with disabilities, drug users, IDPs and returnees);"}, {"bbox": [174, 1293, 1134, 1374], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2. Enhanced equal access to gender responsive and accessible quality WASH services by the population, particularly women, children, and groups in vulnerable situations (including people with disabilities, drug users, IDPs and returnees);"}, {"bbox": [174, 1379, 1134, 1434], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3. Enhanced equal access to gender responsive and accessible quality education in safe learning environments, particularly for girls."}, {"bbox": [96, 1445, 591, 1473], "category": "Text", "text": "- contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2):"}, {"bbox": [174, 1484, 1134, 1539], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1. Improved equal access to income-generating and business support services, including for agricultural resilience and climate-compatible activities;"}, {"bbox": [85, 1597, 1143, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵⁴ Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2022 Afghanistan: Country profile. https://www.internal-displacement.org/countries/afghanistan"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 38"}]