Every year, as the Paraguay River rises, thousands of families living along Asunción’s riverbanks brace for flooding. Homes are damaged, livelihoods disrupted, and temporary relocations strain already limited municipal services. For more than 100,000 residents living in the Bañados wetlands, flooding has become a recurring reality.
Transforming this vulnerable floodplain into a resilient and productive urban corridor required technical solutions, stronger institutional coordination, and investment-ready development strategies capable of turning long-standing plans into implementable projects.
The grant supported Paraguay in embedding climate-smart, lowcarbon, and socially inclusive design principles into Asunción’s riverfront redevelopment strategy.
The objective was to transform the Paraguay River riverfront into a climateresilient and economically vibrant urban district by integrating naturebased flood mitigation, green infrastructure, and inclusive redevelopment approaches into city planning.
Grant: Building Coastal Resilience in Asuncion through Climate Smart Solutions
Grant Year: Year 8 (2020)
TTL: Alvaro Federico Barra, Senior Land Administration Specialist
This grant spotlight is excerpted from the 2025 KGGTF Annual Report (Download here)
