FP048

Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Agriculture Risk Sharing Facility

Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Agriculture Risk Sharing Facility

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 02 Oct 2017 at B.18
  • Est. completion 22 Jan 2031
  • ESS Category Intermediation 2

Supporting the transition to low emission, climate resilient agriculture in Guatemala and Mexico through the creation of a risk sharing facility to unlock innovative and scalable financial instruments for MSMEs.

In Latin America, the combined effects of climate change, inequality and population pressures are escalating the food and nutrition security and income challenges faced by smallholder farmers. In the Caribbean, rising sea levels are leading to increased agricultural land loss and causing more widespread damage to agricultural systems as a result of saline intrusions into coastal aquifers.

The risk-sharing facility created by GCF and IDB will target agricultural MSMEs that demonstrate environmentally sustainable practices. It will support them to engage lenders for the longer-term loans needed for climate-smart investments. GCF’s investment in this programme will support both mitigation and adaptation outcomes. The risk-sharing facility will attract additional local and international private sector investors, resulting in significant additional private capital being channelled into these activities.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 15 years.

Total project value

 

Tonnes of emissions avoided

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
802,980
Theme

Cross-cutting

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

31 Aug 2016 - 398 days

Concept note received

31 Aug 2016

Funding proposal received

10 Jan 2017

Cleared by iTAP

15 Sep 2017

Approved

02 Oct 2017 - 478 days

Approved by GCF Board

02 Oct 2017

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

27 Jul 2018

FAA executed

26 Dec 2018

Under implementation

22 Jan 2019 - 1,894 days so far

FAA effective

22 Jan 2019

Disbursement - USD 2,140,000

15 Mar 2019

Disbursement - USD 3,500,000

06 Jul 2020

Disbursement - USD 1,900,000

23 Apr 2021

Disbursement - USD 1,000,000

29 Sep 2021

To be completed

22 Jan 2031 - 2,491 days to go

One region

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

Two countries

USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing43% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
LoanUSD 5,360,000
EquityUSD 11,000,000
GuaranteeUSD 1,500,000
GrantUSD 2,140,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 20,000,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 1,100,000
Co-FinancingEquityUSD 3,000,000
Co-FinancingGuaranteeUSD 1,500,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 4,400,000
Co-FinancingOtherUSD 128,000,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 138,000,000

GCF Contacts

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Phone +82 32 458 6186 (KST)
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Integrity issues

GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU)
Phone +82 32 458 6714 (KST)
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Accredited Entity

Inter-American Development Bank
Ms. Victoria Eugenia Florez Toro
Primary

Chief, Resource Mobilization Division
Ms. Gloria Visconti
Secondary

Lead Climate Change Specialist
1300 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United States
Phone + 1 (202) 623-1924
gloriav@iadb.org
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National Designated Authority

Guatemala
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Her Excellency María José Iturbide Flores Primary
Minister
7 Avenida 03-67 Zona 13, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ms. Anna Cristina Bailey Hernández Primary
Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change
7 Avenida 03-67 Zona 13, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ms. Lourdes María Fernández Balconi Secondary
Head of International Cooperation Unit
7 Avenida 03-67 Zona 13, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Mexico
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Unit of Public Credit and International Affairs
Ms. Laura Elisa Aguirre Téllez Primary
Director General of International Fora and Sustainable Financing
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Mr. Israel Alejandro Camacho Bahena Secondary
Director of Sustainable Financing
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Phone (+52) 55 3688 2662
israel_camachob@hacienda.gob.mx
Ms. Angélica Astrid Morales Rivera Tertiary
Deputy Director of Climate Change
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Phone (+52) 55 3688 1833
angelica_morales@hacienda.gob.mx

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