Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO
TypeInternational
Date of accreditation14 Oct 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is an international organization whose main goals are the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
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Environmental and social risk category
Category C
Category B
Category A
Intermediation 3
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Intermediation 1
Fiduciary standards
Basic
Project management
Grant award
On-lending/blending:
Loan
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Guarantee
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Projects
FP159
Mitigation
Congo
PREFOREST CONGO - Project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from forests in five departments in the Republic of Congo
FP155
Adaptation
Jordan
Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the agriculture sector (BRCCJ)
SAP019
Cross-cutting
Sudan
Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall
FP145
Adaptation
Guatemala
RELIVE – REsilient LIVElihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers in the Mayan landscapes and the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
FP142
Mitigation
Argentina
Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
SAP015
Mitigation
Côte d'Ivoire
Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)
SAP014
Cross-cutting
Armenia
Forest resilience of Armenia, enhancing adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation
FP134
Mitigation
Colombia
Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016
FP126
Cross-cutting
Cuba
Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba (IRES)
FP120
Mitigation
Chile
Chile REDD-plus results-based payments for results period 2014-2016
FP118
Cross-cutting
Nepal
Building a Resilient Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN)
FP116
Cross-cutting
Kyrgyzstan
Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investment in Forests and Rangelands in Kyrgyz Republic (CS-FOR)
FP108
Adaptation
Pakistan
Transforming the Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management
FP089
Cross-cutting
El Salvador
Upscaling climate resilience measures in the dry corridor agroecosystems of El Salvador (RECLIMA)
FP062
Cross-cutting
Paraguay
Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change Project (PROEZA)
GCF speeds up funding process to help meet urgent need for climate action
15 Nov 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed implementation agreements for three climate finance projects immediately after they were approved by the GCF Board during its meeting on 12-14 November.
The rapid move from Board approval to legal agreements represents a first for GCF in terms of accelerating the speed of available funding to meet the urgent need for climate action in developing countries.
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
28 Oct 2019 / The increasing severity of climate effects threatens to halt progress around the world in combatting a variety of development goals. That is why increasing flows of finance need to be directed towards bolstering food security by making agriculture more sustainable and climate resilient.
GCF and FAO break record in signing fastest ever project agreement, supporting climate-vulnerable Pakistan farmers
09 Jul 2019 / In a sign of accelerating climate finance flows, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement to implement a project by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to enhance the climate resilience of farmers in Pakistan’s Indus Basin.
GCF signed the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) to transfer USD 35 million to the FAO project yesterday, less than 24 hours after it was approved by the GCF Board.
The signing represents the fastest progression from project funding approval to a funding implementation agreement during GCF’s four years of operation.
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization formalizes readiness support partnership with GCF
12 Nov 2016 / GCF signed a Readiness Framework Agreement to enable developing countries to partner with FAO on activities that enhance their access to GCF.
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