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Fishers in West Santo Province, Vanuatu are seeing decreasing fish sizes in their catch. Photo: Nikiatu Kuautonga/Save the Children

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GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme

We are saving around 50% of the traditional water consumption which is making in our company about 60 litres of savings per trouser.

Anis Trabulsi
CEO of Emessa Denim

Building livelihood resilience to climate change in the upper basins of Guatemala’s highlands

Our diet and family income have changed significantly because we have fruits and vegetables. With the water reservoir, we will be harvesting tomatoes, more beans, and more fruits and vegetables. And even more for selling, like peaches, apples, pears, and avocados.

Floridalma Osorio Soc
Villager in the Guatemalan Highlands

GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa

Electricity cuts off every day, at any given moment. That is why I looked for a way to have constant power. I chose to use BBOXX solar power. The television is working, and the customers can enjoy it. My family’s livelihood has been transformed thanks to my business

Aboubakar Ntabanganyiman
Shop owner, Gasinga, Rwanda

The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world

Before this project, we did not know how to harvest the tree. Our ancestors used to cut it down. This new technique is much more efficient. When we harvest, we preserve branches so that animals can feed.

Segundo Chanchari
Aguaje palm tree escalation technician

On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu

We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families, but most of our catch now is much smaller than the ones we caught here in the past years.

Jennie Jenery
Villager from Efate Island in Vanuatu

Cambodia's climate action game-changer: resilient agricultural value chains

I have just received a new rice variety this year [2020]. I planted it in June and harvested it in November. I'm thrilled to say that the increased yields were as high as I had hoped.

Sam Dany
Farmer in Kampong Cham Province


Recently approved projects

GCF is delivering impactful climate action
where it’s needed most

Theme
Adaptation
Location
Ghana
Partner
United Nations Environment Programme
Total project value
70.2m
Beneficiaries
3.6m
FP265

Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in northern Ghana

FP266

Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania

FP267

Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate-intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa ("Eco-DRR")

FP268

Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)

FP269

DaIMA – Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation

FP270

Climate Adaptive Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture for Resilience (CAISAR) in Cambodia

FP271

India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)

FP272

Protecting livelihoods and assets at risk from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and climate change-induced flooding in glacial river basins of Nepal

FP273

Papua New Guinea REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016

FP274

Building the Climate Resilience of Children and Communities through the Education Sector (BRACE)

FP275

Scaling up the Deployment of Integrated Utility Services (IUS) to Support Energy Sector Transformation in the Caribbean (Phase 1) Programme

FP276

GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) (previously known as Green and Resilience Debt Platform (GRDP)

FP277

ATOME Villeta Green Fertilizer (AVGF) Project

SAP050

Toward Risk-Aware and Climate-resilienT communities (TRACT) - Strengthening climate services and impact-based multi-hazard early warning in Maldives

SAP051

Increasing resilience to the health risks of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia

SAP053

FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities

SAP054

SOURCE Pacific Drinking Water Project

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