Liberia is a Least Developed Country that is severely vulnerable to climate change impacts (extreme weather events, increased pest and disease outbreaks, sea-level rise and sealevel erosion etc.). The government tried to respond to these challenges but its efforts were hampered by 14 years of civil war, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak, which not only destroyed lives and livelihoods of already vulnerable communities but also undermined the country financial and technical capacity as resources were diverted and many skilled people died and fled the country.

Despite the challenges, the government demonstrated its commitment to continue the fight against climate change by putting in place some institutional arrangements (e.g. creation of the National Climate Change Secretariat started the process of developing some key national climate change strategies and plans: NAMA, NAP, INDC, etc). It also nominated its NDA in December 2014. Liberia now requests support to strengthen the NDA’s capacity in order to effectively discharge GCF-related activities (activity 1) as well as developing a country programme in a coherent way through a multi-stakeholder process that builds on existing relevant initiatives (activity 2).