The goal of this Readiness proposal is to contribute to the decarbonization process of the Republic of North Macedonia, as targeted in the Enhanced NDC, through supporting i.e. capacities strengthening for the establishment of Integrated Forest fire management system in the Republic of North Macedonia and to enhance the transparency and the usage of the climate information through strengthening national capacities for climate observations.

The readiness proposal aims to strengthen the capacity, systems, and strategic frameworks needed to enable effective forest fire management, enhance CO2 sequestration, and support North Macedonia’s climate resilience and GHG reduction targets.
Under the GCF readiness objective 1, this project aims to strengthen national capacities to establish an effective landscape fire management system, which will help mitigate climate change impacts on the forestry sector. Capacity strengthening will also target relevant institutions ability to observe, monitor and raise awareness on the use of climate information for mitigation efforts to meet NDC commitments. Under objective 2, this project seeks to support the national efforts to develop a strategic framework and plan to increase the CO2 sequestration capacity of forests through effective landscape fire management.