FP265

Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in northern Ghana

Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in northern Ghana

This project aims to boost climate resilience for smallholder farmers in northern Ghana by enhancing food security, strengthening the rural economy, and promoting sustainable livelihoods through climate-resilient agriculture, water management, landscape restoration, and resilient infrastructure.

Smallholder farmers in northern Ghana, where 80 per cent of the workforce relies on rain-fed subsistence agriculture, are increasingly exposed to risks arising from climate variability. Prolonged dry seasons, extreme rainfall, rising temperatures, and unpredictable weather patterns contribute to food insecurity, water scarcity, crop losses, and infrastructure damage. These climatic impacts jeopardise rural livelihoods, ecosystems, and community resilience in one of Ghana's most vulnerable regions.

Key activities of this project include strengthening climate information services, promoting and implementing climate-resilient agricultural practices, restoring degraded landscapes to reduce vulnerability to droughts and floods, facilitating smallholder farmers' access to finance, and enhancing local knowledge and awareness of climate risks and adaptive practices to support long-term adoption.

Total project value

0.0

Beneficiaries

0.0

Direct
691,125
Indirect
2,861,674
Theme

Adaptation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

28 Jul 2017  •  2898 days

Concept note received

28 Jul 2017

Funding proposal received

26 Jun 2018

Cleared by GCF Secretariat

18 Apr 2025

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

21 Apr 2025

Cleared by iTAP

09 Jun 2025

Approved

03 Jul 2025  •  24 days so far

Approved by GCF Board

03 Jul 2025

Under implementation

To be completed

One region

  • Africa

One country

One priority group

  • African States
USD 0.0
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
GCF63.2mGrantCo-Financing2.8mIn-kindCo-Financing1.9mIn-kindCo-Financing1.4mIn-kind....GCF financing 90.0%Co-financing 10.0%

GCF financing

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 63,211,141
Total GCF Financing
USD 63,211,141

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 294,000
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 1,944,967
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 2,848,714
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 500,000
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 1,400,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 6,987,681

GCF Contacts

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Project complaints and grievances

GCF Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM)
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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Entity

United Nations Environment Programme
Ms. Jyotsna Puri
Primary

Director, Policy and Programme Division
Mr. Sean Khan
Secondary

GCF Coordinator, Policy and Programme Division
United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30552 Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone +254 20 762 3795
unep-gcf@un.org
sean.khan@un.org
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National Designated Authority

Ghana
Ministry of Finance
Mrs Phyllis Fraikue Primary
Ag. Director, Climate Financing Division
P.O.Box MB40, Ministries, Accra, Ghana

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