Building the Climate Resilience of Children and Communities through the Education Sector (BRACE)
This project will strengthen the resilience of educational systems in Cambodia, South Sudan, and Tonga by retrofitting schools with climate-resilient features, integrating early warning systems, and embedding climate risk into education policies and planning. It supports GCF’s ambition to scale up investments in early warning systems and resilient infrastructure in climate-vulnerable sectors, advancing replicable models for systemic adaptation.
Climate change is disrupting education systems in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, leading to school closures, higher absenteeism, and increased dropout rates due to rising temperatures, floods, and droughts. Addressing these challenges is essential to protect learning continuity and build long-term resilience for children and communities.
The BRACE project will strengthen educational systems by integrating climate resilience into school infrastructure, policy, and planning. It will retrofit schools with climate-smart features, implement early warning systems to reduce disruptions, and support curriculum reform. Ministries of education will be supported to access climate finance and embed education in national climate strategies, while knowledge-sharing platforms will promote learning and replication across countries.
GCF will provide USD 40.75 million in grant funding to support implementation across Cambodia, South Sudan, and Tonga. Co-designed with the Global Partnership for Education, BRACE is the Fund’s first education-focused climate resilience initiative. It sets a transformative precedent for integrating climate resilience into educational systems and unlocking global scale-up opportunities.
GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.
Project timeline
Pipeline
12 Jun 2023 • 753 days
Concept note received
12 Jun 2023
Funding proposal received
21 Oct 2024
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
21 Oct 2024
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
04 Apr 2025
Cleared by iTAP
09 Jun 2025
Approved
03 Jul 2025 • 25 days so far
Approved by GCF Board
03 Jul 2025
FAA executed
03 Jul 2025
Under implementation
To be completed
Two regions
- Africa
- Asia-Pacific
Three countries
Three priority groups
- Least Developed Countries
- Small Island Developing States
- African States
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing
Instrument | Amount |
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Grant | USD 40,751,264 |
Total GCF Financing |
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USD 40,751,264 |
Co-financing
Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
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Co-Financing | Grant | USD 4,986,076 |
Co-Financing | Grant | USD 500,000 |
Co-Financing | Grant | USD 500,000 |
Total Co-Financing |
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USD 5,986,076 |
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Entity
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National Designated Authority
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Undersecretary
220A Jubek, Juba, SC 29201, Juba, South Sudan
Ministry for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC)
Ministry of Environment
Minister of Environment
Morodok Decho Building, No. 503, Chamkarmon,, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment
Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment
Director General, General Directorate of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Environment