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Strengthening Climate Information Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in the Greater Horn of Africa through regional cooperation
The programme aims to strengthen the climate resilience of 8 targeted countries (all members of Intergovernmental Authority on Development) to the climate change impacts of extreme rainfall events, extreme droughts and...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
SADC Program for Indigenous Forest Landscape Restoration through Transboundary Fire Management in Kavango-Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area
This program targets Kavango-Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) and activities include establishment of participatory fire early warning system, capacity development for forestry officers and habitants...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Strengthening the prevention and attention of forest fires intensified by climate change in Peru
Every year, forest fires are occurring more frequently and in a broader scope in Peru, due to the combination of anthropic actions and the changes in temperature, rainfall and drought patterns, which are becoming more...
Document > Concept note Peru
Promoting transformative and climate resilient agriculture for sustainable livelihoods and food security in Nepal (CRA)
The project objective is that farmers in the Koshi River Basin are resilient to climate variability and change and adopt sustainable farm-based livelihoods. Barriers to this objective are addressed through three...
Document > Concept note Nepal
Enhancing the resilience of vulnerable families in Mexico City to the impacts of climate change on water
Climate-driven changes in precipitation are resulting in increasing deficits in surface and ground water availability as well as floods in Mexico City. The risks that Mexico City faces from flooding and water scarcity...
Document > Concept note Mexico
Integrated Low Emission Approach for Efficient Use of Reclaimed Wastewater in the Agricultural Sector in Jordan
The government of Jordan prioritized alternative strategies to treat wastewater to secure water resources needed for the agricultural sector aiming to increase farmer's resilience toward climate change, and to cope the...
Document > Concept note Jordan
Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Thua Thien Hue Province (CARe Hue)
Communities in TT Hue province are some of the most vulnerable to climate variability and climate change, globally. The various CC manifestations in the province increase vulnerabilities and threaten people's...
Document > Concept note Viet Nam
Climate Elucidation for Adaptive Resilience in the Water Sector in St. Vincent and Grenadines (SVG-ClEAR-Water)
The evidence is mounting that climate change and variability will result in a significant decrease in available water resources throughout the Caribbean. Decreases will impact the supply-demand balance and water quality...
Document > Concept note Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Moving Towards REDD+ Implementation through Private Sector Engagement in REDD+ Actions
The project is instrumental for transitioning from REDD+ Readiness to Implementation and Results-Based Payments. Cambodia meets Warsaw Framework requirements (National REDD+ Strategy (NRS), National Forest Monitoring...
Document > Concept note Cambodia
Strengthening the Resilience of Vulnerable Family Farms to Climate Change in the Fourth Agricultural Development Pole in Benin
Benin is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The effects of the global warming are already perceptive across the country in terms of temperature increase, rainfall decrease and in several areas and...
Document > Concept note Benin
Support green development poles to strengthen the resilience to climate change of communities, ecosystems and agro-silvopastoral production systems of municipalities in the Brakna Region in Mauritania
The Brakna region is facing severe climatic changes characterized by the decrease and poor distribution of rainfall and the increase in temperature over the years. The expected increase in temperature and rainfall...
Document > Concept note Mauritania
Building Climate Resilient and Adaptive Ecosystems in Rural Eswatini
Eswatini is facing more frequent droughts4 and about 20% of its rural population is experiencing acute food insecurity. The agriculture sector, including livestock and crop production is the most vulnerable to the...
Document > Concept note Eswatini
Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLSKAS) Project
The Solomon Islands is facing increasing climate change impacts, making it the 4th most vulnerable country in the world. Impacts are felt most acutely in rural areas comprising 80% of the population. Without assistance...
Document > Concept note Solomon Islands
Enhancing the Resilience of Small Farmers against Climate Change impacts in Cauvery Delta Zone of Tamil Nadu
The Cauvery Delta Zone is a victim of the vagaries of several climate change impacts in the recent past. The project attempts to address specific problems faced by the small farmers through development, dissemination...
Document > Concept note India
Support to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) investments in Africa
The project development objective is to strengthen the capacity and accelerate the efforts of African countries on resource mobilization for projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Reduced Emissions through Climate Smart Agroforestry (RECAF) (or Achieving emission reductions in the Central Highland and South Central Coast region of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals)
Land use change continues to be a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Viet Nam, with the major drivers of forest-land conversion being logging (both legal and illegal), infrastructure development, and...
Document > Concept note Viet Nam
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE-III (LGCC3)
food security. Climate trends including greater unpredictability rainy season, increased floods and droughts and higher temperatures are stressing farming systems. Local Governments are responsible to support adaptation...
Document > Concept note Cambodia
Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa
South African smallholder farmers rely on rainfall, made more erratic by climate change, and lack access to climate-risk informed agricultural advisory services to enhance their adaptive capacity. The impacts of...
Document > Concept note South Africa
Ensuring Climate Resilience and Energy Substitution for WASH Systems in Drought-Prone Districts of Karamoja Subregion, Uganda
Karamoja region experiences high year-to-year variability in climate cycle, including unpredictable rainfall patterns, which undermines the already limited resources and development through recurring droughts, flash...
Document > Concept note Uganda
Women-Adapt: Enhancing women smallholder farmers´adaptive capacity and scaling up climate-resilient food production systems in Côte d’Ivoire
Smallholder farmers (of which 70% women) in the Poro Region strive to achieve or maintain food and water security due to their exposure to climate hazards (droughts and rainfall variability). The project will adopt a...
Document > Concept note Côte d'Ivoire
Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to climate change in the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands are expected to incur, on average, about USD 5 million per year (2% of GDP) in direct losses due to tropical cyclone activity – of which 90% are to the building sector. This project aims to strengthen...
Document > Concept note Cook Islands
Dominica - Climate Elucidation for Adaptive Resilience in the Water Sector (D-ClEAR-Water)
There is evidence that climate change will result in increasing variability and extremes4 and this will impact the availability of water in Dominica, particularly in the dry season. Less water will be available to...
Document > Concept note Dominica
Low emissions cattle ranching landscape: a sustainable and climate responsive alternative for rural development in Colombia
Rural development is urgent in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia. GHG emissions from AFOLU sector account for 55% of the total (with deforestation as the main driver) and recent climate extreme events generated...
Document > Concept note Colombia
Scaling up regional action to reduce deforestation and increase resilience to climate change under the framework of the Leticia Pact for the Amazon (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)
The destruction of the forests of the Amazon basin imperils global climate stability and the climate-resilience of vulnerable indigenous and local communities. The proposed Program will accelerate the regional shift to...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... keeping Amazon forests standing in 2014 and 2015 shows the concept of REDD+ is starting to pay off for countries ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... Designated Authorities (NDAs) are invited to submit concept notes to the Fund under the SAP. All interested ...
Article > Press release 
Results needed to tackle forest roots of climate challenge
... and verifiable abatement of greenhouse gases. The concept of REDD+ results-based finance received a major ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
... depend on them. Specifically, a technically sound regional concept note will be developed and submitted to the GCF, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector
... scale, pilot experiences and submission of Concept Notes to the GCF. Promotion of joint investments and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... with the Asian Development Bank on another innovative concept: a Blue Economy Co-Investment Platform for the ...
Article > Speech