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The small size, low elevation and heavy dependence on natural resources for its social and economic security make the Maldives highly vulnerable to climate change impacts and climate-related hazards.5 The country’s...

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is experiencing, since the last decades of the 20th Century, a sharp reduction in its water availability. Even with the considerable resources devoted to expanding water...

Access to credit has a significant role to play in increasing farm productivity and food security in the predicted changing climate, but remains a key constraint for smallholder farmers, farmers’ organizations (FO),...

In response to the Sahel countries for support, AfDB seeks to assist them with mobilizing financial resources from its own budgets, and among its partners to address barriers that hinder these countries from adopting a...

Cross River State (CRS) has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness. The State has developed (1) a CRS REDD+ Strategy; (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3)...

Tonga is ranked as the second or third most vulnerable country to climate change impacts in the world, whilst contributing a negligible amount to global greenhouse gas emissions. In Tonga, the multiple and cumulative...

Enforcement of emissions regulation in Kenya is greatly hindered by the limited capacity to continuously monitor ambient air pollution, which limits the development of appropriate policy and legal instruments to...

The North rift region counties are susceptible to climate change effects making communities and their livelihoods vulnerable to climate change effects. The region faces threats in food security, water stress and...

In Kenya, smallholder farmers face several challenges among them, poor post harvest management of their produce. For grain farmers, losses during post harvest management is estimated to cause a loss of between 20 and 30...

The National Environment Management Authority of Kenya (NEMA) is a national entity located in Kenya, which was established in 2002 with the objectives of supervising and coordinating environmental activities and serving...

The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) of Uganda is a national entity responsible for promoting and ensuring rational and sustainable utilisation, development and effective management of water and environmental...

Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción) is a national entity aiming to promote activities that preserve, protect and manage natural and biological resources of Colombia in a sustainable and ecological...

The National Fund for Environment and Climate (FNEC) of Benin is a public institution with a legal personality and financial autonomy that comes under the remit of the Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable...

Timeline GCF was established under the Cancún Agreements in 2010 as a dedicated financing vehicle for developing countries within the global climate architecture, serving the Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC and the...

Coastal and marine ecosystems and the services they provide are the basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, livelihoods, economic growth and cultural identity. They are currently under threat from...

Cross River State (CRS) which contains 50% of Nigeria’s forests has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed (1) a CRS REDD+...

Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and extreme events. With climate change,...

The proposed GCF financed “Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient management program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment - Nyagatare District)” builds onto the AfDB financed baseline project – the...

The Sahel has experienced some of the most extreme climate events on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher temperatures, lower precipitation...

1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project “Water Supply and Management to Contribute to Food Security in...

South Africa is a water scarce country, the 30th driest in the world. The country is facing a water crisis resulting from the increasing severity of droughts and erratic rainfall events, driven by climatic variation,...

The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) is a national public-sector organisation based in Cambodia. NCDD is the secretariat for an interministerial mechanism for promoting democratic...

... Second, we pilot innovative ideas to establish a proof of concept. Innovation in new technologies, business models and ...

... and investment responses, and to develop GCF-aligned concept notes and funding proposals. In 2021, GCF’s ... - were leveraged to further advance project ideas into concept notes and to enable Direct Access Entities (DAE) to ... GCF’s investment criteria and appraisal process for concept notes and funding proposals; it follows the release ...