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Timor-Leste suffers from high rates of deforestation and forest degradation. This is coupled with increased vulnerability to climate impacts that pose a significant challenge to vulnerable communities' livelihoods....

Climate change means that Uzbekistan is highly vulnerable to floods and mudslides. The most severe damage occurs in eastern flood-prone provinces, particularly Andijan and Ferghana. This project will modernise...

Mexico’s mountain ranges, valleys and coastal plains form a set of 757 watersheds. Increased vulnerability to landslides, floods and droughts have been forecast as a direct result of extreme precipitation in the two...

The low elevation of the 188 small, inhabited islands of the Republic of Maldives makes them highly vulnerable to severe weather events, while retreating inland or to higher ground is impossible. Accelerated sea level...

Rwanda’s Eastern Province contains the largest area of national farming lands, but it is highly vulnerable to increasing drought. With smallholder farmers depending exclusively on rainfall, changes to weather...

Water security is a key issue for Kenya.  The country has limited freshwater and faces chronic water scarcity and high rainfall variability, which are worsened by climate change impacts.  The Athi River Catchment is the...

The local food systems of the upper and middle Ouémé Basin in Benin, the main food basket of the country, is highly vulnerable to climate change due to intense and frequent extreme weather events, mainly flash floods...

The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the country rely heavily on the Gambia river for their source of income, including artisanal fisheries which is...

Vanuatu is a small island developing state comprising 83 islands in the Western Pacific and is extremely vulnerable to climate change and disaster risks such as air and sea temperature increases and extreme weather...

Barbados is facing a climate crisis with an increase in average temperatures, and the number of consecutive hot days. Additionally, annual levels of precipitation are projected to decrease by about nine per cent,...

Peru is home to a large carbon stock in its diverse ecosystems, including the Amazon rainforest which occupies nearly 60 per cent of its territory. Economic and social development in Peru has been accompanied by a...

Guinea-Bissau is a small coastal country in West Africa with high vulnerability to climate change, particularly in the form of seawater intrusion that results from sea level rise, tidal surges, and other adverse weather...

... enterprise development into the rural development programmes of the country.  FP201 Philippines (the) 1 2 3 4 ...

Haiti is highly vulnerable to climate hazards due to its exposed location in the Caribbean Ocean. The country is severely impacted by flooding due to extreme weather events such as tropical storms and hurricanes. These...

Bangladesh is experiencing an increasing frequency and intensity of drought in its flat and low-lying northwestern region (NWR), an important agricultural hub in the country. More than 60% of the population in the...

Rise in sea level and temperature, extreme rainfall, flooding, and droughts threaten the Solomon Islands’ population who reside on low-lying islands and atolls. The local population remains highly reliant on dwindling...

Côte d’Ivoire, a coastal country in the Gulf of Guinea, is expected to be hit by rising temperatures, longer dry-spells and more intense and irregular precipitation patterns in the near-term future. In the Poro region,...

Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to climate and disaster risks, which can result in crop losses, reduced fish stocks, and food insecurity. The intrusion of saline water in coastal areas forces farming further inland,...

Tonga is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including increases in temperature and precipitation, more intense tropical cyclones, and rising sea levels. Extreme events such as Tropical Cyclones Ian in 2014,...

The Kingdom of Bhutan is highly vulnerable to climate-induced water scarcity, glacial lake outburst floods, landslides, windstorms, and forest fires. These hazards affect farmers, damage roads, homes, and critical...

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, observations indicate an increase in pre-monsoon rainfall, reflecting shifting and increasingly variable rainfall patterns. The 2022 flooding event was one of the most...

Ethiopia’s drought-prone regions, particularly the Kobo-Girana Valley and the Borena Zone, face mounting challenges due to climate change. Increasing temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and prolonged droughts...

Somalia is one of the most fragile countries in the world. It faces significant challenges regarding security, inequality, displacement, conflicts over natural resources and economic development, all of which are...

West Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, with crippling agricultural losses, recurrent food crises, water scarcity and extreme flooding, and environmental degradation from multiple climate hazards...

... Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF) ...

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...

Eastern and Southern Africa are highly vulnerable to climate change, facing recurrent droughts, floods, heatwaves, and increasingly erratic rainfall that intensify water stress and land degradation. These climate...

... 127.7 million initiative, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture ... old practices derived from ancient wisdom and tradition. GCF is committed to financing and supporting the development ...

... and development benefits,” said Catherine Koffman, GCF’s Director of the Africa Region.   The endline ... project activities. This allowed researchers to track the programme’s direct impact. The findings show: 32 per cent ... farming-driven livelihoods  Andreas Reumann, Head of the GCF’s Independent Evaluation Unit said: “The findings ...