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Afghanistan faces severe energy shortages due to an ailing energy infrastructure, high dependency on diesel and kerosene fuels, and weak power sector policy and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to ... most rural communities depend on traditional biomass for cooking and heating - which aggravates indoor air ...

While water resources for ecosystems are becoming scarcer, the increase of ... adopts an ecosystem-centred and community-based approach to address key barriers identified in ... of information about climate change, and poor regulatory framework and institutional structures. This ...

Up to 90 percent of rural households in Georgia rely on fuelwood for their energy needs, most importantly heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon absorption ...

... and Barbuda have experienced 15 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms. Set to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to ... construction in the country, in addition to climate information systems and post-disaster responses. It will ...

This project recognises Colombia's REDD+ results for 2015-2016 where a total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was ...

... island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to livelihoods, infrastructure, and marine and terrestrial ... agriculture and fishing (as in Comoros and Madagascar) or tourism and the services sector (as in Mauritius and ...

The forest ecosystem of Ghana’s northern savanna zone is ... of traditional farming. Climate change, transitioning to more modern agricultural production and a heavy ... a severe strain on this ecosystem. This project will restore degraded savannah forests and strengthen livelihoods ...

While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do not. For basic energy needs, these households mainly rely on ... This project supports the Senegalese government’s aim to achieve universal energy access by 2025. The ...

... susceptible countries in Africa. Drylands are home to nearly 70 percent of the country’s population. ... erratic rainfall has resulted in recurrent droughts, together with crop failures, livestock deaths, ... levels. The project supports climate change adaptation efforts among subsistence agro-pastoralist and nomadic ...

Emissions from industry account for about 30 percent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) ... textiles. This programme is GCF's first at-scale investment to promote the uptake of low-carbon technologies in the ...

Traditional biomass represents approximately 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs ... that replacing traditional open fires with improved cookstoves (ICS) has a global mitigation potential between 0.6 ... of sustainable development benefits. This project aims to accelerate the growth of ICS markets in Kenya and Senegal ...

Acknowledging Ecuador’s REDD+ 2014 results - a total volume of 4,831,679 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions reductions - for GCF results-based payments (RBP) These results have been ... United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and have undergone technical assessment. They are now ...

Armenia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Its forests are highly sensitive to climate change, while its rural population is dependent ...

... has experienced one of the world’s fastest rates of deforestation and forest degradation. Agriculture contributes to 62 percent of deforestation, 38 percent of which is ... selected villages.  SAP015 Côte d'Ivoire 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 268 472 706 893 Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa ...

... the lack of a stable electricity supply. This project aims to overcome barriers of financing, technical capacity, and ... by supporting an innovative technology that combines photovoltaic power generation and agricultural production. It will do this by financing a 4 MW solar agrophotovoltaic (APV) system and 5MW battery energy storage ...

A guide to GCF’s support for climate change early warning systems Knowledge is power. ... which can then be replicated across a variety of different sites. Joseph Intsiful, a GCF senior climate information and ...

... have been heavily impacted by increasingly severe tropical storms. For instance, the total economic impact of Cyclone Evan which hit Samoa in ...

Increasing the resilience of the livestock and other land-use sectors through restored and effectively governed rangeland ... new constitution. Building capacity and institutions for the improved implementation of devolution is seen as ...

... increasing pressure on its natural resources, including forests. Despite a logging ban in 2016, the nation has faced ... development in rural areas. Proactive interventions to sustainably enhance forest management and agricultural productivity are necessary to reduce pressure on forests and enable them to continue ...

... global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater variability in the water cycle, diminished ... and sanitation infrastructure. There is an urgent need for improved and expanded water and sanitation systems. ... d'Ivoire Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...

Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing intensity, geographic extent and frequency of ... socio-economic instability and inequality. It is essential to enhance the ability of these communities to anticipate, prepare for and respond. This project aims to strengthen the ...

The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) in the center-west part of Cambodia is home to one of the region's most important agricultural systems, ... or indirectly. The Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood ...

Belize is highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly due to its low-lying islands facing challenges such as storms, ... varieties. Additionally, production operations will be transformed to be more climate-resilient, using planting and ...

... livelihoods, and provides about 80 percent of export income to the economy. This strong dependency on agriculture is ... degradation and climate change. The project objective is to halt the negative cycle of climate change, agricultural ... techniques with the tailored restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. Thus, the project will address current ...