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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has the great ambition to integrate the consideration of the effects of climate change on its investments ... barriers and risks, facilitating the financing and implementation of infrastructure projects, and improving the ...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines must implement measures to grapple with the myriad challenges of climate change that the ... impacts of climate change. Over the course of the past few decades SVG like most of the countries in the Caribbean, has ...

... to several natural hazards, including droughts, floods, epidemics, heat waves, windstorms, and insect infestations. ... hamper the country’s development and contribute to problems such as desertification, land degradation, food ... the country, and overall development. Recognizing these challenges, the Government led the development of Burkina Faso ...

This proposal seeks to provide technical assistance to the Government of Côte ... for prioritized technologies to address climate change challenges in the most critical sectors of the economy. This ... academia), the absence of functional national direct accredited entity, the insufficient and low coordination of ...

... readiness proposal seeks to address the following gaps, challenges and weaknesses which have been identified in the past ... a Direct Access Entity (DAE) to the Green Climate Fund (GFC) which is able to fill this gap and support African ... (United Cities and Local Governments of Africa) to meet accreditation standards, and thus the need to develop the ...

This proposal aims to strengthen the National Designated Authority (NDA) coordination mechanism through the implementation of the Non objection procedure and the update of ... programme. It will again support the renewal of the accreditation of the Ministry of Environment to sustain its ...

Sierra Leone is a least developed country (LDC) which is already facing the brunt of ... signing of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), its Kyoto protocol, the development of national ...

... Resources and Environment (MOPIRNA)3 and the National Designated Authority (NDA) at the Ministry of Planning, ... Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to implement a GCF Readiness proposal.4 The provided support will ... the Autonomous Region of Principe (RAP)7, as well as the domestic private sector. The GCF Readiness proposal applies a ...

As a Small Island Developing State, Cabo Verde is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s key ... Economy (Cadre Stratégique Unifié pour l’Economie Bleue, CaSUEB, 2019) with the leadership of the Ministry of ...

... climate change impacts. Increasing recurrence and magnitude of droughts, increases in flash flooding resulting in landslides and accelerated erosion, and changes in rainfall patterns are some of the impacts. These impacts are affecting the people of Eswatini through increasing food insecurity and ...

In the DRC, 50 million people, comprising about 400 ethnic groups, out of a total population of 84 million, depend on rainforests for their livelihoods. While the State ... and their periphery (2021) and will contribute to the future development of a national concept note and costed ...

The Tunisian NDA team has defined a strategy to implement its GCF country programme, including the identification of the existing accredited entities and potential entities needed to implement ...

... world’s most water-scarce and dry regions. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Tunisia indicates that its ... economy, the population, and ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate change (CC). The country is expected to see ... transfer, dams and other solutions. Many of the available options are highly energy-intensive thus causing high ...

Ambitious policies, innovative business models and financial mechanisms combined with existing ... 3% per year (IEA, 2019). However, most recent data available indicates that the primary energy intensity level in Lao ... Determined Contribution (NDC) to be submitted to the UNFCCC in 2020. The Lao Government is also implementing its ...

... change. However, Myanmar’s NAPA recognizes stakeholders have limited capacity for planning, including cross ... to promote multi- partnership mechanisms to support and scale-up climate action in the natural resource sector. To ... has been established by the government. To optimize the role of natural resource institutions in climate change action ...

... and technical capacity of the Government of Myanmar to undertake the process of formulation and implementation National Adaptation Plan (NAP) including the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has agreed two primary objectives of the national ...

... scaling up climate change mitigation actions at local level through improved energy efficiency, scale-up of ... management. Therefore, Local Government or City stakeholders are with strong potential for initiating projects/programmes on the ground to play a crucial role in turning TCP ...

... Management (JNAP 2, 2018-2028) in August 2018, with the definition of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and an update ... Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, INDCs to the UNFCCC Secretariat and ratified the Paris Agreement in ... NDC identified developing a NAP as a priority for implementation and identified JNAP as a key mechanism for ...

In 2020, the NDA function in Lao PDR was transferred to the Department of Planning and Finance (DOPF) of the Ministry of ... GHG emissions and pose risks to resilience due to unstainable use of natural resources,. Green growth and resilience ... land use (AFOLU) sectors that are the most climate vulnerable and heavily affected by COVID-19 while also being the ...

Southeast Asia is home to several agriculture-dependent countries highly vulnerable to adverse climate impacts. According to the Global ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through the ASEAN Negotiating Group on Agriculture ...

... however, none of the four pillars are at this time completed. To be specific, with regards to the NFREL component, the historical emissions baseline is under development. With respect to the National Forest ... System (SIS), preliminary assessment are underway and requisite entities for the function of the system are being ...

... climate finance and private investments for the implementation if the nationally determined contribution (NDC) and low carbon development. ... to access international climate finance by supporting the accreditation of two candidate Direct Access Entities (DAEs) ...

... to attract national and international investments in renewable electricity to achieve its 30% by 2030 and carbon ... an investment framework for renewable energy, implement a de-risking mechanism and develop and submit a high-quality ... project concept note in partnership with an accredited entity. In the absence of the Readiness Proposal, ...

Lao PDR has no domestic petroleum resources, the country fully relies on ... Green Growth Strategy, the 9th National Social Economic Development Plan (2021-2025) as well as in 2020 NDC update. ...

The demand for cooling and refrigeration in the Republic of ... to grow amidst a warming climate.1 The demand not only comes from households (e.g. air conditioners, refrigerators), ... The growing demand for cooling will raise consumption of electricity, straining Rwanda’s electrical grid and ...

The Union of Comoros is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) severely affected by the adverse ... by reducing its emissions by 84% and achieving its sustainable development and adaptation goals.1 However, several gaps ... are preventing the country from achieving its voluntary pledge and increasing its level of ambition. One of the main ...

Mauritius is among the most vulnerable small island states to the adverse impacts of climate ... recent years, and the nation’s level of preparedness has deteriorated. This grant is requested to help equip ... to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of current and future socio-economic and climatic changes and their related ...

This readiness is designed to address two (2) barriers (Subsequent readiness ... carbon climate resilient economy and (ii) Lack of available finance within the Commonwealth of Dominica to implement ... activities proposed fall within the ambit of GCF outcomes areas 1.1 1.3 and 2.2. Dominica Phase 1: Capacity ...

... of Agriculture (MIDAGRI) has appointed GIZ as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Resilient Puna: Ecosystem- based ...