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Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Climate change and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected ... in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate change impacts as well as for protection from ... change adaptation purposes. Additionally, there is little sharing of knowledge among local communities, states and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries MCT
GCF appoints UN Climate Change high-level champion as facilitator for its second replenishment process
To support the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) second replenishment process (GCF-2), the Fund appointed Mahmoud ... been the UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda since 2020. He currently serves as an ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ,” he emphasised. Dr. Mohieldin brings a wealth of ...
Article > News update 
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for SPC
With growing number of proposals under formulation as well as projects moving into implementation, it is critical that SPC is able to report against GCF’s new Integrated Results ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal SPC
Institutional and technical support for REDD+ readiness in West Africa
All participating countries for this proposal are Least Developed Countries where economy’s is mainly based on the ... resources are receding at an alarming rate. Despite the low-level contribution of participating countries to global GHG ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries FAO
Strengthen WAEMU sub-national governments’ capacities to access climate finance and develop a pipeline of projects to support their countries’ climate goals.
... Union (WAEMU), the BOAD bank, UNDP, and Expertise France, under the title “Strengthening the Resilience and Increasing the ... in Africa”. The Forum asserted the important role of local governments in the collective effort to address ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UCLG Africa
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan process in Algeria to address short- and medium-term adaptation needs and lay the ground for long-term adaptation
... Algeria is the largest country in Africa.Of these, 45% areunder the age of 25 years. Gas and oil are Algeria’s main ... as the country is a major export of these commodities, while being a net importer of staple food. Like other ... major constraint for meeting the country's industrial and domestic needs. Algeria is also witnessing an upsurge in heat ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Algeria UNDP
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 and climate change is resulting ... is exacerbating existing vulnerabilities at the smallholder level, where agriculture is a vital source of livelihoods. ... The proposed project will adopt a participatory, action-learning approach using nature- based solutions to enhance ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa SANBI
Local Governments and Climate Change-III (LGCC3)
... of weather events, changes and rainfall patterns and sea-level rise have put traditional farming systems under ... Secretariat (NCDD-S) of Cambodia was nominated as an Accredited Entity (AEs) of the GCF and has gained direct ... the Nationally Determined Contribution 2020 (NDC) to the UNFCCC and SDGs numbers 1, 11 and 13. Proposed interventions ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia NCDD
Advancing programming and partnership framework with GCF and matching with country’s long-term low- carbon development strategies
Armenia developed the draft “GCF – Armenia Country Cooperation ... of Armenia’s engagement with the Fund during the first replenishment cycle (ending in 2023). It defines long-term ... constraints (via Readiness and Preparatory Support Programmes) and adapting to and mitigating climate change impacts ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia EPIU
Strengthening Kyrgyzstan's capacity to manage the climate finance process and prepare quality projects
... is to prepare the country for the mobilization and implementation of climate finance through capacity building in climate project development to meet NDC targets. Significant changes in ... resources to be accessed such as various expert groups, while further various expert groups could be trained regarding ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan GIZ
Strengthening Tajikistan's capacity to access and deploy climate finance
... as a small landlocked country, is the most climate vulnerable country in the Central Asia region. Increasing ... and cropping seasons; higher risks of droughts and mudslides are further reducing the health and productivity of ... capacity of NDA and lack of resources to update the NDA website and develop communication and knowledge products to be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan GIZ
Strengthening the capacity of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to assess and address the impacts of climate change on the provision of water and sanitation services and to build the project pipeline for water and sanitation projects in the Syrian Arab Republic
... sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector’s capacity to identify and address the impacts of climate change through ... Arab Republic. As the Delivery Partner (DP), UNICEF will implement this project, in partnership with UN-Habitat as an ... operate water and energy efficient services. The outcomes will be incorporated into Syria’s National Adaptation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Syrian Arab Republic
Increased climate resilience planning for municipal water resources in Lebanon
This national adaptation planning (NAP) readiness project is designed to address these barriers: (i) limited ... of Energy and Water (MoEW), and MoE; (iii) lack of reliable data and climate change related information on water ... support is currently available or foreseen in the future. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lebanon UNDP
GCF workshops for investment planning and pipeline development in Madagascar and Djibouti
Despite the efforts to develop policies and strategies to ... the climate change, the two countries have encountered challenges in accessing the GCF including limited capacity of ... programming strategy with the GCF, and a small network of accredited entities (AEs) operating in the countries. These ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti Madagascar FAO
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Pursuing Climate Resilient Development by Enhancing the National Adaptation Planning Process [SVG-NAP]
Capacity building at different levels is a key requirement to mainstream climate change ... the climate change framework referred to previously was developed with the aim of guiding Saint Vincent and the ... climate resilience. The goal builds on the outputs and outcomes of previous and on-going adaptation projects and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines CCCCC
Implementing the Saint Lucia Fisheries Sectoral Adaptation Strategy Action Plan (SASAP)
Saint Lucia’s Nationally Designated Authority NDA) has appointed FAO as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development of the “Implementing the Saint Lucia Fisheries Sectoral Adaptation ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Saint Lucia FAO
Accelerating adoption of climate-resilient agricultural production systems through integrative landscape approach to manage climatic risks (PILAR)
... ranks fourth in terms of long-term Climate Risk Index (CRI) using historical data from 2000-2019, registering ... events with estimated losses at US$3.2Billion PPP ‒ equivalent to half of the country’s GDP1. It is projected that ... livelihood pathways for approximately 3.5 million people. CRA reflects an ambition to improve the integration of ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the) Landbank
Building capacity to advance the National Adaptation Plan Process in Georgia
... the NAP process in Georgia through four participatory, gender-responsive and socially-inclusive components, namely: i) ... strategy; iv) designing a funding strategy for the implementation of the NAP process; and v) developing a system ... Through the implementation of activities under these outcomes, a number of different beneficiary groups will benefit ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Georgia UNEP
Enhancing the Climate Resilience of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Sri Lanka
The inadequate investment in capacity development in Sri Lanka's WASH sector presents significant challenges. The sector's vulnerability to climate change must be ... to affect the sector, stakeholders are increasingly acknowledging these issues. By providing the necessary support and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka
Strengthening the NDA and Key Stakeholders in Angola on GCF Mechanisms
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. The total estimated cost for Angola’s identified NDC mitigation contribution through 2025 is ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
Developing key legislation, regulation, policies and concept notes for climate action in Namibia
In the absence of adequate human resource with technical capacity, feasibility ... policy and regulatory environment, Namibia will not be able to fully implement the NDC and contribute to the global ... updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in July 2021 with an ambitious target of cutting ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia EIF
Enhancing the Resilience of Health Systems to Climate Change and Emerging Outbreak/Pandemics in Sierra Leone
Human health system in Sierra Leone is seriously threatened by climate change, both ... air pollution. Climate change impacts on health in Sierra Leone will also be felt though impacts on health determining sectors such as agriculture and water. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sierra Leone WHO
Preparing for public and private investment in sustainable green infrastructure, green open spaces and urban agriculture for adaptation and mitigation to climate change in urban and peri-urban communities in Eswatini
Climate change and variability are evident in Eswatini in many forms, including hydrological ... The country experiences natural hazards, such as violent storms and persistence drought, which is further ... This is expected to lead to a better and more sustainable future for cities and their residents. Eswatini Preparing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini FAO
Pipeline development to deploy clean energy technology solutions in municipal wastewater treatment works of South Africa
Over the last couple of decades, South Africa has become one of the largest ... including informal settlements. Consequently, the volumes of waste water being treated in municipal wastewater ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa UNIDO
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... of South Africa’s emissions in 2017. South Africa’s electricity mix remains dominated by coal-fired power generation, which contributed to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa UNIDO
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (Funbio)
... Funbio became Brazil’s first Direct Access Entity (DAE) accredited by the GCF, signing the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in March 2019. Funbio is allegedly one of Brazil's largest NGOs; since 1996, it has ... Environment Facility. Funbio has a monitoring policy that defines institutional standards for project monitoring. This ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil Funbio
Developing and implementing the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process in Burundi
... Burundi will experience a shift in seasons and unpredictable weather patterns. This is projected to cause increased flooding, land degradation, loss of soil fertility, shortages of ... Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) submitted to the UNFCCC in 2006. It also developed a National Policy on Climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi UNDP
Partnering on climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... across eastern Europe and central Asia came together to accelerate their engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... experiences of tackling climate change in their countries. Identifying and developing climate change mitigation and ... entities and delivery partners, as well as international accredited entities and key international counterparts to ...
Article > News update North Macedonia 
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
... only a small portion of the actual need, The costs of implementing the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions is conditional on receiving ... through supporting two national institutions to be accredited to GCF contribute to national climate action, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini FAO
Enhancing The Capacity of The Bahamas for Direct Access to Climate Finance
The Bahamas is ranked as one of the top 10 most vulnerable countries in the world with regards to climate change and its impacts (Germanwatch, Global Climate Risk Index, 2021). Given the country’s high vulnerability, the ... projects will be implemented as a result of the accreditation of Direct Access Entities in The Bahamas Bahamas ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas CCCCC