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Climate change and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected ... protection from climate change impacts that affect subsistence and community livelihoods. Although FSM, Palau and RMI ... change adaptation purposes. Additionally, there is little sharing of knowledge among local communities, states and ...

With growing number of proposals under formulation as well as projects moving into implementation, it is critical that SPC is able to report against ...

All participating countries for this proposal are Least Developed Countries where economy’s is mainly based on the subsistence agriculture, and natural resources exploitation, ...

... Union) 1 Regional Forum was held in June 2021 by the Covenant of Mayors for Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA), and United ... Union (WAEMU), the BOAD bank, UNDP, and Expertise France, under the title “Strengthening the Resilience and Increasing the ...

... 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 ... all its main economic sectors. Temperatures increased between 1.5 and 2°C in the region during the twentieth century, ...

South African smallholder farmers rely on rainfall and climate change is resulting ... to climate-risk informed agricultural advisory services to enhance their adaptive capacity. This, and recently the ... is exacerbating existing vulnerabilities at the smallholder level, where agriculture is a vital source of livelihoods. ...

Cambodia has a climate-dependent economy that has been negatively impacted in ... 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 ...

Armenia developed the draft “GCF – Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” (CP), which is a multi-year ... of Armenia’s engagement with the Fund during the first replenishment cycle (ending in 2023). It defines long-term ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

The proposed readiness project aims to strengthen the water, 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 ...

This national adaptation planning (NAP) readiness project is designed to address these barriers: (i) limited ... and staffing in sectoral Ministries, including Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), and MoE; (iii) lack of reliable data and climate change related information on water ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

... ranks fourth in terms of long-term Climate Risk Index (CRI) using historical data from 2000-2019, registering the highest number of extreme climatic events with estimated losses at US$3.2Billion PPP ‒ equivalent to half of the country’s GDP1. It is projected that ...

... the NAP process in Georgia through four participatory, gender-responsive and socially-inclusive components, namely: ... strategy; iv) designing a funding strategy for the implementation of the NAP process; and v) developing a system ...

The inadequate investment in capacity development in Sri Lanka's WASH sector presents significant challenges. The sector's vulnerability to climate change must be ... strategies, hindering the sector's mainstreaming into the country's climate policies and investment plans. However, as ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

Human health system in Sierra Leone is seriously threatened by climate change, both directly and indirectly through ... in Sierra Leone will also be felt though impacts on health determining sectors such as agriculture and water. ...

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 ...

Over the last couple of decades, South Africa has become one of the largest economies in Africa, benefiting from high levels of industrialization and abundant ...

South Africa’s energy sector CO2 emisssions rose from 451.58 million mt in ... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

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 ...

... ambitions for transitioning to a low carbon climate-resilient economy. This will require investments estimated at over ... billion from both the public and private sectors over a decade. All projections indicate that substantial ... of innovative financing instruments, as well as limited knowledge and understanding of these instruments in the context ...