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Increasing Private Sector Involvement in the Transition towards a Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy in Burundi
Burundi has completed a GCF readiness grant aimed at strengthening the NDA ... and subnational actors is necessary for Burundi to support future growth and development efforts. Taking into account ... areas: Identification of 2 potential DAE, nomination for accreditation, and accreditation gap assessment of the 2 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi CSE
Technical Guidance for Updating Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and development of a Technology action plan for the implementation of NDC’ Côte d’Ivoire
... for prioritized technologies to address climate change challenges in the most critical sectors of the economy. This Readiness Proposal, should it be implemented, will allow to: a) setting up a national innovation ... academia), the absence of functional national direct accredited entity, the insufficient and low coordination of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire UNEP-CTCN
Capacity strengthening of UCLG Africa applying for Direct Access modality and pipeline development to implement NDCs at territorial level in Morocco
... readiness proposal seeks to address the following gaps, challenges and weaknesses which have been identified in the past ... (United Cities and Local Governments of Africa) to meet accreditation standards, and thus the need to develop the ... in order to successfully apply as a DAE; v) the lack of lessons-sharing between African countries in terms of local ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Morocco UCLG Africa
Green Climate Fund Readiness Support for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a least developed country (LDC) which is already facing the ... negatively affecting the agricultural productivity, and sea level rise that is destroying the coastal environment of the ... signing of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), its Kyoto protocol, the development of national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sierra Leone UNEP
Building institutional capacity for a renewable energy and energy efficiency investment programme for Sao Tome and Principe
... Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to implement a GCF Readiness proposal.4 The provided support will ... readiness activities, closes gaps, complements and/or up-scales existing support. Past readiness approaches in the RE&EE ... sectors. Over the past ten years, STP does not count any measurable progress regarding RE&EE expansion. Sao Tome and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sao Tome and Principe UNIDO
Enhance capacities of Cabo Verde in addressing the effects of climate change in key sectors of the Blue Economy
... 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 Maritime Economy, are ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde FAO
Strengthening the NDA’s institutional and technical capacity to mobilize gender-responsive climate finance for Eswatini
... 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 ... base. Eswatini has been taking a number of policy measures to respond to climate change and its impacts as part ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini GWPO
National Readiness to enable strategic approaches for 30x30 investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the DRC, 50 million people, comprising about 400 ethnic groups, out of a total ... of the region’s climate strategy, are essential in ensuring the resilience of Indigenous and local ... and their periphery (2021) and will contribute to the future development of a national concept note and costed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) WCS
Market Preparation for Industrial Energy Efficiency in Lao PDR
... 3% per year (IEA, 2019). However, most recent data available indicates that the primary energy intensity level in Lao ... investments in the deployment of energy efficiency measures in the industrial sector. The project deliverables comprise: An effective stakeholder coordination ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GGGI
Developing a Natural Resources Conservation and Management Strategy (NRCMS) for tackling climate change and development challenges in Myanmar
... 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 ... will provide awareness and capacity building that enables national and sub-national stakeholders to seek public ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar TNC
Enhance Capacity of Myanmar to Advance the Process of Formulation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plan
... 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 ... knowledge on projected climate impacts and adaptation measures available. By its very nature, the process of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar UNEP
Developing GCF pipeline of projects from locally- driven climate actions
... scaling up climate change mitigation actions at local level through improved energy efficiency, scale-up of renewable energy in households, and strengthened ... there are some Thai Local Governments actively playing roles on climate actions, however they identify their needs to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand TGO
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Tonga
... 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 ... achieving NDC goals in a manner that is inclusive, equitable and respects gender and social concerns as outlined ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Resilient COVID-19 recovery and transformational pipeline to boost climate actions in agriculture, land and water sectors in Lao PDR
... 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 largest emitting sectors in the country; ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) FAO
Readiness for registry and nesting system to facilitate climate-related investments in agriculture, forest and land use (AFOLU) sector in Papua New Guinea
... from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and ... all elements of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+, has measured the results of REDD+ implementation and is in the ... a nesting system to account for investments, define the rules of engagement of the private sector in REDD+ and other ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Papua New Guinea FAO
Agriculture Sector Readiness for enhanced climate finance and implementation of Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture priorities in Southeast Asia
... 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 ... fragmented planning and monitoring of field level measures to address climate change, and low capacity to access ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries FAO
Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica
... however, none of the four pillars are at this time completed. To be specific, with regards to the NFREL component, ... System (SIS), preliminary assessment are underway and requisite entities for the function of the system are being engaged to complete the Strategic Environmental and Social Safeguards ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
Develop a renewable energy investment framework to increase the share of renewable energy-based electricity generation to achieve Liberia’s NDC commitments
... to attract national and international investments in renewable electricity to achieve its 30% by 2030 and carbon ... energy project in Liberia. The impacts will also be measurable in 2030 as the share of renewable electricity in the ... project concept note in partnership with an accredited entity. In the absence of the Readiness Proposal, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Liberia UNEP
Rwanda Cooling Initiative: Enabling Deployment of Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling
... The growing demand for cooling will raise consumption of electricity, straining Rwanda’s electrical grid and intensifying direct and indirect CO2 ... promote higher efficiency cooling appliances and a sustainable cold chain. Rwanda has adopted Minimum Energy Performance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda UNEP
Strengthening science-based and climate-informed decision- making processes in Mauritius climate-sensitive sectors for impactful and cost-effective climate change programming
Mauritius is among the most vulnerable small island states to the adverse impacts of climate ... change and most exposed to natural hazards, especially sea-level rise, flooding, and cyclones, due to its geographical ... to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of current and future socio-economic and climatic changes and their related ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritius
Phase 1: Capacity development and institutional strengthening to support the development and delivery of Dominica’s GCF work program and facilitate the enabling environment for hydrogen production as part of Dominica’s low carbon and climate resilient economy
... carbon climate resilient economy and (ii) Lack of available finance within the Commonwealth of Dominica to implement the level and scale of financing required for this transition. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Resilient Puna: Nature-based climate solutions for sustainable high Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru
... of Agriculture (MIDAGRI) has appointed GIZ as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Resilient Puna: Ecosystem- based ... below. As the AE for the Resilient Puna project, GIZ will ensure the necessary due diligence, including full and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Peru GIZ
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... 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 ... areas. This hinders the amount of regional cooperation and future scaling- up and replication of effective protected ...
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 ... Board, Secretariat, contributors, and stakeholders to ensure a successful second replenishment of GCF demonstrating ... international finance and development. He held high-level roles at the World Bank, including as the Senior Vice ...
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Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for SPC
... under formulation as well as projects moving into implementation, it is critical that SPC is able to report against GCF’s new Integrated Results ... analysis to synthesize learning from the active portfolio. Lessons will be used to inform ongoing implementation, as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal SPC
Enhancing climate integration capacity for resilient water resource management in Timor-Leste
... and resilient water resource management capacity in Timor-Leste. The proposal will develop the institutional and ... infrastructure and services to better serve vulnerable children and communities. The proposal will generate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Strengthen WAEMU sub-national governments’ capacities to access climate finance and develop a pipeline of projects to support their countries’ climate goals.
... 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 ... increase limit, and in adaptation, and finance. Nevertheless, the WAEMU subnational governments face several ...
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
... as the country is a major export of these commodities, while being a net importer of staple food. Like other Mediterranean countries, Algeria is ... and domestic needs. Algeria is also witnessing an upsurge in heat waves, a shift of tropical diseases to the ...
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
... 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 the resilience of smallholder farmers in vulnerable catchments in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern ...
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 pressure, and decreased the availability of water resources. The ... Secretariat (NCDD-S) of Cambodia was nominated as an Accredited Entity (AEs) of the GCF and has gained direct ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia NCDD