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Gum for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring the carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt – expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Gum for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring the carbon sink potential of the Gum...
Document > Concept note Sudan FAO
Gender action plan for FP124: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles Mountain Range Catchment of Sri Lanka
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP124: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas...
Document > Gender action plan Sri Lanka IUCN
Gender action plan for FP125: Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and South- Central Coast regions of Vietnam
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP125: Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast...
Document > Gender action plan Viet Nam UNDP
Gender action plan for FP126: Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba (IRES)
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP126: Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the...
Document > Gender action plan Cuba FAO
Gender assessment for FP124: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles Mountain Range Catchment of Sri Lanka
This gender assessment for FP124: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles...
Document > Gender assessment Sri Lanka IUCN
Melanesia Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change Programme
The project preparation activities are to conduct stakeholder engagement in the 3 countries and to fully develop all studies required for the development of the project of the CMERP. This includes the full technical and...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IUCN
Call for public input: Review of GCF's Information Disclosure Policy
In accordance with paragraph 41 of the Information Disclosure Policy, the Ethics and Audit Committee (EAC) of the Board will present to the Board a report “on issues related to the implementation of this Policy along...
Document > Call for input
Report on the progress of the Green Climate Fund during its initial resource mobilization period (January 2015 through March 2020)
The Green Climate Fund is a unique institution. It is the manifestation of a joint global commitment to fight climate change and a crucial element of the Paris Agreement. Over the past five years, it has developed from...
Document > Publication
The R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R-CReWS)
Increased drought periods have supressed Barbados’ internal renewable water resources (IRWR) as a result of Climate Change. In addition, scarce annual rainfall occurs more frequently as hurricanes and storms cause...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados CCCCC
Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement
The Government of The Gambia requested FAO Gambia Country Office support to develop a Concept Note and funding proposal on ‘Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in The Gambia’, which was...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Gambia FAO
Promoting private sector investment through large scale adoption of energy saving technologies and equipment for garment sector of Bangladesh
The Programme on “Promoting private sector investment through large scale adoption of energy saving technologies and equipment for Garment sector of Bangladesh” once implemented will be one of the largest scale up...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Bangladesh IDCOL
Where do we stand with NDCs: Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
Decision 1/CMA.2 (Madrid, 2019) re-emphasized with serious concern the urgent need to address the significant gap between the aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation efforts in terms of global annual emissions of...
Event > Upcoming engagement 
Supporting the Achievement of National Development Policies by Building Climate Adaptive Capacity and Planning in Guinea
Based on stakeholder consultations and stocktaking conducted in 2016 and 2018, the main barriers to climate change adaptation mainstreaming and financing adaptation measures for the long-term in Guinea are: (i) the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea UNDP
Adaptation planning support for the Republic of Moldova through UNDP
The NAP-2 cycle is designed to help the Moldovan government continue to increase its capacity to address the country’s long-term vulnerabilities to climate change in its national priority sectors, with specific emphasis...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Moldova UNDP
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
This project focuses on four regional hubs or poles along the strip or band of the country where the desertification process is more severe and stopping it more strategic. In particular, from north to south and from...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Mauritania UNEP
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund: at a glance
While the private sector plays an increasingly important role in renewable energy markets, there is a dearth of business support for climate adaptation, especially for smallholder farmers who bear the brunt of global...
Document > Case study Multiple countries Acumen
Leonardo Paat Jr.
It is with deep sadness that GCF announces the death of our colleague and friend Leonardo Paat Jr.
Leo had been with GCF since 2016, serving first as Environment Specialist, then as Senior Environment and Social...
Document > Notification
Mainstreaming Climate Smart Planning and Implementation into Agricultural Development
Agriculture is a highly climate sensitive sector, and future climate change poses key risks that will affect national economic growth and millions of livelihoods in Rwanda. The sector is also the largest source of...
Document > Concept note Rwanda MOE_Rwanda
Strengthening the resilience of small and medium-sized fruit and vegetable producers to climate change induced water insecurity in Central Serbia
Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts in Central Serbia, which is leading to significant losses in fruit and vegetable production for small farms relying on rainfed agriculture...
Document > Concept note Serbia UNDP
Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management
The Indus River is Pakistan’s lifeline, and is now experiencing catastrophic floods and droughts exacerbated by climate change. Pakistan relies on costly hard-infrastructure flood and water management measures with...
Document > Concept note Pakistan WWF
Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change Impacts in the Cattle Corridor of Uganda
Uganda's Cattle Corridor is most affected by climate change. The corridor stretches from south-western to north-eastern Uganda. It is characterised by livestock production, scarce water and pastures. Although it is...
Document > Concept note Uganda OSS
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate-intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of droughts, floods and wildfires in South Africa, threatening the ecosystems that underpin rural livelihoods and the South African economy. Well managed...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
An integrated response for climate change mitigation and adaptation for agriculture in Samoa, Vanuatu and Tonga
Climate Change is the most important issue facing the 3 countries this project will operate in - Tonga, Vanuatu and Samoa. This project has been designed to support farmers to adapt to the its impacts as well as to...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries SPC
Scaling the Communal Reserve Co-management Model to Reduce Emissions and Build Resilience of Indigenous People in the Peruvian Amazon
Amazonian indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly indigenous women. The proposed project aims to empower indigenous people to adapt to increased temperatures,...
Document > Concept note Peru CI
Low carbon buses for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Vientiane Capital
The project will contribute to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality under a new sustainable transportation system being implemented in Vientiane Capital. The project involves introducing electric vehicles in...
Document > Concept note Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
River Restoration for Climate Change Adaptation (RIOS)
Mexico is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as the increase in extreme events, which are affecting watersheds (droughts, floods, landslides), and the negative ecological, economic, and social...
Document > Concept note Mexico FMCN
Heritage Colombia (HECO): Maximizing the Contributions of Sustainably Managed Landscapes in Colombia for Achievement of Climate Goals
Heritage Colombia (HECO) will generate significant mitigation and adaptation benefits through a paradigm shifting landscape approach in Colombia associated with a proven model for securing long-term financing for the...
Document > Concept note Colombia WWF
Climate-Informed Watershed Management in the Northern Pacific Region of Costa Rica
As a result of climate change, the northern Pacific region of Costa Rica will experience a significant decrease in precipitations and increase in temperatures, leading to more frequent and severe droughts. This will...
Document > Concept note Costa Rica UNDP
Rural Enterprise incentives through performance-based fiance for forest landscape restoration and low emissions developement: Private Sector jurisdictional models for a Green Economy in Equateur, Mongala and Tshopo Provinces
The project aim is to reduce land based emissions by establishing private se sub-national jurisdictional ER programs in the three target provinces by reinf legal and managerial frameworks to stimulate green economic...
Document > Concept note Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) IUCN
Cross border programme to enhance resilience of oases ecosystems and livelihoods in the North African region
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, one of the harshest environments on Earth, covering nearly a third of the African continent. This area is being impacted by Climate change and natural climate cycles...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries OSS