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Sixteen new climate project proposals totalling about USD 1.0 ... to climate finance, the Board will consider a project introducing a ‘debt for climate conversion scheme.’  ... the Board will, for the first time, review a proposal under the pilot initiative Project-specific Assessment ...

... States (SIDS), face disproportionate risks from climate change. Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, tropical cyclones, floods, heat waves and droughts ... across the wider Caribbean. The project is being advanced under a new Scaling Up Framework between the GCF Simplified ...

... land conversion in the region. Agriculture and land-use change together account for more than 60 per cent of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, ... facing acute deforestation pressures. It was developed under GCF’s Project-specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) . ...

... including increases in temperature and precipitation, more intense tropical cyclones, and rising sea levels. Extreme ... of physical assets, and substantial economic losses, underscoring the need for immediate and comprehensive ...

... to increasing drought. With smallholder farmers depending exclusively on rainfall, changes to weather seasonality - including shorter and more intense rainy seasons - have led to crop failure, food ...

About 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, and instead have to rely on kerosene and diesel generators for lighting. Meanwhile, 85 ... and dangerous levels of indoor air pollution, will severely undermine Africa’s growth and stability as a continent.  ...

Water security is a key issue for Kenya.  The country has limited freshwater and faces chronic water scarcity and ... Upper Athi River Catchment area.   This will involve integrated water resources management and investment in ...

Climate change has adversely affected Niger’s agriculture, which is ... The aim is to promote a paradigm shift to climate-resilient agricultural production through cross-cutting measures ... improving irrigation systems and access to finance, and strengthening the capacity of farmers’ groups and ...

... demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a very high global warming potential.  Reports cite ... be vulnerable to illness and death from heatwave events (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2019) and ...

Climate change is already harming Colombia’s agricultural sector. ... agricultural emissions. This cross-cutting project will strengthen the ability of farmers to manage climate risks while also ...

Life in the Galapagos Islands is at risk because of climate change. Extreme weather events, warming lands and ocean, and sea level rise threaten ... and inefficient power grids, increasing the carbon footprint in its agriculture, fisheries, and tourism sectors. To ...

Transportation is India’s third-highest greenhouse gas (GHG)-emitting sector, contributing about 13 per cent of India’s total CO2 emissions and is forecasted to ... and urbanisation, signifying the need for radical change. In line with India’s climate ambitions, there is ...

... food systems of the upper and middle Ouémé Basin in Benin, the main food basket of the country, is highly vulnerable to climate change due to intense and frequent extreme weather events, mainly flash ...

The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across ... fishery sector provides jobs and gives access to nutrient and protein rich diets. However, because of climate ...

... the Western Pacific and is extremely vulnerable to climate change and disaster risks such as air and sea temperature increases and extreme weather events including more frequent and intense tropical cyclones. These changes compound existing ...

... the Amazon rainforest which occupies nearly 60 per cent of its territory. Economic and social development in Peru has been accompanied by a significant increase in greenhouse ...

The Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool includes 11 countries across ... and continental. These countries suffer from climate change with temperatures reaching levels that increase ...

Indonesia requires urgent action to address its increasing emissions, especially in the rapidly growing industrial energy sector. The market penetration of energy efficient technologies and the ensuing energy savings have been hampered by a range of barriers, including access ...

... Index (2000-2019) due to its exposure to increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, ... floods, and irregular precipitation. It is estimated that 70 per cent of the population are at risk and vulnerable ... up climate-resilient agriculture enterprise development into the rural development programmes of the country.  ...

Liberia currently lacks the capacity to prepare for and respond to ... forecasts, and the lack of an effective response mechanism to distribute aid efficiently to affected ... support to function effectively, limiting its ability to undertake disaster risk reduction.  The project aims ...

... Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific.  Climate hazards are projected to severely threaten FSM communities' food security - primarily because of ... change-induced food insecurity. Planned measures include introducing sustainable agricultural practices and ...

Climate change means that Uzbekistan is highly vulnerable to floods ... Multi-Hazard Early Warning System, set to become an essential part of the country's climate risk management framework. Ultimately, this will improve monitoring ...

Bangladesh is experiencing an increasing frequency and intensity of drought in its flat and low-lying northwestern ... (NWR), an important agricultural hub in the country. More than 60% of the population in the region are small, marginal ...

... temperature, extreme rainfall, flooding, and droughts threaten the Solomon Islands’ population who reside on low-lying ... on the Solomon Islands against the onslaught of climate change impacts. It will enhance the adaptation capacities of ... adaptation approach, the project will also advance understanding of the climate crisis on the island by ...