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Traditional biomass represents approximately 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people. The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires with...

The GCF-DBSA Embedded Generation Investment Programme (“EGIP”) will support the implementation of renewable energy projects with a capacity of 330 MW, which is comprised of 280 MW Solar PV and 50 MW Wind. This will be...

Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan Addressing climate change challenges and enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers in eight districts of Bhutan...

Transforming the Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management Transforming agriculture in the Indus Basin by increasing resilience among the most vulnerable farmers and strengthening government...

Safeguarding rural communities and their physical assets from climate induced disasters in Timor-Leste Addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability of social and physical rural infrastructure and addressing a...

Acknowledging Ecuador’s REDD+ 2014 results - a total volume of 4,831,679 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions reductions - for GCF results-based payments (RBP) These results have been reported to...

Improving the provision of water services by increasing the climate resilience of vulnerable coniferous forests Honduras ranks first on a list of the countries most affected by negative impacts from extreme climate-...

Catalysing private finance to maximize mitigation and adaptation impacts. Among China’s provinces, Shandong has the highest energy consumption and is one of the most carbon-intensive - driven by its high use of coal as...

Supporting the construction of 8-11 renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan, with a total capacity of 330 MW.  Around 91% of Kazakhstan’s electricity is generated from fossil fuels, making it one of the largest...

Securing Bhutan’s protected areas, comprising 51% of its territory, thus preventing deforestation and preserving resources. Bhutan is committed to the bold goal of remaining carbon neutral, as re-stated in its NDC...

Reducing emissions from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s public sector buildings through better energy efficiency and fuel substitution from fossil fuel to biomass. Bosnia-Herzegovina has a large stock of ageing buildings with high...

Constructing a climate-resilient, year-round port for Nauru, preserving the vital sea-link for its 11,300 population deep in the Pacific. Nauru is the world’s smallest island country, and one of the SIDS. As a result...

Rwanda’s Eastern Province contains the largest area of national farming lands, but it is highly vulnerable to increasing drought. With smallholder farmers depending exclusively on rainfall, changes to weather...

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 percent of the population lack access to clean cooking...

Water security is a key issue for Kenya.  The country has limited freshwater and faces chronic water scarcity and high rainfall variability, which are worsened by climate change impacts.  The Athi River Catchment is the...

Climate change has adversely affected Niger’s agriculture, which is the country’s main income source and livelihood for most of the population.  Irregular rainfall, short rainy seasons, droughts, flooding and lack of...

As global temperatures increase and the demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a very high global warming potential.  Reports cite that at 1.5°C of warming –...

Climate change is already harming Colombia’s agricultural sector. Its effects are reducing crop yields, increasing soil erosion, decreasing livestock, and resulting in shorter growing cycles. At the same time, livestock...

Life in the Galapagos Islands is at risk because of climate change. Extreme weather events, warming lands and ocean, and sea level rise threaten the archipelago’s farming and fishing communities, as well as its rich...

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 increase due to the high population growth rate and...

The local 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 floods...

Peru is home to a large carbon stock in its diverse ecosystems, including the Amazon rainforest which occupies nearly 60 per cent of its territory. Economic and social development in Peru has been accompanied by a...

The Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool includes 11 countries across four continents spanning seven different climates: the Mediterranean, humid subtropical, tropical, equatorial, arid, mountain,...

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...

The Philippines ranks fourth on the Long-term Climate Risk Index (2000-2019) due to its exposure to increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, droughts, floods, and irregular precipitation....

Tonga is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including increases in temperature and precipitation, more intense tropical cyclones, and rising sea levels. Extreme events such as Tropical Cyclones Ian in 2014,...

Increasing carbon sequestration in Kyrgyzstan by supporting climate investments in forests and rangelands. In Kyrgyzstan, livestock is the most important source of income, the primary source of nutrition, and a...

Improving forest and land-use management in order to implement REDD+ in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. As a landlocked Least Developed Country, Lao PDR is highly vulnerable to climate change. Its economy is...

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems and vulnerable communities by adopting climate-resilient land-use practices. The Churia region of Nepal has a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem of the heavily populated...

Developing a low-carbon water management scheme and increasing water availability for sustainable agriculture. The water level of the coastal aquifer in Gaza, the region’s only freshwater resource, is declining rapidly...