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The Republic of Chad has received a first grant of USD 300,000 from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as part of its Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. This initial support, implemented between March 2017 and...

This proposal seeks to provide technical assistance to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to update its Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and develop a Technology Action Plan (TAP) for prioritized technologies to address...

This proposal aims to strengthen the National Designated Authority (NDA) coordination mechanism through the implementation of the Non objection procedure and the update of country programme. It will again support the...

Sierra Leone is a least developed country (LDC) which is already facing the brunt of climate change impacts including frequent flooding that destroy lives and livelihoods of its already poor, changes in rainfall pattern...

The Directorate-General for Natural Resources and Energy (DGRNE)2 of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment (MOPIRNA)3 and the National Designated Authority (NDA) at the Ministry of Planning,...

As a Small Island Developing State, Cabo Verde is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s key economic sectors: Fisheries and Aquaculture, Tourism and Energy, brought together under the...

Cabo Verde’s growing vulnerability towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde...

Eswatini has been experiencing climate change impacts. Increasing recurrence and magnitude of droughts, increases in flash flooding resulting in landslides and accelerated erosion, and changes in rainfall patterns are...

In the DRC, 50 million people, comprising about 400 ethnic groups, out of a total population of 84 million, depend on rainforests for their livelihoods. While the State exercises permanent sovereignty over all forests,...

Tunisia is in one of the world’s most water-scarce and dry regions. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Tunisia indicates that its economy, the population, and ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate...

Myanmar’s climate change policy and associated strategies recognize that the natural resources sector is critical to mitigating and adapting to climate change. However, Myanmar’s NAPA recognizes stakeholders have...

Southeast Asia is home to several agriculture-dependent countries highly vulnerable to adverse climate impacts. According to the Global Climate Risk Index (2020), four South East Asian countries (Myanmar, Philippines,...

Liberia needs to attract national and international investments in renewable electricity to achieve its 30% by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050 commitments in the NDC. The proposed readiness support aims to establish...

Lao PDR has no domestic petroleum resources, the country fully relies on imports, and more than 80% of imported fuel is used in the transport sector. In contrast, Lao PDR has large untapped domestic renewable energy...

The demand for cooling and refrigeration in the Republic of Rwanda (hereafter Rwanda) is projected to increase substantially as the population and economy continue to grow amidst a warming climate.1 The demand not only...

The goal of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions in line with the Paris...

This readiness is designed to address two (2) barriers (Subsequent readiness will address additional barriers) for the Commonwealth of Dominica to transit to a low carbon Climate Resilience Economy). These two are as...

Climate change and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected areas upon which communities in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate change impacts as well as...

This readiness proposal is developed to address the barriers and gaps in managing climate risks to water resources through the strengthening of climate planning and resilient water resource management capacity in Timor-...

The Republic of Tajikistan, as a small landlocked country, is the most climate vulnerable country in the Central Asia region. Increasing temperatures and late frost events are threatening agricultural productivity;...

The Government of Niger seeks Readiness and Preparatory Support to establish ANFICT’s capacity to meet and maintain the GCF’s accreditation standards as a Direct Access Entity (DAE). Like other West African countries,...

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 increased understanding of risks and impacts,...

This national adaptation planning (NAP) readiness project is designed to address these barriers: (i) limited mainstreaming of CCA into national and local planning and budgeting; (ii) weak institutional and technical...

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 Strategy Action Plan (...

The Philippines 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 ‒...

The inadequate investment in capacity development in Sri Lanka's WASH sector presents significant challenges. The sector's vulnerability to climate change must be recognized, including its exposure, sensitivity, and...

In the absence of adequate human resource with technical capacity, feasibility information, a supportive and aligned policy and regulatory environment, Namibia will not be able to fully implement the NDC and contribute...

Human health system in Sierra Leone is seriously threatened by climate change, both directly and indirectly through increasing heat stress, increased risk of water- borne diseases, stress on water quality sanitation and...

Climate change and variability are evident in Eswatini in many forms, including hydrological disasters (droughts and storms), changes in rainfall regimes, including heavy rainfall events and extreme weather conditions....

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 natural resources such as large mineral deposits....