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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 ... mechanism of updating the NAP on a regular basis and, compile and communicate aggregated results of reduction of ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has agreed two primary objectives of the national ...
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 ... process through UN-REDD National Programme (2012-2017), FCPF REDD+ Readiness Project (2015-2020), EU National Forest ... 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 ... practices, fragmented planning and monitoring of field level measures to address climate change, and low capacity ...
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
Mobilizing International Climate Finance and Private Investments for Low-Carbon Development in the Dominican Republic
... climate finance and private investments for the implementation if the nationally determined contribution (NDC) ... to access international climate finance by supporting the accreditation of two candidate Direct Access Entities (DAEs) ... with the goal of creating 436,065 new green jobs by 2026. Dominican Republic (the) Mobilizing International ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominican Republic (the) GGGI
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 neutrality ... project concept note in partnership with an accredited entity. In the absence of the Readiness Proposal, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Liberia UNEP
Groundwork for e-mobility investments in Lao PDR
Lao PDR has no domestic petroleum resources, the country fully relies on imports, and ... In contrast, Lao PDR has large untapped domestic renewable energy sources. The Government has set the objective of ... Mines, users, banks, as well as suppliers of electric vehicles and charging stations, this Readiness program will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GGGI
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
Support The Union of Comoros to increase access to Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund (GCF): enhancing decision-making process through better mainstreaming sciencebased Information
... by reducing its emissions by 84% and achieving its sustainable development and adaptation goals.1 However, several gaps ... are preventing the country from achieving its voluntary pledge and increasing its level of ambition. One of the main challenges is its low ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
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 ... events have intensified in recent years, and the nation’s level of preparedness has deteriorated. This grant is ...
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 approaches for sustainable High Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru” ...
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)
... change adaptation purposes. Additionally, there is little sharing of knowledge among local communities, states and countries managing ... of effective protected area management and community-led, ecosystem-based adaptation. This proposed EDA programme ...
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 ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ,” he emphasised. Dr. Mohieldin brings a wealth of ... 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
Institutional and technical support for REDD+ readiness in West Africa
All participating countries for this proposal are Least Developed Countries where economy’s is mainly based ... resources are receding at an alarming rate. Despite the low-level contribution of participating countries to global GHG ... forest degradation, promote forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries FAO
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 ... 1.5 and 2°C in the region during the twentieth century, while rainfall decreased by about 20% relative to the last ...
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 ... Secretariat (NCDD-S) of Cambodia was nominated as an Accredited Entity (AEs) of the GCF and has gained direct ... the Nationally Determined Contribution 2020 (NDC) to the UNFCCC and SDGs numbers 1, 11 and 13. Proposed interventions ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia NCDD
Advancing programming and partnership framework with GCF and matching with country’s long-term low- carbon development strategies
... of Armenia’s engagement with the Fund during the first replenishment cycle (ending in 2023). It defines long-term priority sectors ... monitoring and evaluation framework of the Programme implementation. However, the draft has not been approved by the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia EPIU
Strengthening Kyrgyzstan's capacity to manage the climate finance process and prepare quality projects
... is to prepare the country for the mobilization and implementation of climate finance through capacity building in ... resources to be accessed such as various expert groups, while further various expert groups could be trained regarding ... pipeline and in raising general awareness in order to enable the country to identify, prioritize, develop and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan GIZ
Strengthening Tajikistan's capacity to access and deploy climate finance
... as a small landlocked country, is the most climate vulnerable country in the Central Asia region. Increasing ... women, young women and men, and vulnerable groups, who are less able to cope and less likely to have access to ... capacity of NDA and lack of resources to update the NDA website and develop communication and knowledge products to be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan GIZ
Niger - Accreditation Support for Agence Nationale de Financement des Collectivités Territoriales (ANFICT)
... ANFICT’s capacity to meet and maintain the GCF’s accreditation standards as a Direct Access Entity (DAE). Like ... affects areas and populations that are already vulnerable, both through poverty and through the degradation of ... and institutional systems to enable it to fulfil the roles and responsibilities of a DAE of GCF while enhancing its ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
Strengthening the capacity of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to assess and address the impacts of climate change on the provision of water and sanitation services and to build the project pipeline for water and sanitation projects in the Syrian Arab Republic
... Arab Republic. As the Delivery Partner (DP), UNICEF will implement this project, in partnership with UN-Habitat as an ... Authority (NDA). Syria faces climate and economic challenges which impact the access to, and sustainability of, ... of WASH services and environmental contamination, regardless of the level of service. Syria’s hydropower-dependent ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Syrian Arab Republic