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GCF Readiness support for the Development Bank of Nigeria
27 Feb 2026 / The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has signed a grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), to receive support from GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (Readiness Programme). This support will strengthen DBN’s climate programming capacity and facilitate access to GCF resources and broader climate finance opportunities, in line with national priorities.
Farmerline: Empowering smallholder farmers and governments to create climate-resilient agribusinesses
04 Jun 2024 / The impact of climate change is impacting all sectors, with agriculture being particularly vulnerable, and a significant contributor to its exacerbation at the same time. The agricultural sector alone is indeed responsible for 19 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, totalling 9.9 billion tons of CO2e annually. Agriculture is a major industry in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, with up to 80 percent of farmland managed by smallholder farmers, who are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with wide-ranging supply chain impacts.