South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

Type Direct (National)
Date of accreditation 14 Oct 2016

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), is a national entity and a research institute that coordinates research, monitors and reports on the state of biodiversity in South Africa. SANBI also provides planning and policy advice and pilots management models. It has developed and implemented climate-resilient projects that deliver multiple and sustainable benefits to communities in an effort to respond to local adaptation needs and national climate change priorities. SANBI has achieved this by mobilizing financial resources from various sources, including multilateral financial institutions.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

31 Oct 2019 - 30 Oct 2024

Accreditation date

14 Oct 2016

AMA execution date

12 Jul 2017

AMA effectiveness

31 Oct 2019

Term end date

30 Oct 2024

Entity details

Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Environmental and social risk category
- Category C
- Category B
- Category A
- Intermediation 3
- Intermediation 2
- Intermediation 1
Fiduciary standards
- Basic
- Project management
- Grant award
- On-lending/blending:
- Loan
- Equity
- Guarantee
- Blending

Documents

Title	Type	Date
Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Water Security in South Africa (EbA-Water) SANBI	Approved project preparation funding application	08 Aug 2024
Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa SANBI	Approved project preparation funding application	18 Apr 2023
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa SANBI	Approved project preparation funding application	29 Oct 2021
Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa SANBI	Concept note	11 Dec 2020
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity SANBI	Concept note	12 Oct 2020
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate-intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa SANBI	Concept note	30 Sep 2019
Readiness grant agreement for South Africa (ZAF‐RS‐001) SANBI	Approved readiness proposal	22 Sep 2017
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and SANBI SANBI	Accreditation Master Agreement	21 Aug 2017
Entity Support for South Africa through SANBI SANBI	Approved readiness proposal	05 Jun 2017
Accredited Entity nomination from South Africa for SANBI SANBI	Accredited Entity nomination letter	06 Jan 2017

News + Stories

Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance

04 Jun 2019 / In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the Adaptation Fund (AF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), African Development Bank (AfDB) and South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) are joining forces to facilitate a meeting of more than 30 accredited implementing entities from both AF and GCF in Durban, South Africa June 5-7.

Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner

24 May 2017 / The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a GCF workshop.

Contacts

Ms. Mandy Barnett

Primary

Director, Climate Change Adaptation
SANBI Private Bag X7, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa

m.barnett@sanbi.org.za

Ms. Lorato Sithole

Secondary

Chief Financial Officer
SANBI Private Bag X7, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa

l.sithole@sanbi.org.za