Chad is a highly vulnerable country with more than half of its territory being a desert. The country is subject to climate shifts and climate change consequences that negatively affect lives and livelihoods of its people.

Although the country ratified all the key climate-related conventions, it has not benefited adequately from the financing mechanisms of the convention: none of its NAPA and NAMA projects have so far received financial support for implementation.

Chad therefore seeks to remedy the paradoxical situation by girding its loins to face climate change challenges and prepare itself to access GCF resources. After the nomination of its focal point, Chad now requests readiness and preparatory support to strengthen his capacity (and those of the NDA, once nominated) so that the FP/NDA may effectively discharge the GCF-related roles and responsibilities and speed up the process of facilitating the development of projects and programmes that are both aligned to the country’s strategic priorities and the GCF investment framework. This support will initially focus on activity areas 1 (strengthening the Focal Point or NDA once it is nominated) and 2 (developing a country programme).