FP200
Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
Lao PDR's vulnerability to climate change impacts is exacerbated by its limited resources and capacity to invest in adaptive climate measures to protect its economy and rural population. Since 16 per cent of the country's GDP stems from agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, the government has identified these sectors as priority areas in its climate strategies including the National Adaptation Programme and Nationally Determined Contribution.
The ‘Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme (Project 2)’ aims to address decades of forest loss. Building on and coordinating with complementary initiatives including the success of FP117 (GIZ Laos Project 1), Lao PDR leverages GCF funding to further remove investment, policy, and financing barriers to create a sustainable environment for deforestation-free development, integrated with adaptation principles. To support the transition to sustainable and climate-resilient management of forests and landscapes at scale, Project 2 aims to first, scale-up climate-informed participatory land use planning, strengthen land tenure security, improve forest law enforcement and ensure access to sustainable financing; second, address key drivers of deforestation and degradation within the agricultural sector through reducing the expansion of agricultural activities into forested landscapes, and promote climate-resilient agricultural practices that increase the resilience of local farmers and agri-ecosystems; and lastly, strengthen community resilience through sustainable forest landscape management and the promotion of Forest Landscape Restoration, with a focus on village and conservation forests.
Financial sustainability of the project is realised through substantial additional funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing from supporting institutions.
Project timeline
Pipeline
24 Jul 2021 - 601 days
Concept note received
24 Jul 2021
Funding proposal received
18 Apr 2022
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
30 May 2022
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
15 Jul 2022
Cleared by iTAP
13 Mar 2023
Approved
16 Mar 2023 - 15 days
Approved by GCF Board
16 Mar 2023
FAA executed
17 Mar 2023
Under implementation
30 Mar 2023 - 507 days so far
FAA effective
30 Mar 2023
Disbursement - USD 6,674,554
08 Dec 2023
To be completed
30 Mar 2027 - 955 days to go
One region
- Asia-Pacific
One country
One priority group
- Least Developed Countries
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing19% disbursed
Instrument | Amount |
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Grant | USD 35,484,804 |
Total GCF Financing |
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USD 35,484,804 |
Co-financing
Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
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Co-Financing | Grant | USD 929,729 |
Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 7,465,471 |
Co-Financing | Other | USD 14,134,393 |
Co-Financing | Grant | USD 2,430,594 |
Co-Financing | Results-Based Payment | USD 16,908,108 |
Co-Financing | Loan | USD 2,731,783 |
Total Co-Financing |
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USD 44,600,081 |
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Head of GCF Oversight Unit
Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn, Germany, Eschborn, Germany
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National Designated Authority
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Director General, Department of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Nong Beuk Road, Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Deputy Director General, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Nong Beuk Road, Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Director of Planning and Cooperation Division
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GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
22 Mar 2023 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) for a USD 79.3 million project (USD 35.2 million in GCF financing), to address a much-needed transition to the climate resilient management of forests and landscapes at scale.