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Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector

Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean are highly vulnerable to climate change, which affects crucial economic sectors such as tourism, agriculture, and fishing. Rising sea levels and changing weather patterns threaten natural habitats and increase the severity of natural disasters. Despite minimal contributions to global emissions, SIDS in the Caribbean face significant economic risks, with projected annual losses of USD 22 billion by 2050, making emissions reduction essential.

The Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector programme supports climate resilient investments in the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Focusing on agriculture, sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, transport, and the blue economy, the programme aims to overcome investment barriers by providing advisory services and blended finance solutions. It also emphasises gender mainstreaming to close gender and diversity gaps in the region.  

Moreover, the programme aims to scale up private climate finance through local actors by combining advisory services with concessional financing from GCF, which will enhance the region's climate resilience and sustainable development. By mobilising 3.4 times the funding from IDB Invest and other co-financiers, it will help reduce the existing climate finance gap for SIDS in the Caribbean region.

Total project value

 

Tonnes of emissions avoided

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
22,833
Theme

Cross-cutting

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

19 Mar 2022 - 1 days

Concept note received

19 Mar 2022

Funding proposal received

18 Mar 2024

Cleared by GCF Secretariat

01 May 2024

Approved

19 Mar 2022 - 852 days so far

Under implementation

To be completed

One region

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

Eight countries

One priority group

  • Small Island Developing States
USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing

InstrumentAmount
LoanUSD 25,000,000
EquityUSD 25,000,000
LoanUSD 25,000,000
GuaranteeUSD 25,000,000
GrantUSD 18,975,948
Total GCF Financing
USD 118,975,948

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 25,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 25,000,000
Co-FinancingEquityUSD 25,000,000
Co-FinancingGuaranteeUSD 25,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 76,500,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 76,500,000
Co-FinancingEquityUSD 76,500,000
Co-FinancingGuaranteeUSD 76,500,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 2,200,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 408,200,000

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National Designated Authority

Bahamas
Office of the Prime Minister
Mrs. Rochelle Newbold Primary
Special Advisor for Climate Change & Environmental Matters
Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield Center, Nassau, Bahamas
Phone 1(242)702-5500
ROCHELLENEWBOLD@BAHAMAS.GOV.BS
Dr. Rhianna Neely Secondary
Director, Department of Environmental Planning and Protection Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Phone 1(242)322-4546
Rhiannaneely@bahamas.gov.bs
Ms. Christine Thompson Secondary
Deputy Director Economics, Ministry of Finance
Phone 1(242)702-1586
ChristineMThompson@bahamas.gov.bs
Barbados
Economic Affairs and Investment Division Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Senator the Honourable Chad Blackman Primary
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment (Economic Affairs and Investment Division)
3rd Floor East, Warrens Office Complex Warrens, St Michael, Barbados
Phone 1 246 535-1302/1 246 535-1317
chad.blackman@barbados.gov.bb
Mrs. Betty Alleyne-Headley Secondary
Permanent Secretary, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
3rd Floor East, Warrens Office Complex, Warrens St. Michael, St. Michael, Barbados
Phone 535-1304/535-1326
Betty.Alleyne-Headley@barbados.gov.bb
Mr. Ricardo Marshall Operational focal point
Director, Roofs to Reefs Programme (R2RP), Prime Minister’s Office
Government Headquarters Bay Street St. Michael, Barbados
Mr. Ronnie Griffith Operational focal point
Chief Economist, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Ms. Richelle Gaskin Operational focal point
Economist I, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Ms. Sharifa Roach-Vaughan Operational focal point
Secretary to the Minister, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Belize
Ministry of Finance, Economic Development & Investment
Dr. Osmond Martinez Primary
Chief Executive Officer
Sir Edney Cain Building, First Floor, Right Wing, Belmopan, Belize
Phone +501 825-2526 or 2527
ceo@med.gov.bz
ana.mahmud@med.gov.bz
Mr. Leroy Josiah Martinez Secondary
Economist/Green Climate Fund Focal Point, Policy and Planning Unit
Phone +501 822-2526/2527
leroy.martinez@med.gov.bz
Dominican Republic (the)
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Ms. Milagros De Camps German Primary
Deputy Minister of International Cooperation
Avenida Cayetano Germosén esq. Avenida Gregorio Luperón, Ensanche El Pedregal, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic (the)
Guyana
Office of the Vice President
Honourable Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo Primary
Vice President, Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Bourda,, Georgetown, Guyana
Phone +592-227-3101
vpguy2020@gmail.com
Mr. Andrew Bishop Secondary
Lead Climate Change Negotiator, Office of the President, Department of Environment and Climate Change
Ms. Pradeepa Bholanauth Secondary
Senior Director for Climate and REDD+, Ministry of Natural Resources
Jamaica
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Mr. Omar Alcock Primary
Senior Technical Officer
Phone 1 (876) 423-4154
omar.alcock@megjc.gov.jm
Ms. Schmoi McLean Secondary
Programme Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Phone 1 (876) 561-8775
Schmoi.mclean@megjc.gov.jm
Suriname
Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment
His Excellency Mr. Marciano Dasai Primary
Minister
Prins Hendrikstraat #22, Paramaribo, Suriname
Phone +597 522020
secmin@rom.gov.sr
Mr. Ritesh Sardjoe Secondary
Permanent Secretary for Environment
Ms. Vanuessa Gefferie Secondary
Permanent Secretary for General and Financial Affairs
Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of Planning and Development
Ms. Marie Hinds Primary
Permanent Secretary
Level 14, Eric Williams Finance Building, Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Phone +(86) 612-9700 ext. 1329/2016
Marie.Hinds@planning.gov.tt