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Enhancing the Resilience of Small Farmers against Climate Change impacts in Cauvery Delta Zone of Tamil Nadu

The Cauvery Delta Zone is a victim of the vagaries of several climate change impacts in the recent past. The project attempts to address specific problems faced by the small farmers through development, dissemination...

Document > Concept note India

Support to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) investments in Africa

The project development objective is to strengthen the capacity and accelerate the efforts of African countries on resource mobilization for projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to...

Document > Concept note Multiple countries

Reduced Emissions through Climate Smart Agroforestry (RECAF) (or Achieving emission reductions in the Central Highland and South Central Coast region of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals)

Land use change continues to be a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Viet Nam, with the major drivers of forest-land conversion being logging (both legal and illegal), infrastructure development, and...

Document > Concept note Viet Nam

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE-III (LGCC3)

food security. Climate trends including greater unpredictability rainy season, increased floods and droughts and higher temperatures are stressing farming systems. Local Governments are responsible to support adaptation...

Document > Concept note Cambodia

Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa

South African smallholder farmers rely on rainfall, made more erratic by climate change, and lack access to climate-risk informed agricultural advisory services to enhance their adaptive capacity. The impacts of...

Document > Concept note South Africa

Ensuring Climate Resilience and Energy Substitution for WASH Systems in Drought-Prone Districts of Karamoja Subregion, Uganda

Karamoja region experiences high year-to-year variability in climate cycle, including unpredictable rainfall patterns, which undermines the already limited resources and development through recurring droughts, flash...

Document > Concept note Uganda

Women-Adapt: Enhancing women smallholder farmers´adaptive capacity and scaling up climate-resilient food production systems in Côte d’Ivoire

Smallholder farmers (of which 70% women) in the Poro Region strive to achieve or maintain food and water security due to their exposure to climate hazards (droughts and rainfall variability). The project will adopt a...

Document > Concept note Côte d'Ivoire

Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to climate change in the Cook Islands

The Cook Islands are expected to incur, on average, about USD 5 million per year (2% of GDP) in direct losses due to tropical cyclone activity – of which 90% are to the building sector. This project aims to strengthen...

Document > Concept note Cook Islands

Dominica - Climate Elucidation for Adaptive Resilience in the Water Sector (D-ClEAR-Water)

There is evidence that climate change will result in increasing variability and extremes4 and this will impact the availability of water in Dominica, particularly in the dry season. Less water will be available to...

Document > Concept note Dominica

Low emissions cattle ranching landscape: a sustainable and climate responsive alternative for rural development in Colombia

Rural development is urgent in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia. GHG emissions from AFOLU sector account for 55% of the total (with deforestation as the main driver) and recent climate extreme events generated...

Document > Concept note Colombia

Scaling up regional action to reduce deforestation and increase resilience to climate change under the framework of the Leticia Pact for the Amazon (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)

The destruction of the forests of the Amazon basin imperils global climate stability and the climate-resilience of vulnerable indigenous and local communities. The proposed Program will accelerate the regional shift to...

Document > Concept note Multiple countries

GCF side event asks ‘what makes a good project?’

... with expertise in household solar power. The Minister also noted that the Rwandan Ministry of Natural Resources had ... consideration. These could be brought to the Fund either as concept notes to explore early ideas or as fully-fledged project ...

Article > Press release

GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects

... Designated Authorities (NDAs) are invited to submit concept notes to the Fund under the SAP. All interested stakeholders ...

Article > Press release

Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities

... depend on them. Specifically, a technically sound regional concept note will be developed and submitted to the GCF, aligned ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries

Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector

... scale, pilot experiences and submission of Concept Notes to the GCF. Promotion of joint investments and ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries

Support for the Establishment of a National Green Building and Infrastructure Financing Vehicle, Development of Green Building Minimum Compliance System, and DAE Application in Côte d’Ivoire

... implement climate projects towards submission of project concept notes to the GCF. It will help in the development of a Green ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire

Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea

... roadmap. 4- Develop and submit three high quality concept notes to the GCF – two in public sector for adaptation and ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea

Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition

... a pipeline of investment-grade solutions, and two concept notes to leverage private sector financing for large-scale ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho

Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility

... green finance solution. Develop pipelines and project concept notes focused on Municipal Solid Waste to Energy (MSW2E), ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand

Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative

... investments in urban resilience through the development of concept notes and pre-feasibility studies developed and submitted. ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries

Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin

... to boost private sector investment. Output 4.1.1. One (01) concept note on scaling up nature-based solutions (Ecosystem-based ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin

Strengthening the climate resilience of Mauritania’s vulnerable WASH sector through enhanced capacity, collaboration and knowledge on climate change

... in the WASH sector, and the development and delivery of a Concept Note focused to strengthen the climate resilience of WASH ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritania

Enhancing Saint Lucia’s understanding, capacity, institutional and strategic frameworks to access climate finance for low-emission climate resilient pathways

... from the NDA toolkit, particularly those for reviewing concept notes and funding proposals. The absence of a coordinated or ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia

Capacity enhancement of the National Designated Authority and other relevant stakeholders in Sri Lanka to re-evaluate technical needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation and assess climate finance priorities for agriculture by developing innovative climate smart investment mechanisms through increased partnerships between public and private sectors

... stakeholders have inadequate technical capacity to develop concept notes and proposals for resource mobilization. Knowledge ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka

Strengthening Adaptation Planning processes and capacity for successful implementation of adaptation actions in the Agricultural and Water sectors of Trinidad and Tobago

... of adaptation-based ventures (Output 3.3.2), and the GCF concept note for a national full-size project, focused on ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

... organizations and development banks to identify project concepts aligned with national priorities. Together with ...

Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International

NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Mauritania through Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

... will include programming priorities and programme/project concepts. Mauritania NDA Strengthening and Country ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritania

Structured Dialogue with the Pacific 2018

... place, countries presented their project proposal ideas and concept notes that could potentially go through the SAP. Countries ...

Event > Structured dialogue Micronesia (Federated States of)

GCF Regional Dialogue with Africa brings over 200 participants to support the region with innovative climate action

... and GCF provided direct support to investment ideas and concept notes presented in advance by participants. Furthermore, ... GCF to listen to partners, highlight their successes, take note of their challenges and consider their inputs for ...

Article > News update

Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

... of Somalia to coordinate climate finance and develop robust concept notes for GCF investment – GCF also undertook to explore ... climate action for durable peace and prosperity.” Notes to editors: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the ...

Article > Press release Somalia

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