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LDCF - Samoa - Integration of Climate Change Risk and Resilience into Forestry Management (ICCRIFS)

GEF Agency: UNDP
Executing Agency: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
LDCF Grant: $2,400,000
Co-financing: $2,400,000

Samoa’s forests are a vital source of prime material and food, supporting the livelihoods of many rural communities. Unfortunately, Samoa’s natural resources are extremely vulnerable, already bearing the effects of climate change such as increased air temperatures, increased frequency in extreme daily rainfalls, and rising sea levels. Also, extensive cyclonic damage to Samoa’s forest resources and ineffective...

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LDCF - Rwanda - Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas

GEF Agency: UNEP, UNDP
Executing Agency: Rwanda Environmental Management Authority (REMA)
LDCF Grant: $3,486,000
Co-financing: $12,427,000

The Gishwati ecosystem in Western Rwanda has been experiencing worsening irregularity and unpredictability of rainfall over the past decade due to climate change. Especially between 1991 and 2000, this area has experienced extreme drought followed by two years of unusually excessive rains. The resulting floods have led to significant economic, environmental, and social damage. Also, the excessive floods have led to the deaths of dozens, destroyed roads and...

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LDCF - Haiti - Strengthening Climate Resilience and Reducing Disaster Risk in Agriculture to Improve Food Security in Haiti post-Earthquake

GEF Agency: FAO
Executing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture (Département de Développement Agricole)
LDCF Grant: $2,000,000
Co-financing: $5,000,000

In light of the earthquake on January 12th, 2010 and the subsequent aftershocks, Port-au-Prince and its surrounding villages have been left in ruins, displaced nearly two million people and injured or killed hundreds of thousands. Unfortunately, natural disasters occur often in Haiti, usually every two to three years. Haiti routinely faces cyclones, storms, or tropical depressions which result in floods, landslides, tidal waves,...

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LDCF - Malawi - Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture (CARLA)

GEF Agency: African Development Bank

Executing Agency: Environmental Affairs Department (Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources, and Environment); Department of Irrigation (Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development)

LDCF Grant: $3,000,000

Co-financing: $24,505,000

This country is heavily dependent upon rain-fed subsistence agriculture, with more than 80 percent of the population generating their daily livelihoods from small-scale agriculture. As Malawi faces increasing rates of extreme weather events, such as recurrent floods and droughts, efforts at fostering...

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LDCF - Bhutan - Reducing Climate Change-induced Risks and Vulnerabilities from Glacial Lake Outbursts in the Punakha Wangdi and Chamkhar Valleys

GEF Agency: UNDP

Executing Agency: Department of Geology and Mines (DGM); Ministry of Trade and Industry

LDCF Grant: $3,625,050

Co-financing: $3,486,224

The NAPA for Bhutan highlighted the country’s vulnerability to glacial lake outbursts. As water levels increase, critical thresholds could be reached, causing catastrophic flash floods downstream into the valleys. Such massive flash floods pose a major threat to life as well as infrastructure and economy in the affected valleys. As a follow up to the NAPA, Bhutan has requested financing...

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