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Accelerating innovation to strengthen climate resilience of the essential oils sector in Madagascar
Madagascar has launched an innovative project to strengthen its essential oils sector against the rapidly increasing impacts of climate change. This initiative emphasizes entrepreneurship and technology innovation, aiming to equip micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with the tools and strategies to adapt to climate resilience challenges.
Climate adaptation in Bhutan
Bhutan is an environmental and development success story. But as the nation graduates from Least Developed Country status, climate change impacts are threatening to derail years of progress. Through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), the GEF and partners are supporting Bhutan to adapt to our changing climate, building resilience from the local to the national level and creating the foundations for a climate-safe future.
Record Least Developed Countries Fund support for climate change adaptation
At the 36th Council meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund/Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF), members approved the largest-to-date LDCF work program, in the amount of $203 million.The LDCF work program included two programs and national projects in Angola, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Gambia, Guinea, Lao PDR, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Tanzania. The two program proposals consisted of:
Climate change is a multiplier of challenges, so how can we adapt in the high mountains of Colombia?
The Colombian high-mountain region is constantly affected by the advance of urban footprints and the expansion of the agricultural frontier, which significantly contribute to the loss of biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by the páramos.
What is the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency?
The Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency, or CBIT, is part of the GEF's response
Driving ambitious climate action through stronger collaboration on transparency
In the coming months countries have two unique opportunities to take decisive action to tackle the climate emergency. 2024 is a pivotal year for climate transparency and ambition as countries are required to submit their first-ever Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) by December 31, 2024 under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. Only two months later, by the end of February 2025, countries must also submit their next Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The GEF Strategy on Forests: Preserving Forests, for the Future of Nature and People
Governments are confronted with a range of economic, ecological, and political choices in achieving sustainable forest management (SFM). Countries with forest resources face three major challenges: how to avoid further deforestation; how to improve management of forest resources and avoid practices that continue to degrade forests; and how to restore forest landscapes that have been degraded. Only by addressing these challenges simultaneously can the sustainable flow of forest goods and ecosystem services be achieved.
Leading fashion brands rethinking relationship with nature, moving toward key sustainability benchmarks
Industry-leading fashion companies have made significant progress toward achieving environmental goals addressing deforestation and biodiversity loss, ocean plastics, fossil fuel usage, and more.
Building small island resilience through shared learning: insights from the Caribbean
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean face significant environmental challenges, compounded by their vulnerability to climate change impacts. Addressing wide-ranging challenges including biodiversity loss, land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity, food insecurity, and waste management concerns in a lasting way are critical imperatives for these nations.
Funding Adaptation Action in Least Developed Countries with Support from the LDCF
The GEF’s adaptation support for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is delivered through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The LDCF is the only multilateral fund that focuses exclusively on the unique climate adaptation challenges of LDCs and is embraced by LDCs as their own. The fund has a strong track record of supporting LDCs to address adaptation priorities over more than two decades. It delivers targeted support to the world’s most vulnerable countries, and their people and ecosystems.