Current Projects

Mitigate GHG emissions by accelerating the introduction of electric mobility in Seychelles through demonstration in public transportation, capacity building, and preparation of upscaling and replication through development of adequate electric mobility pol

Mitigate GHG emissions by accelerating the introduction of electric mobility in Togo through the development of a policy framework, capacity building and demonstration of electric motorcycles to prepare for upscaling and replication.

To mitigate GHG emissions in Cote d’Ivoire by accelerating the introduction of electric mobility through revision of the policy and institutional framework; training and capacity building; demonstration of electric vehicles; development of finance schemes

To scale up and improve forest landscapes through community-based natural resources management in targeted trans-boundary landscapes.

To establish Madagascar’s ABS national framework and operational capacity to enable the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.

To assist Zimbabwe to comply with the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

To catalyze transformational change at a regional level by scaling up best practices and innovations originating from sustainable forest management in transboundary landscapes. This will be realized through the following project components.

To strengthen community-based sustainable management of forest landscapes, and provide improved livelihood opportunities for targeted forest-dependent rural communities in Zambia's North West Province

To mitigate GHG emissions in Sierra Leone by accelerating the introduction of electric mobility through development of legal, regulatory and institutional framework, capacity building, demonstration pilots of electric vehicles, development of business mode

To create and apply the enabling conditions for the implementation of Nagoya Protocol on the Access and Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge Regime in Niger.

To strengthen the capacity of institutions in Malawi and set up an information system to fulfill the enhanced Transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement.

Long term vision, which takes stock of lessons learnt from past initiatives, developed leading to institutional strengthening of the GGWI and mobilization of adequate investments for a resilient and sustainable Sahel.

To strengthen institutional capacity for effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and to conduct an effective awareness campaign on Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Uganda

To strengthen integrated natural resource management and restoration of degraded landscapes for resilient socio-ecological systems in Tanzania

To assist GEF-Eligible Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to prepare and submit their Fourth National Reports on measures that each Party has taken to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

To enhance capacities of countries in the Mediterranean region to adapt to climate change with a view to influencing wider development processes in the region.

To strengthen the capacity of government and rural communities living around wetlands and forests to adapt to climate change using EbA.

Expanding seascapes under protection and improving protected area management.

Provide participating countries targeted financial and technical support to prepare new or updated and improved TNAs, including TAPs, for prioritized technologies that reduce GHG emissions, support adaptation to climate change, and are consistent with Nationally Determined Contributions and national sustainable development objectives.

To support eighteen (18) developing countries prepare and submit National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) that comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting requirements while responding to national development goals. Participating Countries at CEO Endorsement Phase are: - Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Benin; Burundi; Guinea-Bissau; Kuwait; Mauritania; Pakistan; Rwanda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Suriname; Uganda; Viet Nam; and Yemen

Community-based management of forests and the promotion of sustainable development alternatives support and enhance biodiversity conservation, and strengthen livelihoods in the Monkoto Corridor and Salonga National Park

The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of government and local communities in Uganda to implement EbA in wetland and forest ecosystems to reduce vulnerability to climate change.

To optimise sustainable land use management, biodiversity conservation, and access of local communities to renewable household energy security and climate change mitigation in Madagascar.

Developing capacities of Togolese stakeholders to set up and run a national information system for climate transparency

To assist Togo in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise national awareness on the Minamata Convention and build initial national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan and the Minamata Convention