GCF IN AFRICA as of 2 September 2019
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement
+ + GCF FUNDING IN AFRICA (USD)
GCF funding*
42%
Africa (2.2b) GCF Funding vs Africa
2.2b
+ + GCF GLOBAL PORTFOLIO (USD)
5.1b Co-financing
46
20
Total approved GCF projects, including 5 multiregional projects
Projects under implementation
5.2b Total GCF funding
Rest of GCF funding (3b)
58`%
NUMBER OF + + DIRECT ACCESS ENTITIES IN AFRICA
16 MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
Biodiversity for Life South African National Biodiversity Institute
Republic of Uganda
+ + READINESS SUPPORT TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES 92
USD million
51.6
82
USD million
21.3
Total number of readiness grants approved
Total value of readiness grants approved
Total number of readiness grants disbursed
Total value of readiness grants disbursed
WWW.GREENCLIMATE.FUND *The total GCF funding amounts of multi-country projects partially covering Africa are considered for the sum calculation
+ + GCF PROJECTS IN AFRICA PROJECT NAME / ACCREDITED ENTITY / THEME
TOTAL FINANCING
PROJECT NAME / ACCREDITED ENTITY / THEME
(USD million) Saving Lives and Protecting Agriculture based Livelihoods in Malawi: Scaling up the use of Modernized Climate information and Early Warning Systems / UNDP / Adaptation
8.2
The restoration of the productive bases of salinized lands / CSE / Adaptation
8.2
KawiSafi Ventures Fund / Acumen / Cross-cutting
110.0
Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Gambia: developing a climate-resilient, natural resource-based economy / UNEP / Adaptation
25.5
Africa Hydromet Program – Strengthening Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mali Country Project / World Bank / Adaptation
27.3
Senegal Integrated Urban Flood Management Project / AFD / Adaptation
81.5
Development of arganiculture orchards in degraded environment (DARED) / ADA Morocco / Cross-cutting
49.2
Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE) / EIF / Adaptation
10.0
Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia / EIF / Adaptation
10.0
GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities / EBRD / Cross-cutting Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar / CI, EIB / Cross-cutting
Accelerating the transformational shift to a lowcarbon economy in the Republic of Mauritius / UNDP / Mitigation
191.4
Geeref Next / EIB / Mitigation GCF-EBRD Egypt Renewable Energy Financing Framework / EBRD / Mitigation Simiyu Climate Resilient Development Programme / KfW / Adaptation Irrigation development and adaptation of irrigated agriculture to climate change in semi-arid Morocco / AFD / Adaptation The Saïss Water Conservation Project / EBRD / Adaptation
137.3
Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communities in Northern Rwanda / MINIRENA / Cross-cutting
33.2
Africa Hydromet Program – Strengthening Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso Country Project / World Bank / Adaptation
25.0
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) / Acumen / Adaptation
56.0
Zambia Renewable Energy Financing Framework / AfDB / Mitigation
154.0
Green Cities Facility / EBRD / Cross-cutting
609.6
Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin (PIDACC/NB) / AfDB / Cross-cutting
209.9
Yeleen Rural Electrification Project in Burkina Faso / AfDB / Mitigation
61.0
Ensuring climate resilient water supplies in the Comoros Islands / UNDP / Adaptation
60.8
DRC Green Mini-Grid Program / AdDB / Mitigation
69.8 301.6
Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia / UNDP / Adaptation
Transforming Financial Systems for Climate / AFD / Cross-cutting
1,385.0
Universal Green Energy Access Programme (UGEAP) / Deutsche Bank / Mitigation
Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda / UNDP / Adaptation
(USD million)
16.3
Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities through / CSE / Adaptation
44.3 765.0 1,007.0 164.6
237.3
Climate Investor One / DBSA / Mitigation
821.5
Improving rangeland and ecosystem management practices of smallholder farmers under conditions of climate change in Sesfontein, Fransfontein, and Warmquelle areas of the Republic of Namibia / FMO / Adaptation
10.0
Mali solar rural electrification project / BOAD / Mitigation
39.2
Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal / GIZ / Mitigation
27.0
Nigeria Solar IPP Support Program / AFC / Mitigation
467.0
BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale-up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs / BOAD / Mitigation
139.3
Embedded Generation Investment Programme (EGIP) / DBSA / Mitigation
537.0
10.0
Building resilience of communities living in landscapes threatened under climate change through an ecosystem-based adaptation approach / EIF / Mitigation
9.0
34.5
10.0
Towards ending drought emergencies: Ecosystem based Adaptation in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid rangelands (TWENDE) / IUCN / Adaptation
Enhancing climate change adaptation in the North coast and Nile Delta Regions in Egypt / UNDP / Adaptation
105.2
Integrated climate risk management for food security and livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts / WFP / Adaptation Program on Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA): Financing climate resilient agricultural practices in Ghana / AfDB / Cross-cutting
50.0
89.0 170.6
Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes / UNEP / Adaptation
87.3
749.7
DBSA Climate Finance Facility / AdDB / Cross-cutting
Building the climate resilience of food insecure smallholder farmers through integrated management of climate risk (R4) / WFP / Adaptation
Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building gender-responsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities / MoFEC / Adaptation
TOTAL FINANCING
10
25.6
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