To accelerate post-pandemic economic recovery, livelihood security and social cohesion through innovation and adoption by communities, social groups and businesses of technologies and strategies using green growth approaches and nature-based solutions.
The aim is to enhance wellbeing and build resilience to adverse climate change impacts (such as food insecurity, energy poverty, drought and desertification, rising sea levels and flood, biodiversity loss, water scarcity etc.) and health hazards, and mitigate resource-based conflict and migration.
Thematic Initiatives
•Agriculture and Livelihood Initiatives• Gender and Climate
• Climate Entrepreneurship
• Energy Access and Renewable-Energy Technologies
• Forestry (REDD+) and Land Use
• Waste Management and Innovations
Mandate
Local and sub-national initiatives are stimulated to promote joint efforts towards implementing sustainable growth strategies
Improve wellbeing of communities and households from renewable energy, ecological farming practices and other environmentally friendly technologies (such as clean cook stoves, biogas etc.)
Communities seed revitalized, cleaner water supply and ecosystem services from re-forested/conserved water towers, wetlands, river catchments, savannah and mangrove forests, coral reefs, etc.
New businesses created, women and young people find jobs in green growth approaches: such as renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, green agri-business, waste management & recycling, nature-based solutions.
Private sector and Small and Mid-size Enterprises (SMEs) and Women-controlled Small Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) profit from Green Energy and low-carbon development strategies.
