Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities (GCF-FP124)

Countries
  • Sri Lanka
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
River basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles Mountain Range Catchment
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Financial Institutions
  • Green Climate Fund (GCF)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Mar 12, 2020
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
International Union for Conservation of Nature
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 39.80 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 49.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ GCF website

Updated in EWS Jul 29, 2020

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Project Description
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According to the bank's documents, "The project seeks to strengthen the adaptive capacity of smallholder subsistence farmers to address climate-induced irrigation and drinking water shortages by improving the resilience of farm- and land-management practices, and by climate proofing the underlying ecosystems in the Knuckles/Amban Ganga highlands and lowlands."

Investment Description
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Co-financing: US$ 9.2 million (in-kind)


Contact Information
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
Ms. Sheila Aggarwal-Khan
Director, GEF / GCF Coordination Unit
Rue Mauverney, 28, Gland, Switzerland
Phone +41229990292
Sheila.aggarwal-khan@iucn.org

Mr. Sébastien Delahaye
GEF / GCF Portfolio Manager
Rue Mauverney, 28, Gland, Switzerland
Phone +41229990251
Sebastien.Delahaye@iucn.org

National Designated Authority
Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Mr Anura Dissanayake, Secretary, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
No. 416/C/1, "Sobadam Piyasa" Robert Gunawardhana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Phone +94 11 2034121 / 2676844
sec@mahaweli.gov.lk

Dr. R.D.S Jayathunga
Director of Climate Change Secretariat
No. 416/C/1, "Sobadam Piyasa" Robert Gunawardhana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Phone +94-11-2034192
sunimal68@hotmail.com

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