Least Developed Countries Fund
$37,500,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- February 10, 2022 – October 30, 2025
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P010872001
Published purpose
This grant represents Canada's long-term institutional support to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The LDCF uses these funds and other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. The LDCF’s mandate addresses urgent and immediate adaptation needs of the poorest and most vulnerable countries. The LDCF supports Least Developed Countries in preparing and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action and National Adaptation Plans. It also focuses on reducing the vulnerability of the sectors and resources central to development and livelihoods. This includes agriculture and food security, health, water, disaster risk management and prevention, infrastructure, and fragile ecosystems. The LDCF is mandated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is administered by the Global Environment Facility. It aims to address the needs of Least Developed Countries that are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.
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This grant provides Canada's long-term institutional support to the Least Developed Countries Fund, which helps the poorest and most vulnerable countries adapt to climate change by preparing and implementing national adaptation plans and reducing vulnerability in key sectors like agriculture, health, water, and infrastructure.
Category: Climate Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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