Qavah Earth led the team that is providing technical advisory services to this GEF-funded project. The work included inter alia assisting the PMU with project implementation, budget planning, annual workplan development, preparing ToRs for and overseeing the work of project consultants, overseeing M&E and writing of summary reports. The project is promoting an integrated landscape management approach to managing the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi Drylands to promote ecosystem resilience, improved livelihoods and reduced conflicts between land uses.

Qavah Earth provided technical review services for the development of the Concept Note for this proposed IFAD-financed project. PAGES’ goal is to contribute to decreased deforestation and environmental degradation in the Maranhão’s Amazon region. The Project’s development objective is to enable the poor and vulnerable populations of Maranhão’s Amazon region to conserve and restore parts of the rainforest through sustainable use and production systems

We assisted with reviewing and updating the climate rationale to ensure that it aligns with the latest GCF guidelines and responded to and addressed GCF comments of this approved project. Heritage Colombia seeks to contribute to both national climate mitigation and adaptation goals through the sustainable and integrated management of four mosaics (Caribbean, Central Andes, Orinoco Transition and Heart of the Amazon) and the new protected area of Serrania de San Lucas.

Qavah Earth led the development of a Concept Note for this proposed cross-cutting GCF-financed project. The objective is to strengthen the resilience of peatlands in the DRC to avoid emissions through land use change, degradation, and climate change impacts, improving the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities reliant on the associated ecosystems for their lives and livelihoods. This will be achieved through strengthening the enabling environment for integrated peatlands management; demonstrating scalable low-emission and climate-resilient peatland conservation/management practices; supporting efficient REDD+ investment and implementation; improving peatland knowledge management in DRC; and strengthening peatlands safeguards.

We assisted with the development of a concept note for this proposed GCF-financed project. The project’s aim is to build the availability of services needed for a climate-resilient housing sector and stimulate the demand for climate-proof housing (and thus the need for the associated services). This will be achieved through supporting the: i) strengthening of the human resources and value chain required to service the climate-resilient development of Dominica’s housing sector (Component 1); ii) reconstruction or climate proofing of vulnerable beneficiaries’ houses, and priority buildings, to improve resilience to and recovery from extreme storm events (Component 2); and iii) sharing and management of knowledge for a climate-resilient housing sector in Dominica (Component 3).

We co-led the development of the strategy and related deliverables. Given the intensified vulnerabilities brought about by climate change, which affect children's access to health, education, and protection, the UNICEF Eswatini Country Office (ESCO) developed a comprehensive Climate-Environment and Sustainability Strategy Roadmap and Action Plan for the period 2025-2030.

Led the development of a GEF-8 LDCF PIF that was technically approved by the GEF Secretariat in December 2023 and currently leading the development of the full GEF-8 Project Document and CEO Endorsement Request under the PPG phase. The proposed project will strengthen the adaptive capacity and climate resilience of vulnerable communities in Ethiopia’s midlands and highlands. Specifically, this will be achieved by scaling up best practices for EbA implemented during Phase 1 of the GoE’s flagship Green Legacy Initiative (GLI).

Leading the team that is supporting WWF with the development of the Funding Proposal package for this proposed GCF-financed climate change adaptation project. The project will deliver solutions to protect those coral reefs most likely to withstand future climate changes and preserve the adaptation benefits they provide communities. The project will provide support to ensure the continued productivity of reef and connected coastal ecosystems by reducing local threats from overfishing, land degradation, and pollution to ensure these reefs continue to withstand anticipated ocean warming and acidification and continue to provide the necessary services communities depend on.

Qavah Earth provided technical support services for the development of the Funding Proposal for this proposed GCF-financed climate change mitigation programme. The proposed Program aims to mobilize concessional finance to promote the use of distributed Solar PV systems in Ghana, focusing on expanding access to this technology for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and households, to contribute to the reduction of Ghana’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and creation of a more favourable environment for sustainable energy financing over the long term.

We are leading the development of a GCF Concept Note for this proposed project. The project seeks to transform rural communities in Haiti into catalysts for the climate-resilient transformation of food production systems, and foster enhanced economic prosperity, food security, and adaptive capacities under climate change conditions.

We provided technical review and support services for the development of the Concept Note for this proposed GCF-financed project. The Project will invest in SMEs that aid in post covid green recovery by focusing on limiting climate and environmental changes and aid India in meeting its carbon emissions reduction targets by 2030. It aims to enable policy frameworks, in incentivizing green businesses and creating green jobs to ensure a sustainable and resilient return to growth and development in a post covid world.

Led the development of the Funding Proposal package (PPF phase) for this GCF funded climate change adaptation project. The objective of the project is to increase the resilience of vulnerable communities in the Jordan Rift Valley to the adverse impacts of climate change, including the increased frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as droughts and floods. This objective will be realised through Integrated Landscape and Water Resources Management (ILWRM) across watersheds in the northern Jordan Valley.

The proposed project will enable climate finance to be sustainably channelled to scalable local-level ecosystem-centric water-energy-food (WEF) nexus adaptation interventions that will increase the resilience of Lesotho’s most vulnerable communities across the country’s catchments, and the WEF sectors in general. This will promote a paradigm shift from a siloed approach to adaptation across the water, energy and food sectors, to a coordinated ecosystem-centric WEF Nexus adaptation approach, that is financially sustainable, resource efficient, minimizes trade-offs, is informed by a strong evidence base and ultimately strengthens catchment-level integrated water resources management in Lesotho.

Led the Interim Evaluation (IE) of this GCF-financed project. The project is supporting vulnerable communities in the Marshall Islands adapt to increasing climate risks, particularly more frequent and extreme droughts, which impact the country’s drinking water supply. The objective of the IE was to assess the implementation of ACWA and its alignment with the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) obligations and progress towards achieving the project objectives, outcomes, and results as specified in the Funding Proposal.

Qavah Earth undertook technical reviews of the Funding Proposal and Feasibility Study for this proposed GCF-financed adaptation project. The overarching objective of the proposed project is to increase the resilience of vulnerable rural communities in Mauritania to the impacts of intensifying desertification processes and more severe and prolonged droughts by implementing an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach.

We provided technical support for the development of a Concept Note and Funding Proposal for this GCF-financed project. The Balsas Basin is one of the two regions in Mexico with the highest level of climate vulnerability. This is exacerbated by high levels of poverty and marginalization across the rural population. These conditions are further shaped by negative dynamics which are eroding their livelihoods and productive systems, which have yet to adapt to climate variability and change. BALSAS is a cross-cutting project which aims to increase the climate resilience of the most vulnerable rural communities and ecosystems, and reduce emissions from production systems in the Basin, via: i) operationalizing the use of climate change criteria in current institutional modalities for the prioritization of rural development support in the Balsas Basin; ii) investing in the climate-sensitive management of ecosystems, and climate-resilient productive systems and value chains for adaptation and mitigation benefits; and iii) developing a climate information system, and implementation of knowledge management.

Leading the team that is supporting Enabel with the development of the Funding Proposal package for this proposed GCF-financed cross-cutting project. Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, ranking first on the GermanWatch Global Climate Risk Index in 2021. Amid the acute climate threats, two thirds of households in rural areas live under the poverty line and only 5% have access to modern energy services, making rural communities particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Against this backdrop, the programme will provide tailored technical and financial support mechanisms to promote private sector investment in rural electrification and climate-smart productive uses.

We provided technical support services for the development of the Funding Proposal for this recently approved GCF-financed project. The project aims to enable the development of a replicable model of climate-resilient agriculture financing with solar energy, innovative irrigation techniques and enhance protection against floods.

Qavah Earth provided technical support for the development of a Funding Proposal for this proposed GCF-financed project. This includes ensuring that GCF standards (including its IRMF) are adhered to amongst other things. The proposed project intends to break the vicious cycle of low productivity, high vulnerability to climate shocks, and lack of access to almost all support and inputs required to increase livelihood resilience — finance, feed, water, knowledge, training, services and remunerative markets — in which pastoralists in Nigeria are trapped. The proposed intervention results will derive in a virtuous cycle of improved adaptive capacity, improved productivity and income, and sustainability. The public-private partnership will leverage complementary capabilities, resources, credibility and mandates as is needed to build a vibrant dairy sector that is productive, inclusive, low-carbon and climate-resilient.

Led the team that supported WWF with the development of the approved Funding Proposal package for this proposed GCF-financed climate change adaptation project. The Indus River is Pakistan’s lifeline and is now experiencing catastrophic floods and droughts exacerbated by climate change. Pakistan relies on costly hard-infrastructure flood and water management measures with limited efficacy. This project will build Pakistan’s climate resilience and water security through cost-effective ecosystem-based adaptation.

QE provided technical review services for the development of the Concept Note for this proposed GCF-financed project. Climate change and unsustainable management practices are degrading puna ecosystems and the services they provide. The project aims at improving the way puna ecosystems are being managed to ensure that they continue to provide their services through EbA.

Qavah Earth led the PPG phase with the aim of submitting a full Project Document package and CEO Endorsement Request by early 2025. The main objective of this Food Systems Integrated Programme (FSIP) Child Project is to contribute to the transformation of South Africa’s food systems towards sustainability, resilience and inclusivity, with a focus on sustainable aquaculture.

Led the team that developed three water sector-related GCF Concept Notes under the ongoing GCF Readiness Project in Sri Lanka which is being supported by GWP as delivery partner. The three concept notes will focus specifically on lower watersheds and coastal regions, that use integrated approaches to water management for climate resilience.

We are leading the development of the GCF Concept Note for this project. Climate change is is undermining agricultural productivity, reducing water availability for irrigation and livestock, and threatening food security through falling crop yields, degraded pastures, and weakened livelihoods. Climate-driven land degradation, desertification, and ecosystem decline further endanger food systems and rural resilience. The project will support vulnerable rural communities to shift from reactive coping mechanisms to proactive adaptation, supported by integrated, climate-resilient local development systems.

We provided technical review and support services for the Concept Note development of this proposed GCF-financed project. Climate change is threatening Tonga’s ability to sustain food/nutrition security and community resilience. The project objective is to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable subsistence and semi-subsistence farming systems, which are crucial to sustain production, contributing to local and national food security.

Led the IE of this GCF-financed project. The project's primary focus is to put in place robust coastal protection measures in the three islands of Funafuti, Nanumea, and Nanumaga; and build institutional and community-level capacities to prepare for the impact of increasingly intensive wave actions in the country. The objective of the IE was to assess the implementation of TCAP and its alignment with the FAA obligations and progress towards achieving the project objectives, outcomes, and results as specified in the Funding Proposal.

We conducted technical reviews of the Concept Note for this proposed AF-financed project. The objective of the project is to reduce the vulnerability of rural communities on three islands in Vanuatu to the impacts of climate change. This will be done by implementing disaster risk management (DRM) through forest and landscape restoration (FLR).

We led the development of a GEF-8 PIF (2022) and the project document package (2023-2024) for this proposed project to be financed by the GEF Trust Fund and LDCF. The main objective of the proposed project is to enhance climate change adaptation in local communities, reduce land degradation and enhance biodiversity conservation through an integrated climate-resilient natural resource management approach in the Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia.