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Azerbaijan

The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater variability in the water cycle, diminished resources, and rising CO2 emissions from inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure. There is an urgent need for improved and expanded water and sanitation systems. However, several challenges must be addressed, including strengthened policies and regulations, enhanced project preparation, long-term financing, and affordability.

The Facility will overcome the challenges with two main components: a public-private partnership structuring component that will fund project preparation, structuring, and transaction advisory activities for national and subnational beneficiaries and a concessional finance component that provides eligible projects with concessional co-investments.

GCF funding will support technical assistance for project preparation, structuring, and capacity building. This will ensure climate considerations are integrated into project design and that implementing entities have the necessary skills to manage climate-resilient infrastructure. GCF’s USD 250-million loan commitment will help bridge the viability gap for projects incorporating climate resilience measures, which often have higher upfront costs but greater long-term benefits.

Azerbaijan is facing an escalating level of climate-induced vulnerability. This increased risk is leading to water stress, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and increased frequency and severity of flood events, mudflows and landslides.

Limited access to usable climate information and early warning systems means these hazards challenge the country's agriculture, water resources, coastal areas, and public health sectors. They also threaten the lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, and assets of vulnerable communities.

The project aims to foster effective early warning communication, disaster preparedness and anticipatory action. It will raise awareness and understanding of climate hazards and their associated risks.  The project will enhance Azerbaijan’s capability to coordinate and systematically collect data and generate and deliver timely, reliable, and tailored climate information and early warnings. 

The project will support the country in developing a weather forecasting and warning production process and system. This will enable efficient and timely dissemination of information at a sufficient scale and scope to increase risk knowledge and improve the population's disaster preparedness and response capabilities.

The project aims to support eight (8) countries to prepare and submit Initial Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR1s) and combined Third National Communication/BTR1s (NC3/BTR1s) that will comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement reporting requirements, while responding to its national development goals.

The project aims to promote low carbon, low-emission and integrated electric transportation systems in Azerbaijan, to reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality.

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