Stann Creek

Toledo

Belize

Cayo

Corozal

Orange Walk

Reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels consumption by 50% by 2020, from one million barrels to one-half million barrels by 2020 against a 2011 baseline

Triple the amount of modern energy carriers derived from Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries production and processing, including municipal solid waste (MSW) by 2020 compared 2011

Reduce by 50% the number of rural households that are now using firewood for fuel to other more environmentally friendly biofuels cooking systems such as plant oil and biogas cookers, or solar cookers by 2020

Improve energy efficiency and conservation by at least 30% by 2033, using energy utilization and GDP generated in 2011 as the baseline

Reduce consumption of electricity by 50% from USD 6.8 million to USD 3.4 million, for the provision of cooling and lighting services to public sector buildings by 2033 compared with 2011

Increase electricity consumption efficiency by 30% in commercial buildings by 2033 compared with 2011

Increase Energy Efficiency and conservation in the Hotel & Tourism Industry by 30% by 2033 compared with 2011

Improve household energy efficiency and conservation by more than 25% through improvement in lighting, cooling and water heating efficiency and conservation by 2033 compared with 2011

Fast-track pilot project to deploy flash pyrolysis reactors producing 250,000 tonnes of bio-oil from ligno-cellulosic biomass by 2016. Once the technology is well understood, expand production to one million tonnes by 2020

Increase Hydro Power from 55 MW to 70 MW by 2033 compared with 2011

Create a municipal solid waste energy conversion programme to supply fuel for 5MW of electricity

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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is home to some of the world’s most important carbon-sink ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots. However, the region is also highly vulnerable to climate change. These climate pressures threaten ecosystems, rural livelihoods, and resource-dependent communities. While nature-based solutions are increasingly recognised as critical tools for climate mitigation and adaptation, investment in these approaches remains limited across the region. Rural small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which play a vital role in delivering nature-based solutions, face significant financing barriers.  Many SMEs and smallholder farmers lack the technical capacity and business skills to implement climate-resilient, nature-positive practices at scale.

This programme seeks to close this gap by providing tailored growth capital and technical assistance to rural SMEs working in nature-based solution value chains across Latin America and the Caribbean. Investments will focus on sectors such as sustainable and regenerative agriculture, agroforestry and sustainable forestry management, aquaculture, circular economy solutions, and ecotourism.

Alongside financing, the programme will deliver specialised technical assistance to strengthen business performance and support the adoption of climate and nature standards, certifications, and monitoring systems. Over a ten-year period, the initiative is expected to generate significant climate benefits, including an estimated reduction of 55.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, while supporting climate resilience for approximately 1.3 million people and promoting sustainable management across more than one million hectares of land.

This project was developed under the Project-specific Assessment Approach (PSAA).

The objective is to strengthen the resilience of fisherfolk and fishing communities most vulnerable to climate change on Belize’s Coast.

To support twenty-five (25) developing countries in the preparation and submission of BTRs and combined BTR/National Communications (BTR/NCs) in a gender-responsive manner that aligns with the reporting requirements of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement (PA), while also addressing each country's unique national development priorities.

Belize and Trinidad and Tobago, like other vulnerable Small Island Developing States (SIDS), face disproportionate risks from climate change. Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, tropical cyclones, floods, heat waves and droughts increasingly threaten people’s lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and critical economic sectors. These hazards, such as coastal erosion, water insecurity, loss of agricultural productivity, damage to critical infrastructure, and heightened disaster recovery costs, exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and threaten to reverse development gains.

This project will strengthen hydrometeorological and early warning services in Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, and the broader Caribbean region by achieving three complementary outcomes. Outcomes 1 and 2 focus on building the technical and institutional foundation for effective early warning by improving governance, infrastructure, and forecasting capabilities while enhancing resilience across key sectors. Outcome 3 focuses on improving risk communication and preparedness at the community level, ensuring that timely, actionable climate and weather information reaches vulnerable populations.

Collectively, the outcomes create a catalytic pathway to support data-informed decision-making, institutional capacity-building, and locally driven climate action, enabling a paradigm shift towards more anticipatory, inclusive and resilient climate adaptation systems. The project is anticipated to have a strong impact, directly benefitting 1.2 million people (67 per cent of the two countries’ populations) and an additional 610,000 indirectly across the wider Caribbean.

The project is being advanced under a new Scaling Up Framework between the GCF Simplified Approval Process (SAP) and the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, which aims to develop, scale up and fast-track financing modalities for EWS, firmly grounded in country ownership. The project will scale up and expand on the outcomes of Phase 1 of the 2018 CREWS Caribbean initiative.

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