Kweneng

Chobe

Sowa Town

Jwaneng

South East

Lobatse

Francistown

Kgalagadi

Selibe Phikwe

North East

Gaborone

Southern

Kgatleng

Central

North West

Ghanzi

Botswana

Local CSOs and CBOs in landscapes-seascapes around the world access grant financing and technical assistance, including capacity development and knowledge sharing to maintain and enhance their socio-ecological resilience, well-being and socio-economic conditions for global environmental benefits.

To assist Botswana in the preparation and submission of the Fourth National Communication and the First Transparency Report (4NC/1BTR) as a combined report and tge Second Biennial Transparency Report (2BTR) for the fulfilment of the obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA).

SGP-OP8 builds on 30 years of successful experience in empowering local CSOs and CBOs in community driven initiatives that have enhanced wellbeing, increased awareness and resilience, and generated global environmental benefits. With economic development pressures intensifying in the developing world and the associated rising inequalities, local communities, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are becoming increasingly marginalized. The objective of Part 1 of SGP OP8 is to engage local CSOs/CBOs in landscape-seascape approaches across the 99 participating countries, providing them access to knowledge and information, capacitating them through learning-by-doing, skills development, and delivering technical and grant assistance for interventions that enhance socioeconomic conditions and generate global environmental benefits. In line with the GEF-8 SGP Implementation Arrangements Paper, core SGP resources are to be allocated equally among all eligible countries.

The proposed strategy, elaborated through four complementary outcomes, reflects the key features of GEF Small Grants Programme 2.0, including new approaches to support youth, women and Indigenous Peoples, linking up with complementary partnerships, cooperating with the two additional GEF agencies, and leveraging opportunities with other GEF programs. SGP-OP8 will facilitate opportunities for innovation and scaling up, catalyze multi-stakeholder alliances, and leverage dialogue platforms for greater impact.

An important comparative advantage of SGP is the focus on social inclusion and vulnerable groups, including women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, the elderly and youth. Expected results under OP8-Part 1 include 225,000 ha of land and ecosystems under restoration, 3,800,000 ha of landscapes under improved practices, 90,000 ha of marine protected areas under improved management, 270,000 ha of marine habitat under improved practices, and 500,000 direct beneficiaries, of whom 250,000 are women.

The water cycle is one of the most important parts of the global climate crisis – when managed improperly untreated wastewater can be a source of carbon emissions; while coastal ecosystems can act as powerful ‘carbon sinks’. The imbalance between the water cycle and the climate is threatening many livelihoods, as growing economies and populations are reducing freshwater availability.  The World Health Organization estimates that there are 750 million people with no access to clean water, and 2.5 billion people lacking access to proper sanitation. Inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure are estimated to be related to 80 per cent of all illnesses in the developing world. In total, the World Bank estimates that by 2050, water shortages caused by climate change could reduce the GDP of developing countries in Asia by USD 4.4 trillion and developing countries in Africa by USD 1.6 trillion.  

Climate Investor Two (CI2) is a fund that aims to support the private sector to develop and construct climate-resilient infrastructure projects in developing countries in the water, sanitation, and ocean sectors – areas which usually do not attract interest from the private sector. The targeted investments under the fund will reduce the effects and consequences of climate change by decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and by increasing the resilience of vulnerable communities. For instance, in the water sector, CI2 will help countries, undergoing, or expected to undergo water stress, adapt to climate change by building infrastructure which sources, transports, and treats the water necessary for both municipal and industrial users. This is GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the water sector.

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