Enhancing the climate rationale for GCF proposals

This briefing outlines what the climate rationale in a GCF proposal is and identifies some key elements that enhance the climate rationale. These elements include but are not limited to: 

1. Climate impacts to be addressed; 
2. vulnerabilities and risks of the climate impacts to human wellbeing;
3. dmission trajectories for mitigation projects; 
4. pathways to shift the emission trajectories for mitigation projects; 
5. assessment of adaptation options based on priorities; 
6. how the proposed intervention fits into broader domestic and international policies and decision-making processes.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) seeks to fund projects and programmes that support developing countries to address climate change and achieve a paradigm shift towards low emission and climate resilient development, considering the needs and priorities of those countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts.