Climate Finance Monitoring, Reporting and Verification(MRV) System

Promoting circular solutions to single-use plastic production and consumption in Lao PDR

UNDP

Ensure healthy lives, promote well-being

N/A

no docs

Generating multiple benefits through strengthened protection of intact forest landscapes in Lao PDR (CFB-Lao)

UNDP

Combat climate change

N/A

no docs yet

Financing Agrichemicals Removal and Management (FARM) in Lao PDR

UNDP

End hunger, improve food security and nutrition

N/A

Lao PDR Landscapes and Livelihoods Project

World Bank

N/A

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Climate Smart Agriculture alternatives for upland production systems in Lao PDR

UNDP

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Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency Fund

UNEP

Combat climate change

N/A

Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and Updating of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Lao PDR

UNDP

Ensure responsible consumption and production 

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Lao PDR Intended National Contributions (Lao INDC)

UNDP

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Building the capacity of Lao PDR Government to advance the National Adaptation Planning Process

UNDP

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Sustainable Forest and Land Management in the Dry Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems of Southern Lao PDR

UNDP

Protect, restore and sustainably use forests and ecosystems

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emision in Industrial Sector through Pelletization Technology Lao PDR

UNDP

Combat climate change

N/A

Implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management

UNDP

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Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR

UNEP

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Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)

GIZ

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Building climate and disaster resilience capacities of vulnerable small towns in Lao PDR

UN-Habit

Combat climate change

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UNDP

Combat climate change

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Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in Lao PDR

FAO

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N/A

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Food insecurity resulting from climate change in Lao PDR minimized and vulnerability of farmers to extreme flooding and drought events reduced

UNDP

End hunger, improve food security and nutrition

N/A

no document

BS Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of LAO PDR

UNEP

N/A

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Meeting the Primary Obligations of the Rio Conventions through Strengthening Capacity to Implement Natural Resources Legislation

UNDP

N/A

N/A

no document

Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Lao PDR’s Agricultural and Land Management Policies,Plans and Programmes

UNDP

Combat climate change

N/A

Southern Provinces Rural Electrification II Program

UNDP

Ensure healthy lives, promote well-being

N/A

Enabling activities to facilitate early action on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

UNIDO

N/A

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Off-grid Electrification Pilot Demonstration, A Component of the Laos Southern Provinces Rural Electrification

World Bank

Ensure access to affordable, sustainable and modern energy

N/A

National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project

UNDP

N/A

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UNDP

Protect, restore and sustainably use forests and ecosystems

Increase forest cover to 70% land area

FAO

End hunger, improve food security and nutrition

N/A

(i) increased efficiency of energy supply by EdL and consumption by customers; and (ii) substantial adoption of renewable energy in Government’s rural electrification program. GHG emissions reductions are expected from increased energy efficiency as increased hydropower exports to and reduced electricity import from Thailand reduce thermal power production in Thailand; and from renewable energy development to avoid diesel-based electricity generation for rural electrification.

UNDP

Ensure access to affordable, sustainable and modern energy

90% household electrified

N/A

Global enviornmental benefits in biodiveristy and climate change focal areas secured through community-based initiatives and actions.

UNDP

Combat climate change

Climate Change action plans

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To test, in selected areas of the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (NE-PL NPA), targeted activities for sustainable natural resource use and protection of selected species threatened by human interaction.

UNDP

Protect, restore and sustainably use forests and ecosystems

Increase forest cover to 70% land area

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່JICA

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Save Children Australia

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Many of the countries in Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to climate change. And yet, some of the countries in the region also have the most carbon-intensive growth. To achieve low emission, climate-resilient growth, these countries not only need climate technology transfer but also a regional ecosystem for climate technology incubation and acceleration. However, the Southeast Asian ecosystem for climate technology incubation, acceleration, and growth investment is nascent.

The Collaborative R&DB programme targets five countries in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. The programme will create an incubation and acceleration platform to support and improve the local ecosystem for climate technology for low emission and climate-resilient development, which are fit-for-purpose for the local market and social conditions. The platform will also enable joint ventures and technology transfer, where appropriate, between local entrepreneurs and global climate technology innovators. These objectives will be achieved through a USD 200 million fund to crowd-in private capital, which will be complemented by technical assistance activities. The technical assistance will build regional and domestic capacity for climate technology, as well as provide enabling policy support. The Climate Techopreneurship Fund, which will be created under this programme, will invest in approximately 40 portfolio companies in the region. The investment in the climate technology and business of the portfolio companies are expected to ultimately reach 2.3 million direct and indirect beneficiaries.

This funding proposal was developed with support provided by the GCF Project Preparation Facility.

World Bank

Ensure access to affordable, sustainable and modern energy

N/A

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Laos has one of the highest forest cover rates in
Southeast Asia and is rich in natural resources like
water and minerals. Over 70% of the population
lives near forests, relying on them for 20% of their
livelihood. Since the 1960s, however, forests have
diminished dramatically due to agriculture,
infrastructure development, and timber
exploitation, contributing 78% of natural
greenhouse gas emissions and threatening
biodiversity and livelihood.
To combat this, this Government of Lao PDR has
introduced ambitious Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC) targets, a timber export ban, a
new forest law, and large scale REDD+ (Reducing
Emission from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation) projects. The six provinces targeted by
Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation
(CliPAD) project account for over 40% of Laos’
deforestation and forest degradation in the past 15
years.

Objective
Laos succeeds in reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation by promoting
sustainable forest management and fostering the
conservation and enhancement of forest carbon
stocks.

GIZ

Combat climate change

Increase forest cover to 70% land area

N/A