The UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved two project proposals of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) to combat the adverse impacts of climate change.
The $50 million ‘Resilient Homestead and Livelihood Support to the Vulnerable Coastal People of Bangladesh (RHL)’ project will enhance climate resilience for the vulnerable coastal communities, and the $30 million ‘Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought (ECCCP-Drought)’ aims to increase resilience of the people living in the drought-prone areas of Bangladesh.
PKSF is a ‘Direct Access Entity’ of GCF, established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The 5-year RHL project will finance development of climate-resilient housing and salinity-resilient livelihood technologies while raising awareness about the impacts of climate change among more than 362,475 vulnerable people in seven coastal districts.
On the other hand, the 4-year ECCCP-Drought project will assist in installing water infrastructure, re-excavating existing ponds and canals, following drought-adaptive cropping patterns and planting drought-tolerant crop varieties, directly benefitting more than 215,000 people in three drought-prone northwestern districts of Bangladesh.
Earlier, PKSF implemented two projects financed by GCF.
