The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) is the only global fund dedicated to helping Least Developed Countries adapt to climate change. Managed by the Global Environment Facility, the LDCF supports locally led solutions across agriculture, water, health, infrastructure, and beyond – strengthening systems, scaling finance, and building resilience where it’s needed most. The LDCF has delivered more than $2.35 billion in grants to date – supporting the transition from incremental to transformational adaptation across 51 countries.
New climate adaptation initiatives in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau will restore ecosystems and reduce climate risks for vulnerable communities.
Climate risks are growing, but stronger institutions, improved expertise and local leadership can help ensure adaptation solutions work long-term.
With support from the Least Developed Countries Fund, the project will advance climate-smart planning, nature-based solutions and green jobs.
By reducing the risks posed by glacial lake outburst floods and droughts, Nepal is safeguarding lives, water sources and livelihoods.
The vast Wardit watershed in Northern Bahr el Ghazal has long been regarded as a wasteland. Now, farmers are restoring it for rich harvests.
Through simple but powerful nature-based solutions -- from rooftop rainwater harvesting to irrigation ponds -- locals are finding ways to beat back drought.
Alina Shrestha’s journey shows how water harvesting and tunnel farming are reviving Nepal’s drought-prone hills.
