{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Mono"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'Mono' for facet 'geography' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Mono","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"gclifun-006159","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-006159","title":"Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility – LoCAL Benin | National Fund for the Environment and Climate – FNEC","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2023-11-24","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap032-fnec-benin_0.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The LoCAL Benin project is a scaling-up of a pilot initiative designed to empower 25 local governments in four vulnerable departments (Atacora, Alibori, Donga, and Mono) to implement climate-resilient investments. The programme addresses institutional, technical, and financial barriers by providing capacity building, technical assistance, and Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRG). These grants, totaling approximately USD 6.48 million, will fund roughly 110 small-scale investments in sectors such as climate-adapted agriculture, water management, and coastal protection. The project targets 2.68 million total beneficiaries, with a strong focus on women and the most vulnerable populations, to integrate climate resilience into local development planning and budgeting.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The programme targets 25 local governments in the departments of Atacora, Alibori, Donga, and Mono, aiming to reach a total of 2.68 million direct and indirect beneficiaries, including approximately 1.4 million women.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project utilizes a Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grant (PBCRG) mechanism, which provides financial top-ups to local budgets to cover the additional costs of climate-resilient investments; these grants will account for roughly 70% of GCF proceeds.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Approximately USD 6.48 million will be channeled through the PBCRG Facility to fund about 110 local investments based on a menu of eligible activities, including climate-adapted agriculture, forestry, water, and resilient infrastructure.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Benin's northern departments (Atacora, Alibori, and Donga) are identified as highly vulnerable due to their extreme dependence on rain-fed agriculture, with 80% of the population in Atacora, 70% in Alibori, and 60% in Donga relying on crops and gardens for income.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The programme addresses three primary barriers to local climate action: institutional weakness in multi-level governance, technical gaps in climate risk planning and data access, and limited financial resources for local governments to invest in resilience.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A key technical output is the establishment of a Local Information System for Adaptation (LISA), a web-based application designed to provide local governments with accessible climate data for risk-informed planning.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project is designed to be gender-responsive, with a target that at least 5% of PBCRG investments explicitly target women, and a requirement for gender-disaggregated data in the LISA system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The total investment for the project is USD 9,883,072, consisting of USD 9,387,720 requested from the GCF as a grant and USD 495,352 in co-financing from the National Fund for the Environment and Climate (FNEC).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006159#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","climate change adaptation","local government","Climate-smart agriculture","agroforestry","water management","coastal management","ecosystem-based adaptation","capacity building","Climate risk assessment"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["funding proposal","climate risk assessment","programmatic design"]},{"id":"gclifun-006160","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-006160","title":"Gender assessment Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility - Benin","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-10-25","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap032-gender-assessment-combined.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies deep-seated patriarchal norms in Benin that limit women's access to land, education, and financial resources, thereby increasing their vulnerability to climate change. 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