Lao PDR Green Climate Fund Country Programme 2021 - 2023

The Lao PDR Green Climate Fund Country Programme 2021-2023 identifies five priority areas for climate action: resilient farming, forest cover maintenance, energy sector emission reductions, low-carbon urban development and transport, and public health resilience. The document aligns these priorities with the country's revised 2020 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the 9th National Socio-economic Development Plan (2021-2025). It details a pipeline of investment and readiness projects, the institutional role of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as the National Designated Authority, and the goal of accrediting the Environment Protection Fund as a direct access entity.

• Lao PDR has identified five priority areas for GCF support for 2021-2023: enhancing climate-resilient farming and communities; supporting the increase and maintenance of national forest cover; promoting emission reductions in the energy sector; promoting low-carbon and climate-resilient urban development and transportation; and enhancing climate resilience in the public health sector.
• The country's revised 2020 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) sets a goal for Lao PDR to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, provided that additional financial support is secured.
• Land-use change and forestry (LUCF) is the dominant source of greenhouse gas emissions in Lao PDR, accounting for 83% of the total in the base year 2000.
• Lao PDR is working toward establishing its first national direct access entity (DAE) by nominating the Environment Protection Fund (EPF) for GCF accreditation.
• Climate finance in Lao PDR is primarily delivered through Official Development Assistance (ODA) grants, which accounted for more than 60% of financial support for climate projects between 2015 and 2018.
• The government is implementing a coordinated engagement approach between the GCF and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including the creation of a combined steering committee using the EPF Board of Directors.
• The 2020 NDC includes conditional mitigation targets for 2030, such as increasing forest cover to 70% of land area and installing 1GW of solar and wind capacity, which would require an estimated US$4,762 million in financing.
• Lao PDR has experienced an increase in extreme weather events, with climate-related disasters accounting for approximately three-quarters of all disasters in the country.
• The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), specifically the Department of Planning and Finance, serves as the National Designated Authority (NDA) for the GCF.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2021). Lao PDR Green Climate Fund Country Programme 2021 - 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/country-programme-lao-pdr.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Lao PDR Green Climate Fund Country Programme 2021 - 2023. 2021. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/country-programme-lao-pdr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2021lao, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Lao PDR Green Climate Fund Country Programme 2021 - 2023}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/country-programme-lao-pdr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }