Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP)

The document outlines the role of forests in climate adaptation and mitigation, identifies strategic intervention areas such as forest restoration and 'zero-deforestation' supply chains, and defines the criteria for a 'paradigm shift' in land use. It provides a performance measurement framework with specific indicators for GCF-level impacts and project results, alongside a matrix of eligible and ineligible activities for the SAP.

• Forests provide a dual role in climate action: local ecosystem services for adaptation and a global ecosystem service of carbon sequestration for mitigation. Tropical deforestation is a significant driver of global emissions, accounting for one-quarter of current global greenhouse gas emissions.
• Strategic interventions for SAP projects include forest restoration, conservation and sustainable management of forest landscapes, 'zero-deforestation' commodity supply chains, and the intensification of REDD+ results-based payments.
• Forest restoration is identified as a high-impact but underfunded area; restoring 350 million hectares of natural forests could remove 42 billion tonnes of carbon by 2100, yet there is an estimated annual funding gap of 300 billion dollars.
• A paradigm shift in the forest and land use sector requires decoupling the production of goods and services from unsustainable forest landscape consumption and breaking the link between human needs and consumerist imperatives.
• The GCF uses specific indicators to measure impact, including tonnes of CO2 equivalent reduced or avoided for mitigation, and the total number of direct and indirect beneficiaries (disaggregated by gender) for resilience and livelihoods.
• Certain activities are explicitly ineligible for the SAP, such as the planting of exotic tree species that may harm native biodiversity or forest management practices that generate discharges into watercourses.

APA

Green Climate Fund (n.d.). Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-la-fore-t-et-l-utilisation-des-terres.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP). n.d. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-la-fore-t-et-l-utilisation-des-terres.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefundndsimplified, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-la-fore-t-et-l-utilisation-des-terres.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }