Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)

The LoCAL+ programme aims to increase the climate resilience of approximately 3.49 million people across 85 local governments in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Niger. The initiative combines a performance-based climate resilience grant (PBCRG) system for public investments with Blended Finance Facilities to support local SMEs and producers' organisations. The programme focuses on seven key intervention areas: climate-adapted agriculture, forestry and ecosystem conservation, agroforestry, water and health, energy efficiencies and renewables, climate-resilient infrastructure, and coastal areas in Ivory Coast. It is implemented by the West African Development Bank (BOAD) as the Accredited Entity, with UNCDF as an implementing partner and various national agencies as executing entities.

• The programme targets a total of 4.02 million direct and indirect beneficiaries, with 524,000 direct beneficiaries (260,000 women and 264,000 men) and 3.49 million indirect beneficiaries (1.74 million women and 1.75 million men).
• Total financing for the programme is 52,819,497 Euros, consisting of 44,383,307 Euros requested from the GCF as grants and 8,436,190 Euros in co-financing from CCT UEMOA and in-kind contributions from participating countries.
• The programme will deliver approximately 11.1 million EUR through Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRGs) to up to 85 local governments over five years (2026–2030).
• Blended Finance Facilities will be established to provide up to 17.1 million EUR to de-risk and catalyze private sector-led adaptation investments for local SMEs and producers' organisations, targeting a 70% repayment rate.
• The programme identifies seven priority intervention areas for resilience building: climate-adapted agriculture, forestry and ecosystem conservation, agroforestry, water and health, energy efficiencies and renewables, climate-resilient infrastructure, and coastal areas specifically for Ivory Coast.
• The PBCRG system uses a performance-based allocation formula that varies by country; for example, Burkina Faso's allocation is 60% based on equal share, population, and poverty incidence, and 40% based on performance.
• The programme implements a 'learning by doing' approach, utilizing Local Information Systems for Adaptation (LISA) and the Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Framework (ACCAF) for monitoring and evaluation.
• The project is categorized as ESS Category C, meaning it consists of low-risk activities such as awareness raising, capacity building, and small-scale rural infrastructure.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger). 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024local, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }