Objectives of the GSF Grants

In line with its objectives, the GSF will award grants that address climate resilience and consider a range of key factors affecting vulnerability, including but not limited to:

• Alignment with national climate change policies to build adaptive capacity and climate resilience.
• Integration of gender considerations, emphasizing gender-responsive approaches, participation and access.
• Engagement of local communities and stakeholders in protecting, restoring, and enhancing coastal ecosystems that support their livelihoods.
• Reduction of environmental and social vulnerability by addressing climate risks.
• Restoration, maintenance, and improvement of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and management of ecosystem services.
• Support for the implementation of key policies or frameworks related to climate change adaptation using community-based or multi-sectoral approaches.
• Enhancement of gender-responsive governance of natural resources for optimal ecosystem services, including emphasis on participatory design and implementation, empowerment of vulnerable groups, increasing transparency, and fostering ownership of natural resources.
• Building human capacity through exposure to the design and implementation of gender-responsive climate solutions and associated training activities.