Background
The LDCF/SCCF Programming Strategy for adaptation
covers LDCF and SCCF operations and activities for
the four years from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014.
The main objective of this strategy is to mobilize and
program adequate resources to finance adaptation
activities under the Least Developed Countries Fund
and the Special Climate Change Fund, in line with
(a) the guidance by the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties
(COP); (b) developing country adaptation needs;
(c) results of evaluations of funds for adaptation;
(d) evolving and diversifying landscape of funds for
adaptation; and (e) efforts to raise the level and scale
of interventions funded under the LDCF and SCCF.
The overall approach to programming builds on the
achievements of the GEF adaptation portfolio, including
a pilot program in the GEF trust fund and subsequent
experiences in managing the LDCF and SCCF, and their
initial evaluations.