Given the amount of the past and current activities on climate change in the country, the present proposal will extensively draw from and build upon the past and current work rather than duplicating what has been and is being undertaken.

Responding to the outcomes of the 15th UNCCD Conference of Parties [1] (COP) and the mandate of the 2022-2024 Intergovernmental Working Group on Drought [2] (IWG), the project objective is to enable the UNCCD Parties to address drought-related challenges and gaps through integrated land and water management approaches and land-based interventions.

Enabling Activity Objective (max.

The project aims to assist Algeria in the preparation and submission of its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and a combined Second Biennial Transparency Report and Fourth National Communication report (BTR2/NC4) for the fulfillment of the obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA) in line with the Modalities, procedures and guidelines (MPGs) for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA .1) and the guidance on operationalizing the MPGs as pe

Assistance to the Government of Nicaragua in the preparation of its Fifth National Communication and its First and Second Biennial Transparency Report (5NC/1+2BTR) to fulfil its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA)

To assist Thailand in the preparation and submission of its First Biennial Transparency Report (1BTR) and a combined Fifth National Communication and Second Biennial Transparency Report (5NC/2BTR) for the fulfillment of the obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA).

The objective of this project is to assist Colombia in the preparation and submission of its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and a combined Second Biennial Transparency (BTR2) and Fourth National Communication Report (4NC), for the fulfillment of its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA).

To assist the Government of South Africa in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise awareness on the Minamata Convention, and to build al national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan and the Minamata Convention

The objective of this project is to assist Tajikistan in the preparation and submission of its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and a combined Fifth National Communication and Second Biennial Transparency (NC5/BTR2) for the fulfillment of the obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA), in line with the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the Transparency Framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA .1) and the guidance on operationalizing the MPGs