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Summary Note
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The LDCF was established to support a work programme to assist Least Developed Country Parties (LDCs)
carry out, inter alia, the preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action
(NAPAs). The COP, at its eleventh session, agreed on provisions to operationalize the LDCF to support
the implementation of NAPAs. The GEF, with the assistance of UNDP, UNEP, and the World Bank,
has already supplied funds for preparing NAPAs. As of October 2008, 19 contributing participants
(Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom) had
pledged contributions to the LDCF of the equivalent of USD 172.8 million. As of October 2008. USD 9.4
million had been allocated to preparation of NAPAs and USD 77 million was committed to NAPA
implementation projects.
The rationale for establishing the LDCF rests on the low capacity and high vulnerability of LDCs,
which renders them in need of immediate and urgent support to start adapting to current and projected
adverse effects of climate change. The projects are focused on short-term, urgent and priority needs;
and projects are derived from the completed NAPAs. Twenty-four countries have have officially
submitted their NAPA implementation projects to the GEF through the Project Identification Form for
NAPA implementation under the LDCF and 19 projects have been approved in the following countries:
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Haiti, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tuvalu and
Zambia.
The document 
Accessing Resources Under the Least Developed Countries Fund provides a detailed step-by-step
guide on accessing funding through the LDCF.
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