Building Africa’s low-carbon future: Outcome Report

Publication date
Objective
Mitigation

The Africa Dialogue on Cement for Green Industrialization brought the people who shape the sector into one room. Governments, cement producers, financial institutions, researchers, construction stakeholders, young professionals and development partners worked through a shared question: How can Africa build the infrastructure it needs while strengthening local industry and reducing emissions?

Call for Experts: Designing an Integrated Platform for Tropical Monitoring and Forecasting in El Salvador

El Salvador
Publication date
Objective
Adaptation
Sectors
Early warning and Environmental assessment
Cross-sectoral enabler
Communication and awareness
Governance and planning
Approach
Disaster risk reduction

 

The CTCN is seeking experts to participate in the upcoming solicitation to provide technical assistance on:

Design of an Integrated Platform for Tropical Monitoring and Forecasting to Support Technology Deployment in El Salvador

 

Deadline: 21 September 2026

Call for Experts: Scaling Biochar Solutions for Climate-Resilient Cocoa Agroforestry in Bolivia

Bolivia
Publication date
Objective
Adaptation
Sectors
Agriculture
Cross-sectoral enabler
Economics and financial decision-making
Governance and planning
Approach
Community based
Disaster risk reduction
Ecosystems and biodiversity
Gender

 

The CTCN is seeking experts to participate in the upcoming solicitation to provide technical assistance on:

Adaptation and Validation of Biochar Technologies to Improve the Resilience of Soils and Cocoa-Based Livelihoods in the Bolivian Amazon

 

Deadline: 10 September 2026

Call for Experts: Strengthening Climate-Resilient Water-Energy-Food Nexus Decision-Making in Cambodia

Cambodia
Publication date
Objective
Adaptation
Sectors
Infrastructure and Urban planning
Cross-sectoral enabler
Communication and awareness
Economics and financial decision-making
Governance and planning
Approach
Disaster risk reduction
Gender

 

The CTCN is seeking experts to participate in the upcoming solicitation to provide technical assistance on:

Strengthening Climate-Resilient WEF Nexus Decision-Making in Cambodia through an Integrated Decision Support System

 

Deadline: 4 September 2026

Call for Experts: Enhancing Climate Data Management through AI and Earth Observation in Tajikistan

Tajikistan
Publication date
Objective
Adaptation
Sectors
Early warning and Environmental assessment

 

The CTCN is seeking experts to participate in the upcoming solicitation to provide technical assistance on:

Enhancing weather and climate data management Innovation in Tajikistan through AI and Observation-Based High-Resolution Data Management Platform

 

Deadline: 4 September 2026

Strengthening Climate Technology Prioritization, Policy Anchoring, and Investment Readiness in the Philippines

Eligibility Criteria

E1

The request has a clear and positive benefit to the requesting country in mitigating, or adapting to the negative effect of, climate change.
Yes
The request is expected to provide positive mitigation and adaptation benefits by strengthening the Philippines’ capacity to translate identified climate technology priorities into policy-anchored and investment-ready implementation pathways. It supports mitigation technologies linked to the NDC sectors while also extending adaptation technology prioritization and investment readiness to priority NAP sectors including coastal resilience, water security, disaster risk reduction, and health. The TA is primarily an enabling intervention rather than a direct technology deployment project; its climate benefits are expected to arise through stronger policy integration, institutional coordination, investment readiness, and subsequent technology deployment.

E2

The request is in line with national strategies and plans.
Yes
The request is aligned with key national climate and development frameworks, including the Philippines’ NDC, NDC Implementation Plan, National Adaptation Plan 2023–2050, Technology Needs Assessment process, NDC Gender Action Plan 2024–2030, relevant sectoral technology policies, the Philippine Development Plan 2023–2028, and the GCF-supported FP240 Climate Technopreneurship Programme. The TA is specifically designed to strengthen implementation of existing nationally identified priorities by linking climate technology assessment outputs with policy processes, implementation roadmaps, and investment pathways.

E3

The request enhances endogenous capacities.
Yes
The request has a strong focus on endogenous capacity development. It will strengthen the Climate Change Commission/NDE’s capacity to coordinate climate technology planning across sectors, establish an inter-agency Climate Technology Coordination Mechanism, deliver structured capacity building to CCC and sectoral agencies, develop institutional guidelines and standard operating procedures, and strengthen national capabilities for technology prioritization, policy integration, investment readiness, and private-sector engagement. These activities are intended to institutionalize climate technology governance capacity within national institutions beyond the duration of the TA.

E4

Processes are placed in the requesting country to monitor and evaluate any support provided.
Yes
The NDE has guaranteed that mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation are in place.
Prioritisation Criteria

P1

The request is aligned to the CTCN’s existing Programme of Work.
Yes
The request is aligned with the CTCN Third Programme of Work 2023–2027. Its strongest substantive alignment is with the Business and Industry system transformation area and the National Systems of Innovation enabler, through its focus on climate technology deployment, innovation ecosystems, enabling policy and regulatory frameworks, institutional coordination, private-sector engagement, and investment readiness.

P2

The request is aligned to the key themes of the Technology Framework of the Paris Agreement.
Yes
The request is aligned with the Technology Framework, particularly the themes of Implementation; Enabling Environment and Capacity-building; Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement; Innovation; and Support. It seeks to translate technology assessment outputs into implementation pathways, strengthen enabling policy and institutional frameworks, build national capacity, facilitate collaboration among government agencies and non-government stakeholders, and connect prioritized climate technologies with public and private financing and investment platforms.

P3

The request is submitted by LDCs or SIDS or by a country that has not received CTCN technical assistance in the last 5 years, taking into account regional balance.
Yes
Philippines has not received CTCN technical assistance in the last 5 years.

P4

The request contributes to the CTCN’s portfolio balance between mitigation and adaptation.
Yes
The request explicitly combines mitigation and adaptation. It builds on mitigation technology priorities linked to the Philippines’ NDC while also supporting adaptation technology prioritization, policy integration, and investment readiness in NAP priority sectors beyond agriculture. The proposed National Technology Prioritization Framework will explicitly differentiate the implementation and financing needs of mitigation and adaptation technologies.

P5

The request has the potential to contribute to systems transformations (nationally, regionally, and/or internationally).
Yes
The request has potential to support systems transformation at the national level by establishing a government-validated climate technology prioritization framework, strengthening policy integration across multiple sectors, institutionalizing an inter-agency climate technology coordination mechanism, and linking nationally identified technology priorities with investment and deployment pathways. The approach is intended to be replicated at sub-national level through LGUs, while lessons and good practices may also be shared through the CTCN, the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, and ASEAN platforms.

P6

The request is part of multi-country approach to allow regional bundling of requests to promote collaboration among stakeholders, including between countries (South-South, bilateral, or multilateral cooperation).
No
The request is a national technical assistance request for the Philippines and is not formally structured as a multi-country or regionally bundled CTCN TA.

P7

The request, developed in consultation with or with the engagement of various national climate-related focal points, enables leveraging public and/or private financing or is developed in consultation with research or private sector.
Yes
The request has a strong financing and stakeholder engagement orientation. It is designed to link national climate technology priorities with FP240 and other multilateral, bilateral, domestic, and private financing platforms. The proposed stakeholder structure includes the Department of Finance/GCF NDA, sectoral ministries, DOST, WIPO GREEN, private-sector climate technology enterprises, academic and research institutions, civil society, and LGUs. The TA will develop investment-oriented implementation roadmaps, investment cases, technology opportunity briefs, and a Policy-to-Investment Translation Toolkit.

P8

The request promotes gender equality and / or the empowerment of youth, Indigenous Peoples, or local communities.
Yes
The request includes explicit gender and youth dimensions. It will apply the CTCN Gender Mainstreaming Tool and the Philippines’ NDC Gender Action Plan 2024–2030 to technology roadmaps, incorporate gender-responsive investment criteria, engage the Philippine Commission on Women and women’s organizations, and monitor gender outcomes through a Gender Co-Benefits Assessment Report. It also identifies youth entrepreneurship and career pathways through FP240 and the Climate Technology Showcase, and anticipates benefits for smallholder farmers, fisherfolk, coastal communities, and LGUs.
Eligibility score
4/4
Prioritisation score
7/8
Appraisal recommendation
Eligible and prioritised

Developing and Validating a Sand and Dust Storm Monitoring and Impact-Based Early Warning Prototype and a National Centre Roadmap in Uzbekistan

Eligibility Criteria

E1

The request has a clear and positive benefit to the requesting country in mitigating, or adapting to the negative effect of, climate change.
Yes
The request is expected to provide clear adaptation benefits by strengthening Uzbekistan’s capacity to monitor, analyse and respond to Sand and Dust Storms (SDS). The TA will integrate satellite, meteorological and air-quality data, develop and validate an SDS monitoring and impact-based early warning prototype, establish impact-based alert logic, and demonstrate user-oriented warning dissemination. These activities are intended to improve the availability of timely and actionable SDS risk information for exposed communities and sectors.

E2

The request is in line with national strategies and plans.
Yes
The request is aligned with Uzbekistan’s national climate adaptation and disaster risk management priorities. The request identifies alignment with the Updated NDC 3.0, Strategy “Uzbekistan-2030”, the Sectoral National Adaptation Plan for Emergencies (2025–2030), the Programme for Combating Sand and Dust Storms 2024–2030, and national legislation on hydrometeorological activities and emergency management. These frameworks support the strengthening of early warning, hydrometeorological monitoring and SDS-related risk management.

E3

The request enhances endogenous capacities.
Yes
The request has a strong endogenous capacity-building component. It will strengthen Uzhydromet’s and relevant national institutions’ technical and operational capacities through SDS data architecture development, prototype testing and validation, institutional workflows and SOPs, technical training, and preparation of an operational roadmap for a future National SDS Monitoring Centre. The TA is designed to enable Uzhydromet to progressively operate, maintain and further develop SDS monitoring and early warning functions beyond the TA period.

E4

Processes are placed in the requesting country to monitor and evaluate any support provided.
Yes
The NDE has guaranteed that mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation are in place.
Prioritisation Criteria

P1

The request is aligned to the CTCN’s existing Programme of Work.
Yes
The request is aligned with the CTCN Third Programme of Work 2023–2027. Its strongest alignment is with the Digitalization enabler, through the integration of satellite, meteorological and air-quality data, atmospheric transport modelling, development of a digital SDS prototype, automated alert logic and API-based system integration. The request identifies Buildings and Infrastructure as the relevant system transformation area.

P2

The request is aligned to the key themes of the Technology Framework of the Paris Agreement.
Yes
The request is aligned with the Technology Framework, particularly Innovation, Implementation, Enabling Environment and Capacity-building, Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement, and Support. It combines technology prototyping and validation with institutional capacity building, operational integration among national institutions, stakeholder engagement, and preparation of a scale-up investment and financing roadmap.

P3

The request is submitted by LDCs or SIDS or by a country that has not received CTCN technical assistance in the last 5 years, taking into account regional balance.
No
Uzbekistan is neither an LDC nor a SIDS and has received CTCN technical assistance within the last five years.

P4

The request contributes to the CTCN’s portfolio balance between mitigation and adaptation.
Yes
The request contributes to the CTCN’s portfolio balance by strengthening adaptation-focused technical assistance in the area of climate-induced Sand and Dust Storms, impact-based early warning and climate resilience.

P5

The request has the potential to contribute to systems transformations (nationally, regionally, and/or internationally).
Yes
The request has the potential to contribute to systems transformation at the national level by establishing an integrated SDS monitoring and impact-based early warning architecture, strengthening institutional workflows between Uzhydromet and emergency-management institutions, demonstrating an operational prototype, and preparing the institutional, technical and investment roadmap for a future National SDS Monitoring Centre. The approach is intended to support progressive national operationalization and future scale-up.

P6

The request is part of multi-country approach to allow regional bundling of requests to promote collaboration among stakeholders, including between countries (South-South, bilateral, or multilateral cooperation).
No
The request is a national technical assistance request for Uzbekistan and is not formally structured as a multi-country or regionally bundled CTCN technical assistance.

P7

The request, developed in consultation with or with the engagement of various national climate-related focal points, enables leveraging public and/or private financing or is developed in consultation with research or private sector.
Yes
The request demonstrates a collaborative and financing-oriented approach. Uzhydromet developed the request through consultations involving the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, while relevant line ministries and academic/training institutions are identified as implementation stakeholders. The TA will also prepare a preliminary scale-up investment concept and financing roadmap identifying potential national, bilateral, multilateral and climate-finance pathways.

P8

The request promotes gender equality and / or the empowerment of youth, Indigenous Peoples, or local communities.
Yes
The request includes explicit gender-responsive and vulnerable-group considerations. It will assess sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated exposure and vulnerability information, engage women and other vulnerable user groups in the design and testing of SDS warning products, assess accessibility and usability of warning messages, and apply a minimum target of 30% participation by women in technical training, consultations and validation activities, subject to institutional staffing composition.
Eligibility score
4/4
Prioritisation score
6/8
Appraisal recommendation
Eligible and prioritised
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