Since 2022, the Landscape Resilience Fund has been working with Koa, a Swiss-Ghanaian cocoa fruit innovator, in a joint effort to improve climate resilience within the region. At the core of Koa’s mission is an unwavering commitment to impact – a guiding principle that not only defines Koa’s values but fuels their ambition to transform … Continued
As extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe, the Landscape Resilience Fund is partnering with Long Miles Coffee to support African coffee farmers to become more climate resilient. The world is currently experiencing unprecedented warmth, with 2023 being confirmed as the warmest year on record. Climate change is a major contributor to these extreme weather … Continued
The Landscape Resilience Fund (LRF), through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Project # 10436, “Investment Readiness for the Landscape Resilience Fund”, catalyzes private sector investment in SMEs with climate-resilient practices, by providing pre-investment services for investment readiness to adaptation SMEs. South Pole, as the Excecuting Agency for the GEF Project, seeks support in the … Continued
The Landscape Resilience Fund (LRF), via South Pole acting as the Executing Agency for the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) funded Project # 10436, “Investment Readiness for the Landscape Resilience Fund”, has published a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a consultant or consulting team to provide support to a East African SME working in the coffee … Continued
Image by Nossa Fruits. In 2023, we have faced unprecedented consequences of climate change, with temperature records breaking and extreme weather events such as storms, floods, droughts, and heatwaves causing widespread devastation. Despite these alarming developments, a concerning trend emerges as the new UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report reveals that progress in climate adaptation … Continued
Image by: Trianon Spices Communities in the global South are grappling with the most severe consequences of climate change, despite their minimal contribution to the problem. The East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, known for their rich biodiversity, are one of these regions that bears the brunt of climate change’s worst effects as extreme weather trends … Continued
The miombo woodlands of Chipanje Chetu, Mozambique. Credit: Yambone Initiative. What role can climate finance play in advancing climate adaptation in Africa? This was the central question at the recent UNFCCC Africa Climate Week 2022, held in Libreville, Gabon. Homegrown climate solutions in Africa took centre stage alongside the need to ensure this finance flows … Continued
By Ahmed Aziz in Ghana and Jonathan Jones in South Africa ‘You must act as if it is impossible to fail.’ This Ashanti saying encapsulates the spirit of many cocoa farmers in Ghana, where the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have only intensified. A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report exposes the worst … Continued
In March, the Landscape Resilience Fund team was delighted to discover it had been nominated for this year’s prestigious Earthshot Prize by two Official Nominators: the communications agency Project Everyone and Lancaster University’s Centre for Global Eco-Innovation. The Earthshot Prize was launched by Prince William and The Royal Foundation in October 2020 and designed to … Continued
A crescendo of extreme weather events witnessed across the world exposes the urgency of investing in climate adaptation. In response to this challenge Landscape Resilience Fund (LRF) has made its first investment in Koa, a Swiss-Ghanain sustainable cocoa fruit company. The $3.5 million investment, made alongside co-investors IDH Farmfit Fund, will support Koa to set … Continued