Paris / Songdo / N’Djamena – 29 March 2026
Acted and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in partnership with Chad’s Special Fund for the Environment (FSE), have signed a landmark agreement to implement the SCALE project (Strengthening Chad’s Adaptation for Land, Ecosystems and smallholders), a major initiative aimed at strengthening climate resilience among vulnerable communities in Chad.
This marks Acted’s first project funded by the GCF, representing a significant milestone in scaling climate adaptation in fragile and climate-vulnerable contexts.
With a total investment of over USD 27.6 million, including USD 25 million in GCF financing, the project is expected to benefit more than 639,000 people across four provinces in south-eastern Chad, strengthening livelihoods, food security, and ecosystem resilience.
Chad is among the countries most exposed to climate change. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and land degradation are placing increasing pressure on agriculture, pastoral systems, and natural resources — the very foundations of livelihoods for the majority of the population.
In this context, strengthening adaptation is not only about protecting ecosystems, but about securing livelihoods, reducing vulnerability, and enabling communities to sustain their futures.
Through SCALE, Acted and its partners will support farming and pastoral communities to adapt to these challenges by promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices, restoring degraded ecosystems, and diversifying income sources.
SCALE adopts an integrated and scalable approach structured around three core pillars:
Beyond direct support, the project will also contribute to strengthening national systems by piloting innovative approaches, documenting best practices, and supporting their replication at scale.
Implemented in close partnership with the FSE, SCALE reinforces national ownership and contributes to embedding climate adaptation within Chad’s long-term development pathways.
Across Chad, communities have long been adapting to climate variability with limited resources. SCALE builds on these locally grounded practices and aims to scale them through strengthened systems, partnerships, and climate finance.
Across Chad, communities have been developing their own ways of adapting to a changing climate, often with very limited resources. Through SCALE, and together with the GCF and the FSE, we are supporting the expansion of approaches that local actors are already leading. This partnership is about backing their vision, strengthening the systems around them, and creating the conditions for resilient futures shaped by the people themselves.
The strengthening adaptation for land, ecosystems and smallholders project is GCF’s first single-country investment in Chad. The project delivers adaptation finance where it is needed most, unlocking climate finance in one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. GCF funding will restore 101,000 hectares of degraded land, strengthen climate-smart farming and agropastoral systems, and diversify incomes for communities in some of Chad’s most fragile regions. This investment reflects GCF’s commitment to strengthen country ownership and be Chad’s climate partner of choice.
SCALE contributes directly to Acted’s 3ZERO vision — Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty — by:
By combining community-based action, ecosystem restoration and institutional strengthening, the project contributes to a broader shift towards sustainable and climate-resilient development in Chad and across the Sahel.
This partnership reflects a shared ambition between Acted and the GCF to deliver high-impact climate finance at scale in contexts where needs are most acute.
By bridging local realities with global climate finance mechanisms, SCALE contributes to advancing more inclusive, effective and scalable climate adaptation solutions.
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund dedicated to developing countries, supporting transformative climate action by mobilising and delivering finance at scale.
GCF serves the Paris Agreement and is mandated as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
With over USD 19 billion committed across 134 countries, GCF supports high-impact adaptation and mitigation projects aligned with country priorities.
For the past 33 years, Acted has been working at the forefront of humanitarian action. Acted currently supports over 18 million people across 43 countries, striving to reach those living in the hardest-to-reach areas.
Driven by a triple mandate as a key actor in humanitarian aid, environmental action and sustainable development, Acted contributes to the long-term assistance, protection and recovery of people affected by crises.
Acted relies on an in-depth knowledge of local contexts and works with a wide range of partners to build a 3ZERO world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon and Zero Poverty.
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