INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Adapting to impacts of climate change provides a “win-win” for livelihoods, food security, water supply, health, security, and economic growth. The work of the GCA elevates the visibility and political importance of climate adaptation and facilitates solutions, such as smarter investments, new technologies and better planning to become more resilient to climate related threats. GCA is a rapidly growing organization with offices in Abidjan, Beijing, Dhaka, Groningen, and Rotterdam.

The GCA’s ambitious 2020-2025 business plan and strategy have three pillars:

• Programs: Food Security; Using Nature for more resilient infrastructure; Water for Urban Growth and Resilience; Climate Finance; Youth Leadership.
• Knowledge: Building adaptation knowledge globally through cutting edge products such as the State and Trends in Adaptation Report and the Adaptation Knowledge Portal.
• Advocacy and Awareness: Formulating policy messages to move the global, regional, and local adaptation agendas forward.

As part of the Glasgow COP commitment, the developed world promised to double adaptation financing by 2025. This consulting assignment will provide basic data analysis to provide a snapshot and a review of recent trends of adaptation financing to developing countries, with a deep dive into Africa.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The general objective of this assignment is to provide an overview of the state and recent trends of climate adaptation finance in Madagascar and the potential to mobilize additional finance through innovative financial instruments.  The assignment will cover international and domestic, and public and private adaptation funding flows for a selection of at least 5 relevant sectors to the Climate Finance Strategy. Findings will be presented and discussed with key stakeholders.

The specific objectives – for Madagascar are to:

• Provide a breakdown of adaptation funding flows for the relevant sectors, and conduct an analysis of the distribution of these flows across the different financial instruments. For private and public adaptation funding an estimation can be made based on primary data collection from a sample of domestic and international finance institutions. For development finance, the Consultant can base its analysis on secondary data available.
• Calculate adaptation funding gaps based on key national strategies such as national adaptation plans and strategies, the national determined contributions, and the World Bank’s Country and Climate Development Report (CCDR).
• Analyze pledges and statements by key funding institutions on adaptation finance.
• Compare adaptation flows and climate-related humanitarian assistance finance, as well as post-disaster reconstruction funding.
• Assess the utilization of adaptation finance, identify potential financial instruments that are not or not fully utilized for the relevant sectors.  Based on the findings formulate recommendations on how the use of adaptation finance could be monitored.
• Carry out an overview of the universe of financial instruments and the feasibility that those instruments could be utilized taking into account country needs, and the policy and financial environment. And identify potential synergies could be created between various financial instruments.

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
If you are interested in participating in this Request for Proposal, you are requested to submit your (1) Technical and (2) Financial proposal in PDF format to the link  GCA-PR-24-586 – Proposals no later than 24 July 2025, 16:00:00 hours (04:00:00 p.m. o’clock), Central European Time (CET).