GEF PIMS-9608_PHL_GRC

About this project

The main objective of this proposed Green Resilient Cities (GRC) project is to achieve “Significant improvement in the integrated Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient, and Nature-Positive urban development of cities”. The applied project strategy is barrier removal, which consists in permanently eradicating all identified hindering barriers that currently are preventing local government units of the selected pilot cities to achieve global environmental benefits (GEBs), such as: greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions reduction; biodiversity and ecosystems conservation; rehabilitation of degraded land, wetland and forests; enhancement of socio-economic standards; and improved living conditions of the population, including informal settlers and vulnerable groups. Although the issues among Philippine’s cities are similar, what varies significantly is the extent to which these problems affect the population, urban infrastructures, ecosystems and biodiversity, as well as the political support, the available resources and the stakeholders’ capacity that each city possesses to cope with these challenges. Therefore, the GRC project has been designed for, and it will be implemented in, six pilot cities, namely: Baguio City, Caloocan City, Cebu City, Cotabato City, Davao City and Quezon City.

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Philippines

Sectors

Biosphere protectionUrban development

Funded by

Global Environment Fund Truste

Implemented by

PHL-Biodiversity Mgmt Bureau

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01005545.

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