Lao PDR: Building Resilience of Urban Populations with Ecosystem-based Solutions - Environmental and Social Safeguarding Measures

The Environment and Social Action plan of the project aims to enhance positive impact through increasing the provision of the ecosystem services, providing support to biodiversity and conservation values, improving management of natural resources, gender outcomes and community mobilization and empowerment. The project is classified as “low risk” category as per the UNEP’s ESESF assessment. However, the Environment and Social Action Plan has been developed as per the eight Performance Standards of GCF and IFC for Environmental and Social Sustainability to identify, avoid, minimize and mitigate any potential environmental and social risks during project implementation.