Madagascar ranks among the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change, with several economic sectors, including the essential oils industry, facing significant threats. The ARCHE project (Improving Climate Resilience in Madagascar's Essential Oils Sector) has been launched by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, through the National Bureau for Climate Change and REDD+ (BNCCREDD+), with support from UNIDO, to strengthen climate resilience in this strategic sector. "This project will be implemented in collaboration with Climate-KIC, the Sustainable Essential Oil Coordination Platform, and the Association of Essential Oil and Extract Exporters of Madagascar (GEHEM). It aims to support over 34,000 small producers and farmers, half of whom are women, while training more than 4,500 producers and distillers," said Zamany Heriniaina Ruffin, Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, during the official launch yesterday. The project is financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with 1.7 million USD. "This is a grant from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), intended to finance this fifth project for Madagascar, specifically supporting the essential oils sector against the harmful effects of climate change," explained Hery Rakotondravony, GEF focal point in Madagascar. BNCCREDD+ coordinator Lova Kanto Ravelomanana emphasized that Madagascar secured this GEF funding because the country ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. "We are asserting our rights regarding the impacts of activities by industrialized nations on the environment; this is not charity," she clarified. Climathons are also being launched to find innovative solutions to strengthen climate resilience in the essential oils sector. Four entrepreneurship support structures—NEXTA, ISA Agribusiness, MIARAKAP, and KENTIA Formation—will mobilize solution providers in their respective areas. Candidates can be students, companies, project leaders, innovators, researchers, cooperatives, and producer organizations. "The proposed solution must address a concrete need in the value chain," said Tandrify Randriamaromanana, project coordinator at MIARAKAP.