Republic of Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean 

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Projects

FP212
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

&Green Fund: Investing in Inclusive Agriculture and Protecting Forests

FP190
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Climate Investor Two

FP185
Cross-cutting

Ecuador

Climate Change: The New Evolutionary Challenge for the Galapagos

FP180
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Global Fund for Coral Reefs Investment Window

FP173
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

The Amazon Bioeconomy Fund: Unlocking private capital by valuing bioeconomy products and services with climate mitigation and adaptation results in the Amazon

FP152
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity

FP151
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Technical Assistance (TA) Facility

FP149
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Green Climate Financing Facility for Local Financial Institutions in Latin-America

FP128
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Arbaro Fund – Sustainable Forestry Fund

FP110
Mitigation

Ecuador

Ecuador REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014

FP099
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Climate Investor One

FP095
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Transforming Financial Systems for Climate

FP019
Mitigation

Ecuador

Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations

National Designated Authority

GCF Team

Cayetano Casado Gomez Guillamon
Regional Manager
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Maria Camila Lopez Gil
Regional Analyst
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Valentina Villoria
Regional Officer
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News + Stories

Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future

26 Aug 2021 / The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have a key stake in our planet’s future. The release of the vast carbon reserves stored in the world’s largest rainforest would bring dire consequences for all of us. It is still possible to preserve the Amazon, but only by also focusing on the livelihoods of its indigenous peoples. See how here.

Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing

04 Jun 2020 / Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the livelihoods of people front and centre. This is especially true for the custodians of natural ecosystems, which are vital in winning the fight against climate change and ensuring a green recovery in developing countries. In Ecuador, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners are supporting the government’s climate ambitions and, in the process, improving incomes, food security and resilience.

Forest conservation in the Amazon: Securing the future of people and the planet

22 Mar 2020 / In Ecuador, GCF is working with UNDP and the national government to provide people with technical and financial support to avoid forest clearing. GCF's climate finance is restoring vulnerable watersheds, and helping local people improve their farming practices to increase their incomes. By protecting nature, people also profit.

Achieving net zero deforestation in Ecuador

31 Jan 2020 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping Ecuador achieve its goal of net zero deforestation to protect the biodiverse ecosystem of the Amazon while improving the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and communities.

UNDP welcomes commitments of a coalition of non-state and state actors to reduce deforestation in Ecuador

17 Sep 2018 / Ecuador has been promoting efforts to reduce deforestation and conserve forests since 2009, with the implementation of the Socio Bosque Program, which consists of providing economic incentives to individuals and communities committed to forest conservation, it has demonstrated its political will to reduce deforestation and advance in its international commitments. It will be one of the first countries to access results-based payments through the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) pilot program.

Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope

15 Aug 2018 / You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.

Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope

14 Aug 2018 / You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.

GCF begins first REDD+ transfer

04 Jul 2017 / GCF is transferring its first REDD+ disbursement to help Ecuador reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests.

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