Republic of Kenya

Africa  African States 

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No. of projects

 

Total GCF financing

 

No. of Readiness activities

 

Readiness support approved

 

Readiness support disbursed

 

Projects

FP223
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Project GAIA ("GAIA")

FP220
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) for East Africa region

FP210
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

KawiSafi II

FP205
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)

FP190
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Climate Investor Two

FP177
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Cooling Facility

FP175
Adaptation

Kenya

Enhancing community resilience and water security in the Upper Athi River Catchment Area, Kenya

FP168
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Leveraging Energy Access Finance (LEAF) Framework

FP163
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative (SRMI) Facility

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

FP148
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Participation in Energy Access Relief Facility ("EARF")

FP113
Adaptation

Kenya

TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands

FP103
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal

FP099
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Climate Investor One

FP095
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Transforming Financial Systems for Climate

FP078
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)

FP027
Mitigation

Multiple countries

Universal Green Energy Access Programme (UGEAP)

FP005
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

KawiSafi Ventures Fund

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GCF Team

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Regional Officer
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News + Stories

Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya

15 Feb 2024 / About 15 per cent of the energy demand worldwide is met by classic biomass such as firewood, charcoal, and plant residues. Some 2.8 billion people cook their daily meals with such biomass. Kenya is no exception: more than 80 per cent of Kenya’s population uses biomass for cooking and heating. The combustion of these materials during cooking releases greenhouse gases (GHG). 

GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa

05 Dec 2023 / Although the African continent is responsible for only three per cent of the world's human-induced greenhouse gas emissions each year, it is expected to suffer some of the most severe consequences of climate change. Significant investments in Africa's infrastructure, manufacturing capacity, and economy are necessary to helpthe continent's  adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Giving power to the people, minus the emissions

22 Aug 2019 /

Reframing development goals to catalyze climate finance

15 Oct 2018 / To expand the impact of GCF-funding and empower locally driven climate actions, a pioneering collaboration between the Government of Germany, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environment and the World Resource Institute (WRI), supported nine countries to put systems in place to understand and engage effectively with the Green Climate Fund and to systematically address overall climate finance gaps and opportunities.

Acumen and GCF sign agreement to implement its first approved project proposal, bringing household solar energy to East Africa

04 Aug 2016 / GCF and Acumen Fund today signed an agreement enabling the disbursement of funds to implement the first approved project proposal from Acumen, making it the first GCF project to move to this stage.

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