B.21/07: Matters related to the selection of the Trustee

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.21/Inf.10/Add.01 titled “Reports from committees, panels and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum I”:

  1. Takes note of the report on the activities of the ad hoc Trustee Selection Committee as contained in document GCF/B.21/ Inf.10/Add.01;
  2. Selects and appoints the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund, subject to paragraph (c) below, and in accordance with the recommendation of the ad hoc Trustee Selection Committee and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change decision 9/CP.23, paragraph 16;
  3. Requests the Secretariat to enter into direct contracting with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and to negotiate and finalize the terms and conditions of the legal and administrative arrangements with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in respect of its role as Trustee of the Green Climate Fund in accordance with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change decision 9/CP.23, paragraph 16, and the terms of reference of the “Permanent Trustee” as set out in decision B.19/03, annex I, and in a manner which ensures there is no discontinuity in trustee services;2  Authorizes the Executive Director to execute on behalf of the Green Climate Fund the legal and administrative arrangements with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development referred to in paragraph (c) above;
  4. Requests the Secretariat to provide an update to the Board on the matters referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d) above at the twenty-second meeting of the Board; and
  5. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its terms of reference, to terminate the ad hoc Trustee Selection Committee established by decision B.16/05.