COP30 Official Side Event: GCF.10: A Decade of Impact

November 2025 marks a pivotal milestone: ten years since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved its first climate investments and nearly a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted.  

The side event will commemorate ten years of GCF’s programming and operations, featuring findings from the ‘GCF.10 Impact Report’.  An overview of the report will highlight how how GCF is supporting climate action in developing countries across a range of sectors, with case studies and data from GCF projects.

GCF is ready to enhance its efficiency and impact, leading the way into the next decade with renewed ambition to deliver climate solutions where they are needed most.

10 November 2025
18:30 – 20:00 GMT-3
COP30, Blue Zone, Zone B, Side Event Room 3

Speakers

• H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa (TBC)
• H.E. Hon. James Marape, MP, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (TBC)
• H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development & International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
• H.E. Ms. Reem Alabali Radovan, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany
• Mafalda Duarte, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
• Rachel Kyte, Special Representative on Climate of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
• Anton Willems, CEO, Profonanpe
• Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative
• Helen Magata, GCF Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group member and Climate and Biodiversity Program, Tebtebba
• Andrew Johnstone, Director and CEO, Climate Fund Managers
• Sudhanshu Sarronwala, Director of Communications, Green Climate Fund, (Moderator & MC)