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We tend to capture a great deal of content on video – from short messages, to longer narratives, to online webinars, to meetings and lectures. Most of these videos are also available on our Youtube channel or on the GCF Board section, some of which are downloadable for offline viewing.
Improving climate information systems in Malawi
November 2019
Increasingly frequent climate-related disasters threaten the development gains of the most vulnerable communities in Malawi. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), together with UNDP, is modernizing climate information systems in the country to strengthen people's resilience to natural disasters.
Investment in off-grid solar lights up lives in Rwanda
October 2019
In Rwanda about 70% of the population are not connected to the electricity grid. In partnership with Acumen in the KawiSafi Ventures Fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping address this by unlocking private sector investment in off-grid renewables as a faster, cheaper, and cleaner way to bring power to Rwandan communities.
GCF Global Programming Conference 2019: Realising climate ambitions
October 2019
With over USD 5 billion worth of climate action projects around the world, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is playing a major role in helping developing countries raise and realise their climate ambitions. As part of its contribution to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, ahead of 2020 when countries will be called to raise their climate ambition targets or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), GCF brought together over 600 stakeholders from developing countries, comprising ministers,...
GCF supports Mongolia's ambition to pursue a low-emission future
April 2019
What makes FP046, the Green Climate Fund's (GCF) Sumber Solar Plant project in Mongolia with Xacbank, extraordinary? When Sumber Solar Plant went online, it marked two firsts: the first completion of a solar plant funded by GCF, and the first solar power plant financed by a local Mongolian bank.
GCF in Morocco: Solving water scarcity in the Saïss Plain
March 2019
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is helping farmers in the Saïss Plain, in the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco, adapt to water scarcity brought about by climate change.
Simplified Approval Process: Introduction to the Online Submission System
August 2018
In this webinar conducted in cooperation with UNITAR, GCF provides a preview of the upcoming Online Submission System (OSS) used to receive concept notes and funding proposals for consideration under the Simplified Approval System (SAP).
