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Overview There is a shrinking window of opportunity to address the climate crisis. Average global temperature is currently estimated to be 1.1°C above pre-industrial times. Based on existing trends, the world could...

Overview GCF is accountable to the United Nations. It is guided by the principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Green Climate Fund is the only stand-alone multilateral...

Policies and strategies As part of its mandate, the GCF Board approves specific operational policies and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also...

Overview In 2010, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the World Bank to serve as interim trustee of the Green Climate Fund. Its functions in this capacity...

The accreditation process During the accreditation process, an applicant entity's policies and procedures, track record, and demonstrated capacity to undertake projects or programmes of different financial instruments...

Headquarters The Green Climate Fund is headquartered in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea, where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process...

For staff At GCF, we give you the opportunity to pursue rewarding and challenging work with skilled and supportive colleagues, learning and development opportunities, and offer competitive base salaries and a...

Overview In our operations, we have established mechanisms to ensure accountability, manage risk, and to evaluate the performance of our activities, in order to ensure the application of safeguards as well as...

Overview Transparency is essential to achieve the Green Climate Fund’s mission to respond to climate change by investing in low-emission and climate-resilient development in developing countries. Transparency enables...

Overview Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the Board to consider appeals from requesters. The IAP is composed of the three heads...

Disclosure team For any questions about information disclosure at GCF, or to send a request for information, please contact the GCF Information Disclosure Team: GCF Disclosure 175, Art Center-daero, Yeonsu-gu Incheon...

Overview GCF relies on its expanding network of partners to deliver results across the spectrum of climate action to promote low-carbon and climate-resilient paths. These partners span multilateral and national banks,...

What are NDAs? National Designated Authorities (NDAs) are government institutions that serve as the interface between each country and the Fund. They provide broad strategic oversight of the GCF’s activities in the...

News & stories Check out all the recent developments at the Green Climate Fund. GCF news includes coverage of major events and activities, details of GCF projects and programmes, and GCF's engagement with its...

Videos We have a range of video content – from shorter clips to longer features. The content ranges from project videos to introductions to GCF, and also includes online webinars, meetings and lectures. Most of these...

Overview The climate crisis is too big, too serious and too urgent to rely on the resources of public institutions alone. Today, the private sector manages more than USD 210 trillion in assets but only a very minor part...

Calendar of events GCF meets regularly with a wide variety of organisations to help guide its assistance to developing countries in meeting the climate challenge. These include national governments, international and...

Board meetings The Board of the Green Climate Fund generally holds three meetings per year, and are typically attended by more than 300 participants, including observers from civil society and private sector...

Board documents The GCF Board typically meets three times a year. Its work is encapsulated in the various board documents listed on this page, as well as in the individual board meeting pages.

Board decisions Most decisions are adopted by the GCF Board during its regular meetings, with a few being adopted in between sessions. These decisions are listed on this section, as well as in the various Board meeting...

Publications The Green Climate Fund issues a range of publications for our direct and indirect stakeholders on a diversity of issues – for the general public to industry experts. Stay in tune with our mission and...

Overview Despite being a young organisation, GCF's operations have quickly expanded to provide innovative solutions to the climate crisis in more than 100 countries, working with partners in the public and private...

Countries The following developing countries have designated a National Designated Authority or Focal Point, paving the way towards unlocking GCF resources for climate solutions.