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Board prepares to consider eight new public sector project proposals as GCF pipeline grows
Eight new public sector project proposals have been published ahead of the Board’s ... support both objectives of adapting and reducing emissions. Project proposals are drawn from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin ... funding requests for USD 2.4 billion, with a total project value of USD 6.6 billion. Approval of this tranche ...
Article > Press release 
Unlocking climate finance: An interactive session with AE focal points and NDAs on the GCF Project Preparation Facility
This webinar will provide an overview of the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and offer insights, ... Entities – including Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and Project Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) Applicants – ... accessed GCF PPF grants to develop Board-approved project and programme proposals. You will also hear from the ...
Event > Webinar 
EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the Egyptian ... FAAs mark the last phase of legal arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as ... has 54 Accredited Entities, which propose climate finance projects and implement those that are approved by the GCF ...
Article > Press release Egypt EBRD 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... closed its twenty-eighth meeting, approving 15 new climate projects totaling USD 7.5 billion including USD ... for low-emission, climate resilient development. The new projects raise GCF’s total portfolio to USD 8.4 billion in ... including funding from all sources. The newly approved projects and programmes are listed below and more details of ...
Article > Press release 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... will facilitate the elaboration of the full proposal of the project titled “Securing Permanent Forests to Combat ... data on climate change analysis in the target sites of the Project and at the national level. One of the main ... various studies will facilitate the elaboration of a full project proposal that will be submitted to GCF for funding. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon IUCN
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... Green Climate Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural ... and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the project will climate-proof small-scale infrastructure in ... stakeholders on to developing high-quality climate action project proposals and improving access to GCF resources. ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste UNDP 
Project preparation for increasing resilience to the health risks of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia
... of humans to vector-, water- and food-borne diseases. The project will build on the National Climate Change and Health ... further consideration on the 25th of February 2021. As the project will be developed in a Simplified Approval Process ... Community (SPC), as the accredited entity for the proposed project, will support the development of the proposal ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Micronesia (Federated States of) SPC
FP200 - Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
... of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme (Project 2)’ aims to address decades of forest loss. ... initiatives including the success of FP117 (GIZ Laos Project 1), Lao PDR leverages GCF funding to further remove ... management of forests and landscapes at scale, Project 2 aims to first, scale-up climate-informed ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GIZ 
Strengthening capacity to accelerate green finance and development of country-driven project formulation in Viet Nam
The project is highly strategic for Viet Nam as it will ... international climate goals. The specific problems that the project aims to solve are: The NDA is not fully operational ... on GCF and climate financing between agencies, sectors and projects The goal of this proposal is to strengthen ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Post-approval environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP015: Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP)
... (ESS) information about FP015: Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP). Project and programme funding proposals that have ... information under FP015 Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP), approved by decision B.13/23 , para. (h) and ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Tuvalu UNDP
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is particularly aimed at supporting project proposals from Direct Access Entities. “I have ... Fund to simplify access to its resources for smaller-scale projects, as called for in the Fund’s Governing ...
Article > Press release 
FP012 - Africa Hydromet Program – Strengthening Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mali Country Project
... and support better private sector investment decisions. The project will support training and capacity building, ... systems, and improved awareness at the local level. The project has an estimated lifespan of 4 years. FP012 Mali 1 ... Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mali Country Project ...
Project > Public sector Mali WorldBank 
Readiness support for enhancing the capacity of NDA and other stakeholders for project pipeline development in Nepal
... actors. It also aims to identify and develop a strategic project pipeline, reflecting the country’s priorities and ... enhancing the capacity of NDA and other stakeholders for project pipeline development in Nepal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal AEPC
GCF Board approves new strategic plan and USD 756 million in new climate projects
... and approved USD 755.8 million of finance for new climate projects in developing countries. Co-chair Nauman Bashir ... said, “The Board has given the green light to twelve new projects with a strong focus on increasing direct access and ... of USD 755.8 million in climate financing for 12 new projects. By signing funding agreements for half of these ...
Article > Press release 
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... the voices of communities and individuals into project and subproject design and implementation is an essential component ... to exploitation or other potentially harmful unintended project impacts. This guidance note offers practical ...
Document > Guides
Center for Implementation of Investment Projects within the Committee for Environmental Protection under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan
The Center for Implementation of Investment Projects (CIIP) within the Committee for Environmental ... CIIP's mission is to efficiently implement investment projects focused on environmental protection and ... country. By leveraging GCF’s resources, CIIP undertakes projects aimed at promoting renewable energy, improving ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Tajikistan
Developing a pipeline of climate smart and resilient projects involving the private sector, and further strengthening the NDA
... to translate the country programme into high quality projects, to ensure that national stakeholders can implement ... is addressing; these include: i) preparing a pipeline of projects, based on the priority identified in the country ... in the country, and monitor the results achieved by climate projects funded through “climate finance”. This ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal LBA
Building the capacity of Crédit Agricole du Maroc (CAM) to complete its accreditation process and develop high-quality projects
... the GCF on June 2016 for on- lending/blending, micro size project and Category C / Intermediation 3. CAM’s ... raised regarding the fiduciary requirements; iv) CAM’s project team needs to be trained on the design of high-quality climate projects meeting GCF standards. In order to address the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Morocco CAM
Updating and operationalizing the Chad Country Programme through increased national capacity & a strong pipeline of projects
... for preparing and implementing climate-funded programs and projects (design, planning, monitoring and evaluation); ii) ... capacity of the private sector to generate climate-related projects which could be funded by international climate ... through increased national capacity & a strong pipeline of projects. More specifically, the objectives are to: ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... first of 2023. Co-chair Nauman Bashir Bhatti said, “The projects approved at this meeting send a strong message that ... year.” Co-chair Victoria Gunderson said, “These project approvals and the appointment of a new Executive ... over USD 587 million in new climate finance across seven projects. These include projects in Cambodia, Lao People’s ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... in Incheon, Republic of Korea, approved nine new climate projects worth USD 544.1 million in GCF funding and USD 1.7 billion with co-financing. With the new projects, GCF’s portfolio now comprises 209 projects and programmes and stands at USD 11.3 billion in ...
Article > Press release 
Climate Resilient Systems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Cycle Observation System (SADC-HYCOS IV Project)
... the development of a Funding Proposal for the proposed project titled: Climate Resilient Sytems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Information System. The project will develop and implement a regional climate ... DBSA will be the Accredited Entity (AE) for the proposed project. Given the geographic scale and the limited existing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries DBSA
Strengthening NDA Capacity on Project Evaluation and Development of Climate Finance Strategy to Enhance Papua New Guinea’s Access to Climate Finance
... climate finance due to (i) difficulties evaluating project concepts and funding proposals, (ii) lack of a ... partners. Papua New Guinea Strengthening NDA Capacity on Project Evaluation and Development of Climate Finance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Papua New Guinea GGGI
Strengthening capacities to scale up climate finance in Cuba and development of project pipeline with funding proposals on adaptation and mitigation
... to scale up climate finance in the country, developing a project pipeline in correspondence with the priorities ... to scale up climate finance in Cuba and development of project pipeline with funding proposals on adaptation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cuba UNDP
Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... 15 proposals totaling USD 736.4 million to fund new climate projects in developing countries. A total of USD 3.6 billion ... including co-financing of USD 51.8 billion, covering 243 projects across the developing world. Co-chair, Nauman ... portfolio grew to over USD 51 billion with a total of 243 projects and the board approved key policies to improve ...
Article > Press release 
27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered
... The five-day, virtual meeting will consider approving 16 project proposals which would collectively invest over USD ... Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered ...
Article > Press release 
Regional Project for Leapfrogging to Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners in Cuba, El Salvador and Honduras
... the countries to make progress on such transformation. The project aims to help the three countries leapfrog to ... products sold in the market effectively. The outcome of the project will be shared with other countries in the Latin ... America and the Caribbean Region to amplify the impact. The project will lead to less pressure on the electricity grid, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Tunisia Readiness support for NDA capacity building and project pipeline development through OSS
... a number of additional needs in terms of capacity for projects’ development, large scale communication at ... Tunisia Readiness support for NDA capacity building and project pipeline development through OSS ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia OSS
GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’
... Entities (AEs) in the development of transformational GCF projects and programs in this priority field. Webex meeting, ... - 10:30AM CEST GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’ ...
Event > Webinar 
Capacity building for scaling up climate finance in Bolivia and development of a pipeline of climate change projects
... skills in identifying, prioritizing, and shaping climate projects, ultimately enabling more impactful contributions ... in Bolivia and development of a pipeline of climate change projects ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of) PDB