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First GCF Green Champions to be announced at COP25
... Dobles has more than 14 years of experience in design, project management and urban planning, dedicated to developing large-scale projects around the world, promoting sustainability and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... actors - including financial institutions, governments, project developers, climate leaders and development banks - ... Bank Moderator: Rajeev Mahajan, Manager (Head) – Project Finance, GCF Day 2, Session 2 - Investing in Nature: ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
ED opening remarks
... particularly the lack of access to affordable, long-term project finance. GCF is now a USD 10 billion fund – USD ... to use scarce public resources to de-risk market creating projects and crowd-in private finance. For instance, GCF is ...
Article > Speech
Investment decisions and the climate challenge
... lines or support to access capital markets. Here, our new project Inclusive Green Financing Initiative (IGREENFIN I), ... cooperatives, and micro and small sized enterprises. This project is part of the ambitious Great Green Wall initiative ...
Article > Speech
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... groundwork for the effective implementation of GCF-funded projects and programmes across forests, land use, and ... also used GCF results-based payments to co-finance a project in collaboration with Italian coffee company Lavazza ...
Article > Insights 
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
... only 0.5% of multilateral climate funding is allocated to projects that explicitly address human health – and ... country-driven and locally led action, and already fund projects that are improving access to clean water, hygiene, ...
Article > Press release 
Committees, panels and groups
Committees, panels and groups
Committees assist the Board in its decision-making, and exercise any delegated authority under the overall authority and direction of the Board. Except for standing committees, all...
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Yes Bank Limited (India)
Yes Bank Limited (Yes Bank) is a national private sector financial institute based in India. Yes Bank commits to contribute to the fulfilment of India’s nationally determined contributions for climate change by...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) India
Cassa depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (CDP) is a public and private sector entity based in Italy that operates internationally. CDP is an Italian national promotional institution mandated to promote international development...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Italy
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), is an international access, private sector entity based in Japan. It aims to improve corporate value by providing high-quality services to its customers while putting...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Japan
responsAbility Investments AG
responsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility) is an international access private sector entity based in Switzerland which acts as an asset manager of collective investment schemes for private and institutional...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) serves as the financial arm of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with a core mandate to promote private sector development, foster economic...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Togo
Fonds d’Intervention pour l’Environnement
The Fonds d’Intervention pour l’Environnement (FIE) is a national direct access entity, headquartered in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, established by the government as a financial mechanism to address the country’s...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Burkina Faso
JSC Georgian Energy Development Fund
The JSC Georgian Energy Development Fund (GEDF) is a public national energy fund based in Tbilisi, Georgia, with a mandate to attract investments, promote renewable energy, and support green technology implementation....
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Georgia
Saint Lucia Development Bank
The Saint Lucia Development Bank (SLDB), based in Castries, Saint Lucia, is mandated to mobilize and provide financing for economic and capital market development in Saint Lucia and the Eastern Caribbean, across sectors...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Saint Lucia
Environmental and social safeguards
Environmental and social safeguards
In carrying out its mandate of promoting a paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways in the context of sustainable development, GCF will...
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Country commitments and ambitions
Country commitments and ambitions
Country ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ensure that the we are responsive to the needs and priorities of...
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GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 economic shocks to keep low-carbon trajectories on...
Article > Press release 
Policies: Terms of reference
Terms of reference
Policies under this category set out the terms of reference for GCF’s committees, panels and groups, independent units and the trustee.
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GCF and CRDB Bank Plc. sign agreement to boost access to climate adaptation technologies for agribusinesses in Tanzania
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and CRDB Bank Plc. have signed an agreement for a climate adaptation lending facility for smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in the United Republic of Tanzania on the sidelines of the...
Article > News update 
Improving the capacity of Turkmenistan to access climate finance through capacity building and strategic frameworks
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Re-Gain: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
According to the FAO, 30%1 of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted along the supply chain every year. In Africa, the losses are even higher, ranging between 30% and 50%. This equates to 1.3 billion2...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
Note in relation to readiness activities in DPRK
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is required to comply with United Nations Sanctions Council (UNSC) regimes pertaining to financial sanctions. The Food and Agriculture...
Basic page > Country Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
Executive Director Keynote Speech
... scientists were already saying at the time were dim projections of impacts, we were going to see the planet ... We are making strides in terms of reducing the time from project approval to first disbursement. We've come down from ... lower median time. We have also committed to reducing our project cycle from more than 24 months to nine months as of ...
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Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... pools of capital that can fund adaptation and mitigation projects needed across Africa.” Aminu Umar-Sadiq, Managing ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
... will be bolstered by good returns. GCF is investing in a project run by Acumen that is designed to improve the ...
Article > Press release 
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
... unique position to bring the private sector in" to climate projects. Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference makes business case to lower planet's climate costs
... barriers in translating climate initiatives into bankable projects. A number of participants said that enhanced ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches climate finance report during Seoul P4G summit
... to invest 3.8 percent of our GDP by 2025 in Green New Deal projects, including green infrastructure, renewable energy, ...
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