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GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS
... by 2030, the GCF Board approved the Tonga Renewable Energy Project (TREP) in its 21st meeting held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain from 17-20 October 2018. The project, cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank and the ... requested for USD 29.9 million in GCF resources. The project will help install utility scale energy storage ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
... Bhutan for Life is the Green Climate Fund’s first project with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). GCF’s ... Royal Government of Bhutan to remain carbon neutral. The project will provide funding to prevent threats to ... launch, only one month after the GCF Board approved the project proposal, reflects how the Green Climate Fund is ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
... Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with GCF’s current project portfolio supporting the efforts of many AOSIS members. GCF has several renewable energy projects with AOSIS members, including the Tina River Hydropower Development Project in the Solomon Islands, the Pacific Islands ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
... catalyze climate finance for innovation and investments in projects with transformational impact. The GCF can play an ... to access investments for mitigation or adaptation project in Turkmenistan. With the Regional Environmental ... as the NDA to the GCF. The proposed GCF Readiness project will support Turkmenistan in achieving its climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
National Framework for Leapfrogging to Energy- Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners and Refrigerators in The Gambia
... 2030 with no explicit targets for cooling products. This project aims to develop an integrated policy strategy that ... will ultimately reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The project will include development of a National Cooling ... Energy (MOE) and key stakeholders. In the long-term, the project will catalyse broader market transformation for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
... government. The USD 38.9 million Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project has constructed 7.3 hectares of raised, ... is also a leading member of the UNDP team that oversaw the project's implementation. Remarkable as it may seem, Dr. Webb explained that before the project, it was not known that the average height of land in ...
Article > Insights 
The Green Climate Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025
... for developing countries this week, greenlighting 22 new projects for climate action around the world. The USD 1.332 ... COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Ten years after approving its first projects in November 2015 and a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted, GCF now has a portfolio of 336 projects amounting to USD 19.3 billion in GCF resources, USD ...
Article > Press release 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... and commercial shrimp farming. A groundbreaking project backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is working to ... inclusive approach, the “Mangroves for Climate” project (FP235) is redefining how climate finance, community ... support from Conservation International and the GCF, the project offers a holistic solution: protect mangroves, ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF and FMO partnership will boost the growth of renewable energy in developing countries
... facility to support the development of renewable energy projects in 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin ... of early-stage financing for large scale renewable energy projects, the lack of equity financing and complex ... address these obstacles by providing an integrated, full project life cycle financing solution to support the ...
Article > Press release Netherlands (the) 
Blue Halo S – Blue Ecosystem Adaptation Mechanism (BEAM)
... beneficial for a related “Blue Halo S – Blue Bond” project, a separate, but linked, Concept Note, PPF ... and Funding Proposal will be developed for that Blue Bond project. A separate Non-Objection Letter will be issued by Indonesia for that project. The current PPF service application is to enable CI ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Indonesia
Ready, Set, Fund!
... change plans by investing in mitigation and adaptation projects. Ambassador Fabien Penone welcomed the dignitaries ... countries to encourage their governments to bring forward projects that match the paradigm-shifting ambition of the ... need to be game changers. We need ambitious, high-quality projects that are capable of driving the change we need,” ...
Article > Press release Fiji 
Advancing the CAR Country Programme by supporting the NDA and country stakeholders in programme development for climate finance
... a strategy for mobilizing climate finance, and to develop project pipelines to be submitted to the GCF. CAR has ... awareness and capacity for accessing the GCF. Priority project ideas are not being advanced into Concept Notes and ... sector from its GCF Country Programme. CAR’s priority project pipeline has not been adequately screened for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Central African Republic (the)
Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility
... financial institutions to provide investment for the projects. The following activities will support Thailand’s ... to enhance potential investment opportunities and project/programme implementation in domestic and regional ... will reflect the needs of both public and private sector project/program proponents, projects/programs of varying ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
... for vulnerable rural communities. The objective of the project entitled “Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to ... scaling up ecosystem-based approaches. The proposed GCF project will undertake: i) rehabilitation of vulnerable ... reduction (Eco- DRR) approaches across South Africa. The project Concept Note was submitted to the GCF in September ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa
Establishing resilient, low carbon agricultural systems in Tonga, Vanuatu and Samoa
... more intense storms and increasing temperatures are projected to reduce agricultural production. The impacts of ... reduce the vulnerability of rural communities, the proposed project will enable the transition from conventional to ... on external inputs reduced. With GCF support, this project will achieve a paradigm shift towards enhanced ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Integrated Flood Management in the Upper Regions of the Belize River Watershed
... to derail their best efforts. As a result, the proposed project seeks to implement measures that are needed to ... The study will compare scenarios with and without the project under a projection of climate change and against a baseline ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Belize
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... conditions the above drivers to deforestation are projected to increase and thus their negative impacts ... the Paris Agreement. Through the activities proposed by the Project, the latter will help shift baseline conditions by: ... term capacity building and investments. “Environmental Project Implementation Unit” State Entity has been ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Armenia
FP283 - Glaciers to Farms (G2F) Regional Program: Advancing Climate Resilience & Sustainable Development in Central and West Asia
... in the Pamir and Tien Shan ranges are retreating rapidly; projections indicate over 50 per cent of glacier volume ... (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This project includes several components, including ... planning tools, the development of bankable adaptation projects and new financing approaches such as outcome-based ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
GCF and ADB agreement to improve hydromet services in Tajikistan
... the Funded Activity Agreement makes it possible to move the project towards implementation. Tajikistan experiences ... towards increased management and financial autonomy. “The project will support Hydromet’s transformation into a ... for Central and West Asia. Around 8.7 million people are projected to benefit from this project with increased ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
GCF Structured Dialogue with the Pacific to further region’s climate roadmap
... Fund was established in 2010 to finance climate change projects and programmes that help developing countries adapt ... gas emissions. GCF has approved USD 2.2 billion for 43 projects and programmes to date. The Pacific region has already made strong progress, with seven projects totalling more than USD 250 million approved for ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Strategic frameworks support for Armenia through ARMSWISSBANK
The proposed Readiness Project is aimed at designing Green Finance Roadmap, as key ... to mobilizing private and public capital for green projects in Armenia. The development of the Roadmap with ... the recommendations from all activities and outcomes of the Project, including the current situational stock-taking, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
... with very vulnerable populations to climate change. This project focuses on four regional hubs or poles along the ... particular, from north to south and from west to east, the project focuses on Aoujeft, in the province of Adrar; ... and Nema, in the province of Hodh El Chargui. The proposed project aims to increase the resilience to the current and ...
Document > Concept note Mauritania
GCF-1 Progress Report
... significant growth in the GCF portfolio with more than 200 projects and over USD 12 billion in GCF resources at the ... the climate finance architecture, delivering transformative projects for developing countries. I am delighted the Board ... its resources to bring innovations to scale. It de-risks projects to crowd in private finance from risk-averse ...
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Strengthening technical and institutional capacities of Galen University, BLPA, PACT, BNPAS and the Government of Belize to access Climate Finance
... change adaptation into the public sector, programs, and projects of the country. Belize will create partnerships ... academia, NGO’s, GOB and within Belize in general. The project will result in the following immediate results:” ... (ESMF) Improved risk categorization and screening of projects/programmes and investments of PACT Strengthened ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
... 1.5 billion with co-financing) in GCF investment for 11 projects in 42 countries that are expected to provide direct ... equivalent of 45.3 million metric tonnes of CO₂. The new projects include first-time single-country investments in ... access to the Fund and increase the climate impact of its projects. The Board meeting was presided by Co-chairs Seyni ...
Article > Press release 
Improving resilience in the Republic of North Macedonia by integrating adaptation into planning processes
... to the overall economy. Successful implementation of this project will help North Macedonia advance on its path to ... water resources, forestry, and cultural heritage. This project has been carefully designed to respond to the ... development aspirations, and complement other related projects. The formulation of this project benefits from an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia
GCF agreement with CABEI to unlock finance for climate adaptation in Central America
... that will kick off the implementation of the CAMBio II project, aimed at helping micro, small and medium businesses ... associated with the agricultural sector. The CAMBio II project will reduce these obstacles by providing ... and Panama. Working with local financial institutions, the project will provide loans to micro, small and medium ...
Article > Press release 
Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)
... proposed Fund with a budget up to 865million USD. The ICRF project is structured in two components and will benefit ... and co-invest with AFC in climate-resilient infrastructure projects. The second component is the tailored technical ... the financing and implementation of infrastructure projects, and improving the resilience of populations by ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Resilient Puna: Nature-based climate solutions for sustainable high Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru
... High Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru” project. A concept note has been cleared by GCF on November ... proposal development obtained in 2021. Additionally, the project is reflected in the GCF country program and the CN ... with the NDA, requests support from the GCF through the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) service to coordinate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Peru
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
... weather information will in turn create stronger climate projects in the future, and greatly increase the resilience ... Meteorological Organization and the World Bank to develop projects and programmes that can deliver a more integrated ... services. To date, GCF has approved over USD 492 million in projects that support climate services and early warning ...
Article > Press release France 