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FP159 - PREFOREST CONGO - Project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from forests in five departments in the Republic of Congo
Despite having historically low deforestation rates, the Republic of Congo's vast areas of forests are now under increasing threat. A major cause is slash-and-burn farming to expand agriculture and meet the energy needs...
Project > Public sector Congo FAO 
FP161 - Building Regional Resilience through Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services in the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Member Countries
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, located in the Southwest Indian Ocean region, are highly vulnerable to climate change. Tropical cyclones are the most frequent catastrophic hazards in the region and have...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AFD 
FP162 - The Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme: Building the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in 7 Sahelian Countries of the Great Green Wall (GGW)
The Sahel region of Western Africa is exceptionally vulnerable to climate change with worsening impacts of rising temperature, rainfall variability and extreme weather events. Reliance on rain-fed farming and...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries IFAD 
FP163 - Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative (SRMI) Facility
Falling technology costs are making investment in renewable energy commercially viable in increasingly more countries. Nevertheless, global investment remains below the targets needed to meet the Paris Agreement....
Project > Public sector Multiple countries WorldBank 
FP095 - Transforming Financial Systems for Climate
Providing loans and technical assistance in 17 developing countries across Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean to create self-sustaining markets in energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate resilience.
The...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries AFD 
FP102 - Mali solar rural electrification project
This first phase of the project will promote rural electrification through isolated solar photovoltaic (PV) green mini-grid systems as a low-carbon and resilient solution to the effects of climate change in the energy...
Project > Public sector Mali BOAD 
FP103 - Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
Traditional biomass represents approximately 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people.
The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires with...
Project > Public sector Kenya Senegal GIZ 
FP106 - Embedded Generation Investment Programme (EGIP)
The GCF-DBSA Embedded Generation Investment Programme (“EGIP”) will support the implementation of renewable energy projects with a capacity of 330 MW, which is comprised of 280 MW Solar PV and 50 MW Wind.
This will be...
Project > Private sector South Africa DBSA 
FP100 - REDD-PLUS results-based payments for results achieved by Brazil in the Amazon biome in 2014 and 2015
This is the first project that has been approved under the GCF’s REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme.
It provides payments for results derived from reducing emissions from deforestation in the Amazon region in...
Project > Public sector Brazil UNDP 
FP112 - Addressing Climate Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) in the Marshall Islands
Supporting the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in adapting to increasing climate risks, particularly more frequent and extreme droughts, which impact the country’s drinking water supply
The...
Project > Public sector Marshall Islands UNDP 
Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its thirty-seventh meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia with major outcomes for climate action.
During the three-day meeting, the Board approved 15 proposals totaling USD 736....
Article > Press release 
Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
At the November 14th side event, “Catalyzing climate impact” organised by the COP29 Presidency and four Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) - the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)...
Article > Statement 
Initial Resource Mobilisation
Overview
Following a rapid institutional start-up phase, the GCF’s Initial Resource Mobilisation (IRM) in 2014 quickly raised USD 9.3 billion in pledges. Of this, USD 9.3 billion was confirmed.
Amount announced...
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Oyun Sanjaasuren appointed as GCF Director of External Affairs
Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren has been appointed by the Green Climate Fund as its Director of External Affairs, effective from 9 July 2018.
Dr Oyun served as the first President of the United Nations Environment Assembly and is...
Article > Press release 
USD 200 million pilot of additional modalities to enhance direct access under GCF
The Green Climate Fund has announced a pilot to strengthen countries’ decision-making authority over resources dedicated to supporting their climate change projects and programmes.
The pilot phase for additional...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.17/22/Add.02 - Report of the seventeenth meeting of the Board, 5 – 6 July 2017 - Addendum II: Sixth report of the GCF to the COP to the UNFCCC
In decision B.17/03, the Board requested the Secretariat to “finalize the ‘Sixth report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’ as...
Board document > Meeting report
GCF/B.16/11 - Report on the status of the staffing of the Secretariat
At its twelfth meeting, the Board authorized the recruitment of new staff with a view to filling approximately 100 positions by December 2016, increasing to 140 by the end of 2017, in order to build the capacity of the...
Board document > Action item
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for India through UNDP
The government has started to place climate change at the core of its development plans, and in addition to putting in place adaptation measures. At national level, process is in place to implement plans and programmes...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India UNDP
Letter of Request for Change of Approved Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme Proposal
The content of this page will soon be revised
GCF is transitioning to a programmatic approach to readiness according to its new 2024-2027 Readiness Strategy. Learn more about the new approach here.
Approved Readiness...
Document > Template
GCF and UNIDO partnership agreement bolster climate-resilient industrial development
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has taken another step towards greening the industry sector, one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, by signing a partnership agreement with the United Nations Industrial...
Article > Press release UNIDO 
Building Capacity to Facilitate the Integration of the National Adaptation Planning Process in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a landlocked country in East Africa, classified by the UN as LDC. With its diverse ecological landscapes, the country is exceedingly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change and climate...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ethiopia GGGI
Developing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is vulnerable to climate change due to the steady temperature rise and increasing water deficiency. While the changing climate is impacting the entire economy, the water sector that is suffering the most...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan UNDP
Gap assessment and action plan for the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) to meet the GCF requirements
Azerbaijan is highly vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. The challenges of sustainable development and protection against climate change are essential in the country. In its first INDC (2017),...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Azerbaijan EYAG
Development of an effective governance framework for the implementation of the NDC in the health, food, and water security sectors in Ecuador
Ecuador is one of the countries most affected by the effects of climate change, since any increase in the intensity of climate threats such as droughts and floods implies imbalances in natural ecosystems, therefore,...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador FAO
Advancing a National Approach to Fire Management in Guatemala
In Guatemala, forest fires are an important source of GHG emissions. Between 2019-2020, Guatemala registered 1,398 forest fires that affected a total area of 78,129 hectares. Guatemala has identified the increase in...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guatemala ISFMI Pty Ltd
Enhancing Uruguay’s technical capacities and pipeline robustness to access GCF funding
In the last years, the Government of Uruguay (GoU) continuously increased key stakeholders’ capacities and capabilities to engage with the GCF, with a Country Programme endorsed by the Secretariat in 2021, and advanced...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uruguay CND
Establishing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Guinea- Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is one of the poorest and most fragile countries in the world with two out of three people living in poverty.
Multiple climate-induced risks exacerbate extensive, pervasive development challenges. These...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea-Bissau UNDP
Republic of Nauru National Adaptation Planning – Phase One
Climate change is an immediate and pressing reality in the Republic of Nauru. The geography, isolation, environmental degradation and limited natural resources make Nauru particularly vulnerable to the current and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru SPREP
GCF/B.34/Inf.14 - Report on the execution of the 2022 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2022 administrative budget for the period from 1 January to 31 August 2022 and the budget approved for the second performance review of GCF for the period...
Board document > Information
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan to the Agence Nationale de Financement des Collectivités (ANAFIC)
ANAFIC has been designated by the NDA as delivery partner and nominated as national entity for accreditation. Based on the self-assessment conducted as part of this submission, it seems that the agency appears at the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea PwC