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FP187 - Ouémé Basin Climate-Resilience Initiative (OCRI) Benin
The local food systems of the upper and middle Ouémé Basin in Benin, the main food basket of the country, is highly vulnerable to climate change due to intense and frequent extreme weather events, mainly flash floods...
Project > Public sector Benin FAO 
FP188 - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in the Gambia (PROREFISH Gambia)
The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the country rely heavily on the Gambia river for their source of income, including artisanal fisheries which is...
Project > Public sector Gambia FAO 
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.
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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
Entity Support for South Africa through SANBI
SANBI is seeking readiness support from the GCF to: i) strengthen SANBI’s financial management and project management systems, noting the need to improve systems to deal with the anticipated GCF programme of work, and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa SANBI
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Viet Nam through the Ministry of Planning and Investment
In 2013, Viet Nam was officially chosen as one of the ten pilot countries to receive support from the GIZ Climate Finance Readiness Programme and MPI was the official partner for CF Ready. In 2014, this effort was...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chile through the Chilean Development Cooperation Agency
The objective of this grant is to enhance country ownership and climate finance access during the early stages of the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund in Chile. In particular, it aims to develop the capacity...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
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
Building Capacity for Climate Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainable Urban Land Management and Strengthening the Capacity of the Ministry of Economic Development for pre- Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
Belize has made significant progress to respond to climate change related challenges. According to Belize’s first Biennial Update Report by the National Climate Change Office (NCCO), support needed for the country is...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize PACT
Strengthening ECOWAS institutional capacities and Member States' access to climate finance to support the implementation of the agriculture sectoral priorities of the ECOWAS Regional Climate Strategy
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Call for Public Inputs: Proposal for GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities to provide inputs to GCF’s proposal on REDD+ results-based payments.
Inputs are welcome on the Word version of the draft proposal,...
Document > Call for input
Strengthening the Capacity of the Ministry of Economic Development for pre-Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
This proposed readiness grant is informed through an internal assessment and recommendation kof the MED (primarily using the GCF Self-Assessment Tool) and a gap assessment and action plan conducted through a previous...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Strengthening strategic approaches for 30x30 investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and sustained human wellbeing are tightly connected. They share underlying direct and indirect drivers, they interact, and biodiversity loss and climate change have...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) WCS