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FP168 - Leveraging Energy Access Finance (LEAF) Framework
About 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, and instead have to rely on kerosene and diesel generators for lighting. Meanwhile, 85 percent of the population lack access to clean cooking...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP177 - Cooling Facility
As global temperatures increase and the demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a very high global warming potential. Reports cite that at 1.5°C of warming –...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP182 - Climate-smart initiatives for climate change adaptation and sustainability in prioritized agricultural production systems in Colombia (CSICAP)
Climate change is already harming Colombia’s agricultural sector. Its effects are reducing crop yields, increasing soil erosion, decreasing livestock, and resulting in shorter growing cycles. At the same time, livestock...
Project > Public sector Colombia 
FP051 - Scaling-up Investment in Low-Carbon Public Buildings
Reducing emissions from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s public sector buildings through better energy efficiency and fuel substitution from fossil fuel to biomass.
Bosnia-Herzegovina has a large stock of ageing buildings with high...
Project > Public sector Bosnia and Herzegovina 
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 
FP166 - Light Rail Transit for the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM)
Emissions from Costa Rica’s transport sector, contributing to 51 percent of the national total in 2015, is projected to increase by 44 percent by 2050 without mitigation measures. While Costa Ricans’ use of private cars...
Project > Public sector Costa Rica 
Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment
The 21st meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today in Bahrain, approving over one billion dollars of new projects and programmes to support climate action in developing countries, and formally launching...
Article > Press release Bahrain 
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the Adaptation Fund (AF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), African Development Bank (AfDB...
Article > Press release United States 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has given a major boost to climate finance for developing countries with the approval of over USD 1 billion of funding for low-emission, climate-resilient development. The 27th Board...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board concluded its 34th meeting, the fourth and last Board meeting of the year. The in-person meeting, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, approved nine new climate projects worth USD 544....
Article > Press release 
GCF and partners sign project agreements for four transformative climate projects
Four key agreements for climate projects (Funding Activity Agreement; FAA) were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 34th Board meeting (17-20 October 2022). They include...
Article > News update 
GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
This year’s COP ended on a dramatic note with an agreement by nations to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels after two weeks of intense negotiations. While stopping short of a ‘phaseout’ of coal, oil and gas, the deal...
Article > News update 
Trustee
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In 2010, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the World Bank to serve as interim trustee of the Green Climate Fund. Its functions in this capacity...
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GCF workshop strengthens direct access to climate finance
The second GCF Empowering Direct Access workshop opens today to help developing countries progress innovative climate action that makes a difference at the local and global levels.
This is one of GCF’s most important...
Article > Press release 
GCF/2017/Inf.03 and Add.01 - Report on the response to queries in the Board – approved TOR for updating of GCF’s Gender Policy and Action Plan and Add.01
The GCF Board approved the Terms of Reference (TOR) for updating of GCF’s Gender Policy and Action Plan, as a decision between meetings (B.BM – 2016/12). The TOR contains questions in relation to the quality of the...
Board document > Information
Call for public input: REDD+ Results Based Payments
At the fourteenth meeting, through decision B.14/03, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) requested the Secretariat to develop “a request for proposals (RFP) for REDD+ results-based payments (RBP), including...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.08/19 - Gender Policy and Action Plan
Following a decision B.05/22, the Fund’s Secretariat prepared GCF/B.06/13 Options for a Fund-wide Gender-sensitive Approach. At its sixth meeting the Board, having considered document GCF/B.06/13:
Requested the...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Kenya through NEMA
The proposed readiness programme seeks to address identified gaps in the accreditation of NEMA by introducing support to GCF operations at NEMA, building requisite technical capacities; filling in knowledge gaps that on...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kenya
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
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Djibouti through CSE
Djibouti appointed its Focal Point only recently and the team is small with limited experience on climate finance issues. Moreover, the country has received climate-related support from its development partners to...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Saint Kitts and Nevis through FAO
The Government of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is committed to tackling the adverse impacts of climate change through the implementation of ambitious policies and actions enshrined in its NDCs. However, to meet...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Angola through AfDB
The Angolan NDA, in collaboration with the Delivery Partner (DP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), seeks this GCF Readiness Support as country-driven response to climate change challenges outlined under Section 2 of...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Strategic frameworks and entity support for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia through OECS Commission
The six Member States of the OECS which are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA) are at various stages in their GCF respective readiness processes....
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
SA Water Reuse Programme (“WRP”)
SOUTH AFRICA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A WATER SCARCE COUNTRY and is projecting a 17% water deficit by 2030 (National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, 2018) (“NWSMP”). According to the NWSMP there is a need to optimise the...
Document > Concept note South Africa
LACC Project : Lake Chad & Adaptation to Climate Change
The Lake Chad Basin supports a growing population of about 50 million people: farmers, pastoralists and fishermen who rely heavily on natural resources. Impacted by rising temperatures and increased variability of...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management
The project’s goal to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at scale to effectively reduce flood risks and secure groundwater recharge presents a paradigm shift for the country - transitioning to consistent...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Pakistan
Collaborative R&DB Programme for Promoting the Innovation of Climate Technopreneurship
The Korea Development Bank (KDB), a direct access entity (DAE), requests the PPF support to carry out necessary preliminary studies that will help develop a full funding proposal package consistent with climate...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries 
EmpoweringMunicipalities in Haiti to plan for, manage and respond to the impacts of climate change
This proposal aims to strengthen the capacities of beneficiaries which includes technical officers, managers, and other representatives of local government, non- governmental institutions, private sector and community...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti
International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Community of Practice annual meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Head of Knowledge and Change Management, George Zedginidze, is the 2021 chair of the International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Community of Practice. As such, GCF is proud...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 