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Readiness Support to Capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience
This proposal seeks to increase the capacity of Rwanda Government’s Thematic Sector Working Groups (TSWGs) with a focus on strengthening their functions and activities to inform sub-national level actors on green growth...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
GCF publishes timelines for B.34 and B.35
At its thirty-third meeting, the GCF Board decided to hold its thirty-fourth meeting (B.34) from 17 to 20 October 2022 and its thirty-fifth meeting (B.35) from 13 to 16 March 2023. Towards this end, the timelines and...
Article > News update 
Ocean20: A new self-funded marine resource management framework
The Government of Indonesia, with the support of Green Climate Fund, Conservation International, and Konservasi Indonesia, announced a new model for ocean conservation and fisheries management in Indonesia. The model,...
Article > Press release 
Preparation of Strategic Framework to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation and enhance adaptive capacity in the Bahamas
The Bahamas has been highly affected by climate change during the last years, and it is expected to get worse in the future; for example, 80% of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is within 1 meter of mean sea level, and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas FAO
GCF publishes timelines for B.36
At its thirty-fifth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-sixth meeting (B.36) from 10 to 13 July 2023. Towards this end, the timelines and key time periods for B.36 are presented below.
Key...
Article > News update 
Climate Resilient Systems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Cycle Observation System (SADC-HYCOS IV Project)
This PPF request is being submitted to support the development of a Funding Proposal for the proposed project titled: Climate Resilient Sytems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Information System. The project...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries DBSA
Mayan youth promoting nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Guatemalan highlands
A group of 30 young people in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, leverages sustainable agriculture and indigenous knowledge to help the local community adapt to climate change.
The changing climate is drastically affecting...
Article > Story Guatemala IUCN 
GCF publishes timelines for B.37
At its thirty-sixth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-seventh meeting (B.37) from 23 to 25 October 2023. Towards this end, the timelines and key time periods for B.37 are presented below.
Key...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership
Mogadishu, Somalia – The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of climate action investment – anticipated at...
Article > Press release Somalia 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
Five project agreements were signed at the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) 38th Board meeting, which took place on 4-7 March in Kigali, Rwanda.
Eleven projects were approved at the first Board meeting of the year, totaling...
Article > News update 
Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project
Incheon, Republic of Korea – The first single-country project in the Cook Islands took 20 days from GCF Board approval to the first disbursement of funding. The USD 13.4 million project, of which USD 12.5 million is...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Building climate resilient economies: water solutions in Grenada’s agriculture and tourism sectors
Grenada, an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea has a population of just over 100,000 who largely depend on surface water and rainwater harvesting for its potable water needs. However, climate...
Article > Story Grenada 
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Meridiam convened a joint Investor Forum in Paris in early October to identify opportunities to mobilise and scale up capital for more ambitious climate action in developing countries....
Article > Press release 
Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
The Green Climate Fund and the Government of Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate action and simultaneously avoid increasing the burden...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), and the European Union, through its Global Gateway strategy, have come together to fully finance the 'Construction, Equipment,...
Article > News update Costa Rica CABEI 
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
Belém, Brazil - On the opening day of COP30, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) heralded a record programming year and greater climate impact as it marked the tenth anniversary of its operations.
“2025 is the year where we...
Article > Press release 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
On 13 November at COP29, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in collaboration with BBC Media Action, the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), hosted Decoding climate...
Article > News update 
GCF launches new website ahead of Board meeting
On the occasion of its 11th Board meeting in Zambia, the Green Climate Fund has launched a new website, redesigned from the ground up. With a focus on creating an intuitive and engaging user experience, greenclimate....
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.09/02 - Work Plan 2015
The year 2015 represents a landmark in multilateral efforts to address climate change as the world works towards a global agreement that can lead to enhanced ambition and strengthened action while standing the test of...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.10/Inf.10 - Brief Guideline on the Application of the Case-by-case Provisions in the Financial Terms and Conditions of the Fund’s Instruments
At its fifth meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund adopted a set of guiding principles and factors for determining terms of financial instruments, as outlined in decision B.05/07. These guiding principles and...
Board document > Information
Summary of outcomes of the 21st meeting of the GCF Board
The 21st meeting of the GCF Board (B.21) took place from 17-20 October 2018 in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mr. Lennart Båge and Mr. Paul Oquist presided over B.21 as elected Co-Chairs of the Board for 2018....
Document > Summary of outcomes of the meeting of the GCF Board
Establishing and strengthening the National Designated Authority and Focal Point, developing strategic framework for engagement with the GCF, including preparation of country program and initial pipelines of programs and projects
This initiative will help with putting in place an institutional mechanism to facilitate effective coordination of activities and management of country’s GCF project portfolio. In this regard, equipment of NDA...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cameroon IUCN
GCF addresses climate farming challenges in expert panel
GCF co-organised a consultation and technical meeting on climate change, agriculture and food systems with Global Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Center.
Participants from governments,...
Article > Press release Canada 
Technical guidance and support to conduct a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for Equatorial Guinea
The objective of this assistance is to develop aTNAto identify and prioritize technology transfer and diffusion for climate change mitigation and adaptation in key sectors in Equatorial Guinea. There are several sectors...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Equatorial Guinea
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
Cross River State (CRS) has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness. The State has developed (1) a CRS REDD+ Strategy; (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3)...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
Establishment and operationalization of National Financing Vehicle in Dominica
The proposed readiness delivers the framework, for the establishment, operationalization and capitalization of a National Financing Vehicle (NFV) in Dominica and delivers demand-led capacity building training to state...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica GGGI
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 
Strategic Actions for advancing climate action in CARICOM Member States
Climate change poses an existential threat to countries of the Caribbean region. Primarily, comprised of small islands and low-lying coastal developing states (SIDS), the Caribbean region is considered amongst the most...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica CCCCC
Strengthening the capacities of national and regional development banks, which are members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), to access GCF resources
National and regional development banks have a huge potential to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate, and to generate green and climate - public and private - finance at scale to address the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries AFD
Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region
This proposal seeks to improve the enabling environment for private-sector partners in climate finance in the region. Specifically, the proposal will focus on private sector direct access applicants, potential future...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries IsBD