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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...
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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...
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Financing climate and environmental actions
Dear colleagues and friends,
Many thanks to the Government of Germany and UN Women for the invitation to address this important roundtable on financing climate and environmental action to advance gender equality.
As...
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Ministerial forum on forest finance
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, where leaders from 141 countries committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 through conservation and restoration of forests and other...
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GCF at COP27
The dust has settled on a frenetic two weeks in the Sharm el-Sheikh sunshine and already the countdown has started to COP28, being held in the United Arab Emirates in 2023.
Looking back at Egypt and what was achieved...
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From investment to impacts
The sixth annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) has wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the...
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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....
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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...
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Bridging the climate-health gap
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), two billion people across the globe lack safe drinking water, 600 million suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, children under five bear 30% of foodborne fatalities...
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GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) at its Board meeting this week provided further evidence that it is increasing access to and support for national and regional partners operating on the frontlines of the climate crisis....
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Appeals
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Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the Board to consider appeals from requesters.
The IAP is composed of the three heads...
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UNDP head welcomes flow of GCF funds to the Maldives
Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator, said the Maldives will benefit from the current transfer of GCF funds to an adaptation project run by the UNDP.
While surrounded by water, many people...
Article > Press release Maldives 
GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has concluded Readiness Framework Agreements with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
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Twenty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.21)
The twenty-first meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 17 October to Saturday, 20 October, in Manama, Bahrain.
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Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
The twelfth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 8 March to Thursday, 10 March, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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An End of Year Message from GCF
Dear GCF partners,
As we reach the end of this difficult year, I would like to send my heartfelt thanks to all our partners for your contributions in 2020. The Green Climate Fund is a partnership organization, and...
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Increasing the ambition of the Nationally Determined Contributions and climate financing in the Central America
This proposal will enhance the technical, institutional, and operational capacity of the Governments of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, and Guatemala in meeting their NDCs ambitions through...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector
The Financial Sector plays a fundamental role in mobilizing the resources necessary to finance a low carbon economy, both through their activity as financial intermediaries, and in their role within the creation and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Lesotho has approximately 2.2 million inhabitants and has experienced major development...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
This readiness proposal is the second of its kind. It builds on and consolidates the outcomes of the initial readiness proposal funded by the Fund, with the goal to strengthening technical and institutional capacity of...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea
Access funding
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GCF funds climate action. This section provides information and resources guiding you through the process of applying for funding. It is designed to help developing countries and Accredited Entities design...
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Building project pipeline capacities: Development of GCF concept notes in the transport and health sectors in Thailand
To enable the development of priority climate change projects in Thailand, critical skills need to be built up in Thai institutions to identify robust project ideas as well as suitable financial mechanisms, and to...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
GCF hosts first Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) takes mainstreaming the voices of indigenous peoples into its operations a step further by hosting the first Indigenous People’s Advisory Group (IPAG) meeting on 26-28 September 2022. ...
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GCF Africa Regional Dialogue opens with a focus on regional climate solutions
More than 200 government and partner representatives across Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to identifying opportunities to scale up national and regional action on climate.
The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF)...
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GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
Six project agreements for climate action were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 36th Board meeting (10-13 July 2023), a record number for the Fund.
Out of 12 projects...
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The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
The Government of Jamaica together with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Kingdom, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) as part of Team Europe¹ today announced a collaborative...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Record-breaking Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves USD 1.225 billion for new projects, reforms accreditation model and invites bids to host regional presence
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board this week approved a record volume of climate finance for developing countries, green-lighting 17 new projects for climate action around the world. The USD 1.225 billion total is the...
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Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
Belém, Brazil — Today, in a major step forward to align global support and investments with national priorities, 14 developing countries and regions announced plans to develop country or regional platforms for climate...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
This is a common refrain that suits efforts to protect the world’s forests well. Unfortunately, the intrinsic value of forests as the world’s lungs might become most...
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GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
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