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FP052 - Sustainable and Climate Resilient Connectivity for Nauru
Constructing a climate-resilient, year-round port for Nauru, preserving the vital sea-link for its 11,300 population deep in the Pacific.
Nauru is the world’s smallest island country, and one of the SIDS. As a result...
Project > Public sector Nauru ADB 
FP155 - Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the agriculture sector (BRCCJ)
One of the most water-scarce countries, Jordan is facing severe climate change risks. Increasing temperatures and reduced rainfall patterns, coupled with an unprecedented population growth due to an influx of refugees,...
Project > Public sector Jordan FAO 
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 CAF 
FP075 - Institutional Development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology of Tajikistan
Supporting the development of effective hydrological and meteorological (hydromet) data and information in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan already faces recurring climate-related extreme weather events, particularly floods and...
Project > Public sector Tajikistan ADB 
FP077 - Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project (AHURP)
Improving the climate resilience of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution by creating eco-districts.
Climate change in Mongolia periodically leads to sizable losses...
Project > Public sector Mongolia ADB 
Policies: Accreditation
Accreditation
In deploying its resources, the Green Climate Fund works through a wide range of institutions to finance projects and programmes. To access funding, these institutions go through a process of “...
Basic page > Policy map
Consultation Sessions on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Project Preparation Facility (PPF)
The Project Preparation Facility (PPF) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established in 2015 with the objective to provide funding for the preparation of GCF funding proposals, especially those targeting small-scale...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
Efforts are needed now to turn Pacific Island concerns over climate change as an existential threat into action, said a regional body representative during a Green Climate Fund workshop.
“The slow burn crisis of sea...
Article > Press release 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) received a boost to its second replenishment (GCF-2) with the announcement of six new pledges. Australia, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and the United States of America pledged new...
Article > Press release 
PSAA overview
Overview
The Project-specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) Pilot is one of two approaches to GCF accreditation, approved through updates to the Accreditation Framework of the GCF (decision B.31/06). The PSAA is a capacity...
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Agreement bolstering Africa’s climate vulnerable sign of rapid GCF implementation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13 African countries soon after the new funding programme was approved by the GCF Board.
The programme, implemented...
Article > News update IFAD 
Policies: Results, monitoring & evaluation
Results, monitoring & evaluation
The Governing Instrument sets out that the programmes and projects, as well as other activities, funded by the Fund will be regularly monitored for impact, efficiency and...
Basic page > Policy map
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
The disbursement of Green Climate Fund financing is picking up pace, following a major focus of the Fund this year on implementing approved projects.
In GCF’s most recent disbursement of climate finance, in early June...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by approving eight new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to climate change....
Article > Press release 
IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
The SAP012 IFAD-Niger project “Inclusive Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture” (IGREENFIN), approved during the GCF Board #24 in 2019, will be scaled up and replicated in all...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
PSAA questionnaire
Questionnaire
Who should take the PSAA questionnaire?
Any entity interested in seeking accreditation to the GCF for a one climate project/programme partnership should complete the PSAA questionnaire.
PSAA overview
The...
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GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised his support for an ambitious and successful Green Climate Fund replenishment during a meeting with GCF Executive Director ad interim Javier Manzanares. The meeting in...
Article > Press release 
Head of GCF addresses Asia-Pacific leaders: ‘Climate change action is an enabler of the SDGs’
The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today presented leaders from the Asia-Pacific region with the work of GCF to support opportunities for low-emission, climate-resilient development in...
Article > Press release 
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
The proposed GCF project will facilitate the assessment and reduction of vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change by integrating climate change adaptation into the country's comprehensive and resilient...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina UNDP
Gender assessment for FP056: Scaling up climate resilient water management practices for vulnerable communities in La Mojana
This gender assessment aims to provide an overview of the gender situation in Colombia, with a specific focus on integrated water management in La Mojana region; to identify gender issues that are relevant to the...
Document > Gender assessment Colombia UNDP
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Dominican Republic through Fundación Reservas del País
As a tropical island, the DR is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change; extreme climatic events have the potential to severely disrupt the path of social and economic development in the country. In this...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominican Republic (the)
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 CSE
Guidelines for the environmental and social screening of activities proposed under the Simplified Approval Process
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for accredited entities on the environmental and social screening of activities proposed for GCF financing under the Simplified Approvals Process (SAP) Pilot Scheme....
Document > Guides
Supporting the Productive Development Bank in Bolivia to meet GCF accreditation standards
Bolivia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change according to the Latin American Development Bank-CAF, and it has been classified as extremely risky in South America.
In this context, Bolivia has a...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of) PDB
Enhancing Access for Climate Finance Opportunities, through pre accreditation support to Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF) and Ministry of Economic Development-Belize and technical support for Belize National Protected Areas System (BNPAS) Entities, Belize
Belize, like many other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), is particularly vulnerable to climate change with limited access to national financial, technological, and technical resources to build the country’s...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize PACT
Policies: Resource mobilisation
Resource mobilisation
The Governing Instrument sets out that the Fund will receive financial inputs from developed country Parties to the Convention, and may also receive financial inputs from a variety of other...
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Post Accreditation Support for the National Fund for Environment and Climate (FNEC) of Benin
This project specifically aims at addressing following gaps:
Weak synergy of action between FNEC and the AND;
Limited capacity in term of origination, development, and implementation of climate change related...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin FNEC
Enhancing Access of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Disabled People Organizations (DPOs) to Climate Finance for Building Resilience of Most Vulnerable Groups in Tonga
This Readiness proposal aims to enhance the capacities of CSOs and DPOs, including knowledge, skills and organizational structures, and the enabling environment to improve access to climate financing and delivery of...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Strengthening of the Niue NDA and Niue’s Access to Climate Finance
The GCF Readiness will provide support for Niue’s National Designated Authority (NDA) to strengthen Niue’s institutional mechanisms to fulfil specific climate financing functions, particular to the GCF, and to meet its...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niue SPREP
Coral Reef Resiliency Program
The project’s goal is to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) within Fiji’s Great Sea Reef and connected coastal ecosystems to enhances the resilience of coastal ecosystems and communities to climate change by...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Fiji WWF