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Maya-K'iche' in Guatemalan highlands embrace nature-based solutions
Tomás Cuterez Lares grew up in the highlands of Guatemala, where he lives with his extended family. At eleven years old, Cuterez Lares lost his father, an apple grower, to the armed conflict in the 1980s. As the eldest...
Article > Story Guatemala 
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Monday, 2 November to Thursday, 5 November, in Livingstone, Zambia.
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
The tenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Monday, 6 July to Thursday, 6 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Event > Board meeting 
Ninth meeting of the GCF Board (B.09)
The ninth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 24 March to Thursday, 26 March, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Event > Board meeting 
GCF second replenishment meeting reaches agreement on key decisions; selects Paris for Pledging Conference
Hosted by the Canadian Ministry of International Development and Global Affairs Canada, GCF’s second replenishment consultation meeting brought together 27 potential contributors and eight Board members to discuss key...
Article > Press release Canada 
Policies and strategies
Policies and strategies
As part of its mandate, the GCF Board approves specific operational policies and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also...
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European Investment Bank and Green Climate Fund sign partnership agreement
The European Investment Bank and the Green Climate Fund have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, allowing them to work together to finance climate action in developing countries.
The agreement was signed at EIB’s...
Article > Press release 
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.
Event > Board meeting 
Zoom video conferencing
Overview
Green Climate Fund offers video conferencing services through Zoom. You can access Zoom through the GCF Apps Portal (Okta) or GCF’s Zoom page for work-related activities.
Feature summary
High quality video,...
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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...
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Policies: Terms of reference
Terms of reference
Policies under this category set out the terms of reference for GCF’s committees, panels and groups, independent units and the trustee.
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GCF partners with Save the Children on major Vanuatu climate resilience project
GCF and Save the Children have signed an agreement on a major new community-based climate change adaption project in Vanuatu. The signing follows swiftly after the project’s approval at the most recent GCF Board...
Article > News update Vanuatu 
At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027
At the UN Climate Ambition Summit today in New York, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early Warning Systems in some of the world...
Article > Press release 
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...
Article > Insights 
Green Climate Fund announces support for adaptation, endorsement of COP initiatives
Baku, Azerbaijan — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today set out how it is increasing the impact of its adaptation investments in support of new pledges, marking Food, Water, and Agriculture Day at COP29.
As the...
Article > Press release 
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....
Article > Press release 
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.
Amount announced...
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GCF-1
GCF's first replenishment
GCF’s first replenishment (2020-2023) is an important element of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is part of a long-term...
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Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is greater than ever before. As the results of the first global stocktake make clear, the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement....
Article > Statement 
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
The eighth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 14 October to Friday, 17 October, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Event > Board meeting
IDFC Bank Ltd (India)
IDFC Bank Limited (IDFC Bank) is a national entity headquartered in India. The applicant is a banking company that is part of the Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC). In 2014, IDFC transferred...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) India
Private sector financing
Overview
The climate crisis is too big, too serious and too urgent to rely on the resources of public institutions alone. Today, the private sector manages more than USD 210 trillion in assets but only a very minor part...
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Resources
Resources for the SAP
Dedicated templates and examples annexes for Concept Notes and full Funding Proposals have been developed for the SAP. These examples provide guidelines and may be used as a reference for...
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GCF-2
GCF's second replenishment
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s largest climate fund mandated to support low emission, climate-resilient development pathways...
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GCF support to the Amazon
Overview
By storing some 123 billion tonnes of carbon, the Amazon plays a crucial role in global climate regulation. It also is home to more than 30 million people, providing numerous Indigenous Peoples and local...
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GCF support to the Great Green Wall
The vision of the Great Green Wall initiative
The Great Green Wall (GGW) region in the Sahel, Africa that traverses from Senegal coast in the west to Sudan in the east is particularly vulnerable to climate change (...
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Enabel (formerly Belgian Technical Cooperation - Cooperation Technique Belge)
Enabel, formerly the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTCCTB), is an entity based in Belgium that operates globally. Enabel is the development agency of the Federal Government of Belgium and implements Belgium’s...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Belgium
Ministry of Environment (formerly Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda)
The Ministry of National Resources of Rwanda (MINIRENA) is a national entity, specifically a public sector ministry, which is responsible for environment, climate change and natural resources management at the local and...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Rwanda