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Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
Funds will help SIDS and LDCs adapt to climate change, catalyse private investment, and increase the support provided via Direct Access Entities
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has allocated USD 501.1 million in GCF...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.20/12 - Recommendations of the Private Sector Advisory Group on opportunities to engage the private sector in adaptation
This document contains the recommendations of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Board on opportunities to engage the private sector in adaptation. The recommendations are presented in response to a request from...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.13/16/Add.05 - Funding proposal package for FP013
This addendum contains the following three parts:
A funding proposal titled “Improving the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change related impacts in Viet Nam” submitted by United Nations...
Board document > Action item
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP083: Indonesia Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP083: Indonesia Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project. Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Indonesia
Implementation of the Congo’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in the land use and forestry sector
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Implementation of the Congo’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in the land use and forestry sector," and was submitted to allow the project...
Document > Concept note Congo
FP187 - Ouémé Basin Climate-Resilience Initiative (OCRI) Benin
The local food systems of the upper and middle Ouémé Basin in Benin, the main food basket of the country, is highly vulnerable to climate change due to intense and frequent extreme weather events, mainly flash floods...
Project > Public sector Benin 
FP188 - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in the Gambia (PROREFISH Gambia)
The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the country rely heavily on the Gambia river for their source of income, including artisanal fisheries which is...
Project > Public sector Gambia 
FP194 - Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool
The Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool includes 11 countries across four continents spanning seven different climates: the Mediterranean, humid subtropical, tropical, equatorial, arid, mountain,...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
GCF encourages more high-quality and ambitious proposals
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has articulated its post-Paris vision, highlighting the need for high-quality, ambitious funding proposals to scale up action under the Fund and incite the necessary paradigm shift.
At a...
Article > Press release 
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
Mali is a landlocked country in the Sahel belt of West Africa where 80% of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the electricity from diesel...
Article > Story Mali 
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...
Article > Statement 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 economic shocks to keep low-carbon trajectories on...
Article > Press release 
UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
Calls from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to double contributions to the Green Climate Fund were met by ambitious pledges from many countries, led by Sweden’s doubling of their contribution to USD 852 million....
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF/B.22/Inf.13 - Report on the implementation of the initial Strategic Plan of the GCF: 2015–2018
In response to the Board’s request under decision B.21/18, the Secretariat has prepared this comprehensive report on the implementation of the GCF initial Strategic Plan. The initial Strategic Plan was adopted by the...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.09/07 - Further Development of the Initial Investment Framework: Sub-Criteria and Methodology
The Board, through its decision B.07/06, adopted the initial investment framework of the Green Climate Fund.
At the same meeting, the Board requested the Investment Committee to submit the following for consideration...
Board document > Action item
GCF’s second replenishment kicks off with Initial Organisational Meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) kickstarted its replenishment with an Initial Organisational Meeting (IOM) on 30-31 August, the first meeting in the replenishment process since its launch at the GCF Board meeting on 17-20...
Article > News update 

FP189 - E-Mobility Program for Sustainable Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change. This is due to its socio-economic context and the high exposure faced by its populated...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP190 - Climate Investor Two
The water cycle is one of the most important parts of the global climate crisis – when managed improperly untreated wastewater can be a source of carbon emissions; while coastal ecosystems can act as powerful ‘carbon...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
Green Climate Fund Board approves new climate funding, bringing assets under management to USD 40 billion
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved four new climate projects valued at USD 380.7 million in GCF funding and USD 1.0 billion with co-financing, whilst also launching the process for the Fund’s replenishment...
Article > Press release 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations during the international climate change meeting in Poland.
A number of government ministers...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has taken a series of policy decisions designed to strengthen its partnerships and grow its project pipeline in 2016. The decisions, taken at the Board’s twelfth meeting (B.12),...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is now financing climate action in over 100 developing countries after the final Board meeting of 2019 approved 13 new projects.
The 24th Board meeting closed today after allocating USD 407...
Article > Press release 
Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the Guatemalan Highland, the heart of the rich Mayan culture, is one of the most densely populated regions in Central America. 83.5% of its mostly indigenous...
Article > Story 
Turning down the heat
In Bangladesh, over 33 million children are forced to stay home for days as the sweltering heat makes school too dangerous. “I went to the school with my 13-year-old daughter. She was happy her school was open. But I...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Rural women rising
With access to irrigated land, training in climate-resilient farming, and a platform to sell their produce, women farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable agriculture....
Article > Story 
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 
Policies: Investment
Investment
The GCF’s Investment Framework sets out the parameters which guide GCF’s investment decision-making and its assessment and consideration of Funding Proposals. The Investment Framework establishes the Fund’s...
Basic page > Policy map
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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