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UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment

The Green Climate Fund needs to be strengthened by a replenishment of its funds from contributors this year as a sign of the “radical collaboration” needed to address the unprecedented climate challenge. This was one...

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GCF Board accelerates climate finance ahead of COP26 meeting, approving USD 1.2 billion for new adaptation and mitigation action

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action, allocating USD 1.2 billion in GCF resources for climate action – a record amount for a single Board meeting. The new...

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GCF can plug the adaptation finance gap say leaders at COP26 side lines dialogue

Small island nations with only a little over a decade to prepare for accelerating global heating need large injections of climate finance to avert disaster, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley told a Green Climate Fund...

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Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. As the world’s largest climate fund, GCF brings together players from across the public and private sectors to catalyse climate finance at scale and create new,...

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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

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....

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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Afghanistan through FAO

Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A high proportion of the population rely on climate-sensitive sectors, particularly agriculture and animal husbandry. Increasingly uncertain and extreme...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Afghanistan

Gender assessment for FP060: Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)

The gender analysis of the EWN-SCI project was conducted with the aim of identifying gender considerations and devising ways of streamlining gender equality in the project proposal. This analysis is intended to (i)...

Document > Gender assessment Barbados

Last GCF Board meeting of 2019 begins today

The 24th Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting opens today to consider expanding the Fund’s support for climate action beyond the 99 developing countries currently receiving GCF climate finance. The three-day meeting...

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The Green Climate Fund Board holds last meeting of 2023

At the three-day meeting, the Board will consider for approval 15 new funding proposals, of which 12 target the most vulnerable - Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African...

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Stakeholder consultation regarding feasibility study on GCF regional presence

The GCF Board has recently commissioned a study on the feasibility of establishing a GCF regional presence. The study explores the needs and options for establishing a GCF regional presence, was conducted by the...

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FP214 - Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming

Rice is Thailand’s most important food crop, accounting for roughly half of the country’s agricultural land and employing more than 18 million smallholder farmers. Methane from flooded rice fields and CO2 emissions from...

Project > Public sector Thailand

FP215 - Community Resilience Partnership Program

The impacts of climate change have been affecting the livelihoods, food security, water security, and health of millions of people in countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste...

Project > Public sector Multiple countries

FP216 - Scaling up climate resilient flood risk management in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Climate change is showing its impact in Bosnia and Herzegovina through higher average yearly temperatures and significant shifts in seasons and rainfall patterns. This has led to a rise in destructive floods, causing...

Project > Public sector Bosnia and Herzegovina

FP217 - Building Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Climate Variability in Rwanda’s Congo Nile Divide through Forest and Landscape Restoration

The Congo-Nile Divide in Rwanda is a biologically rich region with high elevations and natural forests that are crucial to both local wildlife and communities. This area plays a vital role in the broader region’s...

Project > Public sector Rwanda

FP218 - Building climate resilience in the landscapes of Kigoma region, Tanzania

In the Republic of Tanzania’s Kigoma Region, climate data show more frequent and unpredictable periods of heavy rainfall causing an increase of flood events. Dry spells are also expected to increase in frequency and...

Project > Public sector Tanzania

FP219 - Staple Crops Processing Zone (SCPZ): Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains

In Guinea, Senegal and Togo, agriculture and forestry are the primary sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for over 80 per cent of total emissions. At the same time, these countries are also among those...

Project > Public sector Multiple countries

FP220 - Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) for East Africa region

In East Africa, climate models predict a continual rise in average temperatures and an increase in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events. This places significant pressure on the region's farmers, as they...

Project > Private sector Multiple countries

FP221 - Rwanda Green Investment Facility (RGIF)

Rwanda is considered highly vulnerable to climate change in both mitigation and adaption aspects. Faced with multiple climate hazards including more intense rainfall, shifting seasonal temperatures, droughts, and...

Project > Private sector Rwanda

FP222 - Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP 2)

Despite being among the lowest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), countries in sub-Saharan Africa have already experienced widespread loss and damage due to climate change. These impacts range from...

Project > Private sector Multiple countries

FP223 - Project GAIA ("GAIA")

In the past two decades, there has been an 83 per cent global increase in the frequency of major climate-related disasters, such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and violent maritime weather. Low- and middle-income...

Project > Private sector Multiple countries

FP224 - Renewstable Barbados Project

Barbados currently relies on imported fossil fuels for around 95 per cent of its power generation. This dependence not only makes the country vulnerable to oil price fluctuations, but also contributes to nearly one-...

Project > Private sector Barbados

SAP030 - Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Health System

Climate change impacts Lao PDR’s health sector by triggering more frequent and intense extreme weather events that damage health facility infrastructure – including water, sanitation, and hygiene services – and by...

Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)

SAP031 - Marajó Resiliente: Enhancing the resilience of smallholders to climate change impacts through adapting and scaling up diversified agroforestry systems in the Marajo Archipelago of Brazil

High exposure of the Amazon delta and estuary to sea level rise due to climate anomalies, combined with limited socio-economic capacities and access to financial support by smallholders living along the Marajó...

Project > Public sector Brazil

SAP032 - Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility – LoCAL

Benin is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change with low levels of readiness and adaptive capacity. Climate change has already been felt in the country in recent decades, with increases in...

Project > Public sector Benin

SAP033 - Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Sierra Leone

Rising sea level is expected to lead to a range of challenges for the 10 per cent of Freetown’s population that reside in high-risk climate areas. Shoreline recession, rising water tables, and waterborne diseases are...

Project > Public sector Sierra Leone

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...

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GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers

The removal of barriers hindering global financial flows to developing countries could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030. This was one of Green Climate...

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ED opening remarks

His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Prof Lee White, Gabonese Republic’s Minister of Water and Forests, the Sea and the Environment of the Gabonese Republic, Mr...

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Global fund for coral reefs- reef-based climate resilience finance

Oceans and the Blue Economy have an enormous role to play in preserving and enhancing sustainable economic growth, promoting regional stability and conserving global biodiversity. Coral reef ecosystems are critical in...

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