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Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP025: GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP025: GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme. Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental or social impacts...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Multiple countries
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems and livelihoods through sustainable forest and land use management in Northern Uganda
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems and livelihoods through sustainable forest and land use management in Northern Uganda," and was submitted to...
Document > Concept note Uganda
Protecting livelihoods and assets at risk from climate change induced flooding in glacial river basins of Nepal
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Protecting livelihoods and assets at risk from climate change induced flooding in glacial river basins of Nepal," and was submitted to allow the...
Document > Concept note Nepal
Hybridization of thermal power plants of electricity production with solar photovaltaïc in Guinea Bissau
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Hybridization of thermal power plants of electricity production with solar photovaltaïc in Guinea Bissau," and was submitted to allow the project...
Document > Concept note Guinea-Bissau
Strategic Frameworks support for Brazil through UNEP
Brazil submitted the document ratifying the Paris Agreement in September 2016, in which it committed to reduce GHG emissions by means of a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The NDC targets to reduce GHG...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
Gender assessment for SAP039: Integrated climate risk management for strengthened resilience to climate change in Buner and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
This gender assessment for SAP039: Integrated climate risk management for strengthened resilience to climate change in Buner and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan seeks to present the issues,...
Document > Gender assessment Pakistan
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP190: Climate Investor Two - Tubig – San Jose City Water Supply Project
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP190: Climate Investor Two, specifically for the sub-project "Tubig – San Jose City Water Supply Project". Project and...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Philippines (the)
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP198: CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action To Accelerate Local I.5° Technologies – Latin America and West Africa - CEGEDI – New Plastic Recycling Unit
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP198: CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action To Accelerate Local I.5° Technologies – Latin America and West Africa,...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Guinea
From seed to shelf
In the heat of the day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large cabbages, arranged in neat rows. Nearby a mosquito net hangs from a tree, creating...
Article > Story Namibia 
Compilation of submissions: Monitoring and Accountability Framework Call for Public Input
On 30 July 2015, the GCF published a call for public input that invited individuals, organizations and all entities involved and interested in climate mitigation, adaptation, climate change monitoring and evaluation,...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.08/19 - Gender Policy and Action Plan
Following a decision B.05/22, the Fund’s Secretariat prepared GCF/B.06/13 Options for a Fund-wide Gender-sensitive Approach. At its sixth meeting the Board, having considered document GCF/B.06/13:
Requested the...
Board document > Action item 
FP262 - Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
Senegal has a major agricultural sector that contributes to employment and food security, but the industry is highly exposed to the negative effects of climate change. Increasing climate threats such as droughts, heat...
Project > Private sector Senegal 
FP263 - Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2
Poor land management, particularly deforestation for agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon emissions, worsening global warming and diminishing land productivity. While sustainable land management (SLM)...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP255 - Transforming Livelihoods through Climate Resilient, Low Carbon, Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in the Lake Region Economic Bloc, Kenya
Kenya is highly vulnerable to climate change and increased climate variability, primarily due to agriculture's central role in the economy. The Lake Victoria Region, comprising 14 counties and collectively known as the...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
FP256 - Intensification of Agriculture and Agroforestry Techniques (IAAT) for Climate Resilient Food and Nutrition Security: Tombouctou, Gao, Mopti, Koulikoro and Segou regions of Mali
Mali ranks 11th most vulnerable and 23rd least prepared for climate adaptation among 192 countries (ND-GAIN index). Droughts affect 400,000 people, while floods impact 500,000 across the country yearly. Reliance on...
Project > Public sector Mali 
FP257 - RE-GAIN: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges for agricultural transformation, driven by the demands of a rapidly growing population and a changing climate. The effects of climate change are...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing intensity, geographic extent and frequency of climate-related hazards, exacerbated by rising temperatures associated with climate change....
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP259 - Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change
The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are vulnerable to climate change impacts due to threats from coral reef degradation and ocean warming. Higher sea temperatures are degrading coral reefs and reducing the amount of...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP260 - Enhancing the resilience of Serbian forests to ensure energy security of the most vulnerable while contributing to their livelihoods and carbon sequestration (FOREST Invest)
Serbia is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the Balkan region. Climate change impacts such as rising temperatures, heatwaves, and climatic hazards are degrading Serbia's forests, compounded by...
Project > Public sector Serbia 
FP261 - Improving Climate Resilience by Increasing Water Security in the Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, experiencing extreme events such as prolonged droughts and an increase in temperatures and flood frequency. These climate challenges impact water...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
SAP048 - Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable communities within high climatic and disaster risk areas in Togo.
Climate change is expected to increase the risks and vulnerabilities faced by local communities in Togo. These hazards include exposure to extreme events, coastal storms, heatwaves, droughts, and floods. The frequency...
Project > Public sector Togo 
SAP049 - Sustainable Communities for Climate Action in the Yucatán Peninsula (ACCIÓN)
Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is an ecologically and socially vital region, home to critical ecosystems like coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, cenotes, and coastal dunes. These provide essential services such as coastal...
Project > Public sector Mexico 
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 
GCF spearheads innovation drive for climate-resilient infrastructure at COP26
GCF is pioneering an innovative new approach to developing climate-resilient infrastructure, which is set to make a big splash at COP26 in Glasgow. This is a systemic approach, particularly applicable for islands and...
Article > Press release Ghana Jamaica 
Policies: Country ownership
Country ownership
The Governing Instrument sets out that the GCF will pursue and provide access to funding through a country-driven approach and that its operational modalities will be consistent with a country-driven...
Basic page > Policy map
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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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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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Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 267 million for climate action, agrees decision-making procedures
The 23rd meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board approved ten new projects and agreed procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted.
The Board allocated...
Article > Press release 
Approved projects
List of approved projects
GCF’s investments are aimed at achieving maximum impact in the developing world, supporting paradigm shifts in both mitigation and adaptation. The Fund aims for a 50:50 balance between...
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