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GCF/B.11/22 - Trustee arrangements, including the review of the Interim Trustee and the initiation of a process to select the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents an update on the steps towards selecting a Permanent Trustee and proposes a draft decision for consideration by the Board on the terms of reference of the selection process for the review of the...
Board document > Action item
Call for public input: Information Disclosure Policy
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to invite public input for the development of its information disclosure policy.
This call follows the Fund’s Board decision at its 5th meeting in October 2013 (B.08/15) that requested...
Document > Call for input
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Guatemala through FAO
The current proposal will create the enabling conditions to design, implement and evaluate options for enhanced climate action in the AFOLU sector by strengthening the methods and institutional arrangements for the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guatemala FAO
Gender action plan for FP070: Global Clean Cooking Program – Bangladesh
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP070: Global Clean Cooking Program – Bangladesh. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and opportunities for women and men identified...
Document > Gender action plan Bangladesh WorldBank
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP075: Institutional Development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology of Tajikistan
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP075: Institutional Development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology of Tajikistan. Project and programme funding...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Tajikistan ADB
Access to Clean Energy (ACE) Fund for Off-grid Energy
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Access to Clean Energy (ACE) Fund for Off-grid Energy," and was submitted to allow the project proponent a chance to seek feedback from the GCF...
Document > Concept note India NABARD
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Peru through GIZ
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is the National Designated Authority to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). To adequately fulfil its role and responsibilities in the relation to the GCF, the NDA requests support on the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Peru GIZ
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for North Macedonia through FAO
The overall objective of this request it to support the country in developing its capacities to engage with the GCF and setup the mechanisms to establish climate change adaptation and mitigation priorities. More...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia FAO
Gender action plan for FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and...
Document > Gender action plan Georgia UNDP
Accreditation application form guidance
The application form guidance supports applicants in Step 3 ‘Application and Fees’ of the Green Climate Fund institutional accreditation process under the revised Accreditation Framework. It clarifies the nature of the...
Document > Guides
Policies: Administration
Administration
GCF’s administrative policies cover GCF’s key administrative processes including information disclosure, human resources, travel, procurement, accounting, communications, and management of conflict of...
Basic page > Policy map
Early warning systems
Overview
People in Africa, South Asia, South and Central America, and the inhabitants of small island states are 15 times more likely to die from climate disasters. These disasters displace three times more people than...
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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 “...
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GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
The Green Climate Fund's recent decision to pay Brazil USD 96.5 million for keeping Amazon forests standing in 2014 and 2015 shows the concept of REDD+ is starting to pay off for countries stepping up efforts to halt...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Germany, Incheon City raise awareness on climate conflict and cooperation at GCF Headquarters
The Green Climate Fund and Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, alongside the city government of Incheon formally opened an exhibition on "Environment, Conflict and Cooperation" at the Fund’s headquarters in Songdo,...
Article > Press release Germany Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF launches innovation Working Paper at COP26
Innovation is essential to develop and scale up solutions so that we can limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Innovation can put us on a net-zero carbon, climate resilient...
Article > Press release 
Catalysing climate investments in developing countries in the context of COVID-19
Distinguished guests,
We are not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals.
UNEP’s latest Emissions Gap Report finds that NDCs to reduce emissions as they stood just before COP26 opened are not enough to achieve...
Article > Speech
Strengthening Togo’s Institutional Capacity for a Low-Carbon Transport System (STILTS)
This readiness intends to support Togo in addressing its key climate change needs by building the institutional capacity of the country to implement a Low-carbon Emission Transport System.
Togo is among the most...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo GGGI
Policies: Project approval
Project approval
The consideration and approval of funding proposals by the GCF is undertaken through a designated Project Approval Process. Policies under this category establish the key steps, requirements,...
Basic page > Policy map
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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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 
Project cycle
GCF Project Activity Cycle
Strategy, origination and structuring
Stage 1. Country engagement
ActorsNDAs, AEs...
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Observers
Overview
The active engagement of diverse stakeholders is in the DNA of the Green Climate Fund. The GCF Board is mandated to grant Accredited Observers access to its meetings. To this end, four observers are able to...
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GCF/B.21/10/Add.17 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVII Funding proposal package for FP095
This addendum contains the following three parts:
A funding proposal summary titled “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” submitted by the Agence Française de Développement;
No-objection letters issued by the...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.05/17 - Draft Arrangements between the COP and the Fund
At COP 18, in its decision “Arrangements between the COP and the Fund”, the COP recognized that the provisions contained in Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Convention and decision 3/CP.17 and the Governing Instrument...
Board document > Action item
Strategic Frameworks support for the Bahamas through UNIDO and CTCN
For continued reliability of the whole power supply of the country, it is critical that system operators understand the potential impacts of variable generation on their systems. This technical assistance will develop a...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
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 Cambodia through Ministry of Environment
Over the past few years, Cambodia has put a lot of emphasis on integrating climate change in the development planning process, at the national, sectoral and sub-national level, as well as piloting potential approaches,...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
FP265 - Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in northern Ghana
This project aims to boost climate resilience for smallholder farmers in northern Ghana by enhancing food security, strengthening the rural economy, and promoting sustainable livelihoods through climate-resilient...
Project > Public sector Ghana UNEP 
FP266 - Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
Northern Mauritania faces desertification due to climate change, accelerating sand dune encroachment into farmlands and settlements. Water sources are drying up, pressure is increasing on limited resources, critical...
Project > Public sector Mauritania UNEP 