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Decisions made for information disclosure request IDP004
This document lists the decisions made with regard to IDP004, received by the GCF Secretariat on 12 November 2017. The request contains multiple inquiries, with some items being granted and others denied. As such, this...
Document > Information disclosure decision
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP043: The Saïss Water Conservation Project
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP043: The Saïss Water Conservation Project. Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental or social impacts...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Morocco
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and Deutsche Bank AG
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Bank AG, sets out the terms and conditions for the use of GCF resources. It formalises the Deutsche Bank AG’s accountability in carrying out GCF-...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Preparatory Assessments for the Monrovia Metropolitan Climate Resilience Project (MMCRP)
This approved Project Preparation Facility application was submitted by UNDP to help finance the preparation of a Funding Proposal package.
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Liberia
Readiness agreement with Tajikistan (TJK-RS-001)
Following approval of a readiness request, legal arrangements are concluded in the form of a grant agreement with the grant recipient which includes and incorporates the Standard Conditions. This readiness grant...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Readiness grant agrement for Chad (TCD‐RS‐001)
Following approval of a readiness request, legal arrangements are concluded in the form of a grant agreement with the grant recipient which includes and incorporates the Standard Conditions. This readiness grant...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
Readiness grant agreement with Cambodia (KHM‐RS‐001)
Following approval of a readiness request, legal arrangements are concluded in the form of a grant agreement with the grant recipient which includes and incorporates the Standard Conditions. This readiness grant...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Readiness grant agreement with the Plurinational State of Bolivia (BOL-RS-001)
Following approval of a readiness request, legal arrangements are concluded in the form of a grant agreement with the grant recipient which includes and incorporates the Standard Conditions. This readiness grant...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
The Green Climate Fund expanded its impact in the Asian region today with an agreement strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The two organizations...
Article > Press release 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a Green Climate Fund workshop.
“If I go to a rural farmer and ask how climate...
Article > Press release South Africa 
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
The Green Climate Fund announced a USD 43 million partnership to permanently preserve Bhutan’s protected areas, which comprise 51 percent of the country’s territory.
Bhutan for Life is the Green Climate Fund’s first...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
GCF Board Strengthens Fund’s Operations
The second Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by adopting a series of decisions that will strengthen the operations of the Fund and help generate high quality funding proposals for climate...
Article > Press release 
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
The disbursement of Green Climate Fund financing is picking up pace, following a major focus of the Fund this year on implementing approved projects.
In GCF’s most recent disbursement of climate finance, in early June...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by approving eight new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to climate change....
Article > Press release 
Fostering Sustainable Urban Mobility with Efficient and Low Emission Transport in Tegucigalpa
1. In Honduras, road transport contributes with 43% of the GHG emissions produced by the energy sector, showing a steady growth in the last decade. In the NDC presented to the UNFCCC, the Government of Honduras (GoH)...
Document > Concept note Honduras
GCF and World Wildlife Fund sign key Colombia landscapes agreement
GCF and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have signed an agreement to rapidly implement an innovative project which aims to support more sustainable management of Colombia’s landscapes.
The project focuses on protecting...
Article > News update 
Mobilising Funds at Scale
Overview
The Green Climate Fund offered USD 500 million to unlock private sector finance in developing countries. Bold investment ideas poured in from all comers of the globe, to crowd in capital for low-emission and...
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GCF/B.22/17 - Synthesis of Board submissions on the update of the Strategic Plan of the Green Climate Fund
By decision B.21/18, members of the Board were invited to submit inputs on the update of the Strategic Plan for the GCF. The Secretariat was requested to produce a synthesis of issues for consideration by the Board at...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/Inf.16/Add.02 - Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership – Addendum
This document is the second addendum to document GCF/B.21/Inf.16 titled “Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership” that was published on 26 September 2018. It informs the Board on the...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.21/10/Add.04 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum IV Funding proposal package for FP085
This addendum contains the following three parts:
A funding proposal summary titled “Green BRT Karachi”;
No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and
Environmental and...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.20/18 - An integrated approach to addressing policy gaps to ensure climate impact: an overview of policies related to the consideration of funding proposals
This document provides an overview of the policy papers to be presented to the Board at its twentieth and subsequent meetings, considers their interlinkages and explains how they are related to the integrated policy...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/10 - Implementation of the Strategic Plan: 2017 report
This report reviews the implementation of the initial Strategic Plan for GCF over 2017. It considers progress made by GCF, lessons learned and how GCF may seek to align its planning priorities in order to address...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/16 - Work plan and budget of the Independent Evaluation Unit for 2018
This document summarizes key elements of the work plan and budget of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) for 2018. This document contains three main elements that were promised at B.16: (1) Key elements of IEU’s three...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/13 - Work programme of the Secretariat for 2018 and administrative budget
This document presents the work programme of the Secretariat for 2018 in accordance with the responsibilities assigned to it by paragraph 23(e) of the Governing Instrument for the GCF and consistent with the direction...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.08/Inf.05 - Annual Update on the Structure and Staffing of the Secretariat
This report is prepared to provide the Board with an update on the structure of the Secretariat and the status of recruitment. The initial structure and staffing of the Secretariat was proposed to the Board in document...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.09/16 - Policy on Ethics and Conflicts of Interest for the Board
The Ethics and Audit Committee held eight (virtual) meetings in 2015 to discuss a policy on ethics and conflicts of interest, which – as per its mandate – also includes provisions on transparency and issues of...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/07 - Initial risk management framework: implementation progress and risk register
This document provides an overarching view of the progress made in operationalizing all aspects of risk management in the GCF, presents the proposed risk register and discusses the progress made towards implementing the...
Board document > Action item
Gender action plan for FP024: Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP024: Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia. Gender action...
Document > Gender action plan Namibia
Greening Kenya Industrial Zones: stimulating competitiveness and investments in the face of resource scarcity and climate change
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Greening Kenya Industrial Zones: stimulating competitiveness and investments in the face of resource scarcity and climate change," and was submitted...
Document > Concept note Kenya
Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for external members of the Green Climate Fund panels and groups
Adopted by decision B.10/13 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for external members of the GCF panels and groups.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines