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Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to climate change in the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands are expected to incur, on average, about USD 5 million per year (2% of GDP) in direct losses due to tropical cyclone activity – of which 90% are to the building sector. This project aims to strengthen...
Document > Concept note Cook Islands MFEM_COK
Dominica - Climate Elucidation for Adaptive Resilience in the Water Sector (D-ClEAR-Water)
There is evidence that climate change will result in increasing variability and extremes4 and this will impact the availability of water in Dominica, particularly in the dry season. Less water will be available to...
Document > Concept note Dominica CCCCC
Low emissions cattle ranching landscape: a sustainable and climate responsive alternative for rural development in Colombia
Rural development is urgent in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia. GHG emissions from AFOLU sector account for 55% of the total (with deforestation as the main driver) and recent climate extreme events generated...
Document > Concept note Colombia FondoAccion
Scaling up regional action to reduce deforestation and increase resilience to climate change under the framework of the Leticia Pact for the Amazon (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)
The destruction of the forests of the Amazon basin imperils global climate stability and the climate-resilience of vulnerable indigenous and local communities. The proposed Program will accelerate the regional shift to...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries CI
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... keeping Amazon forests standing in 2014 and 2015 shows the concept of REDD+ is starting to pay off for countries ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... Designated Authorities (NDAs) are invited to submit concept notes to the Fund under the SAP. All interested ...
Article > Press release 
Results needed to tackle forest roots of climate challenge
... and verifiable abatement of greenhouse gases. The concept of REDD+ results-based finance received a major ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
... depend on them. Specifically, a technically sound regional concept note will be developed and submitted to the GCF, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector
... scale, pilot experiences and submission of Concept Notes to the GCF. Promotion of joint investments and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... with the Asian Development Bank on another innovative concept: a Blue Economy Co-Investment Platform for the ...
Article > Speech
Support for the Establishment of a National Green Building and Infrastructure Financing Vehicle, Development of Green Building Minimum Compliance System, and DAE Application in Côte d’Ivoire
... implement climate projects towards submission of project concept notes to the GCF. It will help in the development of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire GGGI
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
... roadmap. 4- Develop and submit three high quality concept notes to the GCF – two in public sector for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea ANAFIC
Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition
... a pipeline of investment-grade solutions, and two concept notes to leverage private sector financing for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNIDO
Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility
... green finance solution. Develop pipelines and project concept notes focused on Municipal Solid Waste to Energy ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand GGGI
Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative
... investments in urban resilience through the development of concept notes and pre-feasibility studies developed and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries CCCCC
Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin
... to boost private sector investment. Output 4.1.1. One (01) concept note on scaling up nature-based solutions ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin ICRAF
Strengthening the climate resilience of Mauritania’s vulnerable WASH sector through enhanced capacity, collaboration and knowledge on climate change
... in the WASH sector, and the development and delivery of a Concept Note focused to strengthen the climate resilience of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritania
Green Climate Fund to support the development of major proposals to increase climate resilience by conserving ecosystems at scale
... Officer, said: “The Climate Resilient Enduring Earth concept, supported by GCF’s Project Preparation Facility ...
Article > Press release 
National Adaptation Planning support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
... to design and implement projects and provide proof of concepts for NAP implementation; 20 SIAs and the methodology ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Enhancing Saint Lucia’s understanding, capacity, institutional and strategic frameworks to access climate finance for low-emission climate resilient pathways
... from the NDA toolkit, particularly those for reviewing concept notes and funding proposals. The absence of a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia CCCCC
Capacity enhancement of the National Designated Authority and other relevant stakeholders in Sri Lanka to re-evaluate technical needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation and assess climate finance priorities for agriculture by developing innovative climate smart investment mechanisms through increased partnerships between public and private sectors
... stakeholders have inadequate technical capacity to develop concept notes and proposals for resource mobilization. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka FAO
Strengthening Adaptation Planning processes and capacity for successful implementation of adaptation actions in the Agricultural and Water sectors of Trinidad and Tobago
... of adaptation-based ventures (Output 3.3.2), and the GCF concept note for a national full-size project, focused on ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago FAO
GCF convenes Regional Dialogue and Direct Access Entities Workshop in Latin America to accelerate climate action
... labs, where they worked on real readiness proposals, concept notes, and funding proposals under the guidance of ...
Article > News update Dominican Republic (the) 
Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez
Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción) is a national entity aiming to promote activities that preserve, protect and manage natural and biological resources of Colombia in a sustainable and ecological...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Colombia
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
Observed climate changes are resulting in an intense process of desertification in Mauritania, putting additional pressure in the extremely fragile oases of the Sahara and moving the desert conditions further south,...
Document > Concept note Mauritania UNEP
Enhancing Early Warning Systems to build greater resilience to hydro and meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste
As a Least Developed Country (LDC) and Small Islands Developing State (SIDS) Timor-Leste is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and considered to be one of the top 10 countries in the world most at risk...
Document > Concept note Timor-Leste UNEP
Malekula Water Supply Project: Increase Resilience of Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities of Malekula Island through Integrated Water Resource Management and Ecosystem-based Interventions
Climate change is reducing the availability of freshwater in Malekula, with groundwater becoming increasingly saline because of sea level rise and more frequent droughts. This is having a significant impact on the lives...
Document > Concept note Vanuatu UNEP
SA Water Reuse Programme (“WRP”)
SOUTH AFRICA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A WATER SCARCE COUNTRY and is projecting a 17% water deficit by 2030 (National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, 2018) (“NWSMP”). According to the NWSMP there is a need to optimise the...
Document > Concept note South Africa DBSA
LACC Project : Lake Chad & Adaptation to Climate Change
The Lake Chad Basin supports a growing population of about 50 million people: farmers, pastoralists and fishermen who rely heavily on natural resources. Impacted by rising temperatures and increased variability of...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries OSS
Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) is one of the most important agricultural regions in Cambodia. The combination of poverty, environmental degradation, changing precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events due...
Document > Concept note Cambodia FAO