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GCF was established under the Cancún Agreements in 2010 as a dedicated financing vehicle for developing countries within the global climate architecture, serving the Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC and the...
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FP115 - Espejo de Tarapacá
Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage hydroelectric energy and a solar power plant
Exposed to spot market price, the Chilean...
Project > Private sector Chile 
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
Coastal and marine ecosystems and the services they provide are the basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, livelihoods, economic growth and cultural identity. They are currently under threat from...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
Cross River State (CRS) which contains 50% of Nigeria’s forests has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed (1) a CRS REDD+...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and extreme events. With climate change,...
Document > Concept note Bhutan
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
The proposed GCF financed “Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient management program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment - Nyagatare District)” builds onto the AfDB financed baseline project – the...
Document > Concept note Rwanda
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
The Sahel has experienced some of the most extreme climate events on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher temperatures, lower precipitation...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project “Water Supply and Management to Contribute to Food Security in...
Document > Concept note Mozambique
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
South Africa is a water scarce country, the 30th driest in the world. The country is facing a water crisis resulting from the increasing severity of droughts and erratic rainfall events, driven by climatic variation,...
Document > Concept note South Africa
Land Bank of the Philippines
The LandBank of the Philippines (LandBank) is a financial institution wholly owned by the Government of the Philippines. It aims to strike a balance in fulfilling its social mandate of promoting countryside development...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Philippines (the)
National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development
The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) is a national public-sector organisation based in Cambodia. NCDD is the secretariat for an interministerial mechanism for promoting democratic...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Cambodia
Annual progress report 2024
... a commitment to reduce GCF appraisal time to nine months (concept note to project approval). Critical reforms were ... climate objectives; and streamlining documentation for concept notes and funding proposals to make them simpler and ... In 2024, GCF committed to reducing its appraisal time from concept note to project approval to 9 months. Efficiency ...
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The role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action and resilience
... Second, we pilot innovative ideas to establish a proof of concept. Innovation in new technologies, business models and ...
Article > Speech
Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... of the Cook Islands country programme through concept note development, capacity building for CCCI, MFEM ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
Annual Results Report 2021
... and investment responses, and to develop GCF-aligned concept notes and funding proposals. In 2021, GCF’s ... - were leveraged to further advance project ideas into concept notes and to enable Direct Access Entities (DAE) to ... GCF’s investment criteria and appraisal process for concept notes and funding proposals; it follows the release ...
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GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... negotiations for over a decade. First floated in 2005, the concept – whereby developing countries are financially ...
Article > Insights 
GCF and partners sign project agreements for four transformative climate projects
... to the teams that spanned endless days and nights to conceptualise this project that will not only benefit the ... one and aims to facilitate a paradigm shift with the concept of integrated coastal zone management.” For more ...
Article > News update 
The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF
... provided technical and financial support in developing the concept, and our Board will consider making a substantial ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Readiness and preparatory support
Overview of the Readiness Programme
Note to the public
Beware of scam emails or messages purporting to be from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) or any of its representatives that come with grant, funds, compensation, or...
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Agence luxembourgeoise pour la Coopération au Développement (Lux-Development S.A.) (known as "Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency")
The Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency (LuxDev) is an international private limited shareholder entity belonging to the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg whose primary mission is the implementation of the...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Luxembourg
National Rural Support Programme (Pakistan)
The National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) is a national entity whose mandate is to alleviate poverty by harnessing people’s potential and undertake development activities in Pakistan. Relying on a presence in all four...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Pakistan
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (Funbio) is a national entity whose mandate is to provide strategic resources for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Throughout its 20-year existence, it has managed projects...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Brazil
Environmental Projects Implementation Unit, State Agency of the Ministry of Environment, Armenia
The Environmental Project Implementation Unit of the State Agency of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia (EPIU) is a national entity established by the government of the Republic of Armenia with...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Armenia
Kemitraan bagi Pembaruan Tata Pemerintahan (Partnership for Governance Reform) (Indonesia)
Kemitraan bagi Pembaruan Tata Pemerintahan (The Partnership for Governance Reform) (Kemitraan) is a national direct access entity based in Indonesia. Kemitraan envisions establishing fair, democratic and sustainable...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Indonesia
Information requests and responses
... No Subject Date received Date answered Decision IDP670 Concept note: Improving Climate Resilience by Increasing ... 24 Feb 3 Mar Granted IDP453 Approved FPs for three Vanuatu concept notes 8 Mar 25 Apr Denied IDP452 Funding ... setting over the last ten years 6 Feb 7 Feb Granted IDP446 Concept Note Grid Connected Solar PV and Battery Storage in ...
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Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
Deforestation and forest degradation are major concerns in Zambia. The deforestation rate is estimated between 79 000 - 150 000 ha per year (ILUA II, 2016[1]), placing Zambia among the countries with the highest...
Document > Concept note Zambia
Policies: Risk management framework
Risk management framework
GCF’s risk management framework defines GCF’s approach to managing risk at both the institutional and funding proposal investment level, covering funding, non-financial, investment and...
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South African National Biodiversity Institute
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), is a national entity and a research institute that coordinates research, monitors and reports on the state of biodiversity in South Africa. SANBI also provides...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) South Africa
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (Nepal)
The Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) is a national semi-autonomous entity headquartered in Nepal whose objective is to develop and promote renewable energy with the potential to develop low-emission pathways...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Nepal
Enhancing Direct Access
Overview
The Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot channels climate financing to homegrown organisations in developing countries. USD 200 million have been approved for this pilot programme.
The objective of this pilot...
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