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New GCF manual puts gender at centre of climate response
... the importance of taking a gender aware approach in financing adaptation projects. This includes GCF’s support ...
Article > Press release 
The Africa We Want: Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority of the United Nations System
... in Sahelian countries, totaling over USD 1 billion of GCF financing. These investments will initially deliver almost $ 2.5 billion in co-financing, and help unlock further private sector investment ... with sustainable development by strengthening domestic financial institutions to integrate climate risks into all ...
Article > Speech
Identify investment options for climate change adaptation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (within the framework of the National Adaptation Plan project)
... in key sectors; develop municipal level investment financing instruments; and build national, sub-national and ... related initiatives in country it is recognized a lack of financial resilience of communities due to a lack of climate ... instruments such as climate disaster insurance, or similar financial instruments as well as a lack of engagement with ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bosnia and Herzegovina
GCF strengthens climate action collaboration in the MENA region
... projects in MENA and GCF’s role in meeting the climate financing gap in the region during its second programming ... discussions examined safeguards, project economic and financial analysis, and explored opportunities for ... of the needs in the region and how GCF’s programming and financing instruments, in collaboration with countries and ...
Article > News update 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... investments. The debt conversion represents an innovative financing model for climate adaptation that avoids ... outstanding, more expensive debt with more affordable financing, generating USD 125 million in fiscal savings, ... plant. If the targets are not met, the government incurs a financial penalty, which will be paid into a specialized ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
... Key milestones Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A projects and I-1 programmes 7 Mar ... iTAP meeting 17-24 May 2019 Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category B projects and I-2 programmes 5 Jun ... Key milestones Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A projects and I-1 programmes 16 Jun ...
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GCF launches global network of climate change expertise
... economic analysis of climate projects Ecosystems Innovative financial instruments, project structuring and finance Water ... Climate technologies Energy efficiency Forests Innovative financial instruments, project structuring and finance Urban ... projects Renewable energy Ernst & Young LLP Innovative financial instruments, project structuring and finance ...
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Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... experience about climate finance, mean the Latin American financial system is not yet fully equipped to invest in ... embarking on climate measures to credit and other financial instruments, added Ms Visconti. The first GCF ... Dialogue, to show that it can be profitable for local financial institutions to take up this new line of ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
... mitigation and adaptation arising from such technical and financial support include moving to electric cars and clean ... in generating sustainable development through a variety of financial products and services, including loans, equity and ... Development Finance Club ( IDFC ), as well as its financial independence, as major strengths. CAF is ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF and CRDB Bank Plc. sign agreement to boost access to climate adaptation technologies for agribusinesses in Tanzania
... the country’s agriculture sector by removing the major financial, regulatory, and technical barriers related to ... with CRDB Bank which enables them to provide access to financing to smallholder farmers and build their ... resources from GCF, CRDB Bank will launch three new financial products to support local agribusiness: a ...
Article > News update 
GCF expands private sector reach with IFC agreement
... Le Houérou. “Addressing it requires a vast increase in financing — far beyond the capabilities of governments ... will help expand GCF’s capacity to help overcome key financial barriers,” said Mr Bamsey. “This will pave the ... by GCF last year, has committed to increase its climate financing to 28 percent of its portfolio by 2020 — up from ...
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GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
... with the total value of USD 1.7 billion through a range of financial tools. Eighteen of these projects are already ...
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GCF backs Mongolian forum to open up low-emission, business paths
XacBank, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entity, is helping Mongolia forge a new sustainable phase in its economic growth by holding the bank’s first green finance forum on Wednesday.
The one-day event run by...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF to explore how to extend REDD+ coverage at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
... have proved they have halted deforestation under the REDD+ financing umbrella. REDD+ refers to the UNFCCC-based ...
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GCF’s flagship private sector conference opens today: investment solutions for climate-COVID crisis
... to filling the funding gap for climate action, while global financial markets need to increasingly incorporate climate ... 30 conference speakers include representatives from major financial sector players, including HSBC, MUFG, Rabobank, ...
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Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
... investments in emerging markets between now and 2030. But financial short-termism and the lack of consideration of ... to long-term sustainability. The international and domestic financial systems will have to change rapidly and deeply if ... pathways, including carbon pricing, climate-related financial disclosure, green taxonomies and standards, and ...
Article > Speech
African adaptation
... adaptation actions through blended finance and support to financial institutions; and Developing tools and knowledge ...
Article > Speech
Enhancing Montenegro’s capacity to integrate climate change risks into planning
... further integrate the private sector and more fully develop financing strategies and tracking of adaptation finance. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Montenegro
Supporting Green Regional Development in Mongolia
... in Mongolia. This Readiness proposal aims to identify financing schemes and incentive mechanisms, including ... and identify successful blended finance (concessional financing with private finance) models and approaches. The financing schemes and incentive mechanisms designed under ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mongolia
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... risks in rain fed agricultural activities translate into financial risk aversion for private investment and traditional agricultural lending because financial institutions tend to be reluctant to finance ... less dependable rains. These issues combined create a financial gap that needs to be closed to support long-term ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
Green Climate Fund announces ambitious plans for next Board meeting
... climate fund, GCF is providing strategic injections of financing to empower entrepreneurs in developing countries ...
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Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... will help AFD achieve its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to ... was set up in 2010 to be one of the major instruments in financing the global response to climate change in developing countries. It aims to allocate equal financing for mitigation and adaptation. France Frankfurt ...
Article > Press release France 
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... Policy), in line with best practices among international financial institutions as well as the business model of the ... the SEAH safeguarding approaches of several international financial institutions as well as comparable multilateral ... to be consistent with both best practice of international financial institutions and the business model of the GCF. ...
Document > Call for input
Green Guarantee Company (GGC)
... bonds. A GGC Funding Proposal for USD 125 million of equity financing from GCF is presently being developed, however ... The establishment of GGC as an independent professional financial institution with clear governance arrangements, ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Plenary Remarks at High-level Segment
... by ground-truthing new technologies, business models, financing instruments and practices. Third, we use scarce ... Fund which encourages private investment through innovative financial instruments, including green bonds, to de-risk bio-businesses in the Amazon. And fourth, we green financial systems to accelerate the widespread adoption of ...
Article > Speech
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
... development and transfer and capacity building. The financial needs of the country as highlighted in the revised ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
GCF sets funding proposal schedule for B.20 [Updated]
... and the key dates are as following: B.20 Disclosure of ESS reports for categories A and I-1 (high intermediation) ... 2018 iTAP meeting – 13 - 18 May 2018 Disclosure of ESS reports for categories B and I-2 (medium intermediation) ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
The 34th meeting of the GCF Board is set to get underway in the Republic of Korea from October 17-20
... will involve discussions on the accreditation strategy; a report on the process for GCF’s second replenishment; ... discussions on GCF’s updated strategic plan; a report on the summary findings of the Independent Evaluation ...
Article > News update 
GCF sets funding proposal schedule for B.21 [Updated]
... dates are as following: B.21 timeline: Disclosure of ESS reports for categories A and I-1 (high intermediation) ... 2018 iTAP meeting – 2-8 September 2018 Disclosure of ESS reports for categories B and I-2 (medium intermediation) ...
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