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GCF and WMO agree to strengthen science in climate response
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an agreement to leverage WMO expertise in weather, climate and water to increase the effectiveness of GCF-financed activities....
Article > Press release 
GCF funding agreement with Namibia first under new simplified approach
... communities as it provides efficient access to GCF financing, which is a key factor for transformational ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... GCF’s ongoing support and assess the overall trends of financial investments across the continent. This will help ...
Article > Press release Mali 
GCF triggers funding for Peruvian project, preventing Amazon emissions
The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a combined mitigation and adaptation project stemming deforestation in Peru’s Amazon basin.
The signing of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between GCF...
Article > Press release Peru 
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
Samoa’s Minister for Finance, the Hon Sili Epa Tuioti, and Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board...
Article > Press release Samoa 
GCF hosts discussion on Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement
The second side-event hosted by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last week’s event examining the Fund's progress to date, the GCF Board Co-Chairs...
Article > Press release 
GCF stresses need to highlight climate connection at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares called for enhanced efforts to link forest protection and climate action today while stressing the Fund’s desire to provide more finances to keep forests...
Article > Press release 
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
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
... inflows of capital as a result of the effects of the global financial and economic downturn, the implementation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
The International Financial Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for ...
Article > News update 
Building capacity towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia
This Readiness request aims to contribute to a shift towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia. This change process will be achieved through building capacities and creating an evidence-based and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia
Capacity strengthening of UCLG Africa applying for Direct Access modality and pipeline development to implement NDCs at territorial level in Morocco
This readiness proposal seeks to address the following gaps, challenges and weaknesses which have been identified in the past few years: i) the lack of implementation of NDCs’ objectives at the local level, and thus the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Morocco
National Readiness to enable strategic approaches for 30x30 investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
... strategy for 30x30 in DRC and the Congo Basin, including a financing mechanism to support implementation that is ... a national concept note and costed national action plan for financing a nationally focused and regionally aligned 30x30 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions in line with the Paris...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Phase 1: Capacity development and institutional strengthening to support the development and delivery of Dominica’s GCF work program and facilitate the enabling environment for hydrogen production as part of Dominica’s low carbon and climate resilient economy
... of Dominica to implement the level and scale of financing required for this transition. It is evident that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Strengthening the capacity of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to assess and address the impacts of climate change on the provision of water and sanitation services and to build the project pipeline for water and sanitation projects in the Syrian Arab Republic
... security and economic crises have reduced technical and financial capacities to operate and maintain WASH ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Syrian Arab Republic
Executive Director's opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
Excellencies, colleagues, and friends,
Welcome to GCF’s second replenishment Pledging Conference.
Let me begin by congratulating Germany for demonstrating remarkable leadership in climate finance. Thanks to the German...
Article > Speech 
Partnering on climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... droughts. The Green Climate Fund has five projects, with financing of USD 46.6 million, invested in the country. ...
Article > News update North Macedonia 
USD 1 billion of climate investments to be considered at the last GCF Board meeting of the year
... items. In addition, the work programmes and budgets for 2025-2027 of the Secretariat and independent units will be ... overall total of more than USD 61.5 billion, including co-financing by the year-end. GCF B.40 will be attended by ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director’s remarks
... been committed to SIDS. That's four times more than other financial institutions—on average, SIDS received 2 percent ... not just about quantum; it's also about quality. 65% of our financing to SIDS is grant-based, and GCF does not ...
Article > Speech
FP086 - Green Cities Facility
... development can be challenging as municipalities face financial constraints for funding sustainable urban ... in sustainable infrastructure. It will provide concessional financial instruments that will allow ambitious investments ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
... to GCF’s support for Antigua and Barbuda in establishing financial and institutional mechanisms to facilitate debt ... community does not act quickly to make up for delays in financing commitments under the Paris Agreement, climate ...
Article > Press release 
The Green Climate Fund, the Global Partnership for Education and Save the Children launch the world’s largest investment for green schools at COP28
... finance in the education sector. This ground-breaking financing mechanism will support education systems in ... the private sector, can contribute to through additional financing for greener and more climate-resilient education ... of $13.5 billion USD ($51.8 billion USD including co-financing) delivering transformative climate action in more ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
... leaders, and potential co-investment partners from private financial institutions. The landmark event represents a first step towards building a trusted network of financiers in France that will collaborate closely to expand ... in developing countries. GCF is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework ...
Article > Press release 
High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
... element of the climate finance architecture, as part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and in serving the Paris ... funds to accelerate green market creation and unlock larger financial flows from the private sector. A successful ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Appeals
Overview
Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the Board to consider appeals from requesters.
The IAP is composed of the three heads...
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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...
Basic page > Policy map
Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... but it soon became apparent that limited human and financial resources were limiting the country’s valiant ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Sixty metres from one side of the island to the other. Sixty metres from the ocean to the lagoon. Sixty metres from rising sea levels, more powerful and unpredictable storms, and increasingly powerful King Tides....
Article > Insights 
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
... of projects and disbursement. “When combined with co-financing, the USD 2.65 billion of funding committed by GCF ... Scheme - with an allocation of up to USD 80 million in GCF financing. This new pilot streamlines and simplifies ...
Article > Press release 