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GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
The disbursement of Green Climate Fund financing is picking up pace, following a major focus of the ... signed on 19 May 2017 Ecuador - UNDP (FP019) - “Priming financial and land use planning instruments to reduce ...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
... GCF funding for a total value of USD 7.3 billion, with co-financing included. The following projects and programmes ... at B.16: USD 265 million for the GEEREF NeXt programme financing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects ... Bank (EIB); USD 154.7 million for the Renewable Energy Financing Framework programme in Egypt with the European ...
Article > Press release 
GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting to be held in the Pacific, and the final for 2016, closed today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited seven new partner entities.
The fifteenth...
Article > Press release 
GCF and FAO break record in signing fastest ever project agreement, supporting climate-vulnerable Pakistan farmers
In a sign of accelerating climate finance flows, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement to implement a project by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to enhance the climate...
Article > Press release Pakistan FAO 
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
... inherent in their knowledge systems. In Colombia, GCF financing has supported the organization – by the National ...
Article > Press release 
An End of Year Message from GCF
... where GCF can help steer a turning point towards global financial transformation . I wish you all a peaceful ...
Article > Statement 
Readiness Support for accreditation gap assessment, capacity building and pipeline development for potential accredited entity
... project) being currently considered by R2E2 includes financing (through Revolving Fund operating under the aegis ... of R2E2 in partnership with partner banks and non-banking financial institutions) of solar energy and energy efficient ... R2E2’s role as accredited entity and the opportunity of financing transformational climate change programs and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia R2E2
GCF partners with Save the Children on major Vanuatu climate resilience project
... a GCF grant of over USD 26 million, with additional co-financing from the Governments of Vanuatu and Australia and ... now worth USD 10.4 billion – nearly USD 39 billion with cofinancing - and is responding to the needs of Small Island ... through a range of innovative projects and flexible financing packages to help bridge climate investment gaps. ...
Article > News update Vanuatu SCA 
Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition
... To address this issue, Lesotho’s Energy Policy 2015-2025 calls for the increased private sector participation in ... solutions, and two concept notes to leverage private sector financing for large-scale deployment of cleantech solutions ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNIDO
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
... in cocoa farming communities, reinforcing the national financing, improving the business framework for the ... and components; (ii) the theory of change; (iii) a detailed financing plan and budget by project expected result, (iv) ... such as cocoa processing and chocolate industries and financial institutions, among others. In this way, the PPF ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil IICA
Executive Director unveils “50by30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
... Climate Fund, you had the vision and designed a very unique financial mechanism full of potential. At its creation, you wanted a financial instrument with the scale to make an impact, the ...
Article > Speech 
UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
... climate crisis”, he added. A number of countries made new financial commitments to GCF at the UN Climate Action ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Readiness Programme marks milestone, hitting USD 10m in funds disbursed to 59 countries
... and supervision; fiduciary management; progress reporting; and project completion and evaluation. “The GCF ... to see the impact of the programme as countries start to report on how Readiness resources received are helping to ...
Article > Press release CABEI 
Information disclosure policy
Adopted by decision B.12/35 (a). Sets out the policy regarding the information that the Fund makes available to the public either as a routine matter or upon request.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on prohibited practices
Adopted by decision B.22/19. Establishes the specific conduct and activities which are prohibited, the obligations of Covered Individuals and Counterparties to uphold the highest standards of integrity, and the actions...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on restructuring and cancellation
Adopted by decision B.22/14. Sets out the mechanism for decision-making in respect of an approved funding proposal in situations of failure to fulfil conditions, extension of time, waiver of conditions, change to FPs.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
FP089 - Upscaling climate resilience measures in the dry corridor agroecosystems of El Salvador (RECLIMA)
Restoring degraded ecosystems through adaptive agroecosystem management.
Located in the dry corridor of Central America, El Salvador is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate risks in the world. At present, it...
Project > Public sector El Salvador FAO 
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Tonga
... strengthen resilience and gender response in all climate financing programs, and reduce vulnerability to climate ... developed for adaptation planning in Tonga Adaptation financing expenditure and mobilization diversified in Tonga. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project
... is crucial to our ability to support the Paris Agreement by financing impactful, country-driven climate action.” He ... of the local population for disaster events, and provide financial support for climate-related and other disaster ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from developing countries, and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's second official side...
Article > Press release 
Selection process of GCF Board for 2019-2021 membership underway
GCF Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the current three-year term of the Board concludes at the end of this year.
The GCF Board,...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop project portfolio, consider new accreditations
The Green Climate Fund Board opens its eighteenth meeting today. This third meeting of the GCF Board this year is being hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo.
The Board will consider a number...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Baton passes in GCF Secretariat Leadership
... Climate Fund Secretariat. Mr. Manzanares, the Fund's Chief Financial Officer, was appointed Executive Director ad ...
Article > Press release 
Héla Cheikhrouhou to leave GCF after her three years as Executive Director
The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou announced today she will step down in September 2016, at the end of her current term as head of the Fund.
Ms. Cheikhrouhou was appointed by GCF's...
Article > Press release 
COP 21 Side Event – The Green Climate Fund: ‘Looking Beyond Paris’
The Green Climate Fund side event "Looking Beyond Paris" will be held on 9 December 2015.
Expectations on the Green Climate Fund are high. The Fund is charged with playing a decisive role in channeling and catalysing...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
... pandemic with its allocation of USD 878.8 million in new financing at its 26th Board meeting, which wound up today. ...
Article > Press release 
Introductory Webinar on GCF Country Programme Guidance
The Green Climate Fund will host a webinar on the recently published GCF Country Programme Guidance. National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities and other stakeholders are invited to participate in an...
Event > Webinar 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
... the Capacity Gap by 2030” that GCF has become the largest financier of early warning systems in the world and this ... in a year. The UNFCCC established GCF in 2010 to provide financial support for developing country needs in taking ...
Article > News update 
Ocean20: A new self-funded marine resource management framework
... USD 300 million from GCF and other sources for a blended financing scheme, consisting of a grant facility for Blue ...
Article > Press release 
Enabling Activities for the Formulation and Implementation of a Multisectoral National Adaptation Plan for Belize
... arise, as a nation Belize lacks the extensive technical and financial resources required to meet obligations under the ... adaptation solutions will be linked to appropriate climate financing strategies, for which three concept notes will be developed for submission to the GCF for financing consideration. The NAP will take into ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize PACT