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GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... in 2005, the concept – whereby developing countries are financially rewarded for reducing emissions by improving ... countries would build national ² capacities to attract the financial reward envisioned by the negotiators. The approach ...
Article > Insights 
Strengthening Kyrgyzstan's capacity to manage the climate finance process and prepare quality projects
... have resulted in substantial changes in the climate financing institutional framework in Kyrgyzstan. The former ... the dismissed institutional framework for national climate financing, finalize the GCF CP reflecting the updated ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Report of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Board Decisions ... of the GCF administrative budget for 2023 GCF 2022 audited financial statements Report on the activities of the ... of the Project Preparation Facility Local currency financing pilot programme Consideration of Independent ...
Event > Board meeting 
Direct Financing for Communities and Businesses to Respond to Climate Change in the Cook Islands
... and project activities, as well as the technical and financial assessment of the options proposed inherent with ... and the Full Funding Proposal Document. Cook Islands Direct Financing for Communities and Businesses to Respond to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cook Islands
FP156 - ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF): Green Recovery Program
Southeast Asia is one of the world's most energy-intensive regions, with rapid urbanisation and industrialisation increasing its greenhouse gas emissions. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the region's...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... AFC has already established a track record in financing renewable energy as the lead investor in the first ... energy for industry and local communities.” AFC is financing and managing key infrastructure projects across ...
Article > Press release 
Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to climate change in the Cook Islands
... retrofits, and sanitation systems. Cook Islands Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to ...
Document > Concept note Cook Islands
Enabling Direct Access to GCF Climate Finance for Cabo Verde
The capacity to access climate finance will be a key determinant of the success of Cabo Verde’s inclusive green growth and climate agenda. Cabo Verde is working to enhance its direct access to climate finance, in...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Enhancing access to climate finance for small island developing states
Small island developing states (SIDS) are an exceptionally heterogeneous group of countries. But they all have one thing in common: they are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. SIDS face numerous climate...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
... preparation support. In his opening address, GCF Chief Financial Officer and Director of Support Services Javier ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Climate finance should focus on rural sector, says leading Indian lender
The entrepreneurial hero of India’s climate response will more likely be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development bank at the start of a key Green...
Article > Press release India 
Prioritising climate finance for vulnerable SIDS during a global pandemic
... recovery in the context of Covid-19. Second, we catalyze financial innovation to increase countries’ access to ... example, we are supporting Antigua and Barbuda to establish financial and institutional mechanisms to facilitate debt ... change. At our last Board meeting we approved a GCF co-financing for a USD 750 million programme – the Global ...
Article > Speech
Zambia Finance Minister signs grant agreement during Livingstone Board meeting
... with the Fund to accelerate its preparations for climate financing. Alexander Chikwanda, Zambian Minister of Finance, ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Enhancing institutional, human and technical capacity of Libya system for climate finance
Libya's engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) represents an opportunity to mobilize the resources needed to finance the implementation of its national and international obligations as Party to the United...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Libya
INFORMAL NOTE 2015-01 - For a Paradigm Shift in Climate Finance, New Perspectives and Mechanisms are Key
Board document > Co-Chairs note
Board document > Co-Chairs note
Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
... Fund, the programme offers developing countries immediate financial support to strengthen their systems and prepare ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
Climate Change Division, Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics
... subnational level; and lack of guidelines on local climate financing for the development of resilient investment ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Fiji
Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
... systems, and revolutionise the agricultural world. However, financing for such technologies in the developing world ... Rwanda South Africa Trinidad and Tobago FP181 Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Uxolo podcast: Oyun Sanjaasuren on financing climate action in the Global South
Uxolo podcast: Oyun Sanjaasuren on financing climate action in the Global South ...
Article > Article about GCF 
CAF and the GCF to finance green projects in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru
Article > Article about GCF
Article > Article about GCF
GCF plays vital role in mobilizing finance for climate action: Mohieldin
Article > Article about GCF
Article > Article about GCF
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
... the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Climate financing is needed to fund these systems in developing ...
Article > Press release France 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Zambia through the Ministry of Finance
Overall, the proposed activities are establishing and strengthening Zambia’s National Designated Authority, activity area 1, and reviewing strategic frameworks, including the preparations of the country programmes for...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
Interim environmental and social safeguards of the Fund (Performance standards of the International Finance Corporation)
Adopted by decision B.07/02 (c). Adopts the interim environmental and social safeguards to identify, measure, and mitigate environmental and social risks based on IFC standards; will remain in effect until the Fund...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Strengthening strategic Frameworks and Processes to Facilitate Access to Climate Finance in Madagascar and Djibouti
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti Madagascar
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti Madagascar
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Tanzania through the Ministry of Finance and Planning
The implementation of climate change strategies depends on the availability of enough funding for building capacity of national institutions and for implementing climate change initiatives. Some efforts have been made...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania
Adaptation planning support for Tonga through the Ministry of Finance and National Planning
The overall goal of the proposed GCF NAP project is to strengthen the capacity for effective adaptation planning in Tonga. This project will support the Government of Tonga (GoT) to advance its NAP planning process...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Building on readiness achievements to improve Togo's access to climate finance
This proposal follows the first preparatory grant implemented by Togo, in addition to requests for other readiness funding. The funding of this request will enable Togo to strengthen the capacity of the NDA and key...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
Strengthening policies and structures to access climate finance in the Republic of Nicaragua
Due to its geographical position, Nicaragua is exposed to various events linked to natural climatic variability, such as the ENSO (El Niño-La Niña) phenomenon, the Pacific Monsoon systems, and hurricanes, among others;...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nicaragua
Readiness Support for Mobilizing Mali’s Private Sector Access to Climate Finance
Mali is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world due to its geographical location as a landlocked country and climatic (urban flooding, droughts, desertification, heat stress) characteristics...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mali