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Seeding Private Sector Interest in Biodiversity
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Green Climate Fund's Paterson on Green investing
Green Climate Fund's Paterson on Green investing ...
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What do gin and tonic, coffee and mountain climate risks have in common?
For many, mountains are remote sites of natural beauty to admire. But their ... degradation of mountain ecosystems. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is financing various initiatives to help protect and ... on mountains. In this special feature, Veronica Gálmez, GCF’s acting Deputy Director of the Division of Mitigation ...
Article > Insights 
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Tonga
The Government of Tonga launched its second Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change ... and reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts. This GCF NAP project aims to build on Tonga's NDC by accelerating ... of priority actions identified in the JNAP and Tonga GCF Country Programme. The overall goal of the proposed GCF ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Executive Director unveils “50 by 30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
... Director of the Green Climate Fund, announced the tenets of her vision and reform programme to enable the Fund to ... Climate Fund. “I commend the founding parties of the GCF for their vision and call on its champions to help us ... six countries announced additional contributions to GCF at the UN Climate Ambition Summit. Pledges were received ...
Article > News update 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
This application to access the PPF will facilitate the ... Climate Change, the REDD+ National Strategy and the Country GCF Investment Programme, problems still abound because ... work of the consultant, provide technical and strategic guidance in the execution of the project that will culminate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon IUCN
NDA strengthening and direct access process support for Albania
This Readiness proposal aims to support the direct access ... role as the main communication point on Green Climate Fund (GCF) matters in the country by developing an information ... recommendations on incentives and support (e.g. policies, guidelines, financial, technology, replicable and mature ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania GIZ
Scaling up green finance practices: A blueprint to break- through into a climate resilient Cook Islands as a catalyst to mobilize private sector investment
The Cook Islands is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, in ... request for Readiness Support. The Cook Islands is seeking GCF accreditation for the Bank of the Cook Islands which ... and signing off on the Accreditation Master Agreement. The GCF modality of on-lending is an avenue not currently ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
As part of the 7th Annual Scaling Up Community of Practice Workshop, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Brookings Institution organized a Climate ... reduce the cost of financing of these technologies,” said GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec. Glemarec pointed ...
Article > News update 
Identify investment options for climate change adaptation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (within the framework of the National Adaptation Plan project)
The current GCF Readiness support proposal is positioned as Phase II of the GCF- funded proposal titled “Advance the National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bosnia and Herzegovina FAO
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
As a landlocked country, Chad is grappling with security ... In fact, since the inception of Chad’s engagement with GCF, no funding proposal dedicated to the country has been approved yet, as all GCF-funded climate projects that have benefited Chad have ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad IFDD
Thematic brief: Investing in Great Green Wall countries
The Sahel region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Temperatures rising 1.5 times faster than the rest of the world are ... for this African-led initiative. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) shares the GGW initiative's ambition to restore ...
Document > Thematic brief
International Financial Institutions (IFI) Knowledge Management Community of Practice (COP) Summer Meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is delighted to host the International Financial ... queries please contact George Zedginidze gzedginidze@gcfund.org . Virtual, 9:00 PM KST International Financial ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
The worst Peruvian floods in recent memory earlier this year have ... Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and focal point to GCF. “One of the biggest challenges in Latin America is ... Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). CAF has been a GCF instigator of change in Latin America since its ...
Article > Story Peru CAF 
Address at Green Horizon Summit
It is an honour to be invited to join this distinguished ... countries, without increasing their sovereign debt. GCF is supporting a portfolio of USD 20 billion of low ... resilient investments in developing with USD 6 billion in GCF c0-financing funding. GCF co-financing usually takes the ...
Article > Speech
Readiness Support for accreditation gap assessment, capacity building and pipeline development for potential accredited entity
Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (R2E2) is the most ... assess modality.R2E2 responded to initial comments of GCF Secretariat in mid of 2019 (uploaded responses to the ... will require, inter alia, Fiduciary Standards that satisfy GCF criteria. The R2E2 does not currently possess such ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia R2E2
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan for the Rwanda Development Bank
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) is a Public Company Limited by Shares, registered at the ... has gathered internally the different documents needed for GCF ac- creditation. However, the findings advise that it would be valuable to receive the support from GCF in form of a Gap assessment to assist BRD in identifying ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda PwC
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
“TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies” is a GCF-backed project that ... and extreme weather events in Kenya. Katarzyna Lesiuk from GCF’s Africa Regional team conducted a project visit, ...
Article > Insights Kenya IUCN 
IIU, CABEI sign agreement to enhance cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) is strengthening its collaborative efforts with the Integrity ... to establish agreements with all entities accredited to GCF by the middle of 2018. Songdo IIU, CABEI sign agreement ...
Article > Press release CABEI 
Entity Support (2nd phase) for Peru through Profonanpe
Peru, through Profonanpe, has recently started a Readiness support which is aimed at improving its ... of its new role, it requires for example, to work with the GCF to meet their expectations regarding (i) ESMS auditing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Peru Profonanpe
Adaptation Planning support for Bosnia and Herzegovina through UNDP
The proposed project will support the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) to ... National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources will be used to enable the government to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bosnia and Herzegovina UNDP
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Serbia through UNEP
The initial phase of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme will focus on (i): Strengthening country capacities in relation to the GCF (outcome 1), (ii) Engaging stakeholders in consultative ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Serbia UNEP
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Azerbaijan through FAO
In general terms, the proposal will look for opportunities to leverage private sector ... identified as priorities for the engagement with the GCF according to the Country Work Programme and the findings ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Azerbaijan FAO
Strategic frameworks support for Barbados through the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification
Barbados has one approved readiness and preparatory support program ... of a Country Programme will assist in aligning the national GCF approach with existing national policies/programmes. The Country Programme will provide clear guidelines in project selection and ensure that all projects ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
NDA strengthening support for Solomon Islands through SPREP
One of the gaps identified in the Solomon Islands National Climate Change and Disaster Risk ... Solomon Islands is facing in their effort for accessing GCF resources and other global climate funds. This proposal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Solomon Islands SPREP
Call for public comments: Draft supporting operating procedure of the IRM on retaliation
The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has developed and is piloting supporting operating ... the Terms of Reference (TOR) and the Procedures and Guidelines (PGs) of the IRM. One of the modules in the ...
Document > Call for input
The R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R-CReWS)
Increased drought periods have supressed Barbados’ internal renewable water resources ... on Barbados’ wastewater management system. With GCF support this project will reduce the stress of IRWR with ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados CCCCC
Adaptation planning support for the Republic of Moldova through UNDP
The NAP-2 cycle is designed to help the Moldovan government continue to increase ... Each track corresponds to a separate submission to the GCF. The first track (i.e., this NAP-2 proposal) expands and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Moldova UNDP
Advancing a regional approach to e-mobility in Latin America
The current version consists on an amendment of the GCF Readiness project ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Strengthening of Argentina’s NDA and development of National Country Programme
While Argentina’s institutional framework to support climate change mitigation ... and functions and to establish a proper engagement with GCF. Argentina Strengthening of Argentina’s NDA and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina FAO