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Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) Pilot
The session is organized by the International Center for Climate ... Conference, in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on 21 January 2021 at 12:00 BST / 15:00 KST. This ... Direct Access (EDA) pilot and its recently released EDA guidelines , and to draw from partners’ insights and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
The Government of Mongolia recently signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and ... Determined Contribution announced today. By exempting GCF resources from national taxation, the agreement ensures ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Grenada PM calls for decisive climate action at GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean
At the second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, the Prime Minister ... climate change and called for this week’s dialogue with GCF to put the region on a path towards transformative ...
Article > Press release 
GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
A key agreement signed today between the Green Climate Fund and the ... United Nations General Assembly creates the potential for GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural ... detailing the overarching rights and obligations of GCF Accredited Entities , such as IFAD . GCF Deputy ...
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 ... term of the Board concludes at the end of this year. The GCF Board, consisting of 24 members representing developed ...
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 ... a number of funding proposals from its Accredited Entities. GCF currently has a project portfolio of 43 projects, ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF approves first grants for National Adaptation Planning in Liberia and Nepal
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today announced the approval of its first grants in support of processes to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Under the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, Liberia ...
Article > Press release Liberia Nepal 
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 ... term as head of the Fund. Ms. Cheikhrouhou was appointed by GCF's Board in June 2013 to serve as the Fund’s first ... Climate Agreement in December 2015, she worked with the GCF Board to secure the approval of USD 168 million in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF partnership with Pegasus set to protect coral reefs across 17 countries
The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) first private sector support for the blue ... further in bolstering coral reefs from the climate crisis. GCF has signed a funded activity agreement with Pegasus ...
Article > News update 
Technical assistance project to facilitate APIA’s accreditation process to the GCF
The Tunisian NDA team has defined a strategy to implement its GCF country programme, including the identification of the ... to become a direct access entity in Tunisia. The GCF Secretariat has analyzed the first submission done ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
i) Climate background and institutional and policy context: Eswatini has a significant ... statement: The Government of Eswatini has identified GCF Country Priority investment areas in alignment with the 8 GCF result areas. The country still lacks channels to access ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, stressed the ... silos to fight climate change at a joint meeting with GCF at COP24. Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive Director a.i. identified three priorities for ...
Article > News update 
EBRD-GCF Green Cities Facility Takes a Major Step Forward
A joint investment by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the European Bank ... The project is the first to be jointly co-financed by GCF and EBRD as part of the Green Cities Facility, which ...
Article > News update Georgia 
Funds flow in GCF’s first direct access project with Pacific Islands
The Green Climate Fund has signed a funding agreement with the Secretariat of the ... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) allows GCF to transfer USD 296,730 to SPREP in the first tranche of ... most vulnerable nation. FAAs set the legal framework for GCF Accredited Entities to carry out GCF-approved climate ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu 
GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks on Friday to discuss how an ambitious replenishment of GCF will support increased commitments in the next round of ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Open dialogue on the development of the GCF Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The webinar is organized by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with the GCF. This webinar aims to engage partners involved in ... projects are reflected in the development of the EDA Guidelines currently under development by the GCF ...
Event > Webinar 
Call for Public Inputs: Development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards - Stage 1: scoping
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities to provide inputs to the development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards. Inputs are ...
Document > Call for input
GCF and Acumen sign agreement to promote resilient agriculture in East and West Africa
The Green Climate Fund and Acumen have signed funding agreements which will open up new channels of ... resilient agriculture projects in East and West Africa. GCF has committed USD 26 million to Acumen aimed at ensuring ... productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers. GCF Private Sector Facility Deputy Director Tony Clamp said ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to implement the Tina River Hydropower ... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) enables GCF to begin transferring USD 86 million in climate ...
Article > Press release Solomon Islands 
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
Monrovia – Board members, advisors and active observers are convening here to discuss how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) can sharpen its vision and strategic priorities to ... to reduce GHG emissions and adapt to climate change, GCF drives climate finance to where it is needed most: ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
GCF and IDCOL sign key agreement on ambitious energy project
GCF and the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Bangladesh) or IDCOL, have signed a critical agreement to implement ... industries. The agreement was signed at the most recent GCF Board meeting , the first in person Board meeting to be ...
Article > News update Bangladesh 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
The Green Climate Fund will help African countries ramp up their economic growth in ways that do not ... Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. AFC was accredited to GCF in July ...
Article > Press release 
GCF hails Mongolia partnerships as model for mobilising private capital
Mobilising private sector capital is critical to climate transformation, and GCF’s partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund ... climate capacity and ownership,” stated Ms Adam in her keynote speech. “We are also using public funds to catalyze ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place on 2-4 April in ... Montego Bay, Jamaica. Following the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean in 2017, the ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
GCF and Korea Development Bank help climate innovators traverse “valley of death”
We need innovation to provide climate solutions. But too many great new ideas die in the so-called ... with a new partnership between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Korea Development Bank (KDB), supported by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). On July 21, 2021, GCF and KDB signed a USD 1.2 million grant agreement to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
GCF will host two major conferences next week, bringing together ... figures from the public and private sectors to inform GCF programming, forge partnerships and maintain momentum on ... Each day will consist of plenary sessions with keynote speakers and climate solution providers, coupled with a ...
Article > News update 
Critical GCF Micronesia adaptation project gets underway in record time
The Green Climate Fund has transferred the first tranche of funding for an adaptation ... just 36 days after Board approval, making this the fastest GCF project to be implemented so far. The Funding Proposal was submitted to GCF on 25 March 2021, so the project has moved from proposal ...
Article > News update 
GCF readiness week to focus on accelerating countries’ direct access to the Fund’s resources
Ramping up support to country partners in developing projects and programmes for consideration by the GCF Board will be the focus of a “readiness week” that GCF is organizing from 25 to 29 April at its headquarters in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board meets to consider USD 1.2 billion of new climate projects
The GCF Board will consider proposals amounting to 1.2 billion in new climate financing ... developed and developing countries equally - oversee GCF’s operations. See the Boardroom section to find out ...
Article > Press release 
GCF introductory webinars on the Digital Accreditation Platform for Accreditation Applicants
The content of this section will soon be revised The GCF Board adopted the ... We are pleased to announce that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat will be launching the new Digital ...
Event > Webinar 