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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 EBRD 
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 SPREP 
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 Acumen 
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 WorldBank 
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 IDCOL 
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 AFC 
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 KDB 
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 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 
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 projects under implementation hit the USD 2 billion mark
With Funded Activity Agreements for FP066 and FP058 coming into effect, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) marks another milestone – it now has USD 2 billion ... shifting them to a low-emission and climate-resilient path. GCF projects under implementation hit the USD 2 billion mark ...
Article > News update 
GCF and CTCN: Expanding green technology assistance in developing countries
... and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) are stepping up collaboration to accelerate the development and ... This partnership is well illustrated through the GCF Readiness Programme that has approved funding to support ... between GCF and CTCN directly responds to GCF Board guidance that encourages the enhancement of cooperation and ...
Article > Press release 
Annual performance reporting on GCF funded activities through the updated PPMS
Since its inauguration in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat ... This platform facilitates seamless interactions between GCF Secretariat and its partners such as Accredited Entities ...
Event > Webinar 
Stakeholder consultation regarding feasibility study on GCF regional presence
The GCF Board has recently commissioned a study on the feasibility of establishing a GCF regional presence. The study explores the needs and ...
Event > Webinar 
Consultation Sessions on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Project Preparation Facility (PPF)
... Preparation Facility (PPF) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established in 2015 with the objective to provide funding for the preparation of GCF funding proposals, especially those targeting ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and Asia-Pacific SIDS strengthen ties for climate action
More than 150 representatives from the frontlines of the climate crisis in the ... the Cook Islands this month for the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Regional Dialogue with the Pacific and Asian SIDS . ... also updated partners on its latest policies, tools, and guidance to simplify and quicken access to finance. A ...
Article > News update Cook Islands 
GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
The Government of Lao PDR is leading the way to ensure complementarity and coherence in its programming plans for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), two global ... UNFCCC. It is the first country to host a joint mission of GCF and GEF to support ambitious climate action in Lao PDR. ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
The importance of the private sector was a common theme among many of the participants at the recently-concluded GCF Structured Dialogue in Latin America. Opening the ... specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) , a GCF Accredited Entity with seven projects approved by the ...
Article > Press release Colombia CAF 
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
If you enjoy citrus fruit, you most likely have tasted a clementine from ... sector climate-resilient and sustainable. ADA is one of GCF’s 54 Accredited Entities, becoming a GCF partner in March 2016. One project ADA wants to develop ...
Article > Story Morocco ADA_Morocco 
GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded ... new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has concluded Readiness Framework Agreements with the United ... serve as readiness support delivery partners with the Fund. GCF has approved readiness requests from up to twenty ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries GIZ 
GCF approves Project Preparation Facility grant to establish Barbados green bank
The Blue-Green Investment Corporation (BGIC), the first green bank in the Caribbean, was approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to receive support from GCF's Project Preparation ... of Barbados on the establishment of a green bank, initially conceptualised by the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to ...
Article > Press release Barbados PCA 