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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s investment ... with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). GCF signed an agreement today with DBSA to reduce the cost ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), along with its partners MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and FinDev Canada, have ... development finance institution, is anchored by a GCF commitment of up to USD 150 million in first-loss ...

The Regional dialogue of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean took place on ... of Nicaragua, FILAC, and FAO and supported by the GCF Readiness Programme, the event brought together 100 ... of the Indigenous Peoples Policy across all the GCF activities. It also involved exchanging experiences and ...

The Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue for the Pacific begins today in Pohnpei, ... region has been highly successful in its engagement with GCF, with nine full funding proposals approved to date ... cohesion in the region's response to climate change. Guidance will be provided for countries in the region as to ...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón will open the Green ... tomorrow. The four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's ... from the Pacific side of Central America to Panama. Many GCF Partners in Latin America, and in the neighbouring ...

Samoa’s Minister for Finance, the Hon Sili Epa Tuioti, and ... Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the Pacific. Samoa and Australia are co-hosting the GCF Board’s final meeting for 2016 in Apia, Samoa from 13 ...

GCF is pioneering an innovative new approach to developing climate-resilient infrastructure, which is set to make a big splash at ... surges and sea level rise. A pilot project launched by GCF together with the Government of Jamaica is testing the ...

At the Investor Agenda roundtable held yesterday on the sidelines of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, GCF joined investors and other representatives from the ... Engagement, Investor Disclosure, and Policy Advocacy. GCF supports strong investor action to combat climate change ...

Today, the Green Climate Fund and Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) signed an agreement ... while also reducing construction timelines. The GCF investment of USD 100 million in the Climate Investor ... FMO and Sanlam InfraWorks. Tony Clamp, Deputy Director of GCF’s Private Sector Facility, said: “The Green Climate ...

The Green Climate Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have deepened their ... a Funded Activity Agreement to free USD 37.6 million of GCF grant financing in the USD 243.1 million Saïss Water ... away from the unsustainable use of groundwater. Ayaan Adam, GCF Private Sector Facility’s Director, and Lin O’Grady, ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) appointed Kavita Sinha as the new Director of its Division of Private ... she will oversee the leadership and management direction of GCF’s private sector initiatives and as a member of the ...

The GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (RPSP) is the world’s ... climate action capacity building program. As per the GCF’s Evaluation Policy (adopted by the Board in May of ...

The Green Climate Fund and the Asian Development Bank have deepened their support bolstering ... on Monday in Nadi, Fiji prepares the legal groundwork for GCF to begin transferring its USD 31 million contribution to ... Suva upstream – projected to benefit over 300,000 people. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey said the timing of the ...

One of the best ways to deal with recurring droughts and floods in ... as the Argentinian agency is known in Spanish, joined other GCF partners at the GCF Empowering Direct Access workshop held on 23 to 25 May. ...

From today, developing countries will have stronger technology and financial backing to ... have begun working together earlier this year through the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme that has ... around the planet. “It is essential the resources GCF deploys are well targeted to the needs of recipient ...

XacBank, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entity, is helping Mongolia forge a new sustainable phase in its ... The one-day event run by XacBank , and supported by GCF, is designed to tap the entrepreneurial energies of the ...

... the Board of the Green Climate Fund (B.13) will be held in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 28 to 30 June 2016. B.13 shifts the focus from operational essentials to the GCF's core business of funding proposals and strengthening ... partner with the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and investment, assessment of the ...

The Green Climate Fund is transferring funds to two projects in Namibia to enhance ... of climate finance. The funds transfer comes as GCF scales up disbursements to approved projects. Recent ... Both Namibian climate finance projects, approved by the GCF Board at the end of last year, are being carried out by ...

A first disbursement of USD 50 million marks the start of the implementation of the GCF solar rooftop programme in India. The trustee of the Green Climate Fund transferred the funds for the first GCF private sector project in the country to NABARD, which ...

Uncertainty should not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, ... UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar supported by GCF at the global climate change conference in Bonn. ... countries with support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The seminar attracted over 100 participants from more ...

... meeting of the Board (B.13) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved its first funding proposals for 2016 totalling ... at B.13 was the adoption of interim risk and investment guidelines that will help to attract proposals capable of ...

Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief fund launched today ... solvent by providing them with short-term loans. GCF is the largest contributor to EARF, providing a USD 30 ...

GCF and Save the Children have signed an agreement on a major new community-based climate ... swiftly after the project’s approval at the most recent GCF Board meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. The Vanuatu ...

Tipping point or turning point: Global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery As the ... countries to respond to the challenges of climate change, GCF is a vital player in climate-resilient recovery ... and SDGs. Committed to both adaptation and mitigation, GCF can tailor investments to address the specific barriers ...

The Board of the Green Climate Fund has taken a series of policy decisions designed to strengthen ... the remaining three meetings this year,” he added. GCF’s current pipeline includes 22 private and public ... of the Fund’s first Strategic Plan, which sets out GCF’s vision, operational priorities, and an action plan ...

The Green Climate Fund signed a funding agreement with Kreditanstalt für ... (FAA) with KfW, Germany’s development bank and a GCF Accredited Entity, allows GCF to begin transferring grant assistance in this USD 194 ...

... to begin a combined mitigation and adaptation project stemming deforestation in Peru’s Amazon basin. The signing of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between GCF and the Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and ... this project. The announcement provides a further fillip to GCF’s 15th Board meeting, which winds up today in Samoa. ...

... the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed an agreement that will kick off the implementation of ... for the successful implementation of adaptation activities. GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares said the ... sector in funding climate adaption and reinforced the GCF’s commitment to helping the Central American region ...

The Green Climate Fund announced a USD 43 million partnership to permanently preserve Bhutan’s ... Fund’s first project with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). GCF’s contribution of USD 26.6 million was approved by its ... and preserve its biodiversity,” stated Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy Executive Director a.i., who spoke at a ceremony ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its last Board meeting of 2017 by approving 11 new projects ... 54 projects and programmes amounting to USD 2.65 billion in GCF funding. The following projects and programmes were ...