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GCF partners with FAO on two major climate-resilience projects in Benin and the Gambia
GCF and FAO have signed an agreement for $60 million in funding for two new major projects that will improve climate-resilience in Benin and the ... and adaptation projects were approved at the most recent GCF Board meeting in Incheon, South Korea. GCF will provide ...
Article > News update Benin Gambia 
GCF Board approves USD 745 million in funding proposals
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has reached a new milestone today with the approval of USD 745 ... accomplishment for the Fund,” said Mr. Zaheer Fakir, GCF Board’s developing country Co-Chair. “With these ...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a grant to support preparations for a regional climate-resilient water ... African Development Community (SADC). Funding from the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) will support the ...
Article > News update 
Call for Public Inputs: Proposal for GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities to provide inputs to GCF’s proposal on REDD+ results-based payments. Inputs are ...
Document > Call for input
GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
The Green Climate Fund has transferred the first tranche of climate funds to improve ... The first tranche of USD 6 million marks the start of GCF’s disbursements in a joint project with UN Environment , a GCF Accredited Entity. The USD 20.5 million project is set ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
GCF targets private investment shift at inaugural climate conference
The Green Climate Fund’s first conference focusing exclusively on the private ... from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching 'net zero' around 2050. GCF is hosting the Private Investment for Climate Conference ... action by the large margins needed. A unique aspect of GCF is its ability to engage with both the private and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund will strive to drive momentum from its first conference focusing ... the trillions of dollars needed for climate finance. GCF’s Private Investment for Climate Conference wound up ... into funding low-emission and climate-resistant pathways. GCF Deputy Executive Javier Manzanares said the IPCC’s ...
Article > Press release 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
A GCF event at COP26 brought together a panel of international and national organisations, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and young ... action that protects people’s lives. Carolina Fuentes, GCF’s Secretary to the Board, told the COP26 event ...
Article > News update 
Developing country entrepreneurs cause for hope, GCF deputy tells meeting
Innovation in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and ... the two-day conference, held in Incheon, the host city of GCF. China continues to lead a global surge of renewable ... in developing countries,” said the acting deputy head of GCF. “But neither we, nor anyone wishing to progress ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
... participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that the Government of the ... his speech to the Ministerial meeting, Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy Executive Director a.i. stressed the co-benefits ... transition of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with GCF’s current project portfolio supporting the efforts of ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater ... eligible projects with concessional co-investments. GCF funding will support technical assistance for project ... skills to manage climate-resilient infrastructure. GCF’s USD 250-million loan commitment will help bridge the ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
GCF and World Wildlife Fund sign key Colombia landscapes agreement
GCF and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have signed an agreement to rapidly implement an innovative ... is USD 145.2 million, including a USD 43 million grant from GCF. Speaking at the signing of a Funded Activity Agreement, ...
Article > News update 
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources Lamin Dibba said a GCF-funded adaptation project launched on Tuesday will ... climate." The project , which combines a USD 20.5 million GCF grant with a USD 5 million outlay from the government of ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
GCF slates future climate cooperation with China Development Bank
The Green Climate Fund has signed an agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB), ... climate action. While the agreement – signed recently by GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and CDB Vice President ... loans to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. China Songdo GCF slates future climate cooperation with China Development ...
Article > Press release China 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
... 2015, the Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at ... is scaled up substantially and on an ongoing basis. GCF’s Executive Director underscored the need for funding ... francophone African Ministers. Songdo Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial ...
Article > Press release 
Call for public input: Review of GCF's Information Disclosure Policy
In accordance with paragraph 41 of the Information Disclosure Policy, the Ethics and Audit Committee (EAC) of the ... is now seeking inputs from various stakeholders. The GCF Secretariat welcomes any views on IDP implementation ... paragraph 41 of the IDP. Call for public input: Review of GCF's Information Disclosure Policy ...
Document > Call for input
GCF and World Bank sign renewable energy project agreement
GCF and the World Bank have signed an instrumental legal agreement to rapidly begin implementing the ... and Tunisia. SRMI-Resilience is a USD 160 million GCF program which will be blended with USD 960 million in ...
Article > News update 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
The removal of barriers hindering global financial flows to developing countries ... investments by 2030. This was one of Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec’s key messages during GCF’s annual Private Investment for Climate Conference ...
Article > Press release 
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development ... the programme, of which USD 270 million will be provided by GCF. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “The launch ...
Article > Press release 
Supporting the Productive Development Bank in Bolivia to meet GCF accreditation standards
Bolivia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change ... process to achieve accreditation by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a national implementing entity. In this regard, PDB ... and Social Safeguards and Gender and Indigenous People guidelines of the Green Climate Fund (through the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Annual Performance Reporting on GCF Funded Activities through the Updated PPMS
Since its introduction in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat ... requests, the system allows partners to track the status of GCF’s review of their submissions and requests in real ...
Event > Webinar 
Developing GCF pipeline of projects from locally- driven climate actions
Thailand Country Programme (TCP) has prioritized scaling up climate change mitigation actions ... and ability to attract financial resources (including from GCF) for their locally-driven climate actions. There are 2 ... particularly to be in line with the Green Climate Fund (GCF)and other climate finance funds. Thailand Developing GCF ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
GCF launches climate finance report during Seoul P4G summit
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched a new report on how global finance can be aligned ... Paris Agreement and deliver a COVID-19 economic recovery. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec introduced the ...
Article > Press release 
Delivering climate action: GCF and partners sign agreements for six new projects
Six project agreements were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners on the margins of GCF’s 37th Board meeting (23- 25 October 2023) in Tbilisi, ...
Article > News update 
GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has selected Mr. Howard Bamsey as the Executive Director of ... a variety of senior government and executive positions. The GCF was established to support low-emissions and ... in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea. Songdo GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening DAEs’ financial reporting and fiduciary excellence for GCF-funded activities
The Green Climate Fund is hosting an interactive training session titled ... DAEs’ Financial Reporting and Fiduciary Excellence for GCF-Funded Activities.” The session aims to help Direct ... released funds. This training will provide practical guidance to strengthen institutional capacity in preparing ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF and Korean Government join forces to promote global Green New Deal
The head of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Thursday called for a global Green New Deal in which ... must be mutually supportive to be effective,” said GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec during an ...
Article > Press release 
Training on GCF Readiness grant reporting in the Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS)
Following the launch of Green Climate Fund's (GCF) Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS) for ... system. During the webinar, the Secretariat will provide guidance on the following aspects: Readiness Result ...
Event > Webinar 
Tanzania: GCF and CRDB Bank agree on climate resilience for farmers
Tanzania: GCF and CRDB Bank agree on climate resilience for farmers ...
Article > Article about GCF 
CAF and the GCF to finance green projects in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru
CAF and the GCF to finance green projects in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru ...
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