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Strong partnerships between countries and entities central to delivering GCF mandate
Accredited Entities of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and developing countries ... Access Entities, in delivering results on the ground. They noted the Fund’s 23 sub-national, national and regional ...
Article > Press release 
Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
Participants who attended the Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue ... Caribbean are returning home with better understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their ... undoubtedly elevated the region’s ambition with GCF,” noted the Fund’s acting Director of Country Programming. ...
Article > Press release Belize 
GCF hosts the annual Private Investment for Climate Conference 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will host the sixth annual GCF Private Investment for Climate ... address market failures, and forge new partnerships. As noted by Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs off on project to improve climate-resilient agriculture in Namibia
Green Climate Fund resources will now start flowing to help poor farmers in ... Fund (EIF) marks the last stage of approval before GCF resources are disbursed to begin climate finance ... climate finance initiatives. “It is heartening to note that this agreement comes only two months after EIF ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Co-Chairs' expectations for the 15th meeting of the GCF Board
... of the Green Climate Fund (B.15) will be held in Apia, Samoa, from 13 to 15 December 2016. It will be the first time the Board has met in the Pacific. According to GCF Board Co-Chairs, Zaheer Fakir (South Africa) and Ewen ... The Co-Chairs are confident that 2016 will end on a high note for the Fund. “The GCF has made tremendous progress ...
Article > Press release 
GCF stresses need to highlight climate connection at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares called for enhanced efforts to link forest protection and ... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment last year. He noted the expansion of GCF’s portfolio of climate finance supporting forest and ...
Article > Press release 
Reflections by GCF experts on latest IPCC report – a glimmer of hope?
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and ... adapt. It is essential that future adaptation actions are guided by improved understanding of what works, underlining ... of Monitoring and Evaluation for projects funded by GCF and others. A glimmer of hope The report has a strong ...
Article > Insights 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ... members to discuss key issues on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) replenishment in the context of urgent global climate ... “The first replenishment meeting ended on a high note with insightful discussions as participants expressed ...
Article > Press release 
GCF workshop builds climate adaptation ties in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Green Climate Fund’s first workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asian ... together." Mr Lakic, who is Montenegro’s focal point with GCF, said the three-day workshop , which concluded on 2 May, ... Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, noted Eastern European and Central Asian countries have not ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
Namibia has begun work on two Green Climate Fund (GCF)–supported ... of these adaptation initiatives marks an important phase of GCF’s efforts to ensure recipient countries control the ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
The ‘what and how’ of engaging with GCF was the focus of a one-day workshop held on 29 November in ... where the country is in engaging with the Fund. Mr. Yamuna noted key lessons from the workshop included the need for an ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 
Caribbean GCF stakeholders gather in Belize for first regional workshop
The Green Climate Fund’s latest readiness workshop is under way in Belize, ... region with first-hand support and guidance on working with GCF. The three-day workshop being held in Belize City from 6 ... threaten to set back development gains. The Fund, she noted, is “an important partner poised to provide ...
Article > Press release 
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
The Green Climate Fund will focus on pursuing high-quality climate projects and improving ... and better linkages between different parts of the GCF Secretariat. We will ensure the quality of the projects ... to USD 9.16 billion,” she said. “It is critical to note this has been done in the last 15 months.” Ms Adam ...
Article > Press release 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new ... six months or 12 months after our projects’ approval,” noted GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec during a ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Structured Dialogue shows strength and weakness of Asian climate approach
The Green Climate Fund's Structured Dialogue with Asia concludes today with an ... Vice Minister of Planning and Investment of Viet Nam, told GCF Structured Dialogue participants earlier this week the ... about Asian prospects in dealing with climate change. He noted regional efforts, with GCF support, could ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting to be held in the ... investments.” Fellow Co-Chair Ewen McDonald (Australia) noted that B.15 was a significant marker for Pacific island ...
Article > Press release 
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
When the Green Climate Fund (GCF) adopted the REDD+ results-based payment pilot programme, REDD+ ¹ had already ... negotiations for over a decade. First floated in 2005, the concept – whereby developing countries are financially ...
Article > Insights 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
Caribbean leaders warned the region is facing the twin threats of climate ... change and COVID-19 during the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF's) Regional Dialogue with the Caribbean Community ... to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre. She also noted GCF’s “readily expressed enthusiasm of the ...
Article > Press release 
US climate envoy supports “indispensable” GCF role during climate forum
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said ... US will provide strong support to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an “indispensable player” in financing global ... of another GCF partner, Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, noted the need to increase climate finance flows quickly to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2018 concluded ... as Co-Chairs, Ayman Shasly and Ewen McDonald.' End notes The nineteenth GCF Board meeting approved the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
On 9 July, over 500 policymakers, climate change experts, development specialists and ... Glemarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which hosted the event. The virtual gathering was held ... Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, one of GCF’s national implementing partners with a mission to ...
Article > Press release 
Guidance for establishing the mitigation impact potential of GCF funded activities in support of Decision B.33/12
The Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) outlines that the ... Panel (iTAP) to adopt a transparent, consistent approach in guiding and evaluating proposals. The guiding document ...
Document > Guides
Status of Pledges (IRM, GCF-1 and GCF-2)
A total of 45 countries, 3 regions and 1 city have made a pledge to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) during the Initial Resource Mobilization (IRM) period. For GCF's First Replenishment (GCF-1) period, 32 countries and ...
Document > Operational document
Annex VII: SAP Review Toolkit
This toolkit has been developed to guide the appraisal of concept notes and funding proposals submitted under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Simplified Approval Process (SAP). The toolkit is ...
Document > Operational document
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
Mali is a landlocked country in the Sahel belt of West Africa ... and technical barriers for rural electrification. The GCF board approved the Mali solar rural electrification ... supporting access to financial services for productive users,” said Mr Christian Adovelande, President of BOAD. ...
Article > Story Mali 
Spanish and French SAP webinars held
A back-to-back series of webinars for GCF's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) was recently held in ... to help guide potential project proponents in submitting concept notes and funding proposals under the pilot programme. The ...
Article > News update 
GCF/2017/Inf.03 and Add.01 - Report on the response to queries in the Board – approved TOR for updating of GCF’s Gender Policy and Action Plan and Add.01
The GCF Board approved the Terms of Reference (TOR) for updating of GCF’s Gender Policy ... made to the gender policy and action plan? This background note attempts to answer these questions in the context of ...
Board document > Information
Resources
Resources for the SAP Dedicated templates and examples annexes for Concept Notes and full Funding Proposals have been developed for the ...
Basic page
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
In response to major changes to the European Union Sugar Protocol ... the National Adaptation Strategy 2006-2013 (NAS) in 2006 to guide the socio-economic transformation of the economy. ... high quality management of the city. Saint Kitts and Nevis GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
GCF/B.40/16 - Terms of Reference Consultancy Services to support the Review of the GCF’s Independent Technical Advisory Panel
The independent Technical Advisory Panel (iTAP), in accordance with decision B.07/03, ... review of funding proposals. In its 39th meeting the Board noted the progress of the Investment Committee regarding the ... Advisory Panel” and recognized the evolving context of GCF work since the previous report commissioned in 2023. The ...
Board document > Action item