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Project Preparation for Community-Based Interventions for Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Vulnerable States (SIDS)
... ecosystem-based adaptation. This proposed EDA programme will build on and upscale successful interventions ... the Micronesia Challenge, the Pacific Ridge to Reef (R2R) Programme and Adaptation Fund project Enhancing the Climate ... rely to climate change stressors. The PPF support from GCF is needed to conduct the following activities, which ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... ecosystem-based adaptation. This proposed EDA programme will build on and upscale successful interventions ... the Micronesia Challenge, the Pacific Ridge to Reef (R2R) Programme and Adaptation Fund project Enhancing the Climate ... rely to climate change stressors. The PPF support from GCF is needed to conduct the following activities, which ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Building capacity to advance the National Adaptation Plan Process in Georgia
... prioritising the inclusion of women and vulnerable groups. GCF’s support through these components will allow Georgia ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Georgia
Strengthening institutional capacities and coordination mechanisms for accelerating and scaling up the mobilization of climate finance in Mozambique
... process and start the formulation of an Entity Work Programme and preparation/selection of one concept note with ... (PPF) request to support the elaboration of a first GCF funding proposal with FNDS as Direct Access Entity. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mozambique
Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
... (tCO2eq) over the Project lifetime at a cost to the GCF of USD 0.14/tCO2eq. [1] 2016. Integrated Land-Use ...
Document > Concept note Zambia
Aligning financial flows of the financial sector in Costa Rica with the Paris Agreement climate change goals
... technical assistance for: (1) the development of its GCF Country Programme, (2) the assessment of climate finance flows ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Costa Rica
FP024 - Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia
... the first enhanced direct access (EDA) project approved by GCF Board in October 2016 with USD 10 million funding to ...
Project > Public sector Namibia 
REDD+ Results Based Payments concept note template
The new concept note template focuses on capturing the REDD+ results, alignment with the eligibility criteria (Warsaw Framework) and proposed use of proceeds.
Document > Template
REDD+ Results Based Payments funding proposal template
The Funding Proposal template is accompanied by a special user guide to assist countries and accredited entities develop the REDD+ RBP funding proposal. It focuses on REDD+ eligibility criteria and how the project meets...
Document > Template
Operational guidelines: Indigenous Peoples Policy
These guidelines provide guidance on the application of the Indigenous Peoples Policy that forms part of the Green Climate Fund’s environmental and social management system. The guidelines help to explain the...
Document > Guides
Notification related to FP054
This notification provides details on the status of FP054, which lapsed on 27 June 2019.
Document > Notification
Procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted
Adopted by decision B.23/03 and updated by decision B.32/10. Sets out procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted adopted. Previous procedures adopted at B....
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Meet iTAP event: Demonstrating and assessing impact potential for climate change adaptation
Speakers:
Caroline Petersen, Chair of iTAP
Carmenza Robledo Abad, Member of iTAP
Kénel Délusca, Member of iTAP
This Meet iTAP session commences with welcoming introductory remarks by the iTAP Chair, Caroline...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Revised environmental and social policy
Adopted by decision B.BM-2021/18; applicable to all projects from B.32 onwards. Revises the environmental and social policy to reaffirm the Fund's commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policies: Financial instruments
Financial instruments
The Governing Instrument sets out that the Fund will provide financing in the form of grants and concessional lending, and through other modalities, instruments or facilities as may be approved by...
Basic page > Policy map
Ocean
Overview
Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life Below Water highlights the importance of ocean health, yet progress toward its targets has lagged behind other SDGs. Collaboration is essential to tackle the climate and...
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From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
... project in 2017 with the support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) . The project aims to secure year-round, ...
Article > Story Maldives 
Supporting REDD+ Readiness Preparation and Implementation in Sudan
1. Sudan seeks to use GCF readiness support to complete and consolidate the REDD+ ... on emission reductions (ER) and carbon removal projects and programme. In particular, Sudan intends to use the readiness ... FRL will enable Sudan to prepare pipelines of ER projects/programmes, implement emission reduction interventions in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sudan
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
... Government of Pakistan, with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), is implementing a comprehensive project to mitigate ...
Article > Story Pakistan 
Committees, panels and groups
Committees, panels and groups
Committees assist the Board in its decision-making, and exercise any delegated authority under the overall authority and direction of the Board. Except for standing committees, all...
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Work with us
Our values
Committed to climate action
We are committed to working together to make a difference on climate change, both through our funded activities and the sustainability of our operations.
Innovative
We...
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Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Kenya’s Ministry of Energy, and Senegal’s Ministry ... entail more members starting their own production centres. GCF’s grant support has been crucial to kickstart the ...
Article > Story Kenya 
Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for Board-appointed officials
Adopted by decision B.13/27 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for the Board-appointed officials.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Indigenous peoples policy
Adopted by decision B.19/11. Sets out the approach to incorporating the circumstances of indigenous peoples into decision-making while working towards climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Investment risk policy (Component V)
Adopted by decision B.19/04 (a) (i). Defines the investment risk management requirements related to the risk of failure of a Funded Activity or Readiness / Project Preparation Facility (“PPF”) Proposal to deliver the...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for the Board of the Green Climate Fund
Adopted by decision B.09/03 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for the Board.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP122: Blue Action Fund (BAF) - Ecosystem-based Adaptation to climate change in Maputo Environmental Protection Area (MEPA): Conserving and building resilience
... (MEPA): Conserving and building resilience". Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental or ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
Early warning systems
Overview
People in Africa, South Asia, South and Central America, and the inhabitants of small island states are 15 times more likely to die from climate disasters. These disasters displace three times more people than...
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Meet iTAP event: Water and climate change
In this Meet the iTAP we discussed the topic of “Water and Climate Change”. Growing demand for water increases competition for water resources, and may induce additional energy-intensive water pumping, transfers and...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
BNP Paribas S.A.
BNP Paribas S.A. (BNP Paribas) is an international entity based in France that operates globally, and that provides and carries out investment services and banking transactions globally through various financial...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France