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Learn about GCF’s REDD+ support during June webinars
GCF will host the first of a series of REDD+ webinars on 19 ... the sessions will cover all three REDD+ phases - including GCF’s start in February to making Results-Based Payments ... conducted in English, French and Spanish. Learn about GCF’s REDD+ support during June webinars ...
Article > News update 
GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities
GCF has signed an implementation agreement with German development bank KfW for GCF’s first “blue economy” project in the Western ... in Tanzania, Madagascar, South Africa and Mozambique. GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities ...
Article > News update 
Consultation to inform the review and update of GCF’s Monitoring and Accountability Framework
The GCF’s Board, through decision B.40/15, requested the Secretariat to present updates to the GCF’s monitoring and accountability framework at the ... implementation of each of the GCF-funded projects and programmes by the AE. As part of the consultation process, ...
Event > Webinar 
Mainstreaming climate action: Howard Bamsey outlines GCF’s transformative efforts
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) emphasised its support for mainstreaming climate action ... a side-event held in Paris ahead of the One Planet Summit. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey heralded the commitment ... (EIB). Howard Bamsey then highlighted how GCF's readiness programme aids countries in building consciousness of the ...
Article > Press release France 
Ambassador Black-Layne signs Antigua and Barbuda’s grant agreement with GCF
... its readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). A signing ceremony between Ambassador Black-Layne of the Ministry of Health and the Environment and GCF’s Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou took place on ... will put in place the preliminary infrastructure needed for GCF to extend its support to the two-island country’s ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
GCF agreement with FAO helps climate proof agriculture in Latin America
... the signing of an agreement between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ... opens the way for the transfer of USD 25.1 million in GCF funds to the Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate ... with livestock grazing. FAO Assistant Director-General for Programme Support and Technical Cooperation, Roberto ...
Article > Press release 
GCF to explore how to extend REDD+ coverage at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will search for ways to expand the Fund’s use of ... which opens on Monday in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. GCF will participate in the forestry week, the fourth and ... a wide range of forestry experts to determine how to expand GCF’s engagement with REDD+ and other land ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and UNIDO partnership agreement bolster climate-resilient industrial development
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has taken another step towards greening the industry ... way for UNIDO to submit climate project proposals to GCF for funding. “Our partnership with UNIDO opens new ... Managing Director of the Directorate of Programme, Partnerships and Field Coordination. UNIDO became ...
Article > Press release UNIDO 
GCF kicks off its first Board meeting of 2025
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will host the 41st meeting of the GCF Board (B.41) in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea from ... Twelve new climate projects totalling USD 736.8 million of GCF funding will be considered for Board approval. Half of ...
Article > News update 
Compilation of submissions: Review and Update of the GCF Gender Policy and Action Plan
On 20 April 2017, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) published a call for inputs that invited members and ... inputs on in relation to the review and update of the GCF gender policy and action plan. The call followed a mandate from the GCF Board in Decision B.09/11, paragraph (d) requesting the ...
Document > Call for input
GCF-EBRD agreement launches USD 1 billion initiative to curb industry emissions
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is taking a major step to reduce industrial emissions ... agreement lays the groundwork to implement a high-impact programme to curtail industrial greenhouse gas emissions ... from the corporate sector across seven countries. It marks GCF’s first large-scale investment to promote the use of ...
Article > Press release 
Roadmap for achieving REDD+ results-based payments from GCF
... the key steps needed to submit funding proposals to the GCF Pilot Programme for REDD+ results-based payments. This is not a ... Roadmap for achieving REDD+ results-based payments from GCF ...
Document > Guides
Turning ambition into action: How GCF catalyses transformational change
GCF is the world’s largest dedicated fund helping ... to climate action. This publication provides a snapshot of GCF progress to date. Since starting to build its portfolio in 2015, GCF has taken great strides forward, and achieved results. ...
Document > Publication
Forum Secretary General congratulates Cook Islands on Readiness GCF Grant
... a readiness support grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Cook Islands Suva Forum Secretary General congratulates Cook Islands on Readiness GCF Grant ...
Article > Article about GCF Cook Islands 
GCF explores how to strengthen private sector finance at World Forestry Congress
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will strive to narrow the forest finance gap by helping ... World Forestry Congress which opens today in South Korea. GCF’s participation in the World Forestry Congress will ... for climate action in the forest sector. A major part of GCF’s support involves looking for ways to bring the ...
Article > News update 
GCF-SAP CREWS Scaling-up Framework for early warning
... in 2022, by the Boards of both the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems ... of the scaling-up Framework is to fast-track access to the GCF finance through its Simplified Approval Process (SAP) ... scaling up successful actions financed by CREWS through the GCF Simplified Approval Process (SAP) funding proposals ...
Document > Joint publication
Call for public inputs: Review and update of the GCF Gender Policy and Action Plan
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) requested the Secretariat to prepare for consideration ... civil society organisations on the review and update of the GCF’s Gender Policy and Action Plan. DCP/20-04-2017 Call for public inputs: Review and update of the GCF Gender Policy and Action Plan ...
Document > Call for input
Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... Cook Islands announced its first Green Climate Fund country programme which captures the government’s strategy and ... projects and ideas the government intends to submit to the GCF in the coming years. The Country Programme, adopted by ... of its kind organised by the country. The Cook Islands GCF Country Programme requests NZD 203 million from GCF. ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
GCF to showcase transformational potential of climate finance at One Planet Summit
... in support of climate action. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was created as an operating entity of the UNFCCC with ... efforts to respond to the challenge of climate change. GCF is the largest dedicated climate fund, and has a mandate to serve the Paris Agreement. GCF has a $2.65 billion project portfolio, comprised of 54 ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF meets with top global investors to boost private sector climate finance
... experiences of some of the world’s top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the GCF’s Private Sector Facility Director Ayaan Adam met with ... holding more than USD 8 trillion in total assets during GCF’s Private Investment for Climate Conference. The ...
Article > Press release 
GCF joins initiative to help Africa expand its REDD+ roots
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping REDD+ gain a stronger foothold in Africa by ... keep forests standing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. GCF staff joined more than 60 REDD+ experts and country ... Development, told the workshop, jointly organised by GCF, that “REDD+ presents a pragmatic solution to fight ...
Article > Press release Côte d'Ivoire 
GCF committed to supporting Indigenous Peoples’ access to climate finance
At COP30 in Belem, Brazil, GCF Head of Sustainability and Inclusion, Eleni Kyrou, has pledged GCF’s commitment to increasing access to climate ... Monitoring and Climate Action Trust (AMCAT). The AMCAT programme is, to date, an entirely UK-funded initiative ...
Article > News update 
Cook Islands become first Pacific state to receive GCF readiness funding
... Fund to strengthen their capacity to access finance through GCF. With this disbursement, Cook Islands are the first ... establish processes to fast-track the islands’ access to GCF funding while ensuring country ownership. “The Cook ... developing countries are now engaging with our readiness programme, and we are committed to support all of them in ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Mali NDA signs grant agreement during visit to GCF headquarters
... today to sign its grant agreement with the Fund under GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and attended by Mr. Aboubacar Diabate, Director General ...
Article > Press release Mali 
GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries kicks off this week
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries ... The event is an opportunity to accelerate and strengthen GCF engagement with countries and stakeholders in the LDCs, ... Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC. GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries kicks ...
Article > News update 
Second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean kicks off today in Grenada
The second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean will take place ... civil society and private sector. Following the first GCF Structured Dialogue last year in Belize, the event in ... project implementation and investment opportunities. Second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean kicks off today ...
Article > News update 
Towards a Long-Term Vision on Complementarity GEF and GCF Collaboration
... and Coherence collaboration between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), herein after ... to build on the Pilot Coordinated Engagement exercise the GCF and GEF have been carrying out since 2018, and further ... Towards a Long-Term Vision on Complementarity GEF and GCF Collaboration ...
Document > Joint publication
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrates the International Day of the World’s ... future supplies of water to nearby Pakistani villages. A GCF project in northern Pakistan to reduce the risk of ... is also spearheading the development of a training programme on climate change adaptation for Zenú people. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Structured Dialogue with the Pacific to further region’s climate roadmap
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Pacific Structured Dialogue will take place in ... representatives from Pacific Island countries with the GCF’s implementing partners, private sector organizations, ... established in 2010 to finance climate change projects and programmes that help developing countries adapt to climate ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Agreement with Spanish global investor strengthens GCF’s private sector pull
... is a joint state and privately-owned company accredited by GCF in October last year to finance climate initiatives ... agreement on Wednesday which lays the legal groundwork for GCF to injects its own catalytic input of public funds into ... energy and agro-industry and among others,” he added. GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares said GCF’s ...
Article > Press release COFIDES 