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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 
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
Virtual Dialogue on the GCF Strategic Plan with Pacific and Asian SIDS
As GCF embarks on the development of its third Updated ... the following: Raising awareness of the GCF strategic planning process. Reflecting on the progress ... of USP-3. 10:30am - 12:00pm (KST) Virtual Dialogue on the GCF Strategic Plan with Pacific and Asian SIDS ...
Event > Webinar 
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 
Interim evaluation report for FP047: GCF-EBRD Kazakhstan Renewables Framework
... assessment of the progress made in implementing the project/programme towards achieving its intended outcomes and ... the project’s logical framework, implementation plan and GCF investment criteria, including efficiency, ... commissioned by the Accredited Entity (AE) and submitted to GCF. GCF assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the ...
Document > Evaluation report Kazakhstan
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 
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 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
... change and COVID-19 during the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF's) Regional Dialogue with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec joined Caribbean ... also noted GCF’s “readily expressed enthusiasm of the programmatic approach to resilience we have taken to our ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and IDB agreements to help SMEs in Latin America invest in energy efficiency
... (IDB) recently signed funding agreements which will enable GCF to channel climate finance to 4 projects in Latin ... are now ready to be implemented by the IDB: FP009 - GCF will provide a USD 20 million loan to the National ... projects in the country FP048 - In Guatemala and Mexico, GCF and IDB will set up a risk sharing facility that will ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... impact of climate change. The World Bank, which became a GCF Accredited Entity in July 2015, already has three GCF-approved climate change projects – in the Solomon ... and Uzbekistan. The signing of the AMA opens the way for GCF to transfer its resources to these three projects, along ...
Article > Press release 
Compilation of submissions: Draft GCF Environmental and Social Management System
On 15 December 2016, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) published a call for public inputs that invited ... system (ESMS). The call followed a mandate from the GCF Board in decision B.07/02, paragraph (n) requesting the ... deadline for submissions was on 24 February 2017 and the GCF Secretariat has subsequently collected and compiled all ...
Document > Call for input
Compilation of submissions: Inputs for GCF Draft Indigenous Peoples Policy
... indigenous peoples policy. The policy aims to assist GCF in incorporating considerations related to indigenous ... to provide a framework for ensuring that activities of the GCF are developed and implemented in such a way that fosters ... The deadline for submissions was on 12 August 2017 and the GCF Secretariat has subsequently collected and compiled all ...
Document > Call for input
Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) Pilot
... Conference, in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on 21 January 2021 at 12:00 BST / 15:00 KST. This ... locally led climate action in an open discussion about the GCF’s Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot and its recently ... to help shape the future of the GCF’s EDA pilot. The programme includes a presentation of the EDA pilot followed ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF continues rapid implementation with project agreements at Board meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements ... climate change, only hours after they were approved by the GCF Board. The three initiatives, among 13 climate projects ... (NEMA) Director General Mamo Boru Mamo; and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Corporate Services Director Sonja ...
Article > Press release 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... recently signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and ... Determined Contribution announced today. By exempting GCF resources from national taxation, the agreement ensures ... the priority sectors for action. The Government sees GCF as a key partner in helping achieve the ambitious new ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Grenada PM calls for decisive climate action at GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean
At the second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, the Prime ... climate change and called for this week’s dialogue with GCF to put the region on a path towards transformative ... created an impetus for the design of ambitious projects and programmes demonstrating the aspirations to reduce the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Africa Regional Dialogue opens with a focus on regional climate solutions
... regional action on climate. The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Regional Dialogue with Africa convened government focal ... based on “unity, courage, and decisive action.” “GCF is one of our most important partners and can be the catalyst for transformation. We look to GCF to live up to its motto of being a unique fund for ...
Article > News update Ethiopia 
GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
... United Nations General Assembly creates the potential for GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural ... detailing the overarching rights and obligations of GCF Accredited Entities , such as IFAD . GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares said the AMA ...
Article > Press release 
Selection process of GCF Board for 2019-2021 membership underway
GCF Board members and alternate Board members are now being ... term of the Board concludes at the end of this year. The GCF Board, consisting of 24 members representing developed ... is charged with the governance and oversight of the GCF. Each Board member has an alternate member. The third ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop project portfolio, consider new accreditations
... its eighteenth meeting today. This third meeting of the GCF Board this year is being hosted by the Government of the ... a number of funding proposals from its Accredited Entities. GCF currently has a project portfolio of 43 projects, amounting to over USD 2.2 billion of committed GCF resources. The Board will also consider a range of ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF approves first grants for National Adaptation Planning in Liberia and Nepal
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today announced the approval of its first grants in ... to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Under the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, Liberia will receive USD 2.2 million with UNDP ...
Article > Press release Liberia Nepal 
Héla Cheikhrouhou to leave GCF after her three years as Executive Director
... term as head of the Fund. Ms. Cheikhrouhou was appointed by GCF's Board in June 2013 to serve as the Fund’s first ... Climate Agreement in December 2015, she worked with the GCF Board to secure the approval of USD 168 million in funding for its first round of eight projects and programmes, signalling the end of the Fund’s launch phase ...
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