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Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
Namibia has begun work on two Green Climate Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s ... of these adaptation initiatives marks an important phase of GCF’s efforts to ensure recipient countries control the ... the projects is the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... international gathering of climate finance practitioners. GCF announced it is offering USD 500 million to catalyse ... adaptation in developing countries. This is the first time GCF has called for proposals that specifically target the ... a key part of GCF’s mission,” stated Choi. “This new programme will help us leverage our funds to bring more ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and AfDB sign key agreement on transformative energy transition programme
GCF and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a ... agreement to advance the implementation of a transformative programme, Desert to Power G5 Sahel Facility , which will ... solar generation with over USD 150 million in approved GCF financing. The Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) ...
Article > News update 
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the Caribbean. Hosted by Saint ... Caribbean region to discuss climate plans and how to access GCF financing. “Our islands face escalating challenges ... resources – under its Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme – to support technical assistance and ...
Article > News update 
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
... challenge. This was one of the key messages at a recent GCF information panel held earlier this week during a UN ... for the 2019 Climate Action Summit, said strengthening GCF “is fundamental not only because it is the biggest ... we can address together,” said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner. Fiji’s ...
Article > Press release 
GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is heeding calls to help developing countries bolster ... COVID-19 fiscal constraints. That was the message GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec brought to the ... challenges posed by the recent United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report which calculates ...
Article > Press release 
GCF to transfer $40 million to build climate resilience in Bangladesh
... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) allows GCF to begin transferring USD 40 million in grant assistance ... in rural areas and developing urban infrastructure. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey signed the agreement ... climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. Bangladesh Bonn GCF to transfer $40 million to build climate resilience in ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
African Development Bank and GCF to unlock Africa’s potential in full-scale partnership
... said Akinwumi Adesina. Mr Adesina called on AfDB and GCF to "work together to win this war," while signing an ... allow Accredited Entities such as AfDB to implement GCF-approved projects. "Together with the Green Climate ... development," added Mr Adesina. Approved as a GCF Accredited Entity in March 2016, AfDB is working on a ...
Article > Press release 
Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
... Green Climate Fund’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. Unique to the Fund, the programme offers ... systems and prepare projects or programmes for funding by GCF. The Fund has earmarked an initial USD 15 million to ... growth strategy and bring it closer to securing substantial GCF funding. A grant of USD 300,000 is being disbursed to ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
GCF readiness support turns focus to Africa and Middle East countries
The Green Climate Fund is expanding its readiness programme into the Africa and Middle East region with a ... 6 to 8 September at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. The GCF Africa and Middle East Workshop — the fourth meeting ... by the Fund this year — aims to increase understanding of GCF processes among the National Designated Authorities ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Call for Public Inputs for the continuation of the GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments Programme
As requested by the Board at its 28th Session, the GCF Secretariat is currently undertaking a further analysis ... REDD+ results-based payments (RBPs). The process that the GCF Secretariat is undertaking with the support of a team of ... the continuation of the GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments Programme ...
Document > Call for input
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
... the views of participants at a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) forum on the sidelines of a yearly symposium addressing ... sector to achieve this aim, while singling out initial GCF funding as a way to redirect current private sector ... the public funding, and we need to work jointly with the GCF to attract various investors to meet the ambition,” ...
Article > Press release 
Agreement bolstering Africa’s climate vulnerable sign of rapid GCF implementation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an implementation agreement to scale up ... across 13 African countries soon after the new funding programme was approved by the GCF Board. The programme, implemented by the International ...
Article > News update 
GCF begins REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme
... notes and funding proposals in response to its pilot programme for REDD+ results-based payments. This follows a decision at the 18th GCF Board meeting in October to pilot REDD+ results-based ... funding proposals in close consultation with the relevant GCF National Designated Authority and REDD+ entity/focal ...
Article > Press release 
Preparing bankable mitigation and adaptation funding proposals for the GCF: private sector experiences
... learned from Accredited Entities (AEs) that have accessed GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support and have successfully taken private sector projects to the GCF Board for approval. There will be a panel session among AEs and representatives from the GCF Private Sector Facility, who will share their ...
Event > Webinar 
Virtual sessions on the GCF’s Revised Accreditation Framework (RAF) package
We are pleased to invite GCF’s Accredited Entities (AEs), National Designated ... RAF package – NDAs: 24 September 2025, 7:30–8:30 AM KST GCF Webinar on RAF Package (NDAs and applicants) GCF Webinar on RAF Package (AEs) Virtual Virtual sessions on ...
Event > Webinar 
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 ... the Government of PNG, the Australian High Commission and GCF, the workshop provided a comprehensive overview of the ... and build capacity to implement national climate change programmes. A panel discussion with accredited entities that ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in ... with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). GCF signed an agreement today with DBSA to reduce the cost ... Investment for Climate Conference. The GCF-supported programme, to be implemented by DBSA, provides credit ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
GCF and partners catalyse USD 600 million to boost adaptation finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), along with its partners MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and ... development finance institution, is anchored by a GCF commitment of up to USD 150 million in first-loss ... more than 5,000 km² of natural resources. Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director, said: “GAIA stands to show that ...
Article > News update 
Colombian President set to open GCF’s first Latin American Dialogue
... tomorrow. The four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's ... from the Pacific side of Central America to Panama. Many GCF Partners in Latin America, and in the neighbouring ... regional climate priorities based on different country programmes. GCF anticipates the first event of this kind in ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the Pacific. Samoa and Australia are co-hosting the GCF Board’s final meeting for 2016 in Apia, Samoa from 13 ... Stevenson Museum, Minister Fierravanti-Wells commended the GCF on its progress over the last 12 months and stressed the ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
GCF coordinates talks on adaptation finance at Bonn Climate Conference
... climate talks in Bonn, Germany today and tomorrow. GCF adaptation practitioners will join a series of ... public finance for adaptation today. During the two days, GCF NDAs, Accredited Entities, and technical staff will ... developing countries’ moves to deal with climate change. GCF provides up to USD 3 million in grant funding to ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF spearheads innovation drive for climate-resilient infrastructure at COP26
GCF is pioneering an innovative new approach to developing ... surges and sea level rise. A pilot project launched by GCF together with the Government of Jamaica is testing the ... facing climate hazard risks. A second pilot, undertaken by GCF is planned with the Government of Ghana, to test a ...
Article > Press release Ghana Jamaica 
Indigenous Peoples regional dialogue reaffirms GCF commitment to vulnerable local communities
... of Nicaragua, FILAC, and FAO and supported by the GCF Readiness Programme, the event brought together 100 participants, ... of the Indigenous Peoples Policy across all the GCF activities. It also involved exchanging experiences and ...
Article > Press release Nicaragua 
GCF signs off funding for Barbados water sector resilience project
On 1 November, GCF and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre ... Van Laake, Senior Ecosystems Management Specialist at GCF and Task Manager for the project, stated: "The 2017 ... The project is the first single-country investment by GCF in the Caribbean region to be signed. The project’s ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF direct access week puts countries’ climate actions in the fast lane
... week’s first three days, interactive working sessions saw GCF’s partners present their project ideas and priorities ... and learn; and this meeting has helped us in this task.” GCF's Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou brought the week ... to move forward their most promising projects and programmes. She reminded participants of their ...
Article > Press release 
GCF supports strong investor action to combat climate change
... of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, GCF joined investors and other representatives from the ... Engagement, Investor Disclosure, and Policy Advocacy. GCF supports strong investor action to combat climate change ...
Article > News update 
GCF and GEF harmonise steps to follow developing country lead in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) agreed ... climate challenge. The heads of the two organisations, GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and the GEF’s CEO and ... climate finance support. Mr Bamsey said it is only natural GCF and the GEF work closely together as they are both ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and FMO partnership will boost the growth of renewable energy in developing countries
... which marks the launch of the Climate Investor One (CIO) programme, a blended finance facility to support the ... while also reducing construction timelines. The GCF investment of USD 100 million in the Climate Investor ... FMO and Sanlam InfraWorks. Tony Clamp, Deputy Director of GCF’s Private Sector Facility, said: “The Green Climate ...
Article > Press release Netherlands (the) 
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 existed in climate change ... and it continued to do so at a steady clip thereafter. When GCF announced its results-based pilot programme in 2017, the ...
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