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GCF partnership with Pegasus set to protect coral reefs across 17 countries
The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) first private sector support for the blue economy ... further in bolstering coral reefs from the climate crisis. GCF has signed a funded activity agreement with Pegasus ... in the Global Fund for Coral Reef, an innovative programme which harnesses private sector finances to ...
Article > News update PCA 
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
... statement: The Government of Eswatini has identified GCF Country Priority investment areas in alignment with the 8 GCF result areas. The country still lacks channels to access ... Authority (EEA), support implementation of entities work programmes that are aligned to the GCF country programme and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini FAO
GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
... silos to fight climate change at a joint meeting with GCF at COP24. Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive Director a.i. identified three priorities for ... projects, encouraging direct access, and developing country programmes. The need for cooperation was emphasised by ...
Article > News update 
EBRD-GCF Green Cities Facility Takes a Major Step Forward
A joint investment by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and ... The project is the first to be jointly co-financed by GCF and EBRD as part of the Green Cities Facility, which ... recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Georgia FP086 EBRD-GCF Green Cities Facility Takes a Major Step Forward ...
Article > News update Georgia EBRD 
Funds flow in GCF’s first direct access project with Pacific Islands
... with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) improving Pacific islands’ ability to ... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) allows GCF to transfer USD 296,730 to SPREP in the first tranche of ... most vulnerable nation. FAAs set the legal framework for GCF Accredited Entities to carry out GCF-approved climate ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu SPREP 
GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks ... on Friday to discuss how an ambitious replenishment of GCF will support increased commitments in the next round of ... of Bhutan. The meeting will be chaired by Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director. The meeting takes place in the ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Open dialogue on the development of the GCF Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
... the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with the GCF. This webinar aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action, including GCF’s accredited entities and NDAs/Focal Points, in an ... under development by the GCF Secretariat. The programme includes a presentation of the EDA pilot , ...
Event > Webinar 
Call for Public Inputs: Development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards - Stage 1: scoping
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested ... and entities to provide inputs to the development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards. Inputs are ... subject line "Call for Public Inputs: development of the GCF’s ESS" to ESSconsultation@gcfund.org The official ...
Document > Call for input
GCF Secretariat consults Accredited Entities on the drafting of the evaluation operational procedures and guidelines
The GCF Secretariat, through the Division of Portfolio ... are the second of the two associated documents to the GCF Evaluation Policy and are developed in collaboration with the IEU of the GCF. This consultation served as a useful venue to ensure ...
Article > News update 
GCF and Acumen sign agreement to promote resilient agriculture in East and West Africa
... resilient agriculture projects in East and West Africa. GCF has committed USD 26 million to Acumen aimed at ensuring ... productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers. GCF Private Sector Facility Deputy Director Tony Clamp said ... signing of the agreement with Acumen marked another step in GCF’s ongoing efforts to mobilize institutional investors ...
Article > Press release Acumen 
GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to ... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) enables GCF to begin transferring USD 86 million in climate ... climate resilient development,” said Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director. “GCF’s unique capacity to take ...
Article > Press release Solomon Islands WorldBank 
GCF workshop builds climate adaptation ties in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... together." Mr Lakic, who is Montenegro’s focal point with GCF, said the three-day workshop , which concluded on 2 May, ... private sector in driving investment in adaptation, adding GCF can play an important role in laying the foundation for enhanced business engagement. Early GCF support would be useful as the private sector in this ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place ... Montego Bay, Jamaica. Following the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean in 2017, the ... and Job Creation, with support from the GCF Readiness Programme, launched a regional initiative to catalyse ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
GCF and Korea Development Bank help climate innovators traverse “valley of death”
... with a new partnership between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Korea Development Bank (KDB), supported by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). On July 21, 2021, GCF and KDB signed a USD 1.2 million grant agreement to ... in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines, this programme is designed to spur research and business ...
Article > Press release KDB 
GCF signs partner agreements hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements ... finance projects only hours after they were approved by the GCF Board. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreements ... finance facility to boost renewable energy as well as GCF’s first project in the Federated States of Micronesia ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Critical GCF Micronesia adaptation project gets underway in record time
... just 36 days after Board approval, making this the fastest GCF project to be implemented so far. The Funding Proposal was submitted to GCF on 25 March 2021, so the project has moved from proposal ... as an Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot project, under a programme designed to enhance country ownership of projects. ...
Article > News update 
GCF signs off on project to improve climate-resilient agriculture in Namibia
... Fund (EIF) marks the last stage of approval before GCF resources are disbursed to begin climate finance ... ground. The finalization of the FAA, the second so far by GCF, took place during the 15th GCF Board meeting held in ... comes only two months after EIF signed GCF’s readiness programme,” he said. The Namibian Environmental Investment ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF readiness week to focus on accelerating countries’ direct access to the Fund’s resources
... up support to country partners in developing projects and programmes for consideration by the GCF Board will be the focus of a “readiness week” that GCF is organizing from 25 to 29 April at its headquarters in ...
Article > Press release 
Enhancing Uruguay’s technical capacities and pipeline robustness to access GCF funding
... capacities and capabilities to engage with the GCF, with a Country Programme endorsed by the Secretariat in 2021, and advanced ... to develop a country-driven projects pipeline to the GCF with a strong science basis and submit two project ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uruguay CND
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 Conference (GPIC) 2023, ... reaching the net zero goals as set in the Paris Agreement. GCF, as the world’s largest multilateral climate fund and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board meets to consider USD 1.2 billion of new climate projects
The GCF Board will consider proposals amounting to 1.2 billion ... developed and developing countries equally - oversee GCF’s operations. See the Boardroom section to find out ... You can also follow us on Twitter for Board updates. GCF Board meets to consider USD 1.2 billion of new climate ...
Article > Press release 
GCF projects under implementation hit the USD 2 billion mark
... FP066 and FP058 coming into effect, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) marks another milestone – it now has USD 2 billion ... shifting them to a low-emission and climate-resilient path. GCF projects under implementation hit the USD 2 billion mark ...
Article > News update 
Meet the iTAP: Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio
... Petersen presented on Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio of adaptation, mitigation and cross-cutting projects and programmes, highlighting some trends over time. The session ... of Korea Meet the iTAP: Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Structured Dialogue shows strength and weakness of Asian climate approach
... Vice Minister of Planning and Investment of Viet Nam, told GCF Structured Dialogue participants earlier this week the ... with climate change. He noted regional efforts, with GCF support, could "significantly influence the quality of ... Emphasising the need for a strong approach to adaptation, GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares said it is ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
GCF and CTCN: Expanding green technology assistance in developing countries
... This partnership is well illustrated through the GCF Readiness Programme that has approved funding to support the ... by the Climate Technology Centre. Like seed funding, GCF Readiness resources will be used by the countries to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF handbook: Decisions, policies and frameworks (updated March 2022)
The purpose of the “GCF Handbook” is to make it easier for users to more easily navigate the GCF’s decisions and policies. To facilitate this, each ... to the decisions adopted by the Board are accessible on the GCF website under its Board section. Finally, the Handbook ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Annual performance reporting on GCF funded activities through the updated PPMS
Since its inauguration in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat has employed the Portfolio Performance ... This platform facilitates seamless interactions between GCF Secretariat and its partners such as Accredited Entities ... Reports (APRs), while enabling real-time tracking of GCF’s review status. In the forthcoming webinar, the GCF ...
Event > Webinar 
Stakeholder consultation regarding feasibility study on GCF regional presence
The GCF Board has recently commissioned a study on the feasibility of establishing a GCF regional presence. The study explores the needs and options for establishing a GCF regional presence, was conducted by the consultancy firm ...
Event > Webinar 
Consultation Sessions on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Project Preparation Facility (PPF)
... Preparation Facility (PPF) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established in 2015 with the objective to provide funding for the preparation of GCF funding proposals, especially those targeting ... innovative mitigation and adaptation finance projects and programmes. Four sessions will be available and will be ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... among many of the participants at the recently-concluded GCF Structured Dialogue in Latin America. Opening the ... specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) , a GCF Accredited Entity with seven projects approved by the GCF Board. "Such perceptions of risk, in addition to a ...
Article > Press release Colombia CAF 