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GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
... sector climate-resilient and sustainable. ADA is one of GCF’s 54 Accredited Entities, becoming a GCF partner in March 2016. One project ADA wants to develop ... particularly for small-scale farms. Now, thanks to a GCF grant of USD 717,407 that was recently approved for ADA ...
Article > Story Morocco 
GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by approving eight new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to ...
Article > Press release 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement ... initiatives only days after they were approved by the GCF Board. The projects to strengthen climate action in ... based on collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). They will enhance the climate resilience ...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves Project Preparation Facility grant to establish Barbados green bank
... in the Caribbean, was approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to receive support from GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF), a major step in ... Entities for the preparation of high potential project and programme funding proposals to be considered for approval by ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF highlights success in mobilising finance to deliver climate action
... and financial institutions, Mr Bamsey emphasised that GCF is responding to its given role of serving the Paris ... "As the dedicated climate fund serving the Paris Agreement, GCF is strongly driven by countries. We help them to take ... USD 500 million Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by GCF, which generated 350 concept notes aimed at mobilising ...
Article > Press release France 
Malaysia partners with Carbon Trust to utilize GCF readiness resources
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is beginning its first readiness funding to Malaysia in ... ’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a GCF Nationally Designated Authority. GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme provides grants and technical assistance to ...
Article > Press release Malaysia 
GCF Board meeting opens with USD 1.2 billion in climate finance on agenda
The GCF Board begins a four-day meeting today with USD 1.2 ... can also follow us on Twitter for Board updates. The 28th GCF Board meeting is the first for 2021, following the ... record allocation of USD 2B in 2020. Find out more about GCF’s activities last year in the newly released GCF ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Brings Clean Energy to Off-Grid Areas of Burkina Faso
... in rural electrification investments. Supported by GCF, the Yeleen Rural Electrification Project is one such ... lifespan of 25 years. A EUR 53.1 million investment, GCF’s funding of EUR 24.3 million for the Yeleen Project ... cost reflective tariffs and perceived abilities to pay. GCF’s contribution seeks to open untapped rural energy ...
Article > Press release Burkina Faso 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... development bank. “Our strengthened partnership with GCF will allow us to significantly increase the scope of ... Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to implement GCF-approved projects. They set out the roles and ...
Article > Press release France 
Liberia receives first instalment of USD 2.2m GCF grant for climate adaptation
... The release of funds to the West African country represents GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF funds to kick-start a cross-government approach to ... adaptation planning aims to enable policies, strategies, programmes and investment that reduces a country’s ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
GCF introductory webinars on the Digital Accreditation Platform for Accreditation Applicants
The content of this section will soon be revised The GCF Board adopted the revised Accreditation Framework and ... We are pleased to announce that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat will be launching the new Digital ... Platform (DAP) on 22 March 2022. The DAP comes as part of GCF’s digital transformation efforts to digitalize ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF supports Indonesia's energy transition with de-risking geothermal development
... early risks. At its twenty first meeting in Bahrain, the GCF Board approved the first tranche of USD 100 million out of the USD 185 million requested from GCF to finance public and private sector geothermal ... development in Indonesia. The first tranche of the GCF multi-year support facility will mobilise USD 410 ...
Article > Story Indonesia 
CAF becomes first multi-lateral development bank to sign agreement with GCF
... Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), giving the go-ahead to partner on low-emissions and ... CAF Executive Vice President, and Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive Director ad interim. The Accreditation Master ... the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Unidad para el Cambio Rural (Unit for ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and DBSA partnership to boost climate investments in the Southern Africa region
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) signed an agreement today which will kick-off the programme to break market barriers and accelerate ... The DBSA Climate Finance Facility (CFF), into which GCF is investing USD 56 million, will break these barriers ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF and MUFG Bank initiative to accelerate green energy transition in Chile
Today at COP25, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and MUFG Bank, Ltd. took the first step towards allocating GCF resources to the Espejo de Tarapacá renewable energy ... The project, which was submitted by MUFG Bank – one of GCF’s Accredited Entities – will be led by the renewable ...
Article > Press release Chile 
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will start funding its largest climate finance ... Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities programme spans three regions and directs new climate ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
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 ...
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