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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 DBSA 
From climate ambition to action: GCF and GGGI emphasise partnerships and institutional capacity
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) hosted ... Seoul, Republic of Korea on 21 May 2026. Titled “GGGI-GCF Joint Conference: Partnering for Ambitious Global ... with GGGI matters so much. Through our Readiness Programme, together we are deploying USD 74 million across ...
Article > News update 
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 CCCCC 
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 
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 
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) FMO 
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 MUFG_Bank 
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 ...
Article > Insights 
GCF joins European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to bolster Moroccan adaptation
... a Funded Activity Agreement to free USD 37.6 million of GCF grant financing in the USD 243.1 million Saïss Water ... away from the unsustainable use of groundwater. Ayaan Adam, GCF Private Sector Facility’s Director, and Lin O’Grady, ... how to progress cooperation on this project. Morocco Bonn GCF joins European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ...
Article > Press release Morocco EBRD 
GCF appoints Kavita Sinha as Private Sector Facility Director
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) appointed Kavita Sinha as the new Director of ... she will oversee the leadership and management direction of GCF’s private sector initiatives and as a member of the ... PSF Director will become effective in February 2023. GCF appoints Kavita Sinha as Private Sector Facility Director ...
Article > News update 
GCF's PPMS Webinar on APR submission for AEs for CY2022
Since its official launch in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat has been using the Portfolio Performance ... including Annual Performance Reports (APRs), and track GCF’s review status of the submitted reports. During the informative webinar, the GCF Secretariat will provide (1) PPMS demos, (2) an update ...
Event > Webinar 
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 
GCF and ADB sign agreement to help Fiji address its water challenge
... on Monday in Nadi, Fiji prepares the legal groundwork for GCF to begin transferring its USD 31 million contribution to ... Suva upstream – projected to benefit over 300,000 people. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey said the timing of the ... such as from rising sea levels,” said Mr Bamsey. “GCF is pleased to have now approved almost USD 280 million ...
Article > Press release Fiji ADB 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... as the Argentinian agency is known in Spanish, joined other GCF partners at the GCF Empowering Direct Access workshop held on 23 to 25 May. GCF is now taking stock of information gathered at the ...
Article > Press release Argentina UCAR 
GCF backs Mongolian forum to open up low-emission, business paths
XacBank, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entity, is helping Mongolia forge a new ... The one-day event run by XacBank , and supported by GCF, is designed to tap the entrepreneurial energies of the ... energy sector in this landlocked country. In July, GCF completed a USD 20 million transfer of climate finance ...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... B.13 shifts the focus from operational essentials to the GCF's core business of funding proposals and strengthening its partner network. According to GCF Board Co-Chairs, Zaheer Fakir (South Africa) and Ewen ... and investment, assessment of the proposal pipeline and the programmatic approach to funding proposals. “B.12 laid a ...
Article > Press release 
GCF funds transfer will help Namibia’s rural poor weather change
... of climate finance. The funds transfer comes as GCF scales up disbursements to approved projects. Recent ... Both Namibian climate finance projects, approved by the GCF Board at the end of last year, are being carried out by ... practices will be introduced through various training programmes - with more than 7,000 farmers targeted during ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief fund ... solvent by providing them with short-term loans. GCF is the largest contributor to EARF, providing a USD 30 ... investment. While the relief fund covers Africa and Asia, GCF funding is focused on maintaining mitigation momentum in ...
Article > Press release Acumen 
GCF partners with Save the Children on major Vanuatu climate resilience project
GCF and Save the Children have signed an agreement on a ... swiftly after the project’s approval at the most recent GCF Board meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. The Vanuatu ... Community-based Climate Resilience Project is the second GCF project approved in Vanuatu. The project, worth nearly ...
Article > News update Vanuatu SCA 
GCF leadership dialogue in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assembly
... countries to respond to the challenges of climate change, GCF is a vital player in climate-resilient recovery ... and SDGs. Committed to both adaptation and mitigation, GCF can tailor investments to address the specific barriers ... burdens. By offering a range of financial instruments, GCF makes climate projects in developing countries ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion
... the remaining three meetings this year,” he added. GCF’s current pipeline includes 22 private and public ... of the Fund’s first Strategic Plan, which sets out GCF’s vision, operational priorities, and an action plan ... The Strategic Plan strengthens the Fund’s ability to programme its resources at scale, in an ambitious and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF joins German development bank to make Tanzania more climate resilient
... (FAA) with KfW, Germany’s development bank and a GCF Accredited Entity, allows GCF to begin transferring grant assistance in this USD 194 ... and floods have become more frequent. Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive Director ad interim, lauded the project’s ...
Article > Press release Tanzania KfW 