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27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered
The 27th Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting begins today. The five-day, virtual ... countries. If all are approved, this would bring GCF’s current portfolio of allocated climate finance to ... propose and implement future climate initiatives funded by GCF. As with previous GCF Board meetings, it will be ...
Article > Press release 
Call for Public Inputs: Development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards - Stage 2: Proposed ESS standards updates
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested ... inputs to the second stage of the development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards. Inputs are ... subject line "Call for Public Inputs: development of the GCF’s ESS Stage 2" to ESSconsultation@gcfund.org . The ...
Document > Call for input
GCF signs public-private partnership agreements to launch Global Subnational Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has joined forces with Pegasus Capital Advisors and the ... to plug a funding gap for sub-national climate initiatives. GCF announced it has signed funding agreements with both ... agreements follows the approval of this initiative by the GCF Board just three months ago. This reflects GCF’s ...
Article > Press release IUCN FP151 
GCF at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings and UN: Climate finance and global financial reforms loom large
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently participated at the World Bank-IMF Spring ... for climate finance. Led by the Executive Director, the GCF delegation attended various events, fora and meetings at ... advancing these agendas. Given its tools (e.g., Readiness Programme , Project Preparation Facility ) and the diverse ...
Article > News update 
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP276: GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI)
... and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP276: GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI). Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental or ... Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP276: GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Multiple countries EIB FP276
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... of ecosystems to help communities withstand climate change. GCF and EIF have signed a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) ... change by using an ecosystems-based adaptation approach. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s support for nature-based adaptation initiatives. It ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF SAP006 
GCF invests USD 99 million in EBRD Green Cities Facility to reduce urban climate impacts
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) took a major step forward today to help make redesigned ... emissions. The Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) signed by GCF and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ... Euro 87 million of GCF funds to the Green Cities Facility programme. This follows GCF Board approval of the programme ...
Article > Press release EBRD FP086 
GCF Executive Director highlights urgency of climate action as Heads of State sign Paris Agreement
... York on the occasion of the Paris Agreement and Earth Day, GCF Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today called for ... countries and the Fund’s partner institutions to bring to GCF funding proposals that enable a shift away from ... by more than 170 countries in New York today. New York GCF Executive Director highlights urgency of climate action ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Technical Expert Meeting on Climate Information, Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction Services
GCF recognizes that significant investment is needed to ... transformative projects for climate action. As such, the GCF Secretariat organized the technical expert meeting with ... systems and disaster risk reduction related to policies and programmes in global, national, and subnational levels. ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Switzerland 
Great Green Wall gets USD 82.8 million boost from GCF and IFAD
... COP26 meeting in Glasgow to green-light a USD 82.8 million GCF investment in support of the Great Green Wall. GCF and IFAD have today signed the agreement for the “ Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme: Building the resilience of smallholder farmers to ...
Article > Press release IFAD FP162 
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... Policy that applies to all activities financed by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental ... decisions related to stakeholder engagement in projects and programmes. An appendix includes discussion and review of ...
Document > Guides
Nine new projects set for implementation after approval at record-breaking GCF Board meeting
Nine new projects backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are ready for implementation. Project agreements were signed for each project on the margins of GCF’s 42nd Board meeting (B.42) , where the projects were ... New Guinea, Saint Lucia and Mauritania, GCF’s first programme in the education sector, GCF’s first dedicated ...
Article > News update 
Call for Public Inputs: Development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards, Stage 3 - Proposed ESS Standards, full draft
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested ... provide inputs to the third stage of the development of the GCF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards standards. ... input will inform the revised full draft to be sent for GCF Board consultation. At the request of numerous ...
Document > Call for input
Unlocking climate finance: An interactive session with AE focal points and NDAs on the GCF Project Preparation Facility
This webinar will provide an overview of the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and offer insights, ... (PSAA) Applicants – that have successfully accessed GCF PPF grants to develop Board-approved project and programme proposals. You will also hear from the GCF ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... office of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is also a GCF Board member. “I think this decision of the GCF is a clear application and entry into action of article ... payments. Last month, the GCF Board approved the pilot programme for REDD+ results-based payments. This is the ...
Article > Press release 
UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, ... basic terms and conditions to work together for the use of GCF resources. In March 2015, UNDP was one of the first ...
Article > Press release UNDP 
GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ... (PDR) for a USD 79.3 million project (USD 35.2 million in GCF financing), to address a much-needed transition to the ... these areas as a priority in its National Adaptation Programme (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contribution ...
Article > News update GIZ FP200 
GCF convenes Regional Dialogue and Direct Access Entities Workshop in Latin America to accelerate climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded a week of climate action in Santo Domingo, ... unique opportunity for regional stakeholders to engage with GCF experts, exchange experiences, and strengthen ... into climate impact and vulnerability assessments, the GCF Readiness Strategy 2024–2027 , the newly approved ...
Article > News update Dominican Republic (the) 
GCF can plug the adaptation finance gap say leaders at COP26 side lines dialogue
... Prime Minister Mia Mottley told a Green Climate Fund (GCF) forum during the international climate change meeting ... progress,” said Mottley, making keynote remarks to the GCF event. “The period of adaptation is now 12 to 15 years ... new climate finance solutions need to account for this. GCF hosted the leadership dialogue “Catalysing climate ...
Article > Press release 
GCF completes USD 20 million transfer to drive clean Mongolian energy sector
... 20 million funds transfer to a Mongolian bank. The bulk of GCF’s contribution, USD 19.5 million, will allow ... in eco-banking in 2009. At the end of last year, GCF designated XacBank as a direct access Accredited Entity, which propose and implement GCF-financed climate initiatives. “This disbursement marks ...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank 
Strengthening the technical and human capacities of the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) to meet the GCF requirements
... that allows the Gambia to more easily engage with the GCF. GAMWORKS, as a public works agency with a general ... maturity of GAMWORKS against the elements required in the GCF checklist1 shows a number of gaps to address in order to meet the GCF requirements in terms of basic fiduciary criteria, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia EYAG
Strengthening the technical and human capacities of the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) to meet the GCF requirements
... that allows the Gambia to more easily engage with the GCF. GAMWORKS, as a public works agency with a general ... maturity of GAMWORKS against the elements required in the GCF checklist1 shows a number of gaps to address in order to meet the GCF requirements in terms of basic fiduciary criteria, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) at its Board meeting this week provided further ... USD 686.8 million (USD 1.5 billion with co-financing) in GCF investment for 11 projects in 42 countries that are ... also provided over USD 630 million through its Readiness Programme to build capacity and help countries develop ...
Article > Press release 
GCF in Brief: The Green Climate Fund: Realising the Climate Potential of Public Development Banks
... Summit from 9-11 November, this factsheet sets out how GCF is partnering with PDBs around the world to drive the ... transition that the world needs to reach its climate goals. GCF in Brief: The Green Climate Fund: Realising the Climate ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Glemarec highlights role of GCF in boosting adaptation action at Korea Global Adaptation Week
... Yannick Glemarec has committed the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to reinforcing its support for adaptation in developing ... at the opening of a major conference in Songdo, home of GCF. "Our shared experience with countries and partners has ... adaptation to climate change. For the week’s full programme, visit http://napexpo.org/2019/programme/ . Songdo ...
Article > Press release 
A milestone in climate action: GCF approves USD 1 billion of climate finance for developing countries
... 17 new climate projects in developing countries, increasing GCF’s portfolio to 270 projects valued at nearly USD 15 ... billion across 130 countries. Approved initiatives include GCF’s first country project in Albania, first-ever project ... in 130 developing countries. It has a readiness support programme that builds capacity and helps countries develop ...
Article > Press release 
GCF helps XacBank become first Mongolian bank to finance large-scale solar
... in a financing partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The 10MWh solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, completed at ... power plant in a little over half a year was buoyed by GCF’s ability to plug the financial risk gap for initial renewable investment. GCF alleviated the financial risk through a long-term, ...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank 
GCF and CRDB Bank Plc. sign agreement to boost access to climate adaptation technologies for agribusinesses in Tanzania
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and CRDB Bank Plc. have signed an agreement for a ... Agriculture Climate Adaptation Technology Deployment Programme (TACATDP) . The FAA sets the legal groundwork for GCF to transfer its USD 100 million co-investment to CRDB in ...
Article > News update FP179 
GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
The thirty-fifth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has ended with the approval of USD 587.7 million ... Duarte has been selected as the next Executive Director of GCF, with Henry Gonzalez, GCF Deputy Executive Director, ... as renewable energy and climate resilient infrastructure programmes spanning multiple countries. Project ...
Article > Press release 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... July (B.23), the Board of the Green Climate Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: ... Authority (NDA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the project will climate-proof ... to the country’s climate change conference and to B.23, GCF and the Government of Timor-Leste have been working ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste UNDP FP109 