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Board prepares to consider eight new public sector project proposals as GCF pipeline grows
... B.13 meeting which will take place from 28-30 June at GCF’s Headquarters in Songdo, Republic of Korea. In line ... in vulnerable areas. The proposals are taken from GCF’s pipeline, which has now reached 41 proposals ... would bring the Fund’s investment portfolio to a total GCF funding amount of USD 376 million, with a USD 943 ...
Article > Press release 
Increasing the Capacity of Bangladesh’s NDA and Direct Access Accredited Entities to Access GCF Resources
... and practice through harmonized training, 2) developing GCF standard projects (e.g., concept notes with a focus on ... above by removing the following barriers under the GCF Readiness Objectives: 1) Capacity Building, 4) Pipeline ... Development, and 5) Knowledge Sharing and Learning. The GCF resources under the proposed project will seek to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
Strengthening Iran’s access to GCF with national ownership, knowledge-based policies and sound technologies
... are to: Continue to strengthen coordination with GCF and other climate finance institutions; Establish Iran’s direct access to the GCF, assisting eligible national entity applicants in their ... project pipeline in tandem with national priorities and GCF standards and provide incubation/acceleration support to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Iran (Islamic Republic of)
GCF portfolio hits USD 20 billion for climate action, Board selects host countries for new regional offices
The 44th meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved USD 960.3 million in new climate ... climate action around the world. The new approvals raise GCF’s total portfolio past the USD 20 billion mark across 354 projects and programmes, reinforcing its position as the world’s ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
... senior Philippine environment officials told a visiting GCF delegation led by Executive Director Howard Bamsey. ... Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, told the GCF team during its visit to the Philippines on 15 to 17 February. “The GCF presents great opportunities for economic and social ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
Building project pipeline capacities: Development of GCF concept notes in the transport and health sectors in Thailand
... project pipeline and stakeholder capacities regarding GCF project development. This Readiness support addresses ... sector involvement and investment, limited knowledge of GCF opportunities and access modalities, limited technical ... capacities concerning e.g. the alignment of projects with GCF investment criteria and the lack of a well-designed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... up efforts to halt deforestation. The decision by the GCF Board in February marks GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment. Results-based ... they have halted deforestation during a period of time. GCF Principal Forest and Land Use Specialist Juan Chang said ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Climate costs will rise sharply if we miss 1.5 degree target, GCF conference hears
... messages shaping discussions at a key Green Climate Fund (GCF) conference which ended today in Incheon, Republic of ... Korea. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed told GCF’s inaugural Global NDA Conference that providing ... conference was designed to strengthen understanding between GCF and its National Designated Authorities, which act as ...
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GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... and technical barriers for rural electrification. The GCF board approved the Mali solar rural electrification ... loan and EUR 2 million grant for technical assistance. GCF funding will additionally mobilise EUR 10.6 million from ... said Mr Pierre Telep, Renewable Energy Senior Specialist at GCF. “To bridge this gap, the Government of Mali has ...
Article > Story Mali 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... for climate action were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 36th Board meeting (10-13 July 2023) , a record ... Change Resilience through South Africa’s Water Reuse Programme (“WRP”) with Development Bank of Southern ...
Article > News update 
GCF private sector conference makes business case to lower planet's climate costs
... hundreds of billions of people,” the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director spoke positively about the business ... of the Global Green Growth Institute – which, like GCF, is also based in the Republic of Korea. “Considering ... GCF’s capacity building support through its readiness programme as key to the development of the green bond. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF forum at COP26 finds big investment rise needed to decarbonise energy paths
... of clean power investment during a Green Climate Fund (GCF) energy transition forum at the international climate ... not reaching where it is most needed,” she added. The GCF event “Support for Developing Country Aspirations and ... countries and international institutions told the forum at GCF’s COP26 pavilion that sourcing new flows of investment ...
Article > Press release 
FP276 - GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) (previously known as Green and Resilience Debt Platform (GRDP)
... investment in low-emission development. It supports GCF’s strategic goal of mobilizing private finance through ... and lower borrowing costs for bond issuers. GCF will invest EUR 200 million (approximately USD 227 ... Brazil Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Angola 1 2 3 4 5 GCF's investment into the Global Green Bond Initiative ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference paves the way for more climate finance from the private sector
... into driving climate action in developing countries. GCF’s decision to hold this second annual private ... wealth funds, pension funds and insurance companies, to tap GCF finances to expand emerging markets of low-emission and ... at the UN Climate Summit in New York last month. GCF’s Private Investment for Climate Conference is ...
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GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
... Leadership Dialogue organised by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in the margins of the current 75th session of the UN ... as the biggest global challenge, the president said that GCF’s financial support “has inspired countries to build ... highlighted the strong role the private sector can play in GCF’s funnelling of climate finance across more than 100 ...
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IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... to Ethiopia and Djibouti in the East. A new investment programme is planned to support Sahelian governments through a partnership between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development ... of Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ...
Article > Press release 
Preparatory support to the NDA of Equatorial Guinea to engage with the GCF in early phases of REDD (NMFS and FREL/FRL)
This GCF readiness support will support Equatorial Guinea to ... support to the NDA of Equatorial Guinea to engage with the GCF in early phases of REDD (NMFS and FREL/FRL) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Equatorial Guinea
GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... Summer Meeting that was convened by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on 22 June. Representatives from 17 organizations ... Zedginidze, Head of Knowledge and Change Management at the GCF, the participants learned about experiences and ... sector thanks to a benchmarking exercise conducted by the GCF’s Knowledge and Change Management team and to a ...
Article > News update 
GCF, UNDP and WHO join forces to ramp up climate health support for developing countries
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) ... efforts towards financing this nexus. To address this gap, GCF, UNDP and WHO have come together in a crosscutting ...
Article > News update 
Climate investments critical for post-COVID recovery: GCF conference highlights mobilisation of private capital to green developing economies
Investors at the GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference have flagged ... impact,” she said. Tony Clamp, Director a.i. of the GCF Private Sector Facility, noted “the conference has ... investors into emerging markets.” Templeton singled out GCF as a key partner in strengthening the synergies of ...
Article > Press release 
Preparation of strategic frameworks and climate finance to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and guide the investment of the GCF in Panama
... finance to guide the investment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in the forestry sector and other land uses in Panama. ... and forest degradation and guide the investment of the GCF in Panama ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Panama
GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa
... investor Acumen with financing by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), KawiSafi Ventures Fund unlocks the potential of ... Ventures Fund, said, “These markets are still young. GCF making a commitment sends a very crucial stabilising ... a USD 200 million venture equity fund. Approved by the GCF Board for GCF funding in July 2023, KawiSafi II aims to ...
Article > Story Kenya Rwanda 
Head of GCF addresses Asia-Pacific leaders: ‘Climate change action is an enabler of the SDGs’
... leaders from the Asia-Pacific region with the work of GCF to support opportunities for low-emission, ... she added. Ms. Cheikhrouhou explained the mandate of GCF to serve the implementation of the Paris Agreement and ... full text of her remarks can be found here . Songdo Head of GCF addresses Asia-Pacific leaders: ‘Climate change action ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s flagship private sector conference opens today: investment solutions for climate-COVID crisis
The third Green Climate Fund (GCF) Private Investment for Climate Conference opens today ... Stiglitz. Amid the current climate and COVID-19 challenges, GCF’s Private Investment for Climate Conference has become ... more about the event and to observe the online discussions. GCF’s flagship private sector conference opens today: ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
... into new sources of renewable energy. The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the African Development Bank, aims ... development of agriculture and other economic activities. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey highlighted the ... Development Bank’s President Akinwumi A. Adesina welcomed GCF’s support to the initiative, which he said has the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... of cashflows and the notes to the financial statements of GCF. The income statement outlines income earned and ... appropriate evidence to enable them to form the opinion. GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ...
Document > Financial statement
Strengthening Solomon Islands GCF NDA Capacity to Support Private Sector and Invest in Forest and Energy Reforms to Build Climate Resilience
... supported with sound data and evidence to submit to the GCF. To project goal aims to contribute to the climate ... committee. Solomon Islands Strengthening Solomon Islands GCF NDA Capacity to Support Private Sector and Invest in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Solomon Islands
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration ... the Costa Rica Electric Train System' for USD 800 million. GCF is co-financing USD 178.7 million and donating another ... emphasised the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves. GCF Director of the Department of Latin America and the ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
GCF keen to speed up the delivery of grants to Pacific nations: Interview with Ewen McDonald
... mitigation during four days of regional talks in Tonga. GCF keen to speed up the delivery of grants to Pacific ...
Article > Article about GCF 
GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul Oquist as new Co-Chairs
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has today appointed two new Co-Chairs at its ... Mobilization (IRM) for the Green Climate Fund. Songdo GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul ...
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