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Revised initial financial risk management framework
... risk policies, risk monitoring and reporting, and risk governance components, as updated by the Risk Management ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Funding risk policy (Component VII)
... B.19/04 (a) (iii). This document presents the policy governing funding risk management for the GCF. Board Funding ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... could also contribute to mitigate such risks by enabling governments to assert their political commitment to fight ... its grant-based readiness programme the efforts of the Government of Jamaica to set up a Caribbean green bond ... in six key areas of the bioeconomy with a mix of financial instruments, including green bonds, to de-risk ...
Article > Speech
COP27 summit host Egypt is first country to adopt Climate Investment Plan in partnership with Green Climate Fund
... can engage more and more the private sector together with governments, to finance climate change projects and to get ... the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report- is being taken as the Government of Egypt’s climate change strategy is ... global network of over 200 partners, combined with flexible instruments, patient risk-taking capital and a ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Delivering climate action: GCF and partners sign agreements for six new projects
... forest and landscape management. The project will be instrumental in safeguarding one of Africa’s most ... be achieved by strengthening health system leadership and governance at national and subnational levels, expanding ... Climate (FNEC) of Benin This project aims to empower local governments and communities for adaptation and increase ...
Article > News update 
ED opening remarks
... feature of the climate negotiations in Glasgow. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated in its ... equally important. In addition to their role as enablers, governments are essential to the creation and development of ... stimulus measures and in exploring innovative financing instruments to finance them without increasing their debt ...
Article > Speech
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... by the upgraded plant. If the targets are not met, the government incurs a financial penalty, which will be paid ... second-party opinions for sustainability-linked financial instruments, reviewed Barbados’ Climate Resilience ... CIBC Caribbean is honored to again collaborate with the Government of Barbados and multilateral agencies like the ...
Article > Press release Barbados FP251 
Making blended finance work for nature-based solutions
... This paper provides an overview of various financial instruments available for climate action and nature ... finance at scale. This paper discusses five categories of instruments to catalyze finance for nature-based solutions and how instruments can be combined for maximum impact, such as ...
Document > Working paper
Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... very limited and start-up promotion programmes funded by governments are scarce. There are few early-stage investors ... private finance. Thousands of environmental policies and instruments to shape markets are currently in use to foster ... stimulate the economy and mitigate the impact of Covid-19, governments are undertaking large-scale expansionary fiscal ...
Article > Speech
Getting Grenada Private Sector Ready for Grenada’s Climate Finance (GPS-4-GCF)
... climate finance, the unavailability of innovative financing instruments, as well as limited knowledge and understanding of these instruments in the context of climate financing, have been ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Grenada
Investment framework
Investment framework
The GCF investment framework guides how the Fund allocates resources to achieve its mission of supporting a paradigm shift toward low-carbon and climate-resilient development. The framework is...
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Strategic frameworks support for Cambodia through Mekong Strategic Partners
Supporting the Cambodian Government’s national environmental and climate priorities ... beneficiaries, this proposal is intended to provide the Government of Cambodia (GoC) with a clear framework and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Adaptation planning support for Chile through FAO
The objective of this proposal is to strengthen government capacity to lead the adaptation process through ... the active involvement of all sectors of society, such as government institutions, key non-governmental parties, private sector, and civil society; at ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FAO
Sharing ideas on scaling efficiency investments
... the capacity to consider projects and innovative financial instruments reducing risk and unlocking further investments. ...
Article > News update 
First GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop starts this week in the Philippines
... on adaptation planning, climate information, financing instruments and private sector engagement, and project ...
Article > News update 
Mitigation
The challenge
Global emissions must be cut by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2010 levels if we are to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC. However, the current energy generation and end-use...
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GCF/B.14/07/Add.02 - Funding proposal package for FP019
... proposal titled “Priming Financial and Land-Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation” ...
Board document > Action item
Strategic Framework support for Colombia through Asobancaria
... the implementation of tools, methodologies and financial instruments for the mobilization of funding from the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Colombia
GCF/B.18/12/Add.01 - Options for support for technology collaborative research and development - Addendum
... RD&D of climate technologies, application of financing instruments, an analysis and illustration of how key lessons ...
Board document > Action item
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan to CNCAS
... to production. It constitutes an important financial instrument for the socio-economic transformation of rural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
Financing
... GCF is able to offer and combine a full range of financing instruments, including loans, equity, guarantees and grants ...
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Financing climate and environmental actions
Dear colleagues and friends, Many thanks to the Government of Germany and UN Women for the invitation to ... perspectives from the outset of its operations. The GCF’s Governing Instrument mandates the mainstreaming of gender across all ...
Article > Speech
Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... damage to the national infrastructure compelled the government to focus on climate change adaptation, disaster ... having moved to coordinate climate change actions across government, but it soon became apparent that limited human ... capacity and resources and the readiness support is an instrument for doing so. The Readiness Programme is ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
... of Environment, Ministry of Health and Environment, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (DOE ATG) FP062 - USD ... (IDB) FP064 - USD 103 million for Promoting risk mitigation instruments and finance for renewable energy and energy ... Bank (IDB) FP065 - USD 195 million for Financial Instruments for Brazil Energy Efficient Cities (FinBRAZEEC) ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
A high-profile group of heads of states, government ministers and UN representatives called today for ... “The GCF’s capacity to offer a wide range of financial instruments, including non-debt instruments, is also particularly relevant today,” she ...
Article > Press release 
Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
... concessional loans, a broader range of grant and non-grant instruments might be required, including first lost ... and equity. This in turn might call for new financial instruments such as multi- country sovereign-backed ... to be given a clear ‘green’ mandate and develop the governance, skills and tools needed to assess the specific ...
Article > Speech
Investment decisions and the climate challenge
... new and innovative technologies, business models, financial instruments, and practices. We support accelerators and ... Thirdly, GCF is de-risking through blended finance instruments first mover investments in new climate solutions ... pathways will require a paradigm shift, overhauling the way governments, businesses, and societies work. Together, we ...
Article > Speech
Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... Conradi, Investment Director at Norfund, the Norwegian Government’s Investment Fund for Developing Countries, ... adapt to climate risks. GGC has the right team, the right instrument, and a promising capital structure to achieve ... an investment grade guarantor backing climate-focused debt instruments to these investors via the world’s major ...
Article > Press release MUFG_Bank FP197 