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GCF.10: 10 years of climate impact
... Raising Ambition, Empowering Action In November 2015, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved USD 6.2 million for its first project in ... energy access, cut emissions, and drive local economic growth. Photo: GCF / Little Big Films Learn more Mongolia ...
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SAP061 - Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
... is a key driver of emissions in Brazil. According to the Greenhouse Gases Emissions Estimation System (SEEG), in ... This project aims to reverse the trend of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture and reduce the ...
Project > Public sector Brazil 
GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its last Board meeting of 2017 by ... change. The 18th meeting of the Board (B.18) approved funding for 11 climate finance initiatives during a ... capital of Cairo. Taking these projects into account, the Fund’s portfolio now consists of 54 projects and ...
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GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level ... announcement that it intends to double its support to the Fund. Yoshiaki Harada, Japan’s Minister of the ... and urged a successful and ambitious replenishment for the Fund. Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive Director ad interim, ...
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GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund will strive to drive momentum from its first conference ... to explore ways of diverting private investment flows into funding low-emission and climate-resistant pathways. GCF ... reserves of institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance and ...
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GCF conference opens with calls from developing countries for increased finance for climate action
The Green Climate Fund has convened more than 60 developing country Ministers ... its second replenishment , which will provide GCF with funds for new climate action for the 2024-2027 period. The ... GCF procedures, but also emphasized the need to harmonise funding procedures across the multiple organisations active ...
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Delivering climate action: GCF and partners sign agreements for six new projects
Six project agreements were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners on the ... approved at the Board meeting, six project agreements, or Funded Activity Agreements (FAAs), were signed on the last ...
Article > News update 
The Nature Conservancy
... supporting developing countries in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implement their nationally ... are protected by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030. With GCF funding, TNC intends to scale up its existing projects in ...
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Achieving water security through climate-resilient infrastructure
... of the situation, the Government of Morocco, under the Green Morocco Plan, is finding ways to mobilise surface ... water resources on the Plain. With support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and ...
Article > Story Morocco 
GCF hosts first Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) takes mainstreaming the voices of indigenous ... projects. “This meeting is a big statement that the Green Climate Fund is serious about working with indigenous peoples. We ...
Article > News update 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
... crops or fodder. I went to Tharaka Nithi county to see the Green Climate Fund-financed Towards Ending Drought Emergencies (TWENDE) ... And it reminded me that when institutions like the Green Climate Fund (GCF) invest in communities, they are ...
Article > Insights Kenya 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Indonesia through GGGI
... developers will be key. Private sector mobilized; while green and climate-friendly investment is growing in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia
Policies: Observers
Observers
The Governing Instrument sets out that the Board will make arrangements, including developing and operating accreditation processes, to allow for effective participation by accredited observers in its...
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Women key agents for tackling climate change
... the focus of a one-day training session held as part of the Green Climate Fund’s Accelerating Direct Access week. Organized jointly ... the workshop was delivered to participants attending the Fund’s direct access country partners event, which brought ...
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Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
A Green Climate Fund (GCF) side event during the current Bonn climate talks ... of African states towards GCF. "The GCF is a successful fund. It can deliver more, we are fully sure of that. With ... "but for GCF and its commitment to a floor of adaptation funding accessible by SIDS, we wouldn’t have the ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
Green Climate Fund consultations in the Caribbean have found a recent ... environmental organisation in Antigua and Barbuda, said “funding is one of our major challenges.” The Barnes Hill ... George’s. In addition to USD 102 million in approved GCF funding for the Caribbean, regional projects in the GCF ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
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 ... opportunities and prepare the ground for future funding proposals. Side events offered deep dives on ... they worked on real readiness proposals, concept notes, and funding proposals under the guidance of GCF experts. Short, ...
Article > News update Dominican Republic (the) 
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... Amazon knowledge at the highest political priority. The Green Climate Fund puts specific focus on supporting the most vulnerable ... Director of the Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund Photo by Marlon del Aguila ...
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Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
Five project agreements were signed at the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) 38th Board meeting , which took place on 4-7 ... sugarcane production, and increasing the use of mechanical green cane harvesting to reduce production costs and harvest ...
Article > News update 
Readiness and preparatory support interim progress report template
As part of the implementation process for readiness activities, grant recipients report to GCF against the work plan, budget and agreed milestones, using this interim progress report template. The report should be...
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Glemarec highlights role of GCF in boosting adaptation action at Korea Global Adaptation Week
New Executive Director Yannick Glemarec has committed the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to reinforcing its support for adaptation in ... and ensures that at least 50 percent of adaptation funding goes to particularly vulnerable countries, including ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
The Green Climate Fund and the World Bank today signed a key agreement to ... Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva said GCF is “an important funding mechanism that countries are counting on to support ...
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Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
... into policies and development plans; and v) adaptation funding. The GoL is therefore requesting assistance from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to advance the NAP process. To address the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
Improving capacities of the National Focal Point in Montenegro for the engagement with the GCF and strengthening of the country’s strategic project pipeline to support implementation of the updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 2)
... and adaptation in the framework of cooperation with the Green Climate Fund 2021–2023 (Country Programme document). Through this ... GCF . In 2018, the GoM created the Environment Protection Fund (EkoFund) as a central institution with a mandate for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Montenegro
Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
Overview The Green Climate Fund’s Strategic Plan is a living document, that sets out the Board’s long-term strategic vision for the Fund, as well as its strategic objectives and portfolio ...
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Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... the theme ‘partnerships for wildlife conservation’, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Water Resources Management Senior Specialist Dr. ... yourself, and what it is that you do here at the Green Climate Fund? A: Yes, of course. I joined GCF in ...
Article > Insights 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
... to strengthen their climate partnership with the Green Climate Fund, and access the climate finance needed to realise ... ambitions to access GCF resources. While GCF readiness funding for the region (support to build capacity for ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
The Green Climate Fund joined efforts to harness the driving spirit of ... and Head of Governance Affairs, highlighted the support the Fund provides projects driving high-tech innovation, ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF joins initiative to help Africa expand its REDD+ roots
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping REDD+ gain a stronger foothold in ... to using payments to keep forests standing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. GCF staff joined more than 60 ... Cooperation (JICA). REDD+ is a UN-supported accounting and funding mechanism which supports developing countries’ ...
Article > Press release Côte d'Ivoire 
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
... 7th Annual Scaling Up Community of Practice Workshop, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Brookings Institution organized a Climate ... climate finance. President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund Andrew Steer offered his perspective on the challenges ...
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